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patch 8.1.1969: popup window filter is used in all modes
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/581ba39aefe837298a9943b04a1dab13a7ec6772
Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Date: Tue Sep 3 22:08:33 2019 +0200
patch 8.1.1969: popup window filter is used in all modes
Problem: Popup window filter is used in all modes.
Solution: Add the "filtermode" property.
author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |
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date | Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:15:03 +0200 |
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3 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar | |
4 | |
5 About the manuals | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 This chapter introduces the manuals available with Vim. Read this to know the | |
9 conditions under which the commands are explained. | |
10 | |
11 |01.1| Two manuals | |
12 |01.2| Vim installed | |
13 |01.3| Using the Vim tutor | |
14 |01.4| Copyright | |
15 | |
16 Next chapter: |usr_02.txt| The first steps in Vim | |
17 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt| | |
18 | |
19 ============================================================================== | |
20 *01.1* Two manuals | |
21 | |
22 The Vim documentation consists of two parts: | |
23 | |
24 1. The User manual | |
25 Task oriented explanations, from simple to complex. Reads from start to | |
26 end like a book. | |
27 | |
28 2. The Reference manual | |
29 Precise description of how everything in Vim works. | |
30 | |
31 The notation used in these manuals is explained here: |notation| | |
32 | |
33 | |
34 JUMPING AROUND | |
35 | |
36 The text contains hyperlinks between the two parts, allowing you to quickly | |
37 jump between the description of an editing task and a precise explanation of | |
38 the commands and options used for it. Use these two commands: | |
39 | |
40 Press CTRL-] to jump to a subject under the cursor. | |
41 Press CTRL-O to jump back (repeat to go further back). | |
42 | |
2642 | 43 Many links are in vertical bars, like this: |bars|. The bars themselves may |
44 be hidden or invisible, see below. An option name, like 'number', a command | |
45 in double quotes like ":write" and any other word can also be used as a link. | |
46 Try it out: Move the cursor to CTRL-] and press CTRL-] on it. | |
7 | 47 |
48 Other subjects can be found with the ":help" command, see |help.txt|. | |
49 | |
2642 | 50 The bars and stars are usually hidden with the |conceal| feature. They also |
51 use |hl-Ignore|, using the same color for the text as the background. You can | |
52 make them visible with: > | |
53 :set conceallevel=0 | |
54 :hi link HelpBar Normal | |
55 :hi link HelpStar Normal | |
56 | |
7 | 57 ============================================================================== |
58 *01.2* Vim installed | |
59 | |
60 Most of the manuals assume that Vim has been properly installed. If you | |
61 didn't do that yet, or if Vim doesn't run properly (e.g., files can't be found | |
62 or in the GUI the menus do not show up) first read the chapter on | |
63 installation: |usr_90.txt|. | |
64 *not-compatible* | |
65 The manuals often assume you are using Vim with Vi-compatibility switched | |
66 off. For most commands this doesn't matter, but sometimes it is important, | |
1125 | 67 e.g., for multi-level undo. An easy way to make sure you are using a nice |
68 setup is to copy the example vimrc file. By doing this inside Vim you don't | |
69 have to check out where it is located. How to do this depends on the system | |
70 you are using: | |
7 | 71 |
72 Unix: > | |
73 :!cp -i $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim ~/.vimrc | |
74 MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2: > | |
75 :!copy $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim $VIM/_vimrc | |
76 Amiga: > | |
77 :!copy $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim $VIM/.vimrc | |
78 | |
79 If the file already exists you probably want to keep it. | |
80 | |
81 If you start Vim now, the 'compatible' option should be off. You can check it | |
82 with this command: > | |
83 | |
84 :set compatible? | |
85 | |
86 If it responds with "nocompatible" you are doing well. If the response is | |
87 "compatible" you are in trouble. You will have to find out why the option is | |
88 still set. Perhaps the file you wrote above is not found. Use this command | |
89 to find out: > | |
90 | |
91 :scriptnames | |
92 | |
93 If your file is not in the list, check its location and name. If it is in the | |
94 list, there must be some other place where the 'compatible' option is switched | |
95 back on. | |
96 | |
97 For more info see |vimrc| and |compatible-default|. | |
98 | |
99 Note: | |
100 This manual is about using Vim in the normal way. There is an | |
101 alternative called "evim" (easy Vim). This is still Vim, but used in | |
102 a way that resembles a click-and-type editor like Notepad. It always | |
103 stays in Insert mode, thus it feels very different. It is not | |
104 explained in the user manual, since it should be mostly self | |
105 explanatory. See |evim-keys| for details. | |
106 | |
107 ============================================================================== | |
108 *01.3* Using the Vim tutor *tutor* *vimtutor* | |
109 | |
110 Instead of reading the text (boring!) you can use the vimtutor to learn your | |
111 first Vim commands. This is a 30 minute tutorial that teaches the most basic | |
112 Vim functionality hands-on. | |
113 | |
24 | 114 On Unix, if Vim has been properly installed, you can start it from the shell: |
7 | 115 > |
116 vimtutor | |
117 | |
24 | 118 On MS-Windows you can find it in the Program/Vim menu. Or execute |
119 vimtutor.bat in the $VIMRUNTIME directory. | |
120 | |
7 | 121 This will make a copy of the tutor file, so that you can edit it without |
122 the risk of damaging the original. | |
123 There are a few translated versions of the tutor. To find out if yours is | |
124 available, use the two-letter language code. For French: > | |
125 | |
126 vimtutor fr | |
127 | |
1622 | 128 On Unix, if you prefer using the GUI version of Vim, use "gvimtutor" or |
129 "vimtutor -g" instead of "vimtutor". | |
130 | |
7 | 131 For OpenVMS, if Vim has been properly installed, you can start vimtutor from a |
132 VMS prompt with: > | |
133 | |
134 @VIM:vimtutor | |
135 | |
136 Optionally add the two-letter language code as above. | |
137 | |
138 | |
139 On other systems, you have to do a little work: | |
140 | |
141 1. Copy the tutor file. You can do this with Vim (it knows where to find it): | |
142 > | |
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143 vim --clean -c 'e $VIMRUNTIME/tutor/tutor' -c 'w! TUTORCOPY' -c 'q' |
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145 This will write the file "TUTORCOPY" in the current directory. To use a | |
146 translated version of the tutor, append the two-letter language code to the | |
147 filename. For French: | |
148 > | |
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149 vim --clean -c 'e $VIMRUNTIME/tutor/tutor.fr' -c 'w! TUTORCOPY' -c 'q' |
7 | 150 < |
151 2. Edit the copied file with Vim: | |
152 > | |
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153 vim --clean TUTORCOPY |
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155 The --clean argument makes sure Vim is started with nice defaults. |
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157 3. Delete the copied file when you are finished with it: | |
158 > | |
159 del TUTORCOPY | |
160 < | |
161 ============================================================================== | |
162 *01.4* Copyright *manual-copyright* | |
163 | |
164 The Vim user manual and reference manual are Copyright (c) 1988-2003 by Bram | |
237 | 165 Moolenaar. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and |
7 | 166 conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0 or later. The |
167 latest version is presently available at: | |
1125 | 168 http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/ |
7 | 169 |
170 People who contribute to the manuals must agree with the above copyright | |
171 notice. | |
172 *frombook* | |
173 Parts of the user manual come from the book "Vi IMproved - Vim" by Steve | |
174 Oualline (published by New Riders Publishing, ISBN: 0735710015). The Open | |
175 Publication License applies to this book. Only selected parts are included | |
176 and these have been modified (e.g., by removing the pictures, updating the | |
1125 | 177 text for Vim 6.0 and later, fixing mistakes). The omission of the |frombook| |
178 tag does not mean that the text does not come from the book. | |
7 | 179 |
180 Many thanks to Steve Oualline and New Riders for creating this book and | |
181 publishing it under the OPL! It has been a great help while writing the user | |
182 manual. Not only by providing literal text, but also by setting the tone and | |
183 style. | |
184 | |
185 If you make money through selling the manuals, you are strongly encouraged to | |
186 donate part of the profit to help AIDS victims in Uganda. See |iccf|. | |
187 | |
188 ============================================================================== | |
189 | |
190 Next chapter: |usr_02.txt| The first steps in Vim | |
191 | |
14519 | 192 Copyright: see |manual-copyright| vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |