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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar | |
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7 Various commands *various* | |
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9 1. Various commands |various-cmds| | |
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10 2. Using Vim like less or more |less| |
7 | 11 |
12 ============================================================================== | |
13 1. Various commands *various-cmds* | |
14 | |
15 *CTRL-L* | |
348 | 16 CTRL-L Clear and redraw the screen. The redraw may happen |
17 later, after processing typeahead. | |
7 | 18 |
19 *:redr* *:redraw* | |
20 :redr[aw][!] Redraw the screen right now. When ! is included it is | |
21 cleared first. | |
22 Useful to update the screen halfway executing a script | |
23 or function. Also when halfway a mapping and | |
24 'lazyredraw' is set. | |
25 | |
26 *:redraws* *:redrawstatus* | |
27 :redraws[tatus][!] Redraw the status line of the current window. When ! | |
28 is included all status lines are redrawn. | |
29 Useful to update the status line(s) when 'statusline' | |
30 includes an item that doesn't cause automatic | |
31 updating. | |
32 | |
33 *N<Del>* | |
34 <Del> When entering a number: Remove the last digit. | |
35 Note: if you like to use <BS> for this, add this | |
36 mapping to your .vimrc: > | |
37 :map CTRL-V <BS> CTRL-V <Del> | |
38 < See |:fixdel| if your <Del> key does not do what you | |
39 want. | |
40 | |
41 :as[cii] or *ga* *:as* *:ascii* | |
42 ga Print the ascii value of the character under the | |
43 cursor in decimal, hexadecimal and octal. For | |
44 example, when the cursor is on a 'R': | |
45 <R> 82, Hex 52, Octal 122 ~ | |
46 When the character is a non-standard ASCII character, | |
47 but printable according to the 'isprint' option, the | |
48 non-printable version is also given. When the | |
49 character is larger than 127, the <M-x> form is also | |
50 printed. For example: | |
51 <~A> <M-^A> 129, Hex 81, Octal 201 ~ | |
52 <p> <|~> <M-~> 254, Hex fe, Octal 376 ~ | |
53 (where <p> is a special character) | |
54 The <Nul> character in a file is stored internally as | |
55 <NL>, but it will be shown as: | |
56 <^@> 0, Hex 00, Octal 000 ~ | |
714 | 57 If the character has composing characters these are |
58 also shown. The value of 'maxcombine' doesn't matter. | |
7 | 59 Mnemonic: Get Ascii value. {not in Vi} |
60 | |
61 *g8* | |
62 g8 Print the hex values of the bytes used in the | |
63 character under the cursor, assuming it is in |UTF-8| | |
714 | 64 encoding. This also shows composing characters. The |
65 value of 'maxcombine' doesn't matter. | |
66 Example of a character with two composing characters: | |
7 | 67 e0 b8 81 + e0 b8 b9 + e0 b9 89 ~ |
777 | 68 {not in Vi} {only when compiled with the |+multi_byte| |
69 feature} | |
70 | |
71 *8g8* | |
72 8g8 Find an illegal UTF-8 byte sequence at or after the | |
73 cursor. This works in two situations: | |
74 1. when 'encoding' is any 8-bit encoding | |
75 2. when 'encoding' is "utf-8" and 'fileencoding' is | |
76 any 8-bit encoding | |
77 Thus it can be used when editing a file that was | |
78 supposed to be UTF-8 but was read as if it is an 8-bit | |
79 encoding because it contains illegal bytes. | |
80 Does not wrap around the end of the file. | |
81 Note that when the cursor is on an illegal byte or the | |
82 cursor is halfway a multi-byte character the command | |
83 won't move the cursor. | |
84 {not in Vi} {only when compiled with the |+multi_byte| | |
85 feature} | |
7 | 86 |
843 | 87 *:p* *:pr* *:print* *E749* |
169 | 88 :[range]p[rint] [flags] |
89 Print [range] lines (default current line). | |
7 | 90 Note: If you are looking for a way to print your text |
169 | 91 on paper see |:hardcopy|. In the GUI you can use the |
92 File.Print menu entry. | |
93 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. | |
7 | 94 |
169 | 95 :[range]p[rint] {count} [flags] |
7 | 96 Print {count} lines, starting with [range] (default |
97 current line |cmdline-ranges|). | |
169 | 98 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
7 | 99 |
100 *:P* *:Print* | |
169 | 101 :[range]P[rint] [count] [flags] |
7 | 102 Just as ":print". Was apparently added to Vi for |
103 people that keep the shift key pressed too long... | |
169 | 104 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
7 | 105 |
106 *:l* *:list* | |
169 | 107 :[range]l[ist] [count] [flags] |
7 | 108 Same as :print, but display unprintable characters |
2458 | 109 with '^' and put $ after the line. This can be |
110 changed with the 'listchars' option. | |
169 | 111 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
7 | 112 |
113 *:nu* *:number* | |
169 | 114 :[range]nu[mber] [count] [flags] |
7 | 115 Same as :print, but precede each line with its line |
677 | 116 number. (See also 'highlight' and 'numberwidth' |
117 option). | |
169 | 118 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
7 | 119 |
120 *:#* | |
169 | 121 :[range]# [count] [flags] |
122 synonym for :number. | |
7 | 123 |
1125 | 124 *:#!* |
125 :#!{anything} Ignored, so that you can start a Vim script with: > | |
1624 | 126 #!vim -S |
1125 | 127 echo "this is a Vim script" |
128 quit | |
129 < | |
7 | 130 *:z* *E144* |
131 :{range}z[+-^.=]{count} Display several lines of text surrounding the line | |
132 specified with {range}, or around the current line | |
133 if there is no {range}. If there is a {count}, that's | |
164 | 134 how many lines you'll see; if there is only one window |
135 then the 'window' option is used, otherwise the | |
136 current window size is used. | |
7 | 137 |
138 :z can be used either alone or followed by any of | |
139 several punctuation marks. These have the following | |
140 effect: | |
141 | |
142 mark first line last line new location ~ | |
143 ---- ---------- --------- ------------ | |
144 + current line 1 scr forward 1 scr forward | |
145 - 1 scr back current line current line | |
146 ^ 2 scr back 1 scr back 1 scr back | |
159 | 147 . 1/2 scr back 1/2 scr fwd 1/2 scr fwd |
148 = 1/2 scr back 1/2 scr fwd current line | |
7 | 149 |
150 Specifying no mark at all is the same as "+". | |
151 If the mark is "=", a line of dashes is printed | |
152 around the current line. | |
153 | |
154 :{range}z#[+-^.=]{count} *:z#* | |
155 Like ":z", but number the lines. | |
156 {not in all versions of Vi, not with these arguments} | |
157 | |
158 *:=* | |
169 | 159 := [flags] Print the last line number. |
160 See |ex-flags| for [flags]. | |
7 | 161 |
169 | 162 :{range}= [flags] Prints the last line number in {range}. For example, |
7 | 163 this prints the current line number: > |
164 :.= | |
169 | 165 < See |ex-flags| for [flags]. |
7 | 166 |
167 :norm[al][!] {commands} *:norm* *:normal* | |
168 Execute Normal mode commands {commands}. This makes | |
169 it possible to execute Normal mode commands typed on | |
170 the command-line. {commands} is executed like it is | |
171 typed. For undo all commands are undone together. | |
1125 | 172 Execution stops when an error is encountered. |
7 | 173 If the [!] is given, mappings will not be used. |
174 {commands} should be a complete command. If | |
175 {commands} does not finish a command, the last one | |
176 will be aborted as if <Esc> or <C-C> was typed. | |
177 The display isn't updated while ":normal" is busy. | |
178 This implies that an insert command must be completed | |
179 (to start Insert mode, see |:startinsert|). A ":" | |
161 | 180 command must be completed as well. And you can't use |
181 "Q" or "gQ" to start Ex mode. | |
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183 1 (one) before it, "1 " is one space. |
7 | 184 The 'insertmode' option is ignored for {commands}. |
185 This command cannot be followed by another command, | |
186 since any '|' is considered part of the command. | |
187 This command can be used recursively, but the depth is | |
188 limited by 'maxmapdepth'. | |
189 When this command is called from a non-remappable | |
190 mapping |:noremap|, the argument can be mapped anyway. | |
191 An alternative is to use |:execute|, which uses an | |
192 expression as argument. This allows the use of | |
2264 | 193 printable characters to represent special characters. |
194 Example: > | |
7 | 195 :exe "normal \<c-w>\<c-w>" |
196 < {not in Vi, of course} | |
197 {not available when the |+ex_extra| feature was | |
198 disabled at compile time} | |
199 | |
200 :{range}norm[al][!] {commands} *:normal-range* | |
201 Execute Normal mode commands {commands} for each line | |
202 in the {range}. Before executing the {commands}, the | |
203 cursor is positioned in the first column of the range, | |
204 for each line. Otherwise it's the same as the | |
205 ":normal" command without a range. | |
206 {not in Vi} | |
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208 at compile time} |
7 | 209 |
210 *:sh* *:shell* *E371* | |
211 :sh[ell] This command starts a shell. When the shell exits | |
212 (after the "exit" command) you return to Vim. The | |
213 name for the shell command comes from 'shell' option. | |
214 *E360* | |
215 Note: This doesn't work when Vim on the Amiga was | |
216 started in QuickFix mode from a compiler, because the | |
217 compiler will have set stdin to a non-interactive | |
218 mode. | |
219 | |
220 *:!cmd* *:!* *E34* | |
221 :!{cmd} Execute {cmd} with the shell. See also the 'shell' | |
222 and 'shelltype' option. | |
223 Any '!' in {cmd} is replaced with the previous | |
224 external command (see also 'cpoptions'). But not when | |
225 there is a backslash before the '!', then that | |
226 backslash is removed. Example: ":!ls" followed by | |
227 ":!echo ! \! \\!" executes "echo ls ! \!". | |
228 After the command has been executed, the timestamp of | |
229 the current file is checked |timestamp|. | |
1624 | 230 A '|' in {cmd} is passed to the shell, you cannot use |
231 it to append a Vim command. See |:bar|. | |
7 | 232 A newline character ends {cmd}, what follows is |
233 interpreted as a following ":" command. However, if | |
234 there is a backslash before the newline it is removed | |
235 and {cmd} continues. It doesn't matter how many | |
236 backslashes are before the newline, only one is | |
237 removed. | |
238 On Unix the command normally runs in a non-interactive | |
239 shell. If you want an interactive shell to be used | |
240 (to use aliases) set 'shellcmdflag' to "-ic". | |
241 For Win32 also see |:!start|. | |
242 Vim redraws the screen after the command is finished, | |
243 because it may have printed any text. This requires a | |
244 hit-enter prompt, so that you can read any messages. | |
245 To avoid this use: > | |
246 :silent !{cmd} | |
247 < The screen is not redrawn then, thus you have to use | |
248 CTRL-L or ":redraw!" if the command did display | |
249 something. | |
250 Also see |shell-window|. | |
251 | |
252 *:!!* | |
253 :!! Repeat last ":!{cmd}". | |
254 | |
255 *:ve* *:version* | |
256 :ve[rsion] Print the version number of the editor. If the | |
257 compiler used understands "__DATE__" the compilation | |
258 date is mentioned. Otherwise a fixed release-date is | |
259 shown. | |
260 The following lines contain information about which | |
261 features were enabled when Vim was compiled. When | |
262 there is a preceding '+', the feature is included, | |
263 when there is a '-' it is excluded. To change this, | |
264 you have to edit feature.h and recompile Vim. | |
265 To check for this in an expression, see |has()|. | |
266 Here is an overview of the features. | |
267 The first column shows the smallest version in which | |
268 they are included: | |
269 T tiny | |
270 S small | |
271 N normal | |
272 B big | |
273 H huge | |
274 m manually enabled or depends on other features | |
275 (none) system dependent | |
276 Thus if a feature is marked with "N", it is included | |
277 in the normal, big and huge versions of Vim. | |
278 | |
279 *+feature-list* | |
280 *+ARP* Amiga only: ARP support included | |
281 B *+arabic* |Arabic| language support | |
282 N *+autocmd* |:autocmd|, automatic commands | |
191 | 283 m *+balloon_eval* |balloon-eval| support. Included when compiling with |
284 supported GUI (Motif, GTK, GUI) and either | |
285 Netbeans/Sun Workshop integration or |+eval| feature. | |
7 | 286 N *+browse* |:browse| command |
287 N *+builtin_terms* some terminals builtin |builtin-terms| | |
288 B *++builtin_terms* maximal terminals builtin |builtin-terms| | |
289 N *+byte_offset* support for 'o' flag in 'statusline' option, "go" | |
290 and ":goto" commands. | |
291 N *+cindent* |'cindent'|, C indenting | |
292 N *+clientserver* Unix and Win32: Remote invocation |clientserver| | |
293 *+clipboard* |clipboard| support | |
294 N *+cmdline_compl* command line completion |cmdline-completion| | |
295 N *+cmdline_hist* command line history |cmdline-history| | |
296 N *+cmdline_info* |'showcmd'| and |'ruler'| | |
297 N *+comments* |'comments'| support | |
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298 B *+conceal* "conceal" support, see |conceal| |:syn-conceal| etc. |
7 | 299 N *+cryptv* encryption support |encryption| |
300 B *+cscope* |cscope| support | |
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301 m *+cursorbind* |'cursorbind'| support |
500 | 302 m *+cursorshape* |termcap-cursor-shape| support |
303 m *+debug* Compiled for debugging. | |
7 | 304 N *+dialog_gui* Support for |:confirm| with GUI dialog. |
305 N *+dialog_con* Support for |:confirm| with console dialog. | |
306 N *+dialog_con_gui* Support for |:confirm| with GUI and console dialog. | |
307 N *+diff* |vimdiff| and 'diff' | |
308 N *+digraphs* |digraphs| *E196* | |
309 *+dnd* Support for DnD into the "~ register |quote_~|. | |
310 B *+emacs_tags* |emacs-tags| files | |
311 N *+eval* expression evaluation |eval.txt| | |
312 N *+ex_extra* Vim's extra Ex commands: |:center|, |:left|, | |
313 |:normal|, |:retab| and |:right| | |
314 N *+extra_search* |'hlsearch'| and |'incsearch'| options. | |
315 B *+farsi* |farsi| language | |
316 N *+file_in_path* |gf|, |CTRL-W_f| and |<cfile>| | |
317 N *+find_in_path* include file searches: |[I|, |:isearch|, | |
318 |CTRL-W_CTRL-I|, |:checkpath|, etc. | |
319 N *+folding* |folding| | |
320 *+footer* |gui-footer| | |
321 *+fork* Unix only: |fork| shell commands | |
1624 | 322 *+float* Floating point support |
7 | 323 N *+gettext* message translations |multi-lang| |
324 *+GUI_Athena* Unix only: Athena |GUI| | |
325 *+GUI_neXtaw* Unix only: neXtaw |GUI| | |
326 *+GUI_GTK* Unix only: GTK+ |GUI| | |
327 *+GUI_Motif* Unix only: Motif |GUI| | |
328 *+GUI_Photon* QNX only: Photon |GUI| | |
329 m *+hangul_input* Hangul input support |hangul| | |
557 | 330 *+iconv* Compiled with the |iconv()| function |
331 *+iconv/dyn* Likewise |iconv-dynamic| |/dyn| | |
7 | 332 N *+insert_expand* |insert_expand| Insert mode completion |
333 N *+jumplist* |jumplist| | |
334 B *+keymap* |'keymap'| | |
335 B *+langmap* |'langmap'| | |
336 N *+libcall* |libcall()| | |
337 N *+linebreak* |'linebreak'|, |'breakat'| and |'showbreak'| | |
338 N *+lispindent* |'lisp'| | |
339 N *+listcmds* Vim commands for the list of buffers |buffer-hidden| | |
340 and argument list |:argdelete| | |
341 N *+localmap* Support for mappings local to a buffer |:map-local| | |
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343 m *+lua/dyn* |Lua| interface |/dyn| |
7 | 344 N *+menu* |:menu| |
345 N *+mksession* |:mksession| | |
346 N *+modify_fname* |filename-modifiers| | |
347 N *+mouse* Mouse handling |mouse-using| | |
348 N *+mouseshape* |'mouseshape'| | |
349 B *+mouse_dec* Unix only: Dec terminal mouse handling |dec-mouse| | |
350 N *+mouse_gpm* Unix only: Linux console mouse handling |gpm-mouse| | |
351 B *+mouse_netterm* Unix only: netterm mouse handling |netterm-mouse| | |
352 N *+mouse_pterm* QNX only: pterm mouse handling |qnx-terminal| | |
1624 | 353 N *+mouse_sysmouse* Unix only: *BSD console mouse handling |sysmouse| |
7 | 354 N *+mouse_xterm* Unix only: xterm mouse handling |xterm-mouse| |
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355 B *+multi_byte* 16 and 32 bit characters |multibyte| |
7 | 356 *+multi_byte_ime* Win32 input method for multibyte chars |multibyte-ime| |
357 N *+multi_lang* non-English language support |multi-lang| | |
14 | 358 m *+mzscheme* Mzscheme interface |mzscheme| |
625 | 359 m *+mzscheme/dyn* Mzscheme interface |mzscheme-dynamic| |/dyn| |
7 | 360 m *+netbeans_intg* |netbeans| |
361 m *+ole* Win32 GUI only: |ole-interface| | |
362 *+osfiletype* Support for the 'osfiletype' option and filetype | |
363 checking in automatic commands. |autocmd-osfiletypes| | |
364 N *+path_extra* Up/downwards search in 'path' and 'tags' | |
557 | 365 m *+perl* Perl interface |perl| |
366 m *+perl/dyn* Perl interface |perl-dynamic| |/dyn| | |
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367 N *+persistent_undo* Persistent undo |undo-persistence| |
7 | 368 *+postscript* |:hardcopy| writes a PostScript file |
369 N *+printer* |:hardcopy| command | |
179 | 370 H *+profile* |:profile| command |
2368 | 371 m *+python* Python 2 interface |python| |
372 m *+python/dyn* Python 2 interface |python-dynamic| |/dyn| | |
373 m *+python3* Python 3 interface |python| | |
374 m *+python3/dyn* Python 3 interface |python-dynamic| |/dyn| | |
7 | 375 N *+quickfix* |:make| and |quickfix| commands |
1624 | 376 N *+reltime* |reltime()| function, 'hlsearch'/'incsearch' timeout, |
377 'redrawtime' option | |
7 | 378 B *+rightleft* Right to left typing |'rightleft'| |
557 | 379 m *+ruby* Ruby interface |ruby| |
380 m *+ruby/dyn* Ruby interface |ruby-dynamic| |/dyn| | |
7 | 381 N *+scrollbind* |'scrollbind'| |
382 B *+signs* |:sign| | |
383 N *+smartindent* |'smartindent'| | |
384 m *+sniff* SniFF interface |sniff| | |
1989 | 385 N *+startuptime* |--startuptime| argument |
7 | 386 N *+statusline* Options 'statusline', 'rulerformat' and special |
387 formats of 'titlestring' and 'iconstring' | |
388 m *+sun_workshop* |workshop| | |
389 N *+syntax* Syntax highlighting |syntax| | |
390 *+system()* Unix only: opposite of |+fork| | |
391 N *+tag_binary* binary searching in tags file |tag-binary-search| | |
392 N *+tag_old_static* old method for static tags |tag-old-static| | |
393 m *+tag_any_white* any white space allowed in tags file |tag-any-white| | |
557 | 394 m *+tcl* Tcl interface |tcl| |
395 m *+tcl/dyn* Tcl interface |tcl-dynamic| |/dyn| | |
7 | 396 *+terminfo* uses |terminfo| instead of termcap |
397 N *+termresponse* support for |t_RV| and |v:termresponse| | |
398 N *+textobjects* |text-objects| selection | |
399 *+tgetent* non-Unix only: able to use external termcap | |
1125 | 400 N *+title* Setting the window 'title' and 'icon' |
7 | 401 N *+toolbar* |gui-toolbar| |
402 N *+user_commands* User-defined commands. |user-commands| | |
403 N *+viminfo* |'viminfo'| | |
404 N *+vertsplit* Vertically split windows |:vsplit| | |
405 N *+virtualedit* |'virtualedit'| | |
406 S *+visual* Visual mode |Visual-mode| | |
407 N *+visualextra* extra Visual mode commands |blockwise-operators| | |
408 N *+vreplace* |gR| and |gr| | |
409 N *+wildignore* |'wildignore'| | |
410 N *+wildmenu* |'wildmenu'| | |
411 S *+windows* more than one window | |
412 m *+writebackup* |'writebackup'| is default on | |
413 m *+xim* X input method |xim| | |
414 *+xfontset* X fontset support |xfontset| | |
415 *+xsmp* XSMP (X session management) support | |
416 *+xsmp_interact* interactive XSMP (X session management) support | |
417 N *+xterm_clipboard* Unix only: xterm clipboard handling | |
418 m *+xterm_save* save and restore xterm screen |xterm-screens| | |
419 N *+X11* Unix only: can restore window title |X11| | |
420 | |
421 */dyn* *E370* *E448* | |
422 To some of the features "/dyn" is added when the | |
423 feature is only available when the related library can | |
424 be dynamically loaded. | |
425 | |
426 :ve[rsion] {nr} Is now ignored. This was previously used to check the | |
427 version number of a .vimrc file. It was removed, | |
428 because you can now use the ":if" command for | |
429 version-dependent behavior. {not in Vi} | |
430 | |
431 *:redi* *:redir* | |
432 :redi[r][!] > {file} Redirect messages to file {file}. The messages which | |
433 are the output of commands are written to that file, | |
434 until redirection ends. The messages are also still | |
435 shown on the screen. When [!] is included, an | |
436 existing file is overwritten. When [!] is omitted, | |
437 and {file} exists, this command fails. | |
438 Only one ":redir" can be active at a time. Calls to | |
439 ":redir" will close any active redirection before | |
440 starting redirection to the new target. | |
441 To stop the messages and commands from being echoed to | |
442 the screen, put the commands in a function and call it | |
443 with ":silent call Function()". | |
294 | 444 An alternative is to use the 'verbosefile' option, |
445 this can be used in combination with ":redir". | |
7 | 446 {not in Vi} |
447 | |
448 :redi[r] >> {file} Redirect messages to file {file}. Append if {file} | |
449 already exists. {not in Vi} | |
450 | |
1624 | 451 :redi[r] @{a-zA-Z} |
298 | 452 :redi[r] @{a-zA-Z}> Redirect messages to register {a-z}. Append to the |
7 | 453 contents of the register if its name is given |
1624 | 454 uppercase {A-Z}. The ">" after the register name is |
455 optional. {not in Vi} | |
271 | 456 :redi[r] @{a-z}>> Append messages to register {a-z}. {not in Vi} |
7 | 457 |
1125 | 458 :redi[r] @*> |
459 :redi[r] @+> Redirect messages to the selection or clipboard. For | |
460 backward compatibility, the ">" after the register | |
461 name can be omitted. See |quotestar| and |quoteplus|. | |
462 {not in Vi} | |
463 :redi[r] @*>> | |
464 :redi[r] @+>> Append messages to the selection or clipboard. | |
465 {not in Vi} | |
7 | 466 |
298 | 467 :redi[r] @"> Redirect messages to the unnamed register. For |
468 backward compatibility, the ">" after the register | |
469 name can be omitted. {not in Vi} | |
271 | 470 :redi[r] @">> Append messages to the unnamed register. {not in Vi} |
7 | 471 |
169 | 472 :redi[r] => {var} Redirect messages to a variable. If the variable |
473 doesn't exist, then it is created. If the variable | |
474 exists, then it is initialized to an empty string. | |
1125 | 475 The variable will remain empty until redirection ends. |
169 | 476 Only string variables can be used. After the |
477 redirection starts, if the variable is removed or | |
478 locked or the variable type is changed, then further | |
479 command output messages will cause errors. {not in Vi} | |
480 | |
481 :redi[r] =>> {var} Append messages to an existing variable. Only string | |
482 variables can be used. {not in Vi} | |
483 | |
7 | 484 :redi[r] END End redirecting messages. {not in Vi} |
485 | |
486 *:sil* *:silent* | |
487 :sil[ent][!] {command} Execute {command} silently. Normal messages will not | |
488 be given or added to the message history. | |
489 When [!] is added, error messages will also be | |
490 skipped, and commands and mappings will not be aborted | |
491 when an error is detected. |v:errmsg| is still set. | |
492 When [!] is not used, an error message will cause | |
493 further messages to be displayed normally. | |
494 Redirection, started with |:redir|, will continue as | |
495 usual, although there might be small differences. | |
496 This will allow redirecting the output of a command | |
497 without seeing it on the screen. Example: > | |
498 :redir >/tmp/foobar | |
499 :silent g/Aap/p | |
500 :redir END | |
501 < To execute a Normal mode command silently, use the | |
502 |:normal| command. For example, to search for a | |
503 string without messages: > | |
504 :silent exe "normal /path\<CR>" | |
505 < ":silent!" is useful to execute a command that may | |
506 fail, but the failure is to be ignored. Example: > | |
507 :let v:errmsg = "" | |
508 :silent! /^begin | |
509 :if v:errmsg != "" | |
510 : ... pattern was not found | |
511 < ":silent" will also avoid the hit-enter prompt. When | |
512 using this for an external command, this may cause the | |
513 screen to be messed up. Use |CTRL-L| to clean it up | |
514 then. | |
515 ":silent menu ..." defines a menu that will not echo a | |
516 Command-line command. The command will still produce | |
517 messages though. Use ":silent" in the command itself | |
518 to avoid that: ":silent menu .... :silent command". | |
519 | |
1926 | 520 *:uns* *:unsilent* |
521 :uns[ilent] {command} Execute {command} not silently. Only makes a | |
522 difference when |:silent| was used to get to this | |
523 command. | |
524 Use this for giving a message even when |:silent| was | |
525 used. In this example |:silent| is used to avoid the | |
526 message about reading the file and |:unsilent| to be | |
527 able to list the first line of each file. > | |
528 :silent argdo unsilent echo expand('%') . ": " . getline(1) | |
529 < | |
530 | |
7 | 531 *:verb* *:verbose* |
532 :[count]verb[ose] {command} | |
533 Execute {command} with 'verbose' set to [count]. If | |
8 | 534 [count] is omitted one is used. ":0verbose" can be |
535 used to set 'verbose' to zero. | |
7 | 536 The additional use of ":silent" makes messages |
537 generated but not displayed. | |
538 The combination of ":silent" and ":verbose" can be | |
539 used to generate messages and check them with | |
540 |v:statusmsg| and friends. For example: > | |
541 :let v:statusmsg = "" | |
542 :silent verbose runtime foobar.vim | |
543 :if v:statusmsg != "" | |
544 : " foobar.vim could not be found | |
545 :endif | |
546 < When concatenating another command, the ":verbose" | |
547 only applies to the first one: > | |
548 :4verbose set verbose | set verbose | |
549 < verbose=4 ~ | |
550 verbose=0 ~ | |
294 | 551 For logging verbose messages in a file use the |
552 'verbosefile' option. | |
7 | 553 |
484 | 554 *:verbose-cmd* |
555 When 'verbose' is non-zero, listing the value of a Vim option or a key map or | |
502 | 556 an abbreviation or a user-defined function or a command or a highlight group |
557 or an autocommand will also display where it was last defined. If it was | |
558 defined manually then there will be no "Last set" message. When it was | |
559 defined while executing a function, user command or autocommand, the script in | |
560 which it was defined is reported. | |
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561 {not available when compiled without the |+eval| feature} |
484 | 562 |
7 | 563 *K* |
564 K Run a program to lookup the keyword under the | |
565 cursor. The name of the program is given with the | |
566 'keywordprg' (kp) option (default is "man"). The | |
567 keyword is formed of letters, numbers and the | |
568 characters in 'iskeyword'. The keyword under or | |
569 right of the cursor is used. The same can be done | |
570 with the command > | |
571 :!{program} {keyword} | |
572 < There is an example of a program to use in the tools | |
573 directory of Vim. It is called 'ref' and does a | |
574 simple spelling check. | |
575 Special cases: | |
576 - If 'keywordprg' is empty, the ":help" command is | |
577 used. It's a good idea to include more characters | |
578 in 'iskeyword' then, to be able to find more help. | |
579 - When 'keywordprg' is equal to "man", a count before | |
580 "K" is inserted after the "man" command and before | |
581 the keyword. For example, using "2K" while the | |
582 cursor is on "mkdir", results in: > | |
583 !man 2 mkdir | |
584 < - When 'keywordprg' is equal to "man -s", a count | |
585 before "K" is inserted after the "-s". If there is | |
586 no count, the "-s" is removed. | |
587 {not in Vi} | |
588 | |
589 *v_K* | |
590 {Visual}K Like "K", but use the visually highlighted text for | |
591 the keyword. Only works when the highlighted text is | |
592 not more than one line. {not in Vi} | |
593 | |
594 [N]gs *gs* *:sl* *:sleep* | |
595 :[N]sl[eep] [N] [m] Do nothing for [N] seconds. When [m] is included, | |
237 | 596 sleep for [N] milliseconds. The count for "gs" always |
7 | 597 uses seconds. The default is one second. > |
598 :sleep "sleep for one second | |
599 :5sleep "sleep for five seconds | |
600 :sleep 100m "sleep for a hundred milliseconds | |
601 10gs "sleep for ten seconds | |
602 < Can be interrupted with CTRL-C (CTRL-Break on MS-DOS). | |
140 | 603 "gs" stands for "goto sleep". |
604 While sleeping the cursor is positioned in the text, | |
605 if at a visible position. {not in Vi} | |
7 | 606 |
607 *g_CTRL-A* | |
608 g CTRL-A Only when Vim was compiled with MEM_PROFILING defined | |
609 (which is very rare): print memory usage statistics. | |
610 Only useful for debugging Vim. | |
611 | |
612 ============================================================================== | |
840 | 613 3. Using Vim like less or more *less* |
7 | 614 |
615 If you use the less or more program to view a file, you don't get syntax | |
616 highlighting. Thus you would like to use Vim instead. You can do this by | |
617 using the shell script "$VIMRUNTIME/macros/less.sh". | |
618 | |
619 This shell script uses the Vim script "$VIMRUNTIME/macros/less.vim". It sets | |
620 up mappings to simulate the commands that less supports. Otherwise, you can | |
621 still use the Vim commands. | |
622 | |
623 This isn't perfect. For example, when viewing a short file Vim will still use | |
624 the whole screen. But it works good enough for most uses, and you get syntax | |
625 highlighting. | |
626 | |
627 The "h" key will give you a short overview of the available commands. | |
628 | |
629 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: |