annotate runtime/doc/gui_w32.txt @ 33570:28c2f681ec33 v9.0.2030

patch 9.0.2030: no max callback recursion limit Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/47510f3d6598a1218958c03ed11337a43b73f48d Author: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> Date: Sun Oct 15 09:56:16 2023 +0200 patch 9.0.2030: no max callback recursion limit Problem: no max callback recursion limit Solution: bail out, if max call recursion for callback functions has been reached. This checks the 'maxfuncdepth' setting and throws E169 when a callback function recursively calls itself. closes: #13337 closes: #13339 Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:00:06 +0200
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Vim's Win32 Graphical User Interface *gui-w32* *win32-gui*
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9 1. Starting the GUI |gui-w32-start|
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10 2. Vim as default editor |vim-default-editor|
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11 3. Using the clipboard |gui-clipboard|
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12 4. Shell Commands |gui-shell-win32|
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13 5. Special colors |win32-colors|
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14 6. Windows dialogs & browsers |gui-w32-dialogs|
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15 7. Command line arguments |gui-w32-cmdargs|
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16 8. Various |gui-w32-various|
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18 Other relevant documentation:
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19 |gui.txt| For generic items of the GUI.
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20 |os_win32.txt| For Win32 specific items.
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23 ==============================================================================
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24 1. Starting the GUI *gui-w32-start*
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26 The Win32 GUI version of Vim will always start the GUI, no matter how you
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27 start it or what it's called.
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29 The GUI will always run in the Windows subsystem. Mostly shells automatically
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30 return with a command prompt after starting gvim. If not, you should use the
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31 "start" command: >
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32 start gvim [options] file ..
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33 < *E988*
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34 The console version with the |-g| option may also start the GUI by executing
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35 gvim.exe: >
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36 vim -g [options] file ..
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37 To make this work, gvim.exe must exist in the same directory as the vim.exe,
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38 and this feature must be enabled at compile time.
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40 One may also use `:gui` from the console version. However, this is an
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41 experimental feature and this feature must be enabled at compile time.
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42 It uses a session file to recreate the current state of the console Vim in the
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43 GUI Vim.
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45 Note: All fonts (bold, italic) must be of the same size!!! If you don't do
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46 this, text will disappear or mess up the display. Vim does not check the font
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47 sizes. It's the size in screen pixels that must be the same. Note that some
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48 fonts that have the same point size don't have the same pixel size!
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49 Additionally, the positioning of the fonts must be the same (ascent and
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50 descent).
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52 The Win32 GUI has an extra menu item: "Edit/Select Font". It brings up the
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53 standard Windows font selector.
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55 Setting the menu height doesn't work for the Win32 GUI.
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57 *gui-win32-maximized*
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58 If you want Vim to start with a maximized window, add this command to your
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59 vimrc or gvimrc file: >
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60 au GUIEnter * simalt ~x
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63 Using Vim as a plugin *gui-w32-windowid*
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65 When gvim starts up normally, it creates its own top level window. If you
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66 pass Vim the command-line option |--windowid| with a decimal or hexadecimal
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67 value, Vim will create a window that is a child of the window with the given
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68 ID. This enables Vim to act as a plugin in another application. This really
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69 is a programmer's interface, and is of no use without a supporting application
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70 to spawn Vim correctly.
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72 ==============================================================================
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73 2. Vim as default editor *vim-default-editor*
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75 To set Vim as the default editor for a file type:
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79 (you can also use three spaces in the file type field, for files without an
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80 extension).
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81 In the "open" action, use: >
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82 gvim "%1"
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83 < The quotes are required for using file names with embedded spaces.
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84 You can also use this: >
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86 < This should avoid short (8.3 character) file names in some situations. But
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87 I'm not sure if this works everywhere.
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89 When you open a file in Vim by double clicking it, Vim changes to that
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90 file's directory.
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103 7. <OK>
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105 *send-to-menu* *sendto*
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106 You can also install Vim in the "Send To" menu:
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109 C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo .
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124 *win32-popup-menu*
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125 A more drastic approach is to install an "Edit with Vim" entry in the popup
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128 This can co-exist with the file associations mentioned above. The difference
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131 double clicking on the file, and edit the file with Vim when you want. For
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132 example, you can associate "*.mak" with your make program. You can execute
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136 You can select any files and right-click to see a menu option called "Edit
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137 with gvim". Choosing this menu option will invoke gvim with the file you have
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138 selected. If you select multiple files, you will find two gvim-related menu
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139 options:
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140 "Edit with multiple gvims" -- one gvim for each file in the selection
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141 "Edit with single gvim" -- one gvim for all the files in the selection
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142 And if there already is a gvim running:
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143 "Edit with existing gvim" -- edit the file with the running gvim
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145 The "edit with existing Vim" entries can be disabled by adding an entry in the
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147 any value.
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148 *install-registry*
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149 You can add the "Edit with Vim" menu entry in an easy way by using the
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150 "install.exe" program. It will add several registry entries for you.
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152 You can also do this by hand. This is complicated! Use the install.exe if
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155 1. Start the registry editor with "regedit".
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156 2. Add these keys:
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157 key value name value ~
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158 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}
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159 {default} Vim Shell Extension
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162 ThreadingModel Apartment
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163 HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\gvim
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164 {default} {51EEE242-AD87-11d3-9C1E-0090278BBD99}
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165 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved
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205 ----------------------------------------------------------
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206 REGEDIT4
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214 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\gvim.exe\shell\edit\command]
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215 @="c:\\vim\\vim82\\gvim.exe \"%1\""
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223 Change the "c:\\vim\\vim82" bit to where gvim.exe is actually located.
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225 To uninstall this run the Vim uninstall program or manually delete the
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226 registry entries with "regedit".
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229 3. Using the clipboard *gui-clipboard*
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231 Windows has a clipboard, where you can copy text to, and paste text from. Vim
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234 The "* register reflects the contents of the clipboard. |quotestar|
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236 When the "unnamed" string is included in the 'clipboard' option, the unnamed
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238 without prepending "* to commands. If this doesn't work use the "unnamedplus"
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239 string in the 'clipboard' option.
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245 upon.
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247 *mswin.vim*
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248 To use the standard MS-Windows way of CTRL-X, CTRL-C and CTRL-V, use the
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249 $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim script. You could add this line to your _vimrc file: >
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250 source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
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252 Since CTRL-C is used to copy the text to the clipboard, it can't be used to
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258 *CTRL-V-alternative* *CTRL-Q*
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259 Since CTRL-V is used to paste, you can't use it to start a blockwise Visual
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260 selection. You can use CTRL-Q instead. You can also use CTRL-Q in Insert
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261 mode and Command-line mode to get the old meaning of CTRL-V. But CTRL-Q
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269 Vim uses another window for external commands, to make it possible to run any
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271 it was started from a DOS prompt.
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278 external command has finished.
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279 WARNING: If you close this window with the "X" button, and confirm the
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281 (This does not apply to commands run asynchronously with ":!start".)
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287 Normally, Vim waits for a command to complete before continuing (this makes
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288 sense for most shell commands which produce output for Vim to use). If you
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317 Sys_Window Normal window background
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318 Sys_WindowText Normal window text
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319 Sys_Highlight Highlighted background
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320 Sys_HighlightText Highlighted text
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332 *gui-w32-dialogs* *dialog*
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349 When prepending ":browse" before file editing commands, a file requester is
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353 6.3 Tearoff Menus
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355 The Win32 GUI emulates Motif's tear-off menus. At the top of each menu you
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357 window to be created with the same menu entries on it. The floating menu can
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358 then be accessed just as if it was the original (including sub-menus), but
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359 without having to go to the menu bar each time.
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360 This is most useful if you find yourself using a command buried in a sub-menu
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361 over and over again.
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362 The tearoff menus can be positioned where you like, and always stay just above
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363 the Main Vim window. You can get rid of them by closing them as usual; they
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365
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366 *:tearoff* *:te*
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367 :te[aroff] {name} Tear-off the menu {name}. The menu named must have at
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368 least one subentry, but need not appear on the
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369 menu-bar (see |win32-hidden-menus|).
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370
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371 Example: >
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372 :tearoff File
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373 will make the "File" menu (if there is one) appear as a tearoff menu. >
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374
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375 :amenu ]Toolbar.Make :make<CR>
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376 :tearoff ]Toolbar
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377 This creates a floating menu that doesn't exist on the main menu-bar.
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378
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379 Note that a menu that starts with ']' will not be displayed.
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380
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381 ==============================================================================
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382 7. Command line arguments *gui-w32-cmdargs*
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384 Command line arguments behave the same way as with the console application,
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385 see |win32-cmdargs|.
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386
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387 ==============================================================================
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388 8. Various *gui-w32-various*
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389
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390 *gui-w32-printing*
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391 The "File/Print" menu prints the text with syntax highlighting, see
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392 |:hardcopy|. If you just want to print the raw text and have a default
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393 printer installed this should also work: >
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394 :w >>prn
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396 Vim supports a number of standard MS-Windows features. Some of these are
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397 detailed elsewhere: see |'mouse'|, |win32-hidden-menus|.
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398
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399 *drag-n-drop-win32*
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400 You can drag and drop one or more files into the Vim window, where they will
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401 be opened as normal. See |drag-n-drop|.
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403 *:simalt* *:sim*
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404 :sim[alt] {key} simulate pressing {key} while holding Alt pressed.
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405 {only for Win32 versions}
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406 Note: ":si" means ":s" with the "i" flag.
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408 Normally, Vim takes control of all Alt-<Key> combinations, to increase the
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409 number of possible mappings. This clashes with the standard use of Alt as the
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410 key for accessing menus.
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411 The quick way of getting standard behavior is to set the 'winaltkeys' option
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412 to "yes". This however prevents you from mapping Alt keys at all.
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413 Another way is to set 'winaltkeys' to "menu". Menu shortcut keys are then
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414 handled by windows, other ALT keys can be mapped. This doesn't allow a
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415 dependency on the current state though.
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416 To get round this, the :simalt command allows Vim (when 'winaltkeys' is not
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417 "yes") to fake a Windows-style Alt keypress. You can use this to map Alt key
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419 actions. Here are some examples: >
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421 :map <M-f> :simalt f<CR>
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422 This makes Alt-F pop down the 'File' menu (with the stock Menu.vim) by
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423 simulating the keystrokes Alt, F. >
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424 :map <M-Space> :simalt ~<CR>
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425 This maps Alt-Space to pop down the system menu for the Vim window. Note that
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426 ~ is used by simalt to represent the <Space> character. >
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427 :map <C-n> :simalt ~n<CR>
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428 Maps Control-N to produce the keys Alt-Space followed by N. This minimizes the
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429 Vim window via the system menu.
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431 Note that the key changes depending on the language you are using.
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432
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433 *intellimouse-wheel-problems*
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434 When using the Intellimouse mouse wheel causes Vim to stop accepting input, go
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435 to:
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436 ControlPanel - Mouse - Wheel - UniversalScrolling - Exceptions
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437
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438 And add gvim to the list of applications. This problem only appears to happen
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439 with the Intellimouse driver 2.2 and when "Universal Scrolling" is turned on.
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442 XPM support *w32-xpm-support*
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444 GVim can be built on MS-Windows with support for XPM files. |+xpm_w32|
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445 See the Make_mvc.mak file for instructions, search for XPM.
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446
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447 To try out if XPM support works do this: >
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448 :help
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449 :let runtime = escape($VIMRUNTIME, ' \')
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450 :exe 'sign define vimxpm icon=' .. runtime .. '\\vim16x16.xpm'
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451 :exe 'sign place 1 line=1 name=vimxpm file=' .. expand('%:p')
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452 <
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453 You may need to get the vim16x16.xpm file from github:
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454 https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/vim16x16.xpm
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457 vim:tw=78:sw=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: