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patch 8.2.3692: Vim9: cannot use :func inside a :def function
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Date: Sun Nov 28 22:00:12 2021 +0000
patch 8.2.3692: Vim9: cannot use :func inside a :def function
Problem: Vim9: cannot use :func inside a :def function.
Solution: Make it work.
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26100 | 1 *insert.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2021 Oct 24 |
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar | |
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7 *Insert* *Insert-mode* | |
8 Inserting and replacing text *mode-ins-repl* | |
9 | |
10 Most of this file is about Insert and Replace mode. At the end are a few | |
11 commands for inserting text in other ways. | |
12 | |
13 An overview of the most often used commands can be found in chapter 24 of the | |
14 user manual |usr_24.txt|. | |
15 | |
16 1. Special keys |ins-special-keys| | |
17 2. Special special keys |ins-special-special| | |
18 3. 'textwidth' and 'wrapmargin' options |ins-textwidth| | |
19 4. 'expandtab', 'smarttab' and 'softtabstop' options |ins-expandtab| | |
20 5. Replace mode |Replace-mode| | |
21 6. Virtual Replace mode |Virtual-Replace-mode| | |
22 7. Insert mode completion |ins-completion| | |
23 8. Insert mode commands |inserting| | |
24 9. Ex insert commands |inserting-ex| | |
25 10. Inserting a file |inserting-file| | |
26 | |
27 Also see 'virtualedit', for moving the cursor to positions where there is no | |
28 character. Useful for editing a table. | |
29 | |
30 ============================================================================== | |
31 1. Special keys *ins-special-keys* | |
32 | |
33 In Insert and Replace mode, the following characters have a special meaning; | |
34 other characters are inserted directly. To insert one of these special | |
35 characters into the buffer, precede it with CTRL-V. To insert a <Nul> | |
36 character use "CTRL-V CTRL-@" or "CTRL-V 000". On some systems, you have to | |
37 use "CTRL-V 003" to insert a CTRL-C. Note: When CTRL-V is mapped you can | |
38 often use CTRL-Q instead |i_CTRL-Q|. | |
39 | |
40 If you are working in a special language mode when inserting text, see the | |
41 'langmap' option, |'langmap'|, on how to avoid switching this mode on and off | |
42 all the time. | |
43 | |
44 If you have 'insertmode' set, <Esc> and a few other keys get another meaning. | |
45 See |'insertmode'|. | |
46 | |
47 char action ~ | |
48 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
49 *i_CTRL-[* *i_<Esc>* | |
50 <Esc> or CTRL-[ End insert or Replace mode, go back to Normal mode. Finish | |
51 abbreviation. | |
52 Note: If your <Esc> key is hard to hit on your keyboard, train | |
53 yourself to use CTRL-[. | |
6153 | 54 If Esc doesn't work and you are using a Mac, try CTRL-Esc. |
55 Or disable Listening under Accessibility preferences. | |
7 | 56 *i_CTRL-C* |
57 CTRL-C Quit insert mode, go back to Normal mode. Do not check for | |
140 | 58 abbreviations. Does not trigger the |InsertLeave| autocommand |
59 event. | |
7 | 60 |
61 *i_CTRL-@* | |
16610 | 62 CTRL-@ Insert previously inserted text and stop insert. |
63 | |
7 | 64 *i_CTRL-A* |
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65 CTRL-A Insert previously inserted text. |
7 | 66 |
67 *i_CTRL-H* *i_<BS>* *i_BS* | |
68 <BS> or CTRL-H Delete the character before the cursor (see |i_backspacing| | |
69 about joining lines). | |
70 See |:fixdel| if your <BS> key does not do what you want. | |
16610 | 71 |
7 | 72 *i_<Del>* *i_DEL* |
73 <Del> Delete the character under the cursor. If the cursor is at | |
74 the end of the line, and the 'backspace' option includes | |
75 "eol", delete the <EOL>; the next line is appended after the | |
76 current one. | |
77 See |:fixdel| if your <Del> key does not do what you want. | |
78 *i_CTRL-W* | |
79 CTRL-W Delete the word before the cursor (see |i_backspacing| about | |
80 joining lines). See the section "word motions", | |
81 |word-motions|, for the definition of a word. | |
82 *i_CTRL-U* | |
6823 | 83 CTRL-U Delete all entered characters before the cursor in the current |
6884 | 84 line. If there are no newly entered characters and |
85 'backspace' is not empty, delete all characters before the | |
6823 | 86 cursor in the current line. |
87 See |i_backspacing| about joining lines. | |
7 | 88 *i_CTRL-I* *i_<Tab>* *i_Tab* |
89 <Tab> or CTRL-I Insert a tab. If the 'expandtab' option is on, the | |
90 equivalent number of spaces is inserted (use CTRL-V <Tab> to | |
91 avoid the expansion; use CTRL-Q <Tab> if CTRL-V is mapped | |
92 |i_CTRL-Q|). See also the 'smarttab' option and | |
93 |ins-expandtab|. | |
94 *i_CTRL-J* *i_<NL>* | |
95 <NL> or CTRL-J Begin new line. | |
96 *i_CTRL-M* *i_<CR>* | |
97 <CR> or CTRL-M Begin new line. | |
98 *i_CTRL-K* | |
99 CTRL-K {char1} [char2] | |
100 Enter digraph (see |digraphs|). When {char1} is a special | |
101 key, the code for that key is inserted in <> form. For | |
102 example, the string "<S-Space>" can be entered by typing | |
103 <C-K><S-Space> (two keys). Neither char is considered for | |
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104 mapping. |
7 | 105 |
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106 CTRL-N Find next keyword (see |i_CTRL-N|). |
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107 CTRL-P Find previous keyword (see |i_CTRL-P|). |
7 | 108 |
18186 | 109 CTRL-R {register} *i_CTRL-R* |
7 | 110 Insert the contents of a register. Between typing CTRL-R and |
111 the second character, '"' will be displayed to indicate that | |
112 you are expected to enter the name of a register. | |
113 The text is inserted as if you typed it, but mappings and | |
114 abbreviations are not used. If you have options like | |
115 'textwidth', 'formatoptions', or 'autoindent' set, this will | |
116 influence what will be inserted. This is different from what | |
117 happens with the "p" command and pasting with the mouse. | |
118 Special registers: | |
119 '"' the unnamed register, containing the text of | |
120 the last delete or yank | |
121 '%' the current file name | |
122 '#' the alternate file name | |
123 '*' the clipboard contents (X11: primary selection) | |
124 '+' the clipboard contents | |
125 '/' the last search pattern | |
126 ':' the last command-line | |
127 '.' the last inserted text | |
128 '-' the last small (less than a line) delete | |
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129 *i_CTRL-R_=* |
7 | 130 '=' the expression register: you are prompted to |
131 enter an expression (see |expression|) | |
36 | 132 Note that 0x80 (128 decimal) is used for |
667 | 133 special keys. E.g., you can use this to move |
134 the cursor up: | |
135 CTRL-R ="\<Up>" | |
136 Use CTRL-R CTRL-R to insert text literally. | |
714 | 137 When the result is a |List| the items are used |
138 as lines. They can have line breaks inside | |
139 too. | |
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144 See |registers| about registers. |
7 | 145 |
18186 | 146 CTRL-R CTRL-R {register} *i_CTRL-R_CTRL-R* |
7 | 147 Insert the contents of a register. Works like using a single |
148 CTRL-R, but the text is inserted literally, not as if typed. | |
149 This differs when the register contains characters like <BS>. | |
150 Example, where register a contains "ab^Hc": > | |
151 CTRL-R a results in "ac". | |
152 CTRL-R CTRL-R a results in "ab^Hc". | |
153 < Options 'textwidth', 'formatoptions', etc. still apply. If | |
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154 you also want to avoid these, use CTRL-R CTRL-O, see below. |
7 | 155 The '.' register (last inserted text) is still inserted as |
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156 typed. |
19968 | 157 After this command, the '.' register contains the text from |
158 the register as if it was inserted by typing it. | |
7 | 159 |
18186 | 160 CTRL-R CTRL-O {register} *i_CTRL-R_CTRL-O* |
7 | 161 Insert the contents of a register literally and don't |
162 auto-indent. Does the same as pasting with the mouse | |
11347 | 163 |<MiddleMouse>|. When the register is linewise this will |
164 insert the text above the current line, like with `P`. | |
7 | 165 Does not replace characters! |
166 The '.' register (last inserted text) is still inserted as | |
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167 typed. |
19968 | 168 After this command, the '.' register contains the command |
169 typed and not the text. I.e., the literals "^R^O" and not the | |
170 text from the register. | |
7 | 171 |
18186 | 172 CTRL-R CTRL-P {register} *i_CTRL-R_CTRL-P* |
7 | 173 Insert the contents of a register literally and fix the |
174 indent, like |[<MiddleMouse>|. | |
175 Does not replace characters! | |
176 The '.' register (last inserted text) is still inserted as | |
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177 typed. |
19968 | 178 After this command, the '.' register contains the command |
179 typed and not the text. I.e., the literals "^R^P" and not the | |
180 text from the register. | |
7 | 181 |
182 *i_CTRL-T* | |
183 CTRL-T Insert one shiftwidth of indent at the start of the current | |
184 line. The indent is always rounded to a 'shiftwidth' (this is | |
16610 | 185 vi compatible). |
7 | 186 *i_CTRL-D* |
187 CTRL-D Delete one shiftwidth of indent at the start of the current | |
188 line. The indent is always rounded to a 'shiftwidth' (this is | |
16610 | 189 vi compatible). |
7 | 190 *i_0_CTRL-D* |
16610 | 191 0 CTRL-D Delete all indent in the current line. |
192 | |
7 | 193 *i_^_CTRL-D* |
194 ^ CTRL-D Delete all indent in the current line. The indent is | |
195 restored in the next line. This is useful when inserting a | |
16610 | 196 label. |
7 | 197 |
198 *i_CTRL-V* | |
199 CTRL-V Insert next non-digit literally. For special keys, the | |
200 terminal code is inserted. It's also possible to enter the | |
201 decimal, octal or hexadecimal value of a character | |
202 |i_CTRL-V_digit|. | |
203 The characters typed right after CTRL-V are not considered for | |
16610 | 204 mapping. |
7 | 205 Note: When CTRL-V is mapped (e.g., to paste text) you can |
206 often use CTRL-Q instead |i_CTRL-Q|. | |
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7 | 211 *i_CTRL-Q* |
212 CTRL-Q Same as CTRL-V. | |
213 Note: Some terminal connections may eat CTRL-Q, it doesn't | |
214 work then. It does work in the GUI. | |
215 | |
19116 | 216 CTRL-SHIFT-V *i_CTRL-SHIFT-V* *i_CTRL-SHIFT-Q* |
217 CTRL-SHIFT-Q Works just like CTRL-V, unless |modifyOtherKeys| is active, | |
218 then it inserts the Escape sequence for a key with modifiers. | |
219 | |
7 | 220 CTRL-X Enter CTRL-X mode. This is a sub-mode where commands can |
236 | 221 be given to complete words or scroll the window. See |
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222 |i_CTRL-X| and |ins-completion|. |
7 | 223 |
224 *i_CTRL-E* | |
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225 CTRL-E Insert the character which is below the cursor. |
7 | 226 *i_CTRL-Y* |
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227 CTRL-Y Insert the character which is above the cursor. |
7 | 228 Note that for CTRL-E and CTRL-Y 'textwidth' is not used, to be |
229 able to copy characters from a long line. | |
230 | |
231 *i_CTRL-_* | |
232 CTRL-_ Switch between languages, as follows: | |
233 - When in a rightleft window, revins and nohkmap are toggled, | |
234 since English will likely be inserted in this case. | |
235 - When in a norightleft window, revins and hkmap are toggled, | |
236 since Hebrew will likely be inserted in this case. | |
237 | |
238 CTRL-_ moves the cursor to the end of the typed text. | |
239 | |
240 This command is only available when the 'allowrevins' option | |
241 is set. | |
242 Please refer to |rileft.txt| for more information about | |
243 right-to-left mode. | |
1121 | 244 Only if compiled with the |+rightleft| feature. |
245 | |
7 | 246 *i_CTRL-^* |
247 CTRL-^ Toggle the use of typing language characters. | |
248 When language |:lmap| mappings are defined: | |
249 - If 'iminsert' is 1 (langmap mappings used) it becomes 0 (no | |
250 langmap mappings used). | |
251 - If 'iminsert' has another value it becomes 1, thus langmap | |
252 mappings are enabled. | |
253 When no language mappings are defined: | |
254 - If 'iminsert' is 2 (Input Method used) it becomes 0 (no | |
255 Input Method used). | |
256 - If 'iminsert' has another value it becomes 2, thus the Input | |
257 Method is enabled. | |
258 When set to 1, the value of the "b:keymap_name" variable, the | |
259 'keymap' option or "<lang>" appears in the status line. | |
260 The language mappings are normally used to type characters | |
261 that are different from what the keyboard produces. The | |
262 'keymap' option can be used to install a whole number of them. | |
263 | |
264 *i_CTRL-]* | |
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265 CTRL-] Trigger abbreviation, without inserting a character. |
7 | 266 |
267 *i_<Insert>* | |
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268 <Insert> Toggle between Insert and Replace mode. |
7 | 269 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
270 | |
271 *i_backspacing* | |
272 The effect of the <BS>, CTRL-W, and CTRL-U depend on the 'backspace' option | |
273 (unless 'revins' is set). This is a comma separated list of items: | |
274 | |
275 item action ~ | |
276 indent allow backspacing over autoindent | |
277 eol allow backspacing over end-of-line (join lines) | |
278 start allow backspacing over the start position of insert; CTRL-W and | |
279 CTRL-U stop once at the start position | |
280 | |
281 When 'backspace' is empty, Vi compatible backspacing is used. You cannot | |
282 backspace over autoindent, before column 1 or before where insert started. | |
283 | |
284 For backwards compatibility the values "0", "1" and "2" are also allowed, see | |
285 |'backspace'|. | |
286 | |
287 If the 'backspace' option does contain "eol" and the cursor is in column 1 | |
288 when one of the three keys is used, the current line is joined with the | |
289 previous line. This effectively deletes the <EOL> in front of the cursor. | |
290 | |
291 *i_CTRL-V_digit* | |
292 With CTRL-V the decimal, octal or hexadecimal value of a character can be | |
293 entered directly. This way you can enter any character, except a line break | |
294 (<NL>, value 10). There are five ways to enter the character value: | |
295 | |
296 first char mode max nr of chars max value ~ | |
297 (none) decimal 3 255 | |
236 | 298 o or O octal 3 377 (255) |
7 | 299 x or X hexadecimal 2 ff (255) |
300 u hexadecimal 4 ffff (65535) | |
301 U hexadecimal 8 7fffffff (2147483647) | |
302 | |
303 Normally you would type the maximum number of characters. Thus to enter a | |
304 space (value 32) you would type <C-V>032. You can omit the leading zero, in | |
305 which case the character typed after the number must be a non-digit. This | |
306 happens for the other modes as well: As soon as you type a character that is | |
307 invalid for the mode, the value before it will be used and the "invalid" | |
308 character is dealt with in the normal way. | |
309 | |
310 If you enter a value of 10, it will end up in the file as a 0. The 10 is a | |
311 <NL>, which is used internally to represent the <Nul> character. When writing | |
312 the buffer to a file, the <NL> character is translated into <Nul>. The <NL> | |
313 character is written at the end of each line. Thus if you want to insert a | |
314 <NL> character in a file you will have to make a line break. | |
22723 | 315 Also see 'fileformat'. |
7 | 316 |
317 *i_CTRL-X* *insert_expand* | |
318 CTRL-X enters a sub-mode where several commands can be used. Most of these | |
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319 commands do keyword completion; see |ins-completion|. |
7 | 320 |
321 Two commands can be used to scroll the window up or down, without exiting | |
322 insert mode: | |
323 | |
324 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-E* | |
325 CTRL-X CTRL-E scroll window one line up. | |
816 | 326 When doing completion look here: |complete_CTRL-E| |
7 | 327 |
328 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-Y* | |
329 CTRL-X CTRL-Y scroll window one line down. | |
816 | 330 When doing completion look here: |complete_CTRL-Y| |
7 | 331 |
332 After CTRL-X is pressed, each CTRL-E (CTRL-Y) scrolls the window up (down) by | |
333 one line unless that would cause the cursor to move from its current position | |
334 in the file. As soon as another key is pressed, CTRL-X mode is exited and | |
335 that key is interpreted as in Insert mode. | |
336 | |
337 | |
338 ============================================================================== | |
339 2. Special special keys *ins-special-special* | |
340 | |
341 The following keys are special. They stop the current insert, do something, | |
342 and then restart insertion. This means you can do something without getting | |
343 out of Insert mode. This is very handy if you prefer to use the Insert mode | |
344 all the time, just like editors that don't have a separate Normal mode. You | |
345 may also want to set the 'backspace' option to "indent,eol,start" and set the | |
346 'insertmode' option. You can use CTRL-O if you want to map a function key to | |
347 a command. | |
348 | |
349 The changes (inserted or deleted characters) before and after these keys can | |
350 be undone separately. Only the last change can be redone and always behaves | |
351 like an "i" command. | |
352 | |
353 char action ~ | |
354 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
355 <Up> cursor one line up *i_<Up>* | |
356 <Down> cursor one line down *i_<Down>* | |
357 CTRL-G <Up> cursor one line up, insert start column *i_CTRL-G_<Up>* | |
358 CTRL-G k cursor one line up, insert start column *i_CTRL-G_k* | |
359 CTRL-G CTRL-K cursor one line up, insert start column *i_CTRL-G_CTRL-K* | |
360 CTRL-G <Down> cursor one line down, insert start column *i_CTRL-G_<Down>* | |
361 CTRL-G j cursor one line down, insert start column *i_CTRL-G_j* | |
362 CTRL-G CTRL-J cursor one line down, insert start column *i_CTRL-G_CTRL-J* | |
363 <Left> cursor one character left *i_<Left>* | |
364 <Right> cursor one character right *i_<Right>* | |
365 <S-Left> cursor one word back (like "b" command) *i_<S-Left>* | |
366 <C-Left> cursor one word back (like "b" command) *i_<C-Left>* | |
367 <S-Right> cursor one word forward (like "w" command) *i_<S-Right>* | |
368 <C-Right> cursor one word forward (like "w" command) *i_<C-Right>* | |
369 <Home> cursor to first char in the line *i_<Home>* | |
370 <End> cursor to after last char in the line *i_<End>* | |
371 <C-Home> cursor to first char in the file *i_<C-Home>* | |
372 <C-End> cursor to after last char in the file *i_<C-End>* | |
373 <LeftMouse> cursor to position of mouse click *i_<LeftMouse>* | |
374 <S-Up> move window one page up *i_<S-Up>* | |
375 <PageUp> move window one page up *i_<PageUp>* | |
376 <S-Down> move window one page down *i_<S-Down>* | |
377 <PageDown> move window one page down *i_<PageDown>* | |
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7 | 386 CTRL-O execute one command, return to Insert mode *i_CTRL-O* |
625 | 387 CTRL-\ CTRL-O like CTRL-O but don't move the cursor *i_CTRL-\_CTRL-O* |
477 | 388 CTRL-L when 'insertmode' is set: go to Normal mode *i_CTRL-L* |
7 | 389 CTRL-G u break undo sequence, start new change *i_CTRL-G_u* |
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19813 | 391 movement, if the cursor stays within the |
392 same line | |
7 | 393 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
394 | |
395 Note: If the cursor keys take you out of Insert mode, check the 'noesckeys' | |
396 option. | |
397 | |
398 The CTRL-O command sometimes has a side effect: If the cursor was beyond the | |
399 end of the line, it will be put on the last character in the line. In | |
400 mappings it's often better to use <Esc> (first put an "x" in the text, <Esc> | |
477 | 401 will then always put the cursor on it). Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but then |
4073 | 402 beware of the cursor possibly being beyond the end of the line. Note that the |
403 command following CTRL-\ CTRL-O can still move the cursor, it is not restored | |
404 to its original position. | |
7 | 405 |
2625 | 406 The CTRL-O command takes you to Normal mode. If you then use a command enter |
3492 | 407 Insert mode again it normally doesn't nest. Thus when typing "a<C-O>a" and |
408 then <Esc> takes you back to Normal mode, you do not need to type <Esc> twice. | |
409 An exception is when not typing the command, e.g. when executing a mapping or | |
410 sourcing a script. This makes mappings work that briefly switch to Insert | |
411 mode. | |
2625 | 412 |
7 | 413 The shifted cursor keys are not available on all terminals. |
414 | |
415 Another side effect is that a count specified before the "i" or "a" command is | |
416 ignored. That is because repeating the effect of the command after CTRL-O is | |
417 too complicated. | |
418 | |
419 An example for using CTRL-G u: > | |
420 | |
421 :inoremap <C-H> <C-G>u<C-H> | |
422 | |
423 This redefines the backspace key to start a new undo sequence. You can now | |
424 undo the effect of the backspace key, without changing what you typed before | |
3456 | 425 that, with CTRL-O u. Another example: > |
426 | |
427 :inoremap <CR> <C-]><C-G>u<CR> | |
428 | |
429 This breaks undo at each line break. It also expands abbreviations before | |
430 this. | |
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10 | 454 Using CTRL-O splits undo: the text typed before and after it is undone |
455 separately. If you want to avoid this (e.g., in a mapping) you might be able | |
456 to use CTRL-R = |i_CTRL-R|. E.g., to call a function: > | |
457 :imap <F2> <C-R>=MyFunc()<CR> | |
458 | |
7 | 459 When the 'whichwrap' option is set appropriately, the <Left> and <Right> |
460 keys on the first/last character in the line make the cursor wrap to the | |
461 previous/next line. | |
462 | |
463 The CTRL-G j and CTRL-G k commands can be used to insert text in front of a | |
464 column. Example: > | |
465 int i; | |
466 int j; | |
236 | 467 Position the cursor on the first "int", type "istatic <C-G>j ". The |
7 | 468 result is: > |
469 static int i; | |
470 int j; | |
471 When inserting the same text in front of the column in every line, use the | |
472 Visual blockwise command "I" |v_b_I|. | |
473 | |
474 ============================================================================== | |
475 3. 'textwidth' and 'wrapmargin' options *ins-textwidth* | |
476 | |
477 The 'textwidth' option can be used to automatically break a line before it | |
478 gets too long. Set the 'textwidth' option to the desired maximum line | |
479 length. If you then type more characters (not spaces or tabs), the | |
480 last word will be put on a new line (unless it is the only word on the | |
481 line). If you set 'textwidth' to 0, this feature is disabled. | |
482 | |
483 The 'wrapmargin' option does almost the same. The difference is that | |
484 'textwidth' has a fixed width while 'wrapmargin' depends on the width of the | |
485 screen. When using 'wrapmargin' this is equal to using 'textwidth' with a | |
486 value equal to (columns - 'wrapmargin'), where columns is the width of the | |
487 screen. | |
488 | |
489 When 'textwidth' and 'wrapmargin' are both set, 'textwidth' is used. | |
490 | |
491 If you don't really want to break the line, but view the line wrapped at a | |
492 convenient place, see the 'linebreak' option. | |
493 | |
667 | 494 The line is only broken automatically when using Insert mode, or when |
7 | 495 appending to a line. When in replace mode and the line length is not |
496 changed, the line will not be broken. | |
497 | |
498 Long lines are broken if you enter a non-white character after the margin. | |
499 The situations where a line will be broken can be restricted by adding | |
500 characters to the 'formatoptions' option: | |
501 "l" Only break a line if it was not longer than 'textwidth' when the insert | |
502 started. | |
503 "v" Only break at a white character that has been entered during the | |
504 current insert command. This is mostly Vi-compatible. | |
505 "lv" Only break if the line was not longer than 'textwidth' when the insert | |
506 started and only at a white character that has been entered during the | |
507 current insert command. Only differs from "l" when entering non-white | |
508 characters while crossing the 'textwidth' boundary. | |
509 | |
667 | 510 Normally an internal function will be used to decide where to break the line. |
511 If you want to do it in a different way set the 'formatexpr' option to an | |
512 expression that will take care of the line break. | |
513 | |
7 | 514 If you want to format a block of text, you can use the "gq" operator. Type |
515 "gq" and a movement command to move the cursor to the end of the block. In | |
516 many cases, the command "gq}" will do what you want (format until the end of | |
517 paragraph). Alternatively, you can use "gqap", which will format the whole | |
518 paragraph, no matter where the cursor currently is. Or you can use Visual | |
519 mode: hit "v", move to the end of the block, and type "gq". See also |gq|. | |
520 | |
521 ============================================================================== | |
522 4. 'expandtab', 'smarttab' and 'softtabstop' options *ins-expandtab* | |
523 | |
524 If the 'expandtab' option is on, spaces will be used to fill the amount of | |
525 whitespace of the tab. If you want to enter a real <Tab>, type CTRL-V first | |
526 (use CTRL-Q when CTRL-V is mapped |i_CTRL-Q|). | |
527 The 'expandtab' option is off by default. Note that in Replace mode, a single | |
528 character is replaced with several spaces. The result of this is that the | |
529 number of characters in the line increases. Backspacing will delete one | |
530 space at a time. The original character will be put back for only one space | |
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533 *ins-smarttab* | |
534 When the 'smarttab' option is on, a <Tab> inserts 'shiftwidth' positions at | |
535 the beginning of a line and 'tabstop' positions in other places. This means | |
3682 | 536 that often spaces instead of a <Tab> character are inserted. When 'smarttab' |
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540 *ins-softtabstop* | |
541 When the 'softtabstop' option is non-zero, a <Tab> inserts 'softtabstop' | |
542 positions, and a <BS> used to delete white space, will delete 'softtabstop' | |
543 positions. This feels like 'tabstop' was set to 'softtabstop', but a real | |
544 <Tab> character still takes 'tabstop' positions, so your file will still look | |
545 correct when used by other applications. | |
546 | |
547 If 'softtabstop' is non-zero, a <BS> will try to delete as much white space to | |
548 move to the previous 'softtabstop' position, except when the previously | |
549 inserted character is a space, then it will only delete the character before | |
550 the cursor. Otherwise you cannot always delete a single character before the | |
551 cursor. You will have to delete 'softtabstop' characters first, and then type | |
552 extra spaces to get where you want to be. | |
553 | |
554 ============================================================================== | |
555 5. Replace mode *Replace* *Replace-mode* *mode-replace* | |
556 | |
557 Enter Replace mode with the "R" command in normal mode. | |
558 | |
559 In Replace mode, one character in the line is deleted for every character you | |
560 type. If there is no character to delete (at the end of the line), the | |
561 typed character is appended (as in Insert mode). Thus the number of | |
562 characters in a line stays the same until you get to the end of the line. | |
563 If a <NL> is typed, a line break is inserted and no character is deleted. | |
564 | |
565 Be careful with <Tab> characters. If you type a normal printing character in | |
566 its place, the number of characters is still the same, but the number of | |
567 columns will become smaller. | |
568 | |
569 If you delete characters in Replace mode (with <BS>, CTRL-W, or CTRL-U), what | |
570 happens is that you delete the changes. The characters that were replaced | |
571 are restored. If you had typed past the existing text, the characters you | |
572 added are deleted. This is effectively a character-at-a-time undo. | |
573 | |
574 If the 'expandtab' option is on, a <Tab> will replace one character with | |
575 several spaces. The result of this is that the number of characters in the | |
576 line increases. Backspacing will delete one space at a time. The original | |
577 character will be put back for only one space that you backspace over (the | |
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580 ============================================================================== | |
581 6. Virtual Replace mode *vreplace-mode* *Virtual-Replace-mode* | |
582 | |
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7 | 585 |
586 Virtual Replace mode is similar to Replace mode, but instead of replacing | |
587 actual characters in the file, you are replacing screen real estate, so that | |
588 characters further on in the file never appear to move. | |
589 | |
590 So if you type a <Tab> it may replace several normal characters, and if you | |
591 type a letter on top of a <Tab> it may not replace anything at all, since the | |
592 <Tab> will still line up to the same place as before. | |
593 | |
594 Typing a <NL> still doesn't cause characters later in the file to appear to | |
595 move. The rest of the current line will be replaced by the <NL> (that is, | |
596 they are deleted), and replacing continues on the next line. A new line is | |
597 NOT inserted unless you go past the end of the file. | |
598 | |
599 Interesting effects are seen when using CTRL-T and CTRL-D. The characters | |
600 before the cursor are shifted sideways as normal, but characters later in the | |
601 line still remain still. CTRL-T will hide some of the old line under the | |
602 shifted characters, but CTRL-D will reveal them again. | |
603 | |
604 As with Replace mode, using <BS> etc will bring back the characters that were | |
605 replaced. This still works in conjunction with 'smartindent', CTRL-T and | |
606 CTRL-D, 'expandtab', 'smarttab', 'softtabstop', etc. | |
607 | |
608 In 'list' mode, Virtual Replace mode acts as if it was not in 'list' mode, | |
609 unless "L" is in 'cpoptions'. | |
610 | |
2581 | 611 Note that the only situations for which characters beyond the cursor should |
612 appear to move are in List mode |'list'|, and occasionally when 'wrap' is set | |
613 (and the line changes length to become shorter or wider than the width of the | |
614 screen). In other cases spaces may be inserted to avoid following characters | |
615 to move. | |
7 | 616 |
617 This mode is very useful for editing <Tab> separated columns in tables, for | |
618 entering new data while keeping all the columns aligned. | |
619 | |
620 ============================================================================== | |
621 7. Insert mode completion *ins-completion* | |
622 | |
449 | 623 In Insert and Replace mode, there are several commands to complete part of a |
7 | 624 keyword or line that has been typed. This is useful if you are using |
625 complicated keywords (e.g., function names with capitals and underscores). | |
626 | |
627 Completion can be done for: | |
628 | |
629 1. Whole lines |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L| | |
630 2. keywords in the current file |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N| | |
631 3. keywords in 'dictionary' |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K| | |
632 4. keywords in 'thesaurus', thesaurus-style |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T| | |
633 5. keywords in the current and included files |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I| | |
634 6. tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| | |
635 7. file names |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F| | |
636 8. definitions or macros |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D| | |
637 9. Vim command-line |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V| | |
449 | 638 10. User defined completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U| |
523 | 639 11. omni completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O| |
477 | 640 12. Spelling suggestions |i_CTRL-X_s| |
11473 | 641 13. keywords in 'complete' |i_CTRL-N| |i_CTRL-P| |
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11473 | 645 All these, except CTRL-N and CTRL-P, are done in CTRL-X mode. This is a |
646 sub-mode of Insert and Replace modes. You enter CTRL-X mode by typing CTRL-X | |
647 and one of the CTRL-X commands. You exit CTRL-X mode by typing a key that is | |
648 not a valid CTRL-X mode command. Valid keys are the CTRL-X command itself, | |
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7 | 652 Also see the 'infercase' option if you want to adjust the case of the match. |
653 | |
816 | 654 *complete_CTRL-E* |
655 When completion is active you can use CTRL-E to stop it and go back to the | |
843 | 656 originally typed text. The CTRL-E will not be inserted. |
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658 *complete_CTRL-Y* | |
659 When the popup menu is displayed you can use CTRL-Y to stop completion and | |
660 accept the currently selected entry. The CTRL-Y is not inserted. Typing a | |
661 space, Enter, or some other unprintable character will leave completion mode | |
662 and insert that typed character. | |
663 | |
829 | 664 When the popup menu is displayed there are a few more special keys, see |
665 |popupmenu-keys|. | |
666 | |
7 | 667 Note: The keys that are valid in CTRL-X mode are not mapped. This allows for |
668 ":map ^F ^X^F" to work (where ^F is CTRL-F and ^X is CTRL-X). The key that | |
669 ends CTRL-X mode (any key that is not a valid CTRL-X mode command) is mapped. | |
670 Also, when doing completion with 'complete' mappings apply as usual. | |
671 | |
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678 a bit easier (although they will hide other commands): > | |
679 :inoremap ^] ^X^] | |
680 :inoremap ^F ^X^F | |
681 :inoremap ^D ^X^D | |
682 :inoremap ^L ^X^L | |
683 | |
684 As a special case, typing CTRL-R to perform register insertion (see | |
685 |i_CTRL-R|) will not exit CTRL-X mode. This is primarily to allow the use of | |
686 the '=' register to call some function to determine the next operation. If | |
687 the contents of the register (or result of the '=' register evaluation) are | |
688 not valid CTRL-X mode keys, then CTRL-X mode will be exited as if those keys | |
689 had been typed. | |
690 | |
691 For example, the following will map <Tab> to either actually insert a <Tab> if | |
692 the current line is currently only whitespace, or start/continue a CTRL-N | |
693 completion operation: > | |
694 | |
695 function! CleverTab() | |
696 if strpart( getline('.'), 0, col('.')-1 ) =~ '^\s*$' | |
697 return "\<Tab>" | |
698 else | |
699 return "\<C-N>" | |
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7 | 701 endfunction |
702 inoremap <Tab> <C-R>=CleverTab()<CR> | |
703 | |
704 | |
705 | |
706 Completing whole lines *compl-whole-line* | |
707 | |
708 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L* | |
709 CTRL-X CTRL-L Search backwards for a line that starts with the | |
459 | 710 same characters as those in the current line before |
711 the cursor. Indent is ignored. The matching line is | |
7 | 712 inserted in front of the cursor. |
459 | 713 The 'complete' option is used to decide which buffers |
667 | 714 are searched for a match. Both loaded and unloaded |
715 buffers are used. | |
7 | 716 CTRL-L or |
717 CTRL-P Search backwards for next matching line. This line | |
718 replaces the previous matching line. | |
719 | |
720 CTRL-N Search forward for next matching line. This line | |
721 replaces the previous matching line. | |
722 | |
723 CTRL-X CTRL-L After expanding a line you can additionally get the | |
724 line next to it by typing CTRL-X CTRL-L again, unless | |
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7 | 727 |
728 Completing keywords in current file *compl-current* | |
729 | |
730 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-P* | |
731 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N* | |
732 CTRL-X CTRL-N Search forwards for words that start with the keyword | |
733 in front of the cursor. The found keyword is inserted | |
734 in front of the cursor. | |
735 | |
736 CTRL-X CTRL-P Search backwards for words that start with the keyword | |
737 in front of the cursor. The found keyword is inserted | |
738 in front of the cursor. | |
739 | |
740 CTRL-N Search forward for next matching keyword. This | |
741 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
742 | |
743 CTRL-P Search backwards for next matching keyword. This | |
744 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
745 | |
746 CTRL-X CTRL-N or | |
747 CTRL-X CTRL-P Further use of CTRL-X CTRL-N or CTRL-X CTRL-P will | |
748 copy the words following the previous expansion in | |
749 other contexts unless a double CTRL-X is used. | |
750 | |
751 If there is a keyword in front of the cursor (a name made out of alphabetic | |
752 characters and characters in 'iskeyword'), it is used as the search pattern, | |
753 with "\<" prepended (meaning: start of a word). Otherwise "\<\k\k" is used | |
754 as search pattern (start of any keyword of at least two characters). | |
755 | |
756 In Replace mode, the number of characters that are replaced depends on the | |
757 length of the matched string. This works like typing the characters of the | |
758 matched string in Replace mode. | |
759 | |
760 If there is not a valid keyword character before the cursor, any keyword of | |
761 at least two characters is matched. | |
762 e.g., to get: | |
763 printf("(%g, %g, %g)", vector[0], vector[1], vector[2]); | |
764 just type: | |
765 printf("(%g, %g, %g)", vector[0], ^P[1], ^P[2]); | |
766 | |
523 | 767 The search wraps around the end of the file, the value of 'wrapscan' is not |
768 used here. | |
769 | |
7 | 770 Multiple repeats of the same completion are skipped; thus a different match |
771 will be inserted at each CTRL-N and CTRL-P (unless there is only one | |
772 matching keyword). | |
773 | |
774 Single character matches are never included, as they usually just get in | |
775 the way of what you were really after. | |
776 e.g., to get: | |
777 printf("name = %s\n", name); | |
778 just type: | |
779 printf("name = %s\n", n^P); | |
780 or even: | |
781 printf("name = %s\n", ^P); | |
782 The 'n' in '\n' is skipped. | |
783 | |
784 After expanding a word, you can use CTRL-X CTRL-P or CTRL-X CTRL-N to get the | |
785 word following the expansion in other contexts. These sequences search for | |
786 the text just expanded and further expand by getting an extra word. This is | |
787 useful if you need to repeat a sequence of complicated words. Although CTRL-P | |
788 and CTRL-N look just for strings of at least two characters, CTRL-X CTRL-P and | |
789 CTRL-X CTRL-N can be used to expand words of just one character. | |
790 e.g., to get: | |
791 México | |
792 you can type: | |
793 M^N^P^X^P^X^P | |
794 CTRL-N starts the expansion and then CTRL-P takes back the single character | |
795 "M", the next two CTRL-X CTRL-P's get the words "é" and ";xico". | |
796 | |
797 If the previous expansion was split, because it got longer than 'textwidth', | |
798 then just the text in the current line will be used. | |
799 | |
800 If the match found is at the end of a line, then the first word in the next | |
801 line will be inserted and the message "word from next line" displayed, if | |
802 this word is accepted the next CTRL-X CTRL-P or CTRL-X CTRL-N will search | |
803 for those lines starting with this word. | |
804 | |
805 | |
806 Completing keywords in 'dictionary' *compl-dictionary* | |
807 | |
808 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K* | |
809 CTRL-X CTRL-K Search the files given with the 'dictionary' option | |
810 for words that start with the keyword in front of the | |
811 cursor. This is like CTRL-N, but only the dictionary | |
812 files are searched, not the current file. The found | |
813 keyword is inserted in front of the cursor. This | |
814 could potentially be pretty slow, since all matches | |
815 are found before the first match is used. By default, | |
816 the 'dictionary' option is empty. | |
817 For suggestions where to find a list of words, see the | |
818 'dictionary' option. | |
819 | |
820 CTRL-K or | |
821 CTRL-N Search forward for next matching keyword. This | |
822 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
823 | |
824 CTRL-P Search backwards for next matching keyword. This | |
825 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
826 | |
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7 | 830 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T* |
236 | 831 CTRL-X CTRL-T Works as CTRL-X CTRL-K, but in a special way. It uses |
7 | 832 the 'thesaurus' option instead of 'dictionary'. If a |
833 match is found in the thesaurus file, all the | |
834 remaining words on the same line are included as | |
835 matches, even though they don't complete the word. | |
836 Thus a word can be completely replaced. | |
837 | |
838 CTRL-T or | |
839 CTRL-N Search forward for next matching keyword. This | |
840 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
841 | |
842 CTRL-P Search backwards for next matching keyword. This | |
843 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
844 | |
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872 Groß): > |
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26100 | 874 func Thesaur(findstart, base) |
875 if a:findstart | |
876 return searchpos('\<', 'bnW', line('.'))[1] - 1 | |
877 endif | |
878 let res = [] | |
879 let h = '' | |
880 for l in systemlist('aiksaurus '.shellescape(a:base)) | |
881 if l[:3] == '=== ' | |
882 let h = '('.substitute(l[4:], ' =*$', ')', '') | |
883 elseif l ==# 'Alphabetically similar known words are: ' | |
884 let h = "\U0001f52e" | |
885 elseif l[0] =~ '\a' || (h ==# "\U0001f52e" && l[0] ==# "\t") | |
886 call extend(res, map(split(substitute(l, '^\t', '', ''), ', '), {_, val -> {'word': val, 'menu': h}})) | |
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26100 | 888 endfor |
889 return res | |
890 endfunc | |
891 | |
892 if exists('+thesaurusfunc') | |
893 set thesaurusfunc=Thesaur | |
894 endif | |
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897 Completing keywords in the current and included files *compl-keyword* | |
898 | |
899 The 'include' option is used to specify a line that contains an include file | |
900 name. The 'path' option is used to search for include files. | |
901 | |
902 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I* | |
903 CTRL-X CTRL-I Search for the first keyword in the current and | |
904 included files that starts with the same characters | |
905 as those before the cursor. The matched keyword is | |
906 inserted in front of the cursor. | |
907 | |
908 CTRL-N Search forwards for next matching keyword. This | |
909 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
910 Note: CTRL-I is the same as <Tab>, which is likely to | |
911 be typed after a successful completion, therefore | |
912 CTRL-I is not used for searching for the next match. | |
913 | |
914 CTRL-P Search backward for previous matching keyword. This | |
915 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
916 | |
917 CTRL-X CTRL-I Further use of CTRL-X CTRL-I will copy the words | |
918 following the previous expansion in other contexts | |
919 unless a double CTRL-X is used. | |
920 | |
921 Completing tags *compl-tag* | |
922 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]* | |
923 CTRL-X CTRL-] Search for the first tag that starts with the same | |
924 characters as before the cursor. The matching tag is | |
925 inserted in front of the cursor. Alphabetic | |
926 characters and characters in 'iskeyword' are used | |
927 to decide which characters are included in the tag | |
928 name (same as for a keyword). See also |CTRL-]|. | |
929 The 'showfulltag' option can be used to add context | |
930 from around the tag definition. | |
931 CTRL-] or | |
932 CTRL-N Search forwards for next matching tag. This tag | |
933 replaces the previous matching tag. | |
934 | |
935 CTRL-P Search backward for previous matching tag. This tag | |
936 replaces the previous matching tag. | |
937 | |
938 | |
939 Completing file names *compl-filename* | |
940 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F* | |
941 CTRL-X CTRL-F Search for the first file name that starts with the | |
942 same characters as before the cursor. The matching | |
943 file name is inserted in front of the cursor. | |
944 Alphabetic characters and characters in 'isfname' | |
945 are used to decide which characters are included in | |
946 the file name. Note: the 'path' option is not used | |
947 here (yet). | |
948 CTRL-F or | |
949 CTRL-N Search forwards for next matching file name. This | |
950 file name replaces the previous matching file name. | |
951 | |
952 CTRL-P Search backward for previous matching file name. | |
953 This file name replaces the previous matching file | |
954 name. | |
955 | |
956 | |
957 Completing definitions or macros *compl-define* | |
958 | |
959 The 'define' option is used to specify a line that contains a definition. | |
960 The 'include' option is used to specify a line that contains an include file | |
961 name. The 'path' option is used to search for include files. | |
962 | |
963 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D* | |
964 CTRL-X CTRL-D Search in the current and included files for the | |
965 first definition (or macro) name that starts with | |
966 the same characters as before the cursor. The found | |
967 definition name is inserted in front of the cursor. | |
968 CTRL-D or | |
969 CTRL-N Search forwards for next matching macro name. This | |
970 macro name replaces the previous matching macro | |
971 name. | |
972 | |
973 CTRL-P Search backward for previous matching macro name. | |
974 This macro name replaces the previous matching macro | |
975 name. | |
976 | |
977 CTRL-X CTRL-D Further use of CTRL-X CTRL-D will copy the words | |
978 following the previous expansion in other contexts | |
979 unless a double CTRL-X is used. | |
980 | |
981 | |
982 Completing Vim commands *compl-vim* | |
983 | |
984 Completion is context-sensitive. It works like on the Command-line. It | |
449 | 985 completes an Ex command as well as its arguments. This is useful when writing |
986 a Vim script. | |
7 | 987 |
988 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V* | |
989 CTRL-X CTRL-V Guess what kind of item is in front of the cursor and | |
990 find the first match for it. | |
991 Note: When CTRL-V is mapped you can often use CTRL-Q | |
1620 | 992 instead of |i_CTRL-Q|. |
7 | 993 CTRL-V or |
994 CTRL-N Search forwards for next match. This match replaces | |
995 the previous one. | |
996 | |
1620 | 997 CTRL-P Search backwards for previous match. This match |
7 | 998 replaces the previous one. |
999 | |
1000 CTRL-X CTRL-V Further use of CTRL-X CTRL-V will do the same as | |
1001 CTRL-V. This allows mapping a key to do Vim command | |
1002 completion, for example: > | |
1003 :imap <Tab> <C-X><C-V> | |
1004 | |
449 | 1005 User defined completion *compl-function* |
12 | 1006 |
1007 Completion is done by a function that can be defined by the user with the | |
648 | 1008 'completefunc' option. See below for how the function is called and an |
1009 example |complete-functions|. | |
12 | 1010 |
1011 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U* | |
1012 CTRL-X CTRL-U Guess what kind of item is in front of the cursor and | |
1013 find the first match for it. | |
1014 CTRL-U or | |
1015 CTRL-N Use the next match. This match replaces the previous | |
1016 one. | |
1017 | |
1018 CTRL-P Use the previous match. This match replaces the | |
1019 previous one. | |
1020 | |
1021 | |
523 | 1022 Omni completion *compl-omni* |
449 | 1023 |
502 | 1024 Completion is done by a function that can be defined by the user with the |
523 | 1025 'omnifunc' option. This is to be used for filetype-specific completion. |
502 | 1026 |
648 | 1027 See below for how the function is called and an example |complete-functions|. |
523 | 1028 For remarks about specific filetypes see |compl-omni-filetypes|. |
859 | 1029 More completion scripts will appear, check www.vim.org. Currently there is a |
1030 first version for C++. | |
449 | 1031 |
1032 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O* | |
1033 CTRL-X CTRL-O Guess what kind of item is in front of the cursor and | |
1034 find the first match for it. | |
1035 CTRL-O or | |
1036 CTRL-N Use the next match. This match replaces the previous | |
1037 one. | |
1038 | |
1039 CTRL-P Use the previous match. This match replaces the | |
1040 previous one. | |
1041 | |
1042 | |
477 | 1043 Spelling suggestions *compl-spelling* |
1044 | |
483 | 1045 A word before or at the cursor is located and correctly spelled words are |
1046 suggested to replace it. If there is a badly spelled word in the line, before | |
1047 or under the cursor, the cursor is moved to after it. Otherwise the word just | |
1048 before the cursor is used for suggestions, even though it isn't badly spelled. | |
1049 | |
477 | 1050 NOTE: CTRL-S suspends display in many Unix terminals. Use 's' instead. Type |
1051 CTRL-Q to resume displaying. | |
1052 | |
1053 *i_CTRL-X_CTRL-S* *i_CTRL-X_s* | |
1054 CTRL-X CTRL-S or | |
1055 CTRL-X s Locate the word in front of the cursor and find the | |
1056 first spell suggestion for it. | |
1057 CTRL-S or | |
1058 CTRL-N Use the next suggestion. This replaces the previous | |
1059 one. Note that you can't use 's' here. | |
1060 | |
1061 CTRL-P Use the previous suggestion. This replaces the | |
1062 previous one. | |
1063 | |
1064 | |
7 | 1065 Completing keywords from different sources *compl-generic* |
1066 | |
1067 *i_CTRL-N* | |
1068 CTRL-N Find next match for words that start with the | |
1069 keyword in front of the cursor, looking in places | |
1070 specified with the 'complete' option. The found | |
1071 keyword is inserted in front of the cursor. | |
1072 | |
1073 *i_CTRL-P* | |
1074 CTRL-P Find previous match for words that start with the | |
1075 keyword in front of the cursor, looking in places | |
1076 specified with the 'complete' option. The found | |
1077 keyword is inserted in front of the cursor. | |
1078 | |
1079 CTRL-N Search forward for next matching keyword. This | |
1080 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
1081 | |
1082 CTRL-P Search backwards for next matching keyword. This | |
1083 keyword replaces the previous matching keyword. | |
1084 | |
1085 CTRL-X CTRL-N or | |
1086 CTRL-X CTRL-P Further use of CTRL-X CTRL-N or CTRL-X CTRL-P will | |
1087 copy the words following the previous expansion in | |
1088 other contexts unless a double CTRL-X is used. | |
1089 | |
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648 | 1097 FUNCTIONS FOR FINDING COMPLETIONS *complete-functions* |
1098 | |
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648 | 1100 |
659 | 1101 The function is called in two different ways: |
1102 - First the function is called to find the start of the text to be completed. | |
1103 - Later the function is called to actually find the matches. | |
648 | 1104 |
1105 On the first invocation the arguments are: | |
1106 a:findstart 1 | |
1107 a:base empty | |
1108 | |
659 | 1109 The function must return the column where the completion starts. It must be a |
1110 number between zero and the cursor column "col('.')". This involves looking | |
1111 at the characters just before the cursor and including those characters that | |
1112 could be part of the completed item. The text between this column and the | |
14637 | 1113 cursor column will be replaced with the matches. If the returned value is |
1114 larger than the cursor column, the cursor column is used. | |
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14637 | 1116 Negative return values: |
1117 -2 To cancel silently and stay in completion mode. | |
1118 -3 To cancel silently and leave completion mode. | |
1119 Another negative value: completion starts at the cursor column | |
648 | 1120 |
1121 On the second invocation the arguments are: | |
1122 a:findstart 0 | |
659 | 1123 a:base the text with which matches should match; the text that was |
648 | 1124 located in the first call (can be empty) |
1125 | |
1126 The function must return a List with the matching words. These matches | |
1127 usually include the "a:base" text. When there are no matches return an empty | |
25161 | 1128 List. Note that the cursor may have moved since the first invocation, the |
1129 text may have been changed. | |
3082 | 1130 |
1131 In order to return more information than the matching words, return a Dict | |
1132 that contains the List. The Dict can have these items: | |
1133 words The List of matching words (mandatory). | |
1134 refresh A string to control re-invocation of the function | |
1135 (optional). | |
1136 The only value currently recognized is "always", the | |
1137 effect is that the function is called whenever the | |
1138 leading text is changed. | |
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15729 | 1141 |v:none|. This is useful to implement asynchronous completion with |
1142 |complete()|. | |
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3082 | 1144 Other items are ignored. |
1145 | |
19303 | 1146 For acting upon end of completion, see the |CompleteDonePre| and |
1147 |CompleteDone| autocommand event. | |
3682 | 1148 |
3082 | 1149 For example, the function can contain this: > |
1150 let matches = ... list of words ... | |
1151 return {'words': matches, 'refresh': 'always'} | |
1152 < | |
723 | 1153 *complete-items* |
659 | 1154 Each list item can either be a string or a Dictionary. When it is a string it |
1155 is used as the completion. When it is a Dictionary it can contain these | |
1156 items: | |
819 | 1157 word the text that will be inserted, mandatory |
1158 abbr abbreviation of "word"; when not empty it is used in | |
1159 the menu instead of "word" | |
820 | 1160 menu extra text for the popup menu, displayed after "word" |
1161 or "abbr" | |
819 | 1162 info more information about the item, can be displayed in a |
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659 | 1164 kind single letter indicating the type of completion |
867 | 1165 icase when non-zero case is to be ignored when comparing |
1166 items to be equal; when omitted zero is used, thus | |
1167 items that only differ in case are added | |
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841 | 1171 dup when non-zero this match will be added even when an |
1172 item with the same word is already present. | |
2642 | 1173 empty when non-zero this match will be added even when it is |
1174 an empty string | |
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659 | 1183 |
1184 The "menu" item is used in the popup menu and may be truncated, thus it should | |
728 | 1185 be relatively short. The "info" item can be longer, it will be displayed in |
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1193 *complete-popup* |
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17909 | 1195 Then the 'completepopup' option specifies the properties of the popup. This |
1196 is used when the info popup is created. The option is a comma separated list | |
1197 of values: | |
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18053 | 1200 highlight highlight group of the popup (default is PmenuSel) |
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1202 border "on" (default) or "off" |
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659 | 1205 |
17909 | 1206 When the "align" value is "item" then the popup is positioned close to the |
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17909 | 1211 After the info popup is created it can be found with |popup_findinfo()| and |
1212 properties can be changed with |popup_setoptions()|. | |
1213 | |
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18750 | 1216 in 'completeopt'. The info popup will then be initially hidden and |
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1234 < *complete-item-kind* |
659 | 1235 The "kind" item uses a single letter to indicate the kind of completion. This |
1236 may be used to show the completion differently (different color or icon). | |
1237 Currently these types can be used: | |
1238 v variable | |
1239 f function or method | |
728 | 1240 m member of a struct or class |
1241 t typedef | |
1242 d #define or macro | |
648 | 1243 |
1244 When searching for matches takes some time call |complete_add()| to add each | |
1245 match to the total list. These matches should then not appear in the returned | |
1246 list! Call |complete_check()| now and then to allow the user to press a key | |
1247 while still searching for matches. Stop searching when it returns non-zero. | |
1248 | |
25619 | 1249 *E840* |
2642 | 1250 The function is allowed to move the cursor, it is restored afterwards. |
1251 The function is not allowed to move to another window or delete text. | |
648 | 1252 |
1253 An example that completes the names of the months: > | |
1254 fun! CompleteMonths(findstart, base) | |
1255 if a:findstart | |
1256 " locate the start of the word | |
1257 let line = getline('.') | |
1258 let start = col('.') - 1 | |
1259 while start > 0 && line[start - 1] =~ '\a' | |
1260 let start -= 1 | |
1261 endwhile | |
1262 return start | |
1263 else | |
1264 " find months matching with "a:base" | |
1265 let res = [] | |
1266 for m in split("Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec") | |
1267 if m =~ '^' . a:base | |
1268 call add(res, m) | |
1269 endif | |
1270 endfor | |
1271 return res | |
1272 endif | |
1273 endfun | |
1274 set completefunc=CompleteMonths | |
1275 < | |
1276 The same, but now pretending searching for matches is slow: > | |
1277 fun! CompleteMonths(findstart, base) | |
1278 if a:findstart | |
1279 " locate the start of the word | |
1280 let line = getline('.') | |
1281 let start = col('.') - 1 | |
1282 while start > 0 && line[start - 1] =~ '\a' | |
1283 let start -= 1 | |
1284 endwhile | |
1285 return start | |
1286 else | |
1287 " find months matching with "a:base" | |
1288 for m in split("Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec") | |
1289 if m =~ '^' . a:base | |
1290 call complete_add(m) | |
1291 endif | |
1292 sleep 300m " simulate searching for next match | |
1293 if complete_check() | |
1294 break | |
1295 endif | |
1296 endfor | |
1297 return [] | |
1298 endif | |
1299 endfun | |
1300 set completefunc=CompleteMonths | |
1301 < | |
1302 | |
540 | 1303 INSERT COMPLETION POPUP MENU *ins-completion-menu* |
620 | 1304 *popupmenu-completion* |
540 | 1305 Vim can display the matches in a simplistic popup menu. |
1306 | |
1307 The menu is used when: | |
715 | 1308 - The 'completeopt' option contains "menu" or "menuone". |
540 | 1309 - The terminal supports at least 8 colors. |
857 | 1310 - There are at least two matches. One if "menuone" is used. |
540 | 1311 |
765 | 1312 The 'pumheight' option can be used to set a maximum height. The default is to |
1313 use all space available. | |
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765 | 1316 |
825 | 1317 There are three states: |
1318 1. A complete match has been inserted, e.g., after using CTRL-N or CTRL-P. | |
1319 2. A cursor key has been used to select another match. The match was not | |
1320 inserted then, only the entry in the popup menu is highlighted. | |
1321 3. Only part of a match has been inserted and characters were typed or the | |
1322 backspace key was used. The list of matches was then adjusted for what is | |
1323 in front of the cursor. | |
667 | 1324 |
682 | 1325 You normally start in the first state, with the first match being inserted. |
667 | 1326 When "longest" is in 'completeopt' and there is more than one match you start |
825 | 1327 in the third state. |
665 | 1328 |
825 | 1329 If you select another match, e.g., with CTRL-N or CTRL-P, you go to the first |
1330 state. This doesn't change the list of matches. | |
682 | 1331 |
825 | 1332 When you are back at the original text then you are in the third state. To |
715 | 1333 get there right away you can use a mapping that uses CTRL-P right after |
1334 starting the completion: > | |
1335 :imap <F7> <C-N><C-P> | |
793 | 1336 < |
1337 *popupmenu-keys* | |
667 | 1338 In the first state these keys have a special meaning: |
1339 <BS> and CTRL-H Delete one character, find the matches for the word before | |
1340 the cursor. This reduces the list of matches, often to one | |
682 | 1341 entry, and switches to the second state. |
825 | 1342 Any non-special character: |
1343 Stop completion without changing the match and insert the | |
1344 typed character. | |
665 | 1345 |
825 | 1346 In the second and third state these keys have a special meaning: |
659 | 1347 <BS> and CTRL-H Delete one character, find the matches for the shorter word |
1348 before the cursor. This may find more matches. | |
1349 CTRL-L Add one character from the current match, may reduce the | |
667 | 1350 number of matches. |
682 | 1351 any printable, non-white character: |
1352 Add this character and reduce the number of matches. | |
667 | 1353 |
825 | 1354 In all three states these can be used: |
816 | 1355 CTRL-Y Yes: Accept the currently selected match and stop completion. |
1121 | 1356 CTRL-E End completion, go back to what was there before selecting a |
1357 match (what was typed or longest common string). | |
682 | 1358 <PageUp> Select a match several entries back, but don't insert it. |
1359 <PageDown> Select a match several entries further, but don't insert it. | |
665 | 1360 <Up> Select the previous match, as if CTRL-P was used, but don't |
682 | 1361 insert it. |
665 | 1362 <Down> Select the next match, as if CTRL-N was used, but don't |
682 | 1363 insert it. |
1121 | 1364 <Space> or <Tab> Stop completion without changing the match and insert the |
825 | 1365 typed character. |
1366 | |
1203 | 1367 The behavior of the <Enter> key depends on the state you are in: |
825 | 1368 first state: Use the text as it is and insert a line break. |
1369 second state: Insert the currently selected match. | |
1370 third state: Use the text as it is and insert a line break. | |
1371 | |
1372 In other words: If you used the cursor keys to select another entry in the | |
1203 | 1373 list of matches then the <Enter> key inserts that match. If you typed |
1374 something else then <Enter> inserts a line break. | |
667 | 1375 |
540 | 1376 |
1377 The colors of the menu can be changed with these highlight groups: | |
1378 Pmenu normal item |hl-Pmenu| | |
1379 PmenuSel selected item |hl-PmenuSel| | |
1380 PmenuSbar scrollbar |hl-PmenuSbar| | |
1381 PmenuThumb thumb of the scrollbar |hl-PmenuThumb| | |
1382 | |
667 | 1383 There are no special mappings for when the popup menu is visible. However, |
1384 you can use an Insert mode mapping that checks the |pumvisible()| function to | |
1385 do something different. Example: > | |
1386 :inoremap <Down> <C-R>=pumvisible() ? "\<lt>C-N>" : "\<lt>Down>"<CR> | |
540 | 1387 |
723 | 1388 You can use of <expr> in mapping to have the popup menu used when typing a |
1389 character and some condition is met. For example, for typing a dot: > | |
1390 inoremap <expr> . MayComplete() | |
1391 func MayComplete() | |
1392 if (can complete) | |
1393 return ".\<C-X>\<C-O>" | |
1394 endif | |
1395 return '.' | |
1396 endfunc | |
1397 | |
1398 See |:map-<expr>| for more info. | |
1399 | |
667 | 1400 |
1401 FILETYPE-SPECIFIC REMARKS FOR OMNI COMPLETION *compl-omni-filetypes* | |
1402 | |
1403 The file used for {filetype} should be autoload/{filetype}complete.vim | |
1404 in 'runtimepath'. Thus for "java" it is autoload/javacomplete.vim. | |
519 | 1405 |
557 | 1406 |
523 | 1407 C *ft-c-omni* |
519 | 1408 |
523 | 1409 Completion of C code requires a tags file. You should use Exuberant ctags, |
1410 because it adds extra information that is needed for completion. You can find | |
1121 | 1411 it here: http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ Version 5.6 or later is recommended. |
1412 | |
523 | 1413 For version 5.5.4 you should add a patch that adds the "typename:" field: |
711 | 1414 ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/patches/ctags-5.5.4.patch |
659 | 1415 A compiled .exe for MS-Windows can be found at: |
12968 | 1416 http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ |
1417 https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags-win32 | |
519 | 1418 |
1419 If you want to complete system functions you can do something like this. Use | |
1420 ctags to generate a tags file for all the system header files: > | |
1421 % ctags -R -f ~/.vim/systags /usr/include /usr/local/include | |
1422 In your vimrc file add this tags file to the 'tags' option: > | |
1423 set tags+=~/.vim/systags | |
1424 | |
1425 When using CTRL-X CTRL-O after a name without any "." or "->" it is completed | |
1426 from the tags file directly. This works for any identifier, also function | |
1427 names. If you want to complete a local variable name, which does not appear | |
1428 in the tags file, use CTRL-P instead. | |
1429 | |
1430 When using CTRL-X CTRL-O after something that has "." or "->" Vim will attempt | |
1431 to recognize the type of the variable and figure out what members it has. | |
1432 This means only members valid for the variable will be listed. | |
1433 | |
523 | 1434 When a member name already was complete, CTRL-X CTRL-O will add a "." or |
1435 "->" for composite types. | |
1436 | |
519 | 1437 Vim doesn't include a C compiler, only the most obviously formatted |
1438 declarations are recognized. Preprocessor stuff may cause confusion. | |
1439 When the same structure name appears in multiple places all possible members | |
1440 are included. | |
1441 | |
529 | 1442 |
625 | 1443 CSS *ft-css-omni* |
557 | 1444 |
1445 Complete properties and their appropriate values according to CSS 2.1 | |
818 | 1446 specification. |
557 | 1447 |
1448 | |
818 | 1449 HTML *ft-html-omni* |
1450 XHTML *ft-xhtml-omni* | |
529 | 1451 |
667 | 1452 CTRL-X CTRL-O provides completion of various elements of (X)HTML files. It is |
6051 | 1453 designed to support writing of XHTML 1.0 Strict files but will also work for |
667 | 1454 other versions of HTML. Features: |
529 | 1455 |
667 | 1456 - after "<" complete tag name depending on context (no div suggestion inside |
1457 of an a tag); '/>' indicates empty tags | |
1458 - inside of tag complete proper attributes (no width attribute for an a tag); | |
1459 show also type of attribute; '*' indicates required attributes | |
1460 - when attribute has limited number of possible values help to complete them | |
557 | 1461 - complete names of entities |
532 | 1462 - complete values of "class" and "id" attributes with data obtained from |
667 | 1463 <style> tag and included CSS files |
659 | 1464 - when completing value of "style" attribute or working inside of "style" tag |
532 | 1465 switch to |ft-css-omni| completion |
667 | 1466 - when completing values of events attributes or working inside of "script" |
1467 tag switch to |ft-javascript-omni| completion | |
532 | 1468 - when used after "</" CTRL-X CTRL-O will close the last opened tag |
529 | 1469 |
557 | 1470 Note: When used first time completion menu will be shown with little delay |
818 | 1471 - this is time needed for loading of data file. |
659 | 1472 Note: Completion may fail in badly formatted documents. In such case try to |
1473 run |:make| command to detect formatting problems. | |
557 | 1474 |
1475 | |
836 | 1476 HTML flavor *html-flavor* |
1477 | |
859 | 1478 The default HTML completion depends on the filetype. For HTML files it is |
1479 HTML 4.01 Transitional ('filetype' is "html"), for XHTML it is XHTML 1.0 | |
1480 Strict ('filetype' is "xhtml"). | |
836 | 1481 |
859 | 1482 When doing completion outside of any other tag you will have possibility to |
1483 choose DOCTYPE and the appropriate data file will be loaded and used for all | |
1484 next completions. | |
836 | 1485 |
859 | 1486 More about format of data file in |xml-omni-datafile|. Some of the data files |
1487 may be found on the Vim website (|www|). | |
836 | 1488 |
859 | 1489 Note that b:html_omni_flavor may point to a file with any XML data. This |
1490 makes possible to mix PHP (|ft-php-omni|) completion with any XML dialect | |
1491 (assuming you have data file for it). Without setting that variable XHTML 1.0 | |
1492 Strict will be used. | |
836 | 1493 |
1494 | |
818 | 1495 JAVASCRIPT *ft-javascript-omni* |
649 | 1496 |
659 | 1497 Completion of most elements of JavaScript language and DOM elements. |
649 | 1498 |
1499 Complete: | |
1500 | |
1501 - variables | |
667 | 1502 - function name; show function arguments |
649 | 1503 - function arguments |
1504 - properties of variables trying to detect type of variable | |
659 | 1505 - complete DOM objects and properties depending on context |
649 | 1506 - keywords of language |
1507 | |
659 | 1508 Completion works in separate JavaScript files (&ft==javascript), inside of |
1509 <script> tag of (X)HTML and in values of event attributes (including scanning | |
5220 | 1510 of external files). |
818 | 1511 |
649 | 1512 DOM compatibility |
1513 | |
1514 At the moment (beginning of 2006) there are two main browsers - MS Internet | |
1515 Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. These two applications are covering over 90% of | |
1516 market. Theoretically standards are created by W3C organisation | |
1517 (http://www.w3c.org) but they are not always followed/implemented. | |
1518 | |
818 | 1519 IE FF W3C Omni completion ~ |
1520 +/- +/- + + ~ | |
1521 + + - + ~ | |
1522 + - - - ~ | |
1523 - + - - ~ | |
649 | 1524 |
1525 Regardless from state of implementation in browsers but if element is defined | |
1526 in standards, completion plugin will place element in suggestion list. When | |
1527 both major engines implemented element, even if this is not in standards it | |
1528 will be suggested. All other elements are not placed in suggestion list. | |
1529 | |
1530 | |
818 | 1531 PHP *ft-php-omni* |
714 | 1532 |
1121 | 1533 Completion of PHP code requires a tags file for completion of data from |
1534 external files and for class aware completion. You should use Exuberant ctags | |
1535 version 5.5.4 or newer. You can find it here: http://ctags.sourceforge.net/ | |
714 | 1536 |
1537 Script completes: | |
1538 | |
1539 - after $ variables name | |
728 | 1540 - if variable was declared as object add "->", if tags file is available show |
1541 name of class | |
819 | 1542 - after "->" complete only function and variable names specific for given |
1543 class. To find class location and contents tags file is required. Because | |
1544 PHP isn't strongly typed language user can use @var tag to declare class: > | |
1545 | |
856 | 1546 /* @var $myVar myClass */ |
819 | 1547 $myVar-> |
1548 < | |
1549 Still, to find myClass contents tags file is required. | |
728 | 1550 |
843 | 1551 - function names with additional info: |
728 | 1552 - in case of built-in functions list of possible arguments and after | type |
1553 data returned by function | |
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1554 - in case of user function arguments and name of file where function was |
728 | 1555 defined (if it is not current file) |
1556 | |
1557 - constants names | |
1558 - class names after "new" declaration | |
1559 | |
714 | 1560 |
1561 Note: when doing completion first time Vim will load all necessary data into | |
1562 memory. It may take several seconds. After next use of completion delay | |
728 | 1563 should not be noticeable. |
714 | 1564 |
1565 Script detects if cursor is inside <?php ?> tags. If it is outside it will | |
1566 automatically switch to HTML/CSS/JavaScript completion. Note: contrary to | |
1567 original HTML files completion of tags (and only tags) isn't context aware. | |
1568 | |
1569 | |
856 | 1570 RUBY *ft-ruby-omni* |
838 | 1571 |
1572 Completion of Ruby code requires that vim be built with |+ruby|. | |
1573 | |
1574 Ruby completion will parse your buffer on demand in order to provide a list of | |
1575 completions. These completions will be drawn from modules loaded by 'require' | |
1576 and modules defined in the current buffer. | |
1577 | |
1578 The completions provided by CTRL-X CTRL-O are sensitive to the context: | |
1579 | |
856 | 1580 CONTEXT COMPLETIONS PROVIDED ~ |
838 | 1581 |
1582 1. Not inside a class definition Classes, constants and globals | |
1583 | |
856 | 1584 2. Inside a class definition Methods or constants defined in the class |
838 | 1585 |
856 | 1586 3. After '.', '::' or ':' Methods applicable to the object being |
1587 dereferenced | |
838 | 1588 |
856 | 1589 4. After ':' or ':foo' Symbol name (beginning with 'foo') |
838 | 1590 |
1591 Notes: | |
1592 - Vim will load/evaluate code in order to provide completions. This may | |
13125 | 1593 cause some code execution, which may be a concern. This is no longer |
1121 | 1594 enabled by default, to enable this feature add > |
1595 let g:rubycomplete_buffer_loading = 1 | |
1596 <- In context 1 above, Vim can parse the entire buffer to add a list of | |
843 | 1597 classes to the completion results. This feature is turned off by default, |
1598 to enable it add > | |
1599 let g:rubycomplete_classes_in_global = 1 | |
1600 < to your vimrc | |
838 | 1601 - In context 2 above, anonymous classes are not supported. |
1602 - In context 3 above, Vim will attempt to determine the methods supported by | |
1603 the object. | |
1604 - Vim can detect and load the Rails environment for files within a rails | |
1605 project. The feature is disabled by default, to enable it add > | |
843 | 1606 let g:rubycomplete_rails = 1 |
1607 < to your vimrc | |
838 | 1608 |
1609 | |
625 | 1610 SYNTAX *ft-syntax-omni* |
1611 | |
1121 | 1612 Vim has the ability to color syntax highlight nearly 500 languages. Part of |
1613 this highlighting includes knowing what keywords are part of a language. Many | |
1614 filetypes already have custom completion scripts written for them, the | |
1615 syntaxcomplete plugin provides basic completion for all other filetypes. It | |
1616 does this by populating the omni completion list with the text Vim already | |
1617 knows how to color highlight. It can be used for any filetype and provides a | |
1618 minimal language-sensitive completion. | |
625 | 1619 |
702 | 1620 To enable syntax code completion you can run: > |
4869 | 1621 setlocal omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete |
702 | 1622 |
4869 | 1623 You can automate this by placing the following in your |.vimrc| (after any |
702 | 1624 ":filetype" command): > |
1625 if has("autocmd") && exists("+omnifunc") | |
818 | 1626 autocmd Filetype * |
1627 \ if &omnifunc == "" | | |
1628 \ setlocal omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete | | |
1629 \ endif | |
702 | 1630 endif |
1631 | |
1632 The above will set completion to this script only if a specific plugin does | |
1633 not already exist for that filetype. | |
1634 | |
1635 Each filetype can have a wide range of syntax items. The plugin allows you to | |
1636 customize which syntax groups to include or exclude from the list. Let's have | |
1637 a look at the PHP filetype to see how this works. | |
1638 | |
1639 If you edit a file called, index.php, run the following command: > | |
4869 | 1640 syntax list |
625 | 1641 |
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1643 The PHP language can include elements from different languages like HTML, |
702 | 1644 JavaScript and many more. The syntax plugin will only include syntax groups |
1645 that begin with the filetype, "php", in this case. For example these syntax | |
1646 groups are included by default with the PHP: phpEnvVar, phpIntVar, | |
1647 phpFunctions. | |
1648 | |
13125 | 1649 If you wish non-filetype syntax items to also be included, you can use a |
1650 regular expression syntax (added in version 13.0 of | |
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1651 autoload/syntaxcomplete.vim) to add items. Looking at the output from |
13125 | 1652 ":syntax list" while editing a PHP file I can see some of these entries: > |
4869 | 1653 htmlArg,htmlTag,htmlTagName,javaScriptStatement,javaScriptGlobalObjects |
625 | 1654 |
4869 | 1655 To pick up any JavaScript and HTML keyword syntax groups while editing a PHP |
13125 | 1656 file, you can use 3 different regexs, one for each language. Or you can |
1657 simply restrict the include groups to a particular value, without using | |
4869 | 1658 a regex string: > |
1659 let g:omni_syntax_group_include_php = 'php\w\+,javaScript\w\+,html\w\+' | |
1660 let g:omni_syntax_group_include_php = 'phpFunctions,phpMethods' | |
1661 < | |
1662 The basic form of this variable is: > | |
1663 let g:omni_syntax_group_include_{filetype} = 'regex,comma,separated' | |
1664 | |
1665 The PHP language has an enormous number of items which it knows how to syntax | |
5220 | 1666 highlight. These items will be available within the omni completion list. |
4869 | 1667 |
1668 Some people may find this list unwieldy or are only interested in certain | |
1669 items. There are two ways to prune this list (if necessary). If you find | |
13125 | 1670 certain syntax groups you do not wish displayed you can use two different |
1671 methods to identify these groups. The first specifically lists the syntax | |
1672 groups by name. The second uses a regular expression to identify both | |
4869 | 1673 syntax groups. Simply add one the following to your vimrc: > |
1674 let g:omni_syntax_group_exclude_php = 'phpCoreConstant,phpConstant' | |
1675 let g:omni_syntax_group_exclude_php = 'php\w*Constant' | |
702 | 1676 |
1677 Add as many syntax groups to this list by comma separating them. The basic | |
1678 form of this variable is: > | |
4869 | 1679 let g:omni_syntax_group_exclude_{filetype} = 'regex,comma,separated' |
702 | 1680 |
1681 You can create as many of these variables as you need, varying only the | |
1682 filetype at the end of the variable name. | |
625 | 1683 |
1121 | 1684 The plugin uses the isKeyword option to determine where word boundaries are |
1685 for the syntax items. For example, in the Scheme language completion should | |
1686 include the "-", call-with-output-file. Depending on your filetype, this may | |
1687 not provide the words you are expecting. Setting the | |
1688 g:omni_syntax_use_iskeyword option to 0 will force the syntax plugin to break | |
1689 on word characters. This can be controlled adding the following to your | |
1690 vimrc: > | |
1691 let g:omni_syntax_use_iskeyword = 0 | |
1692 | |
2439 | 1693 For plugin developers, the plugin exposes a public function OmniSyntaxList. |
1694 This function can be used to request a List of syntax items. When editing a | |
13125 | 1695 SQL file (:e syntax.sql) you can use the ":syntax list" command to see the |
2439 | 1696 various groups and syntax items. For example: > |
13125 | 1697 syntax list |
2439 | 1698 |
13125 | 1699 Yields data similar to this: |
1700 sqlOperator xxx some prior all like and any escape exists in is not ~ | |
1701 or intersect minus between distinct ~ | |
1702 links to Operator ~ | |
1703 sqlType xxx varbit varchar nvarchar bigint int uniqueidentifier ~ | |
1704 date money long tinyint unsigned xml text smalldate ~ | |
1705 double datetime nchar smallint numeric time bit char ~ | |
1706 varbinary binary smallmoney ~ | |
1707 image float integer timestamp real decimal ~ | |
2439 | 1708 |
1709 There are two syntax groups listed here: sqlOperator and sqlType. To retrieve | |
13125 | 1710 a List of syntax items you can call OmniSyntaxList a number of different |
2439 | 1711 ways. To retrieve all syntax items regardless of syntax group: > |
1712 echo OmniSyntaxList( [] ) | |
1713 | |
1714 To retrieve only the syntax items for the sqlOperator syntax group: > | |
1715 echo OmniSyntaxList( ['sqlOperator'] ) | |
1716 | |
1717 To retrieve all syntax items for both the sqlOperator and sqlType groups: > | |
1718 echo OmniSyntaxList( ['sqlOperator', 'sqlType'] ) | |
1719 | |
4869 | 1720 A regular expression can also be used: > |
1721 echo OmniSyntaxList( ['sql\w\+'] ) | |
1722 | |
2439 | 1723 From within a plugin, you would typically assign the output to a List: > |
1724 let myKeywords = [] | |
1725 let myKeywords = OmniSyntaxList( ['sqlKeyword'] ) | |
1726 | |
625 | 1727 |
818 | 1728 SQL *ft-sql-omni* |
1729 | |
1730 Completion for the SQL language includes statements, functions, keywords. | |
1731 It will also dynamically complete tables, procedures, views and column lists | |
1732 with data pulled directly from within a database. For detailed instructions | |
1733 and a tutorial see |omni-sql-completion|. | |
1734 | |
819 | 1735 The SQL completion plugin can be used in conjunction with other completion |
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1736 plugins. For example, the PHP filetype has its own completion plugin. |
819 | 1737 Since PHP is often used to generate dynamic website by accessing a database, |
1738 the SQL completion plugin can also be enabled. This allows you to complete | |
1739 PHP code and SQL code at the same time. | |
1740 | |
818 | 1741 |
625 | 1742 XML *ft-xml-omni* |
557 | 1743 |
859 | 1744 Vim 7 provides a mechanism for context aware completion of XML files. It |
1745 depends on a special |xml-omni-datafile| and two commands: |:XMLns| and | |
1746 |:XMLent|. Features are: | |
557 | 1747 |
859 | 1748 - after "<" complete the tag name, depending on context |
1749 - inside of a tag complete proper attributes | |
1750 - when an attribute has a limited number of possible values help to complete | |
557 | 1751 them |
859 | 1752 - complete names of entities (defined in |xml-omni-datafile| and in the |
1753 current file with "<!ENTITY" declarations) | |
557 | 1754 - when used after "</" CTRL-X CTRL-O will close the last opened tag |
1755 | |
625 | 1756 Format of XML data file *xml-omni-datafile* |
557 | 1757 |
859 | 1758 XML data files are stored in the "autoload/xml" directory in 'runtimepath'. |
1759 Vim distribution provides examples of data files in the | |
1760 "$VIMRUNTIME/autoload/xml" directory. They have a meaningful name which will | |
1761 be used in commands. It should be a unique name which will not create | |
1762 conflicts. For example, the name xhtml10s.vim means it is the data file for | |
1763 XHTML 1.0 Strict. | |
557 | 1764 |
859 | 1765 Each file contains a variable with a name like g:xmldata_xhtml10s . It is |
1766 a compound from two parts: | |
557 | 1767 |
859 | 1768 1. "g:xmldata_" general prefix, constant for all data files |
1769 2. "xhtml10s" the name of the file and the name of the described XML | |
1770 dialect; it will be used as an argument for the |:XMLns| | |
1771 command | |
557 | 1772 |
1773 Part two must be exactly the same as name of file. | |
1774 | |
859 | 1775 The variable is a |Dictionary|. Keys are tag names and each value is a two |
1776 element |List|. The first element of the List is also a List with the names | |
1777 of possible children. The second element is a |Dictionary| with the names of | |
1778 attributes as keys and the possible values of attributes as values. Example: > | |
557 | 1779 |
859 | 1780 let g:xmldata_crippled = { |
1781 \ "vimxmlentities": ["amp", "lt", "gt", "apos", "quot"], | |
1782 \ 'vimxmlroot': ['tag1'], | |
1783 \ 'tag1': | |
1784 \ [ ['childoftag1a', 'childoftag1b'], {'attroftag1a': [], | |
1785 \ 'attroftag1b': ['valueofattr1', 'valueofattr2']}], | |
1786 \ 'childoftag1a': | |
1787 \ [ [], {'attrofchild': ['attrofchild']}], | |
1788 \ 'childoftag1b': | |
1789 \ [ ['childoftag1a'], {'attrofchild': []}], | |
667 | 1790 \ "vimxmltaginfo": { |
859 | 1791 \ 'tag1': ['Menu info', 'Long information visible in preview window']}, |
1792 \ 'vimxmlattrinfo': { | |
1793 \ 'attrofchild': ['Menu info', 'Long information visible in preview window']}} | |
557 | 1794 |
859 | 1795 This example would be put in the "autoload/xml/crippled.vim" file and could |
1796 help to write this file: > | |
557 | 1797 |
859 | 1798 <tag1 attroftag1b="valueofattr1"> |
1799 <childoftag1a attrofchild> | |
1800 & < | |
1801 </childoftag1a> | |
1802 <childoftag1b attrofchild="5"> | |
1803 <childoftag1a> | |
1804 > ' " | |
1805 </childoftag1a> | |
1806 </childoftag1b> | |
1807 </tag1> | |
1808 | |
1809 In the example four special elements are visible: | |
1810 | |
1811 1. "vimxmlentities" - a special key with List containing entities of this XML | |
557 | 1812 dialect. |
859 | 1813 2. If the list containing possible values of attributes has one element and |
1814 this element is equal to the name of the attribute this attribute will be | |
1815 treated as boolean and inserted as 'attrname' and not as 'attrname="' | |
1816 3. "vimxmltaginfo" - a special key with a Dictionary containing tag | |
1817 names as keys and two element List as values, for additional menu info and | |
1818 the long description. | |
1819 4. "vimxmlattrinfo" - special key with Dictionary containing attribute names | |
1820 as keys and two element List as values, for additional menu info and long | |
667 | 1821 description. |
557 | 1822 |
859 | 1823 Note: Tag names in the data file MUST not contain a namespace description. |
1824 Check xsl.vim for an example. | |
1825 Note: All data and functions are publicly available as global | |
1826 variables/functions and can be used for personal editing functions. | |
557 | 1827 |
667 | 1828 |
856 | 1829 DTD -> Vim *dtd2vim* |
836 | 1830 |
859 | 1831 On |www| is the script |dtd2vim| which parses DTD and creates an XML data file |
836 | 1832 for Vim XML omni completion. |
1833 | |
1834 dtd2vim: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1462 | |
1835 | |
859 | 1836 Check the beginning of that file for usage details. |
1837 The script requires perl and: | |
836 | 1838 |
1839 perlSGML: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/perlsgml | |
1840 | |
1841 | |
557 | 1842 Commands |
1843 | |
625 | 1844 :XMLns {name} [{namespace}] *:XMLns* |
557 | 1845 |
859 | 1846 Vim has to know which data file should be used and with which namespace. For |
1847 loading of the data file and connecting data with the proper namespace use | |
1848 |:XMLns| command. The first (obligatory) argument is the name of the data | |
1849 (xhtml10s, xsl). The second argument is the code of namespace (h, xsl). When | |
1850 used without a second argument the dialect will be used as default - without | |
1851 namespace declaration. For example to use XML completion in .xsl files: > | |
557 | 1852 |
1853 :XMLns xhtml10s | |
1854 :XMLns xsl xsl | |
1855 | |
1856 | |
625 | 1857 :XMLent {name} *:XMLent* |
557 | 1858 |
859 | 1859 By default entities will be completed from the data file of the default |
1860 namespace. The XMLent command should be used in case when there is no default | |
1861 namespace: > | |
557 | 1862 |
625 | 1863 :XMLent xhtml10s |
557 | 1864 |
1865 Usage | |
1866 | |
859 | 1867 While used in this situation (after declarations from previous part, | is |
557 | 1868 cursor position): > |
1869 | |
625 | 1870 <| |
557 | 1871 |
859 | 1872 Will complete to an appropriate XHTML tag, and in this situation: > |
557 | 1873 |
625 | 1874 <xsl:| |
557 | 1875 |
859 | 1876 Will complete to an appropriate XSL tag. |
1877 | |
557 | 1878 |
859 | 1879 The script xmlcomplete.vim, provided through the |autoload| mechanism, |
1880 has the xmlcomplete#GetLastOpenTag() function which can be used in XML files | |
1881 to get the name of the last open tag (b:unaryTagsStack has to be defined): > | |
529 | 1882 |
625 | 1883 :echo xmlcomplete#GetLastOpenTag("b:unaryTagsStack") |
531 | 1884 |
529 | 1885 |
532 | 1886 |
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1888 8. Insert mode commands *inserting* | |
1889 | |
1890 The following commands can be used to insert new text into the buffer. They | |
1891 can all be undone and repeated with the "." command. | |
1892 | |
1893 *a* | |
1894 a Append text after the cursor [count] times. If the | |
1895 cursor is in the first column of an empty line Insert | |
1896 starts there. But not when 'virtualedit' is set! | |
1897 | |
1898 *A* | |
1899 A Append text at the end of the line [count] times. | |
22328 | 1900 For using "A" in Visual block mode see |v_b_A|. |
7 | 1901 |
1902 <insert> or *i* *insert* *<Insert>* | |
1903 i Insert text before the cursor [count] times. | |
1904 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode |i_CTRL-O| the count | |
1905 is not supported. | |
1906 | |
1907 *I* | |
1908 I Insert text before the first non-blank in the line | |
1909 [count] times. | |
164 | 1910 When the 'H' flag is present in 'cpoptions' and the |
1911 line only contains blanks, insert start just before | |
1912 the last blank. | |
22328 | 1913 For using "I" in Visual block mode see |v_b_I|. |
7 | 1914 |
1915 *gI* | |
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1916 gI Insert text in column 1 [count] times. |
7 | 1917 |
1918 *gi* | |
1919 gi Insert text in the same position as where Insert mode | |
1920 was stopped last time in the current buffer. | |
1921 This uses the |'^| mark. It's different from "`^i" | |
1922 when the mark is past the end of the line. | |
1923 The position is corrected for inserted/deleted lines, | |
1924 but NOT for inserted/deleted characters. | |
1925 When the |:keepjumps| command modifier is used the |'^| | |
9 | 1926 mark won't be changed. |
7 | 1927 |
1928 *o* | |
1929 o Begin a new line below the cursor and insert text, | |
16610 | 1930 repeat [count] times. |
164 | 1931 When the '#' flag is in 'cpoptions' the count is |
1932 ignored. | |
7 | 1933 |
1934 *O* | |
1935 O Begin a new line above the cursor and insert text, | |
16610 | 1936 repeat [count] times. |
164 | 1937 When the '#' flag is in 'cpoptions' the count is |
1938 ignored. | |
7 | 1939 |
1940 These commands are used to start inserting text. You can end insert mode with | |
1941 <Esc>. See |mode-ins-repl| for the other special characters in Insert mode. | |
1942 The effect of [count] takes place after Insert mode is exited. | |
1943 | |
1944 When 'autoindent' is on, the indent for a new line is obtained from the | |
1945 previous line. When 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is on, the indent for a line | |
1946 is automatically adjusted for C programs. | |
1947 | |
1948 'textwidth' can be set to the maximum width for a line. When a line becomes | |
1949 too long when appending characters a line break is automatically inserted. | |
1950 | |
1951 | |
1952 ============================================================================== | |
1953 9. Ex insert commands *inserting-ex* | |
1954 | |
1955 *:a* *:append* | |
167 | 1956 :{range}a[ppend][!] Insert several lines of text below the specified |
7 | 1957 line. If the {range} is missing, the text will be |
1958 inserted after the current line. | |
167 | 1959 Adding [!] toggles 'autoindent' for the time this |
1960 command is executed. | |
7 | 1961 |
1962 *:i* *:in* *:insert* | |
167 | 1963 :{range}i[nsert][!] Insert several lines of text above the specified |
7 | 1964 line. If the {range} is missing, the text will be |
1965 inserted before the current line. | |
167 | 1966 Adding [!] toggles 'autoindent' for the time this |
1967 command is executed. | |
7 | 1968 |
1969 These two commands will keep on asking for lines, until you type a line | |
1970 containing only a ".". Watch out for lines starting with a backslash, see | |
1971 |line-continuation|. | |
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2596 | 1973 When in Ex mode (see |-e|) a backslash at the end of the line can be used to |
1974 insert a NUL character. To be able to have a line ending in a backslash use | |
1975 two backslashes. This means that the number of backslashes is halved, but | |
1976 only at the end of the line. | |
1977 | |
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1979 ":append" and ":insert" don't work properly in between ":if" and |
74 | 1980 ":endif", ":for" and ":endfor", ":while" and ":endwhile". |
7 | 1981 |
1982 *:start* *:startinsert* | |
1983 :star[tinsert][!] Start Insert mode just after executing this command. | |
1984 Works like typing "i" in Normal mode. When the ! is | |
1985 included it works like "A", append to the line. | |
1986 Otherwise insertion starts at the cursor position. | |
1987 Note that when using this command in a function or | |
1988 script, the insertion only starts after the function | |
1989 or script is finished. | |
446 | 1990 This command does not work from |:normal|. |
7 | 1991 |
1992 *:stopi* *:stopinsert* | |
1993 :stopi[nsert] Stop Insert mode as soon as possible. Works like | |
1994 typing <Esc> in Insert mode. | |
1995 Can be used in an autocommand, example: > | |
1996 :au BufEnter scratch stopinsert | |
14 | 1997 < |
1998 *replacing-ex* *:startreplace* | |
1999 :startr[eplace][!] Start Replace mode just after executing this command. | |
2000 Works just like typing "R" in Normal mode. When the | |
2001 ! is included it acts just like "$R" had been typed | |
2002 (ie. begin replace mode at the end-of-line). Other- | |
2003 wise replacement begins at the cursor position. | |
2004 Note that when using this command in a function or | |
2005 script that the replacement will only start after | |
2006 the function or script is finished. | |
7 | 2007 |
599 | 2008 *:startgreplace* |
2009 :startg[replace][!] Just like |:startreplace|, but use Virtual Replace | |
2010 mode, like with |gR|. | |
2011 | |
7 | 2012 ============================================================================== |
2013 10. Inserting a file *inserting-file* | |
2014 | |
2015 *:r* *:re* *:read* | |
819 | 2016 :r[ead] [++opt] [name] |
2017 Insert the file [name] (default: current file) below | |
7 | 2018 the cursor. |
819 | 2019 See |++opt| for the possible values of [++opt]. |
7 | 2020 |
819 | 2021 :{range}r[ead] [++opt] [name] |
2022 Insert the file [name] (default: current file) below | |
7 | 2023 the specified line. |
819 | 2024 See |++opt| for the possible values of [++opt]. |
7 | 2025 |
2026 *:r!* *:read!* | |
4278 | 2027 :[range]r[ead] [++opt] !{cmd} |
2028 Execute {cmd} and insert its standard output below | |
1121 | 2029 the cursor or the specified line. A temporary file is |
2030 used to store the output of the command which is then | |
2031 read into the buffer. 'shellredir' is used to save | |
2032 the output of the command, which can be set to include | |
2033 stderr or not. {cmd} is executed like with ":!{cmd}", | |
2034 any '!' is replaced with the previous command |:!|. | |
4278 | 2035 See |++opt| for the possible values of [++opt]. |
7 | 2036 |
2037 These commands insert the contents of a file, or the output of a command, | |
2038 into the buffer. They can be undone. They cannot be repeated with the "." | |
2039 command. They work on a line basis, insertion starts below the line in which | |
2040 the cursor is, or below the specified line. To insert text above the first | |
2041 line use the command ":0r {name}". | |
2042 | |
2043 After the ":read" command, the cursor is left on the first non-blank in the | |
2044 first new line. Unless in Ex mode, then the cursor is left on the last new | |
2045 line (sorry, this is Vi compatible). | |
2046 | |
2047 If a file name is given with ":r", it becomes the alternate file. This can be | |
2048 used, for example, when you want to edit that file instead: ":e! #". This can | |
2049 be switched off by removing the 'a' flag from the 'cpoptions' option. | |
2050 | |
819 | 2051 Of the [++opt] arguments one is specifically for ":read", the ++edit argument. |
2052 This is useful when the ":read" command is actually used to read a file into | |
2053 the buffer as if editing that file. Use this command in an empty buffer: > | |
2054 :read ++edit filename | |
2055 The effect is that the 'fileformat', 'fileencoding', 'bomb', etc. options are | |
2056 set to what has been detected for "filename". Note that a single empty line | |
2057 remains, you may want to delete it. | |
2058 | |
7 | 2059 *file-read* |
2060 The 'fileformat' option sets the <EOL> style for a file: | |
2061 'fileformat' characters name ~ | |
2062 "dos" <CR><NL> or <NL> DOS format | |
2063 "unix" <NL> Unix format | |
2064 "mac" <CR> Mac format | |
2065 Previously 'textmode' was used. It is obsolete now. | |
2066 | |
2067 If 'fileformat' is "dos", a <CR> in front of an <NL> is ignored and a CTRL-Z | |
2068 at the end of the file is ignored. | |
2069 | |
2070 If 'fileformat' is "mac", a <NL> in the file is internally represented by a | |
2071 <CR>. This is to avoid confusion with a <NL> which is used to represent a | |
2072 <NUL>. See |CR-used-for-NL|. | |
2073 | |
2074 If the 'fileformats' option is not empty Vim tries to recognize the type of | |
2075 <EOL> (see |file-formats|). However, the 'fileformat' option will not be | |
2076 changed, the detected format is only used while reading the file. | |
2077 A similar thing happens with 'fileencodings'. | |
2078 | |
19116 | 2079 On non-Win32 systems the message "[dos format]" is shown if a file is read in |
2080 DOS format, to remind you that something unusual is done. | |
18972 | 2081 On Macintosh and Win32 the message "[unix format]" is shown if a file is read |
2082 in Unix format. | |
19116 | 2083 On non-Macintosh systems, the message "[mac format]" is shown if a file is |
7 | 2084 read in Mac format. |
2085 | |
2086 An example on how to use ":r !": > | |
2087 :r !uuencode binfile binfile | |
2088 This command reads "binfile", uuencodes it and reads it into the current | |
2089 buffer. Useful when you are editing e-mail and want to include a binary | |
2090 file. | |
2091 | |
2092 *read-messages* | |
2093 When reading a file Vim will display a message with information about the read | |
2094 file. In the table is an explanation for some of the items. The others are | |
2095 self explanatory. Using the long or the short version depends on the | |
2096 'shortmess' option. | |
2097 | |
2098 long short meaning ~ | |
2099 [readonly] {RO} the file is write protected | |
2100 [fifo/socket] using a stream | |
2101 [fifo] using a fifo stream | |
2102 [socket] using a socket stream | |
2103 [CR missing] reading with "dos" 'fileformat' and a | |
2104 NL without a preceding CR was found. | |
2105 [NL found] reading with "mac" 'fileformat' and a | |
2106 NL was found (could be "unix" format) | |
2107 [long lines split] at least one line was split in two | |
2108 [NOT converted] conversion from 'fileencoding' to | |
2109 'encoding' was desired but not | |
2110 possible | |
2111 [converted] conversion from 'fileencoding' to | |
2112 'encoding' done | |
2113 [crypted] file was decrypted | |
2114 [READ ERRORS] not all of the file could be read | |
2115 | |
2116 | |
14421 | 2117 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |