annotate runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt @ 13963:1174611ad715 v8.1.0000

Vim 8.1 release commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b1c9198afb7ff902588b45fbe44f0760a9f48375 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu May 17 17:04:55 2018 +0200 Vim 8.1 release Update version number and information. Fix a couple of tests.
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1 *vi_diff.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2016 Aug 16
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Differences between Vim and Vi *vi-differences*
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9 Throughout the help files differences between Vim and Vi/Ex are given in
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10 curly braces, like "{not in Vi}". This file only lists what has not been
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11 mentioned in other files and gives an overview.
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13 Vim is mostly POSIX 1003.2-1 compliant. The only command known to be missing
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14 is ":open". There are probably a lot of small differences (either because Vim
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15 is missing something or because Posix is beside the mark).
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17 1. Simulated command |simulated-command|
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18 2. Missing options |missing-options|
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19 3. Limits |limits|
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20 4. The most interesting additions |vim-additions|
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21 5. Other vim features |other-features|
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22 6. Command-line arguments |cmdline-arguments|
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23 7. POSIX compliance |posix-compliance|
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25 ==============================================================================
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26 1. Simulated command *simulated-command*
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28 This command is in Vi, but Vim only simulates it:
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30 *:o* *:op* *:open*
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31 :[range]o[pen] Works like |:visual|: end Ex mode.
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32 {Vi: start editing in open mode}
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34 :[range]o[pen] /pattern/ As above, additionally move the cursor to the
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35 column where "pattern" matches in the cursor
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36 line.
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38 Vim does not support open mode, since it's not really useful. For those
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39 situations where ":open" would start open mode Vim will leave Ex mode, which
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40 allows executing the same commands, but updates the whole screen instead of
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41 only one line.
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43 ==============================================================================
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44 2. Missing options *missing-options*
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46 These options are in the Unix Vi, but not in Vim. If you try to set one of
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47 them you won't get an error message, but the value is not used and cannot be
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48 printed.
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50 autoprint (ap) boolean (default on) *'autoprint'* *'ap'*
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51 beautify (bf) boolean (default off) *'beautify'* *'bf'*
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52 flash (fl) boolean (default ??) *'flash'* *'fl'*
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53 graphic (gr) boolean (default off) *'graphic'* *'gr'*
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54 hardtabs (ht) number (default 8) *'hardtabs'* *'ht'*
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55 number of spaces that a <Tab> moves on the display
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56 mesg boolean (default on) *'mesg'*
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57 novice boolean (default off) *'novice'*
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58 open boolean (default on) *'open'*
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59 optimize (op) boolean (default off) *'optimize'* *'op'*
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60 redraw boolean (default off) *'redraw'*
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61 slowopen (slow) boolean (default off) *'slowopen'* *'slow'*
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62 sourceany boolean (default off) *'sourceany'*
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63 w300 number (default 23) *'w300'*
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64 w1200 number (default 23) *'w1200'*
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65 w9600 number (default 23) *'w9600'*
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67 ==============================================================================
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68 3. Limits *limits*
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70 Vim has only a few limits for the files that can be edited {Vi: can not handle
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71 <Nul> characters and characters above 128, has limited line length, many other
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72 limits}.
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73 *E340*
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74 Maximum line length On machines with 16-bit ints (Amiga and MS-DOS real
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75 mode): 32767, otherwise 2147483647 characters.
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76 Longer lines are split.
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77 Maximum number of lines 2147483647 lines.
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78 Maximum file size 2147483647 bytes (2 Gbyte) when a long integer is
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79 32 bits. Much more for 64 bit longs. Also limited
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80 by available disk space for the |swap-file|.
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81 *E75*
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82 Length of a file path Unix and Win32: 1024 characters, otherwise 256
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83 characters (or as much as the system supports).
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84 Length of an expanded string option
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85 Unix and Win32: 1024 characters, otherwise 256
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86 characters
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87 Maximum display width Unix and Win32: 1024 characters, otherwise 255
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88 characters
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89 Maximum lhs of a mapping 50 characters.
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95 Information for undo and text in registers is kept in memory, thus when making
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96 (big) changes the amount of (virtual) memory available limits the number of
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97 undo levels and the text that can be kept in registers. Other things are also
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101 -------------------
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103 The option 'maxmem' ('mm') is used to set the maximum memory used for one
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107 available.
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108 These are not hard limits, but tell Vim when to move text into a swap file.
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109 If you don't like Vim to swap to a file, set 'maxmem' and 'maxmemtot' to a
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110 very large value. The swap file will then only be used for recovery. If you
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111 don't want a swap file at all, set 'updatecount' to 0, or use the "-n"
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112 argument when starting Vim.
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114 ==============================================================================
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115 4. The most interesting additions *vim-additions*
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117 Vi compatibility. |'compatible'|
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118 Although Vim is 99% Vi compatible, some things in Vi can be
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119 considered to be a bug, or at least need improvement. But still, Vim
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120 starts in a mode which behaves like the "real" Vi as much as possible.
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121 To make Vim behave a little bit better, try resetting the 'compatible'
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122 option:
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123 :set nocompatible
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124 Or start Vim with the "-N" argument:
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125 vim -N
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126 Vim starts with 'nocompatible' automatically if you have a .vimrc
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127 file. See |startup|.
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129 a number of specific items.
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131 Support for different systems.
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132 Vim can be used on:
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133 - All Unix systems (it works on all systems it was tested on, although
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134 the GUI and Perl interface may not work everywhere).
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135 - Amiga (500, 1000, 1200, 2000, 3000, 4000, ...).
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140 - Atari MiNT
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141 - VMS
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144 - Risc OS
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146 Note that on some systems features need to be disabled to reduce
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147 resource usage, esp. on MS-DOS. For some outdated systems you need to
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150 Multi level persistent undo. |undo|
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151 'u' goes backward in time, 'CTRL-R' goes forward again. Set option
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152 'undolevels' to the number of changes to be remembered (default 1000).
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154 -1 for no undo at all.
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155 When all changes in a buffer have been undone, the buffer is not
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156 considered changed anymore. You can exit it with :q, without <!>.
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157 When undoing a few changes and then making a new change Vim will
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158 create a branch in the undo tree. This means you can go back to any
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159 state of the text, there is no risk of a change causing text to be
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160 lost forever. |undo-tree|
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161 The undo information is stored in a file when the 'undofile' option is
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162 set. This means you can exit Vim, start Vim on a previously edited
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163 file and undo changes that were made before exiting Vim.
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165 Graphical User Interface (GUI). |gui|
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166 Included support for GUI: menu's, mouse, scrollbars, etc. You can
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167 define your own menus. Better support for CTRL/SHIFT/ALT keys in
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168 combination with special keys and mouse. Supported for various
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169 platforms, such as X11 (with Motif and Athena interfaces), GTK, Win32
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170 (Windows 95 and later), BeOS, Amiga and Macintosh.
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172 Multiple windows and buffers. |windows.txt|
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173 Vim can split the screen into several windows, each editing a
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174 different buffer or the same buffer at a different location. Buffers
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190 this is using a |:colorscheme| command.
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191 The highlighted text can be exported as HTML. |convert-to-HTML|
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192 Other items that can be highlighted are matches with the search string
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193 |'hlsearch'|, matching parens |matchparen| and the cursor line and
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197 When the 'spell' option is set Vim will highlight spelling mistakes.
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205 Folds can be created manually, from the syntax of the file, by indent,
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206 etc.
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208 Diff mode. |diff|
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209 Vim can show two versions of a file with the differences highlighted.
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210 Parts of the text that are equal are folded away. Commands can be
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213 Plugins. |add-plugin|
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214 The functionality can be extended by dropping a plugin file in the
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215 right directory. That's an easy way to start using Vim scripts
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216 written by others. Plugins can be for all kind of files, or
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217 specifically for a filetype.
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218 Packages make this even easier. |packages|
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220 Asynchronous communication and timers. |channel| |job| |timer|
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221 Vim can exchange messages with other processes in the background.
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222 This makes it possible to have servers do work and send back the
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223 results to Vim. |channel|
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224 Vim can start a job, communicate with it and stop it. |job|
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225 Timers can fire once or repeatedly and invoke a function to do any
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226 work. |timer|
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229 "q{c}" starts recording typed characters into named register {c}.
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230 A subsequent "q" stops recording. The register can then be executed
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231 with the "@{c}" command. This is very useful to repeat a complex
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232 action.
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234 Flexible insert mode. |ins-special-special|
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235 The arrow keys can be used in insert mode to move around in the file.
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236 This breaks the insert in two parts as far as undo and redo is
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237 concerned.
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239 CTRL-O can be used to execute a single Normal mode command. This is
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240 almost the same as hitting <Esc>, typing the command and doing |a|.
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243 Visual mode can be used to first highlight a piece of text and then
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244 give a command to do something with it. This is an (easy to use)
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245 alternative to first giving the operator and then moving to the end of
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246 the text to be operated upon.
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247 |v| and |V| are used to start Visual mode. |v| works on characters
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248 and |V| on lines. Move the cursor to extend the Visual area. It is
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249 shown highlighted on the screen. By typing "o" the other end of the
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250 Visual area can be moved. The Visual area can be affected by an
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251 operator:
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252 d delete
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253 c change
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254 y yank
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255 > or < insert or delete indent
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256 ! filter through external program
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257 = filter through indent
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258 : start |:| command for the Visual lines.
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259 gq format text to 'textwidth' columns
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260 J join lines
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261 ~ swap case
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262 u make lowercase
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263 U make uppercase
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265 Block operators. |visual-block|
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266 With Visual mode a rectangular block of text can be selected. Start
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267 Visual mode with CTRL-V. The block can be deleted ("d"), yanked ("y")
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268 or its case can be changed ("~", "u" and "U"). A deleted or yanked
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269 block can be put into the text with the "p" and "P" commands.
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271 Help system. |:help|
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272 Help is displayed in a window. The usual commands can be used to
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273 move around, search for a string, etc. Tags can be used to jump
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274 around in the help files, just like hypertext links. The |:help|
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275 command takes an argument to quickly jump to the info on a subject.
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276 <F1> is the quick access to the help system. The name of the help
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277 index file can be set with the 'helpfile' option.
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279 Command-line editing and history. |cmdline-editing|
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280 You can insert or delete at any place in the command-line using the
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281 cursor keys. The right/left cursor keys can be used to move
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282 forward/backward one character. The shifted right/left cursor keys
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283 can be used to move forward/backward one word. CTRL-B/CTRL-E can be
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285 |cmdline-history|
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286 The command-lines are remembered. The up/down cursor keys can be used
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287 to recall previous command-lines. The 'history' option can be set to
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288 the number of lines that will be remembered. There is a separate
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289 history for commands and for search patterns.
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290
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291 Command-line completion. |cmdline-completion|
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292 While entering a command-line (on the bottom line of the screen)
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293 <Tab> can be typed to complete
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294 what example ~
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295 - command :e<Tab>
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296 - tag :ta scr<Tab>
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297 - option :set sc<Tab>
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298 - option value :set hf=<Tab>
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299 - file name :e ve<Tab>
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300 - etc.
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302 If there are multiple matches, CTRL-N (next) and CTRL-P (previous)
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303 will walk through the matches. <Tab> works like CTRL-N, but wraps
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306 The 'wildchar' option can be set to the character for command-line
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307 completion, <Tab> is the default. CTRL-D can be typed after an
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308 (incomplete) wildcard; all matches will be listed. CTRL-A will insert
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309 all matches. CTRL-L will insert the longest common part of the
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312 Insert-mode completion. |ins-completion|
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313 In Insert mode the CTRL-N and CTRL-P keys can be used to complete a
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314 word that appears elsewhere. |i_CTRL-N|
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315 With CTRL-X another mode is entered, through which completion can be
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317 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F| file names
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320 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I| words from included files
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332 columns to scroll can be set with the 'sidescroll' option. The |zh|
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335 'linebreak' option is set. This allows editing a single-line
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339 Text formatting. |formatting|
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346 Extended search patterns. |pattern|
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347 There are many extra items to match various text items. Examples:
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348 A "\n" can be used in a search pattern to match a line break.
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349 "x\{2,4}" matches "x" 2 to 4 times.
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350 "\s" matches a white space character.
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352 Directory, remote and archive browsing. |netrw|
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353 Vim can browse the file system. Simply edit a directory. Move around
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354 in the list with the usual commands and press <Enter> to go to the
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355 directory or file under the cursor.
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356 This also works for remote files over ftp, http, ssh, etc.
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357 Zip and tar archives can also be browsed. |tar| |zip|
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359 Edit-compile-edit speedup. |quickfix|
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360 The |:make| command can be used to run the compilation and jump to the
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361 first error. A file with compiler error messages is interpreted. Vim
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362 jumps to the first error.
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364 Each line in the error file is scanned for the name of a file, line
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365 number and error message. The 'errorformat' option can be set to a
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366 list of scanf-like strings to handle output from many compilers.
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367
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368 The |:cn| command can be used to jump to the next error.
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369 |:cl| lists all the error messages. Other commands are available.
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370 The 'makeef' option has the name of the file with error messages.
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371 The 'makeprg' option contains the name of the program to be executed
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372 with the |:make| command.
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373 The 'shellpipe' option contains the string to be used to put the
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374 output of the compiler into the errorfile.
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375
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376 Finding matches in files. |:vimgrep|
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377 Vim can search for a pattern in multiple files. This uses the
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378 advanced Vim regexp pattern, works on all systems and also works to
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379 search in compressed files.
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380
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381 Improved indenting for programs. |'cindent'|
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382 When the 'cindent' option is on the indent of each line is
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383 automatically adjusted. C syntax is mostly recognized. The indent
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384 for various styles can be set with 'cinoptions'. The keys to trigger
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385 indenting can be set with 'cinkeys'.
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386
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387 Comments can be automatically formatted. The 'comments' option can be
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388 set to the characters that start and end a comment. This works best
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389 for C code, but also works for e-mail (">" at start of the line) and
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390 other types of text. The |=| operator can be used to re-indent
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391 lines.
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393 For many other languages an indent plugin is present to support
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394 automatic indenting. |30.3|
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395
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396 Searching for words in included files. |include-search|
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397 The |[i| command can be used to search for a match of the word under
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398 the cursor in the current and included files. The 'include' option
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401 The |[I| command lists all matches, the |[_CTRL-I| command jumps to
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402 a match.
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403 The |[d|, |[D| and |[_CTRL-D| commands do the same, but only for
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404 lines where the pattern given with the 'define' option matches.
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406 Automatic commands. |autocommand|
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407 Commands can be automatically executed when reading a file, writing a
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408 file, jumping to another buffer, etc., depending on the file name.
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409 This is useful to set options and mappings for C programs,
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410 documentation, plain text, e-mail, etc. This also makes it possible
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411 to edit compressed files.
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412
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413 Scripts and Expressions. |expression|
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414 Commands have been added to form up a powerful script language.
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415 |:if| Conditional execution, which can be used for example
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416 to set options depending on the value of $TERM.
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417 |:while| Repeat a number of commands.
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418 |:for| Loop over a list.
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419 |:echo| Print the result of an expression.
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420 |:let| Assign a value to an internal variable, option, etc.
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421 Variable types are Number, String, List and Dictionary.
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422 |:execute| Execute a command formed by an expression.
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423 |:try| Catch exceptions.
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424 etc., etc. See |eval|.
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425 Debugging and profiling are supported. |debug-scripts| |profile|
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426 If this is not enough, an interface is provided to |Python|, |Ruby|,
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427 |Tcl|, |Lua|, |Perl| and |MzScheme|.
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429 Viminfo. |viminfo-file|
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430 The command-line history, marks and registers can be stored in a file
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431 that is read on startup. This can be used to repeat a search command
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432 or command-line command after exiting and restarting Vim. It is also
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433 possible to jump right back to where the last edit stopped with |'0|.
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434 The 'viminfo' option can be set to select which items to store in the
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435 .viminfo file. This is off by default.
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436
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437 Printing. |printing|
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438 The |:hardcopy| command sends text to the printer. This can include
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439 syntax highlighting.
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440
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441 Mouse support. |mouse-using|
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442 The mouse is supported in the GUI version, in an xterm for Unix, for
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443 BSDs with sysmouse, for Linux with gpm, for MS-DOS, and Win32. It
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444 can be used to position the cursor, select the visual area, paste a
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445 register, etc.
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447 Usage of key names. |<>| |key-notation|
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448 Special keys now all have a name like <Up>, <End>, etc.
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449 This name can be used in mappings, to make it easy to edit them.
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450
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451 Editing binary files. |edit-binary|
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452 Vim can edit binary files. You can change a few characters in an
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453 executable file, without corrupting it. Vim doesn't remove NUL
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454 characters (they are represented as <NL> internally).
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455 |-b| command-line argument to start editing a binary file
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456 |'binary'| Option set by |-b|. Prevents adding an <EOL> for the
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457 last line in the file.
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458
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459 Multi-language support. |multi-lang|
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460 Files in double-byte or multi-byte encodings can be edited. There is
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461 UTF-8 support to be able to edit various languages at the same time,
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462 without switching fonts. |UTF-8|
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463 Messages and menus are available in different languages.
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464
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465 Move cursor beyond lines.
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466 When the 'virtualedit' option is set the cursor can move all over the
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467 screen, also where there is no text. This is useful to edit tables
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468 and figures easily.
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470 ==============================================================================
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471 5. Other vim features *other-features*
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472
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473 A random collection of nice extra features.
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476 When Vim is started with "-s scriptfile", the characters read from
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477 "scriptfile" are treated as if you typed them. If end of file is reached
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478 before the editor exits, further characters are read from the console.
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479
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480 The "-w" option can be used to record all typed characters in a script file.
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481 This file can then be used to redo the editing, possibly on another file or
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482 after changing some commands in the script file.
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483
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484 The "-o" option opens a window for each argument. "-o4" opens four windows.
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486 Vi requires several termcap entries to be able to work full-screen. Vim only
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487 requires the "cm" entry (cursor motion).
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488
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489
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490 In command mode:
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491
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492 When the 'showcmd' option is set, the command characters are shown in the last
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493 line of the screen. They are removed when the command is finished.
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494
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495 If the 'ruler' option is set, the current cursor position is shown in the
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496 last line of the screen.
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497
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498 "U" still works after having moved off the last changed line and after "u".
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499
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500 Characters with the 8th bit set are displayed. The characters between '~' and
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501 0xa0 are displayed as "~?", "~@", "~A", etc., unless they are included in the
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502 'isprint' option.
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503
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504 "][" goes to the next ending of a C function ('}' in column 1).
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505 "[]" goes to the previous ending of a C function ('}' in column 1).
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507 "]f", "[f" and "gf" start editing the file whose name is under the cursor.
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508 CTRL-W f splits the window and starts editing the file whose name is under
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509 the cursor.
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510
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511 "*" searches forward for the identifier under the cursor, "#" backward.
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512 "K" runs the program defined by the 'keywordprg' option, with the identifier
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513 under the cursor as argument.
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514
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515 "%" can be preceded with a count. The cursor jumps to the line that
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516 percentage down in the file. The normal "%" function to jump to the matching
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517 brace skips braces inside quotes.
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518
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519 With the CTRL-] command, the cursor may be in the middle of the identifier.
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521 The used tags are remembered. Commands that can be used with the tag stack
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522 are CTRL-T, ":pop" and ":tag". ":tags" lists the tag stack.
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523
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524 The 'tags' option can be set to a list of tag file names. Thus multiple
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525 tag files can be used. For file names that start with "./", the "./" is
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526 replaced with the path of the current file. This makes it possible to use a
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527 tags file in the same directory as the file being edited.
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528
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529 Previously used file names are remembered in the alternate file name list.
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530 CTRL-^ accepts a count, which is an index in this list.
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531 ":files" command shows the list of alternate file names.
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532 "#<N>" is replaced with the <N>th alternate file name in the list.
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533 "#<" is replaced with the current file name without extension.
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534
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535 Search patterns have more features. The <NL> character is seen as part of the
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536 search pattern and the substitute string of ":s". Vi sees it as the end of
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537 the command.
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538
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539 Searches can put the cursor on the end of a match and may include a character
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540 offset.
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541
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542 Count added to "~", ":next", ":Next", "n" and "N".
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543
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544 The command ":next!" with 'autowrite' set does not write the file. In vi the
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545 file was written, but this is considered to be a bug, because one does not
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546 expect it and the file is not written with ":rewind!".
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547
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548 In Vi when entering a <CR> in replace mode deletes a character only when 'ai'
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549 is set (but does not show it until you hit <Esc>). Vim always deletes a
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550 character (and shows it immediately).
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551
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552 Added :wnext command. Same as ":write" followed by ":next".
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553
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554 The ":w!" command always writes, also when the file is write protected. In Vi
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555 you would have to do ":!chmod +w %:S" and ":set noro".
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556
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557 When 'tildeop' has been set, "~" is an operator (must be followed by a
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558 movement command).
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559
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560 With the "J" (join) command you can reset the 'joinspaces' option to have only
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561 one space after a period (Vi inserts two spaces).
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562
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563 "cw" can be used to change white space formed by several characters (Vi is
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564 confusing: "cw" only changes one space, while "dw" deletes all white space).
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565
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566 "o" and "O" accept a count for repeating the insert (Vi clears a part of
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567 display).
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568
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569 Flags after Ex commands not supported (no plans to include it).
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570
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571 On non-UNIX systems ":cd" command shows current directory instead of going to
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572 the home directory (there isn't one). ":pwd" prints the current directory on
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573 all systems.
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574
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575 After a ":cd" command the file names (in the argument list, opened files)
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576 still point to the same files. In Vi ":cd" is not allowed in a changed file;
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577 otherwise the meaning of file names change.
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578
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579 ":source!" command reads Vi commands from a file.
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580
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581 ":mkexrc" command writes current modified options and mappings to a ".exrc"
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582 file. ":mkvimrc" writes to a ".vimrc" file.
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583
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584 No check for "tail recursion" with mappings. This allows things like
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585 ":map! foo ^]foo".
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586
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587 When a mapping starts with number, vi loses the count typed before it (e.g.
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588 when using the mapping ":map g 4G" the command "7g" goes to line 4). This is
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589 considered a vi bug. Vim concatenates the counts (in the example it becomes
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590 "74G"), as most people would expect.
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591
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592 The :put! command inserts the contents of a register above the current line.
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593
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594 The "p" and "P" commands of vi cannot be repeated with "." when the putted
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595 text is less than a line. In Vim they can always be repeated.
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596
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597 ":noremap" command can be used to enter a mapping that will not be remapped.
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598 This is useful to exchange the meaning of two keys. ":cmap", ":cunmap" and
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599 ":cnoremap" can be used for mapping in command-line editing only. ":imap",
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600 ":iunmap" and ":inoremap" can be used for mapping in insert mode only.
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601 Similar commands exist for abbreviations: ":noreabbrev", ":iabbrev"
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602 ":cabbrev", ":iunabbrev", ":cunabbrev", ":inoreabbrev", ":cnoreabbrev".
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603
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604 In Vi the command ":map foo bar" would remove a previous mapping
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605 ":map bug foo". This is considered a bug, so it is not included in Vim.
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606 ":unmap! foo" does remove ":map! bug foo", because unmapping would be very
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607 difficult otherwise (this is vi compatible).
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608
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609 The ':' register contains the last command-line.
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610 The '%' register contains the current file name.
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611 The '.' register contains the last inserted text.
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612
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613 ":dis" command shows the contents of the yank registers.
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614
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615 CTRL-O/CTRL-I can be used to jump to older/newer positions. These are the
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616 same positions as used with the '' command, but may be in another file. The
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617 ":jumps" command lists the older positions.
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618
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619 If the 'shiftround' option is set, an indent is rounded to a multiple of
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620 'shiftwidth' with ">" and "<" commands.
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621
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622 The 'scrolljump' option can be set to the minimum number of lines to scroll
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623 when the cursor gets off the screen. Use this when scrolling is slow.
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624
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625 The 'scrolloff' option can be set to the minimum number of lines to keep
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626 above and below the cursor. This gives some context to where you are
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627 editing. When set to a large number the cursor line is always in the middle
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628 of the window.
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629
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630 Uppercase marks can be used to jump between files. The ":marks" command lists
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631 all currently set marks. The commands "']" and "`]" jump to the end of the
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632 previous operator or end of the text inserted with the put command. "'[" and
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633 "`[" do jump to the start.
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634
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635 The 'shelltype' option can be set to reflect the type of shell used on the
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636 Amiga.
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637
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638 The 'highlight' option can be set for the highlight mode to be used for
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639 several commands.
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640
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641 The CTRL-A (add) and CTRL-X (subtract) commands are new. The count to the
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642 command (default 1) is added to/subtracted from the number at or after the
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643 cursor. That number may be decimal, octal (starts with a '0') or hexadecimal
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644 (starts with '0x'). Very useful in macros.
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645
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646 With the :set command the prefix "inv" can be used to invert boolean options.
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647
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648 In both Vi and Vim you can create a line break with the ":substitute" command
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649 by using a CTRL-M. For Vi this means you cannot insert a real CTRL-M in the
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650 text. With Vim you can put a real CTRL-M in the text by preceding it with a
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651 CTRL-V.
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652
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653
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654 In Insert mode:
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655
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656 If the 'revins' option is set, insert happens backwards. This is for typing
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657 Hebrew. When inserting normal characters the cursor will not be shifted and
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658 the text moves rightwards. Backspace, CTRL-W and CTRL-U will also work in
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659 the opposite direction. CTRL-B toggles the 'revins' option. In replace mode
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660 'revins' has no effect. Only when enabled at compile time.
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661
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662 The backspace key can be used just like CTRL-D to remove auto-indents.
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663
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664 You can backspace, CTRL-U and CTRL-W over line breaks if the 'backspace' (bs)
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665 option includes "eol". You can backspace over the start of insert if the
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666 'backspace' option includes "start".
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667
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668 When the 'paste' option is set, a few options are reset and mapping in insert
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669 mode and abbreviation are disabled. This allows for pasting text in windowing
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670 systems without unexpected results. When the 'paste' option is reset, the old
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671 option values are restored.
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672
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673 CTRL-T/CTRL-D always insert/delete an indent in the current line, no matter
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674 what column the cursor is in.
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675
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676 CTRL-@ (insert previously inserted text) works always (Vi: only when typed as
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677 first character).
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678
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679 CTRL-A works like CTRL-@ but does not leave insert mode.
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680
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681 CTRL-R {0-9a-z..} can be used to insert the contents of a register.
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682
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683 When the 'smartindent' option is set, C programs will be better auto-indented.
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684 With 'cindent' even more.
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685
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686 CTRL-Y and CTRL-E can be used to copy a character from above/below the
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687 current cursor position.
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688
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689 After CTRL-V you can enter a three digit decimal number. This byte value is
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690 inserted in the text as a single character. Useful for international
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691 characters that are not on your keyboard.
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692
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693 When the 'expandtab' (et) option is set, a <Tab> is expanded to the
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694 appropriate number of spaces.
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695
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696 The window always reflects the contents of the buffer (Vi does not do this
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697 when changing text and in some other cases).
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698
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699 If Vim is compiled with DIGRAPHS defined, digraphs are supported. A set of
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700 normal digraphs is included. They are shown with the ":digraph" command.
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701 More can be added with ":digraph {char1}{char2} {number}". A digraph is
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702 entered with "CTRL-K {char1} {char2}" or "{char1} BS {char2}" (only when
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703 'digraph' option is set).
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704
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705 When repeating an insert, e.g. "10atest <Esc>" vi would only handle wrapmargin
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706 for the first insert. Vim does it for all.
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707
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708 A count to the "i" or "a" command is used for all the text. Vi uses the count
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709 only for one line. "3iabc<NL>def<Esc>" would insert "abcabcabc<NL>def" in Vi
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710 but "abc<NL>defabc<NL>defabc<NL>def" in Vim.
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711
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712
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713 In Command-line mode:
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714
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715 <Esc> terminates the command-line without executing it. In vi the command
7
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716 line would be executed, which is not what most people expect (hitting <Esc>
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717 should always get you back to command mode). To avoid problems with some
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718 obscure macros, an <Esc> in a macro will execute the command. If you want a
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719 typed <Esc> to execute the command like vi does you can fix this with
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720 ":cmap ^V<Esc> ^V<CR>"
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721
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722 General:
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723
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724 The 'ttimeout' option is like 'timeout', but only works for cursor and
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725 function keys, not for ordinary mapped characters. The 'timeoutlen' option
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726 gives the number of milliseconds that is waited for. If the 'esckeys' option
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727 is not set, cursor and function keys that start with <Esc> are not recognized
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728 in insert mode.
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729
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730 There is an option for each terminal string. Can be used when termcap is not
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731 supported or to change individual strings.
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732
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733 The 'fileformat' option can be set to select the <EOL>: "dos" <CR><NL>, "unix"
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734 <NL> or "mac" <CR>.
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735 When the 'fileformats' option is not empty, Vim tries to detect the type of
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736 <EOL> automatically. The 'fileformat' option is set accordingly.
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737
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738 On systems that have no job control (older Unix systems and non-Unix systems)
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739 the CTRL-Z, ":stop" or ":suspend" command starts a new shell.
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740
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741 If Vim is started on the Amiga without an interactive window for output, a
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742 window is opened (and :sh still works). You can give a device to use for
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743 editing with the |-d| argument, e.g. "-d con:20/20/600/150".
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744
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745 The 'columns' and 'lines' options are used to set or get the width and height
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746 of the display.
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747
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748 Option settings are read from the first and last few lines of the file.
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749 Option 'modelines' determines how many lines are tried (default is 5). Note
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750 that this is different from the Vi versions that can execute any Ex command
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751 in a modeline (a major security problem). |trojan-horse|
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752
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753 If the 'insertmode' option is set (e.g. in .exrc), Vim starts in insert mode.
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754 And it comes back there, when pressing <Esc>.
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755
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756 Undo information is kept in memory. Available memory limits the number and
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757 size of change that can be undone. This may be a problem with MS-DOS, is
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758 hardly a problem on the Amiga and almost never with Unix and Win32.
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759
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760 If the 'backup' or 'writebackup' option is set: Before a file is overwritten,
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761 a backup file (.bak) is made. If the "backup" option is set it is left
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762 behind.
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763
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764 Vim creates a file ending in ".swp" to store parts of the file that have been
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765 changed or that do not fit in memory. This file can be used to recover from
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766 an aborted editing session with "vim -r file". Using the swap file can be
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767 switched off by setting the 'updatecount' option to 0 or starting Vim with
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768 the "-n" option. Use the 'directory' option for placing the .swp file
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769 somewhere else.
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770
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771 Vim is able to work correctly on filesystems with 8.3 file names, also when
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772 using messydos or crossdos filesystems on the Amiga, or any 8.3 mounted
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773 filesystem under Unix. See |'shortname'|.
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774
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775 Error messages are shown at least one second (Vi overwrites error messages).
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776
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777 If Vim gives the |hit-enter| prompt, you can hit any key. Characters other
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778 than <CR>, <NL> and <Space> are interpreted as the (start of) a command. (Vi
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779 only accepts a command starting with ':').
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780
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781 The contents of the numbered and unnamed registers is remembered when
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782 changing files.
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783
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784 The "No lines in buffer" message is a normal message instead of an error
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785 message, since that may cause a mapping to be aborted.
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786
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787 The AUX: device of the Amiga is supported.
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788
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789 ==============================================================================
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790 6. Command-line arguments *cmdline-arguments*
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791
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792 Different versions of Vi have different command-line arguments. This can be
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793 confusing. To help you, this section gives an overview of the differences.
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794
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795 Five variants of Vi will be considered here:
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796 Elvis Elvis version 2.1b
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797 Nvi Nvi version 1.79
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798 Posix Posix 1003.2
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799 Vi Vi version 3.7 (for Sun 4.1.x)
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800 Vile Vile version 7.4 (incomplete)
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801 Vim Vim version 5.2
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802
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803 Only Vim is able to accept options in between and after the file names.
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804
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805 +{command} Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Same as "-c {command}".
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806
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807 - Nvi, Posix, Vi: Run Ex in batch mode.
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808 Vim: Read file from stdin (use -s for batch mode).
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809
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810 -- Vim: End of options, only file names are following.
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811
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812 --cmd {command} Vim: execute {command} before sourcing vimrc files.
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813
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814 --echo-wid Vim: GTK+ echoes the Window ID on stdout
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815
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816 --help Vim: show help message and exit.
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817
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818 --literal Vim: take file names literally, don't expand wildcards.
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819
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820 --nofork Vim: same as |-f|
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821
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822 --noplugin[s] Vim: Skip loading plugins.
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823
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824 --remote Vim: edit the files in another Vim server
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825
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826 --remote-expr {expr} Vim: evaluate {expr} in another Vim server
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827
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828 --remote-send {keys} Vim: send {keys} to a Vim server and exit
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829
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830 --remote-silent {file} Vim: edit the files in another Vim server if possible
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831
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832 --remote-wait Vim: edit the files in another Vim server and wait for it
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833
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834 --remote-wait-silent Vim: like --remote-wait, no complaints if not possible
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835
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836 --role {role} Vim: GTK+ 2: set role of main window
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837
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838 --serverlist Vim: Output a list of Vim servers and exit
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839
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840 --servername {name} Vim: Specify Vim server name
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841
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842 --socketid {id} Vim: GTK window socket to run Vim in
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843
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844 --windowid {id} Vim: Win32 window ID to run Vim in
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845
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846 --version Vim: show version message and exit.
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847
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848 -? Vile: print usage summary and exit.
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849
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850 -a Elvis: Load all specified file names into a window (use -o for
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851 Vim).
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852
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853 -A Vim: Start in Arabic mode (when compiled with Arabic).
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854
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855 -b {blksize} Elvis: Use {blksize} blocksize for the session file.
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856 -b Vim: set 'binary' mode.
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857
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858 -C Vim: Compatible mode.
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859
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860 -c {command} Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vim: run {command} as an Ex command after
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861 loading the edit buffer.
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862 Vim: allow up to 10 "-c" arguments
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863
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864 -d {device} Vim: Use {device} for I/O (Amiga only). {only when compiled
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865 without the |+diff| feature}
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866 -d Vim: start with 'diff' set. |vimdiff|
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867
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868 -dev {device} Vim: Use {device} for I/O (Amiga only).
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869
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870 -D Vim: debug mode.
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871
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872 -e Elvis, Nvi, Vim: Start in Ex mode, as if the executable is
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873 called "ex".
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874
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875 -E Vim: Start in improved Ex mode |gQ|, like "exim".
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876
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877 -f Vim: Run GUI in foreground (Amiga: don't open new window).
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878 -f {session} Elvis: Use {session} as the session file.
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879
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880 -F Vim: Start in Farsi mode (when compiled with Farsi).
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881 Nvi: Fast start, don't read the entire file when editing
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882 starts.
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883
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884 -G {gui} Elvis: Use the {gui} as user interface.
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885
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886 -g Vim: Start GUI.
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887 -g N Vile: start editing at line N
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888
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889 -h Vim: Give help message.
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890 Vile: edit the help file
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891
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892 -H Vim: start Hebrew mode (when compiled with it).
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893
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894 -i Elvis: Start each window in Insert mode.
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895 -i {viminfo} Vim: Use {viminfo} for viminfo file.
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896
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897 -L Vim: Same as "-r" (also in some versions of Vi).
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898
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899 -l Nvi, Vi, Vim: Set 'lisp' and 'showmatch' options.
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900
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901 -m Vim: Modifications not allowed to be written, resets 'write'
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902 option.
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903
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904 -M Vim: Modifications not allowed, resets 'modifiable' and the
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905 'write' option.
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906
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907 -N Vim: No-compatible mode.
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908
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909 -n Vim: No swap file used.
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910
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911 -nb[args] Vim: open a NetBeans interface connection
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912
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913 -O[N] Vim: Like -o, but use vertically split windows.
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914
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915 -o[N] Vim: Open [N] windows, or one for each file.
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916
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917 -p[N] Vim: Open [N] tab pages, or one for each file.
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918
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919 -P {parent-title} Win32 Vim: open Vim inside a parent application window
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920
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921 -q {name} Vim: Use {name} for quickfix error file.
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922 -q{name} Vim: Idem.
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923
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924 -R Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vile, Vim: Set the 'readonly' option.
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925
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926 -r Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Recovery mode.
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927
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928 -S Nvi: Set 'secure' option.
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929 -S {script} Vim: source script after starting up.
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930
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931 -s Nvi, Posix, Vim: Same as "-" (silent mode), when in Ex mode.
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932 Elvis: Sets the 'safer' option.
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933 -s {scriptin} Vim: Read from script file {scriptin}; only when not in Ex
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934 mode.
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935 -s {pattern} Vile: search for {pattern}
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936
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937 -t {tag} Elvis, Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Edit the file containing {tag}.
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938 -t{tag} Vim: Idem.
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939
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940 -T {term} Vim: Set terminal name to {term}.
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941
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942 -u {vimrc} Vim: Read initializations from {vimrc} file.
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943
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944 -U {gvimrc} Vim: Read GUI initializations from {gvimrc} file.
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945
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946 -v Nvi, Posix, Vi, Vim: Begin in Normal mode (visual mode, in Vi
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947 terms).
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948 Vile: View mode, no changes possible.
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949
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950 -V Elvis, Vim: Verbose mode.
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951 -V{nr} Vim: Verbose mode with specified level.
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952
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953 -w {size} Elvis, Posix, Nvi, Vi, Vim: Set value of 'window' to {size}.
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954 -w{size} Nvi, Vi: Same as "-w {size}".
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955 -w {name} Vim: Write to script file {name} (must start with non-digit).
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956
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957 -W {name} Vim: Append to script file {name}.
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958
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959 -x Vi, Vim: Ask for encryption key. See |encryption|.
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960
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961 -X Vim: Don't connect to the X server.
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962
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963 -y Vim: Start in easy mode, like |evim|.
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964
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965 -Z Vim: restricted mode
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966
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967 @{cmdfile} Vile: use {cmdfile} as startup file.
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968
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969 ==============================================================================
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970 7. POSIX compliance *posix* *posix-compliance*
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971
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972 In 2005 the POSIX test suite was run to check the compatibility of Vim. Most
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973 of the test was executed properly. There are the few things where Vim
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974 is not POSIX compliant, even when run in Vi compatibility mode.
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abd64cf67bcf commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/38a55639d603823efcf2d2fdf542dbffdeb60b75
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975 *$VIM_POSIX*
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976 Set the $VIM_POSIX environment variable to have 'cpoptions' include the POSIX
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977 flags when Vim starts up. This makes Vim run as POSIX as it can. That's
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978 a bit different from being Vi compatible.
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979
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980 This is where Vim does not behave as POSIX specifies and why:
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981
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982 *posix-screen-size*
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983 The $COLUMNS and $LINES environment variables are ignored by Vim if
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984 the size can be obtained from the terminal in a more reliable way.
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985 Add the '|' flag to 'cpoptions' to have $COLUMNS and $LINES overrule
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986 sizes obtained in another way.
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987
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988 The "{" and "}" commands don't stop at a "{" in the original Vi, but
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989 POSIX specifies it does. Add the '{' flag to 'cpoptions' if you want
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990 it the POSIX way.
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991
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992 The "D", "o" and "O" commands accept a count. Also when repeated.
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993 Add the '#' flag to 'cpoptions' if you want to ignore the count.
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994
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995 The ":cd" command fails if the current buffer is modified when the '.'
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996 flag is present in 'cpoptions'.
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997
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998 There is no ATTENTION message, the "A" flag is added to 'shortmess'.
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999
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1000 These are remarks about running the POSIX test suite:
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1001 - vi test 33 sometimes fails for unknown reasons
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1002 - vi test 250 fails; behavior will be changed in a new revision
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1003 http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mailarchives/ag-review/msg01710.html
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1004 (link no longer works, perhaps it's now:
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1005 https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?CALLER=show_archive.tpl&source=L&listname=austin-review-l&id=1711)
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1006 - vi test 310 fails; exit code non-zero when any error occurred?
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1007 - ex test 24 fails because test is wrong. Changed between SUSv2 and SUSv3.
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1008 - ex tests 47, 48, 49, 72, 73 fail because .exrc file isn't read in silent
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1009 mode and $EXINIT isn't used.
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1010 - ex tests 76, 78 fail because echo is used instead of printf. (fixed)
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1011 Also: problem with \s not changed to space.
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1012 - ex test 355 fails because 'window' isn't used for "30z".
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1013 - ex test 368 fails because shell command isn't echoed in silent mode.
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1014 - ex test 394 fails because "=" command output isn't visible in silent mode.
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1015 - ex test 411 fails because test file is wrong, contains stray ':'.
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1016 - ex test 475 and 476 fail because reprint output isn't visible in silent mode.
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1017 - ex test 480 and 481 fail because the tags file has spaces instead of a tab.
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1018 - ex test 502 fails because .exrc isn't read in silent mode.
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1019 - ex test 509 fails because .exrc isn't read in silent mode. and exit code is
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1020 1 instead of 2.
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1021 - ex test 534 fails because .exrc isn't read in silent mode.
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1022
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1023
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1024 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: