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1 *tips.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Apr 01
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Tips and ideas for using Vim *tips*
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9 Don't forget to browse the user manual, it also contains lots of useful tips
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10 |usr_toc.txt|.
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12 Editing C programs |C-editing|
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13 Finding where identifiers are used |ident-search|
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14 Switching screens in an xterm |xterm-screens|
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15 Scrolling in Insert mode |scroll-insert|
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16 Smooth scrolling |scroll-smooth|
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17 Correcting common typing mistakes |type-mistakes|
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18 Counting words, lines, etc. |count-items|
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19 Restoring the cursor position |restore-position|
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20 Renaming files |rename-files|
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21 Speeding up external commands |speed-up|
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22 Useful mappings |useful-mappings|
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23 Compressing the help files |gzip-helpfile|
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24 Hex editing |hex-editing|
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25 Executing shell commands in a window |shell-window|
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26 Using <> notation in autocommands |autocmd-<>|
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28 ==============================================================================
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29 Editing C programs *C-editing*
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31 There are quite a few features in Vim to help you edit C program files. Here
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32 is an overview with tags to jump to:
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34 |usr_29.txt| Moving through programs chapter in the user manual.
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35 |usr_30.txt| Editing programs chapter in the user manual.
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36 |C-indenting| Automatically set the indent of a line while typing
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37 text.
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38 |=| Re-indent a few lines.
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39 |format-comments| Format comments.
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41 |:checkpath| Show all recursively included files.
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42 |[i| Search for identifier under cursor in current and
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43 included files.
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44 |[_CTRL-I| Jump to match for "[i"
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45 |[I| List all lines in current and included files where
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46 identifier under the cursor matches.
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47 |[d| Search for define under cursor in current and included
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48 files.
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50 |CTRL-]| Jump to tag under cursor (e.g., definition of a
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51 function).
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52 |CTRL-T| Jump back to before a CTRL-] command.
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53 |:tselect| Select one tag out of a list of matching tags.
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55 |gd| Go to Declaration of local variable under cursor.
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56 |gD| Go to Declaration of global variable under cursor.
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58 |gf| Go to file name under the cursor.
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60 |%| Go to matching (), {}, [], /* */, #if, #else, #endif.
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61 |[/| Go to previous start of comment.
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62 |]/| Go to next end of comment.
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63 |[#| Go back to unclosed #if, #ifdef, or #else.
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64 |]#| Go forward to unclosed #else or #endif.
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65 |[(| Go back to unclosed '('
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66 |])| Go forward to unclosed ')'
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67 |[{| Go back to unclosed '{'
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68 |]}| Go forward to unclosed '}'
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70 |v_ab| Select "a block" from "[(" to "])", including braces
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71 |v_ib| Select "inner block" from "[(" to "])"
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72 |v_aB| Select "a block" from "[{" to "]}", including brackets
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73 |v_iB| Select "inner block" from "[{" to "]}"
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75 ==============================================================================
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76 Finding where identifiers are used *ident-search*
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78 You probably already know that |tags| can be used to jump to the place where a
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79 function or variable is defined. But sometimes you wish you could jump to all
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80 the places where a function or variable is being used. This is possible in
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81 two ways:
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82 1. Using the |:grep| command. This should work on most Unix systems,
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83 but can be slow (it reads all files) and only searches in one directory.
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84 2. Using ID utils. This is fast and works in multiple directories. It uses a
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85 database to store locations. You will need some additional programs for
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86 this to work. And you need to keep the database up to date.
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87
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88 Using the GNU id-tools:
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90 What you need:
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91 - The GNU id-tools installed (mkid is needed to create ID and lid is needed to
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92 use the macros).
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93 - An identifier database file called "ID" in the current directory. You can
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94 create it with the shell command "mkid file1 file2 ..".
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96 Put this in your .vimrc: >
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97 map _u :call ID_search()<Bar>execute "/\\<" . g:word . "\\>"<CR>
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98 map _n :n<Bar>execute "/\\<" . g:word . "\\>"<CR>
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100 function! ID_search()
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101 let g:word = expand("<cword>")
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102 let x = system("lid --key=none ". g:word)
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103 let x = substitute(x, "\n", " ", "g")
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104 execute "next " . x
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105 endfun
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107 To use it, place the cursor on a word, type "_u" and vim will load the file
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108 that contains the word. Search for the next occurrence of the word in the
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109 same file with "n". Go to the next file with "_n".
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111 This has been tested with id-utils-3.2 (which is the name of the id-tools
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112 archive file on your closest gnu-ftp-mirror).
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114 [the idea for this comes from Andreas Kutschera]
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116 ==============================================================================
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117 Switching screens in an xterm *xterm-screens* *xterm-save-screen*
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119 (From comp.editors, by Juergen Weigert, in reply to a question)
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121 :> Another question is that after exiting vim, the screen is left as it
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122 :> was, i.e. the contents of the file I was viewing (editing) was left on
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123 :> the screen. The output from my previous like "ls" were lost,
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124 :> ie. no longer in the scrolling buffer. I know that there is a way to
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125 :> restore the screen after exiting vim or other vi like editors,
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126 :> I just don't know how. Helps are appreciated. Thanks.
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128 :I imagine someone else can answer this. I assume though that vim and vi do
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129 :the same thing as each other for a given xterm setup.
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131 They not necessarily do the same thing, as this may be a termcap vs.
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132 terminfo problem. You should be aware that there are two databases for
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133 describing attributes of a particular type of terminal: termcap and
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134 terminfo. This can cause differences when the entries differ AND when of
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135 the programs in question one uses terminfo and the other uses termcap
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136 (also see |+terminfo|).
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138 In your particular problem, you are looking for the control sequences
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139 ^[[?47h and ^[[?47l. These switch between xterms alternate and main screen
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140 buffer. As a quick workaround a command sequence like >
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141 echo -n "^[[?47h"; vim ... ; echo -n "^[[?47l"
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142 may do what you want. (My notation ^[ means the ESC character, further down
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143 you'll see that the databases use \E instead).
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145 On startup, vim echoes the value of the termcap variable ti (terminfo:
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146 smcup) to the terminal. When exiting, it echoes te (terminfo: rmcup). Thus
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147 these two variables are the correct place where the above mentioned control
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148 sequences should go.
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150 Compare your xterm termcap entry (found in /etc/termcap) with your xterm
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151 terminfo entry (retrieved with /usr/5bin/infocmp -C xterm). Both should
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152 contain entries similar to: >
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153 :te=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8:ti=\E7\E[?47h:
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155 PS: If you find any difference, someone (your sysadmin?) should better check
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156 the complete termcap and terminfo database for consistency.
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158 NOTE 1: If you recompile Vim with FEAT_XTERM_SAVE defined in feature.h, the
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159 builtin xterm will include the mentioned "te" and "ti" entries.
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161 NOTE 2: If you want to disable the screen switching, and you don't want to
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162 change your termcap, you can add these lines to your .vimrc: >
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163 :set t_ti= t_te=
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165 ==============================================================================
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166 Scrolling in Insert mode *scroll-insert*
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168 If you are in insert mode and you want to see something that is just off the
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169 screen, you can use CTRL-X CTRL-E and CTRL-X CTRL-Y to scroll the screen.
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170 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-E|
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172 To make this easier, you could use these mappings: >
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173 :inoremap <C-E> <C-X><C-E>
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174 :inoremap <C-Y> <C-X><C-Y>
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175 (Type this literally, make sure the '<' flag is not in 'cpoptions').
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176 You then lose the ability to copy text from the line above/below the cursor
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177 |i_CTRL-E|.
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179 Also consider setting 'scrolloff' to a larger value, so that you can always see
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180 some context around the cursor. If 'scrolloff' is bigger than half the window
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181 height, the cursor will always be in the middle and the text is scrolled when
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182 the cursor is moved up/down.
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188 :map <C-U> <C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><C-Y>
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189 :map <C-D> <C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E><C-E>
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190
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191 (Type this literally, make sure the '<' flag is not in 'cpoptions').
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193 ==============================================================================
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194 Correcting common typing mistakes *type-mistakes*
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195
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197 abbreviations that correct them. For example: >
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201 ==============================================================================
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204 To count how often any pattern occurs in the current buffer use the substitute
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208 :%s/./&/gn characters
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209 :%s/\i\+/&/gn words
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210 :%s/^//n lines
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211 :%s/the/&/gn "the" anywhere
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212 :%s/\<the\>/&/gn "the" as a word
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214 You might want to reset 'hlsearch' or do ":nohlsearch".
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219 If you want to find matches in multiple files use |:vimgrep|.
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221 *count-bytes*
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224 Visually select the characters (block is also possible)
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225 Use "y" to yank the characters
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228 A line break is counted for one byte.
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230 ==============================================================================
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231 Restoring the cursor position *restore-position*
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232
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233 Sometimes you want to write a mapping that makes a change somewhere in the
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234 file and restores the cursor position, without scrolling the text. For
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236 :map <F2> msHmtgg/Last [cC]hange:\s*/e+1<CR>"_D"=strftime("%Y %b %d")<CR>p'tzt`s
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238 Breaking up saving the position:
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239 ms store cursor position in the 's' mark
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240 H go to the first line in the window
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241 mt store this position in the 't' mark
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242
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243 Breaking up restoring the position:
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244 't go to the line previously at the top of the window
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245 zt scroll to move this line to the top of the window
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246 `s jump to the original position of the cursor
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248 ==============================================================================
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249 Renaming files *rename-files*
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257 ...
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260
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261 $ vim
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262 :r! ls *.c
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263 :%s/\(.*\).c/mv & \1.bla
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264 :w !sh
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265 :q!
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267 ==============================================================================
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268 Speeding up external commands *speed-up*
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269
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270 In some situations, execution of an external command can be very slow. This
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271 can also slow down wildcard expansion on Unix. Here are a few suggestions to
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272 increase the speed.
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273
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274 If your .cshrc (or other file, depending on the shell used) is very long, you
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276 non-interactive use (often called secondary shells). When you execute a
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277 command from Vim like ":!ls", you do not need the interactive things (for
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278 example, setting the prompt). Put the stuff that is not needed after these
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279 lines: >
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280
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282 exit 0
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283 endif
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285 Another way is to include the "-f" flag in the 'shell' option, e.g.: >
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286
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287 :set shell=csh\ -f
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289 (the backslash is needed to include the space in the option).
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290 This will make csh completely skip the use of the .cshrc file. This may cause
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291 some things to stop working though.
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292
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293 ==============================================================================
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294 Useful mappings *useful-mappings*
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295
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296 Here are a few mappings that some people like to use.
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297
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298 *map-backtick* >
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299 :map ' `
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300 Make the single quote work like a backtick. Puts the cursor on the column of
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301 a mark, instead of going to the first non-blank character in the line.
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302
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303 *emacs-keys*
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304 For Emacs-style editing on the command-line: >
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305 " start of line
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306 :cnoremap <C-A> <Home>
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307 " back one character
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308 :cnoremap <C-B> <Left>
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309 " delete character under cursor
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310 :cnoremap <C-D> <Del>
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311 " end of line
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312 :cnoremap <C-E> <End>
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313 " forward one character
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314 :cnoremap <C-F> <Right>
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315 " recall newer command-line
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316 :cnoremap <C-N> <Down>
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317 " recall previous (older) command-line
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318 :cnoremap <C-P> <Up>
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319 " back one word
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320 :cnoremap <Esc><C-B> <S-Left>
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321 " forward one word
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322 :cnoremap <Esc><C-F> <S-Right>
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323
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324 NOTE: This requires that the '<' flag is excluded from 'cpoptions'. |<>|
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325
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326 *format-bullet-list*
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327 This mapping will format any bullet list. It requires that there is an empty
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328 line above and below each list entry. The expression commands are used to
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329 be able to give comments to the parts of the mapping. >
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330
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331 :let m = ":map _f :set ai<CR>" " need 'autoindent' set
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332 :let m = m . "{O<Esc>" " add empty line above item
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333 :let m = m . "}{)^W" " move to text after bullet
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334 :let m = m . "i <CR> <Esc>" " add space for indent
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335 :let m = m . "gq}" " format text after the bullet
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336 :let m = m . "{dd" " remove the empty line
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337 :let m = m . "5lDJ" " put text after bullet
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338 :execute m |" define the mapping
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339
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340 (<> notation |<>|. Note that this is all typed literally. ^W is "^" "W", not
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341 CTRL-W. You can copy/paste this into Vim if '<' is not included in
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342 'cpoptions'.)
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344 Note that the last comment starts with |", because the ":execute" command
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347 You also need to set 'textwidth' to a non-zero value, e.g., >
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348 :set tw=70
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349
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350 A mapping that does about the same, but takes the indent for the list from the
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351 first line (Note: this mapping is a single long line with a lot of spaces): >
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352 :map _f :set ai<CR>}{a <Esc>WWmmkD`mi<CR><Esc>kkddpJgq}'mJO<Esc>j
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353 <
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354 *collapse*
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355 These two mappings reduce a sequence of empty (;b) or blank (;n) lines into a
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356 single line >
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357 :map ;b GoZ<Esc>:g/^$/.,/./-j<CR>Gdd
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358 :map ;n GoZ<Esc>:g/^[ <Tab>]*$/.,/[^ <Tab>]/-j<CR>Gdd
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360 ==============================================================================
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361 Compressing the help files *gzip-helpfile*
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362
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363 For those of you who are really short on disk space, you can compress the help
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364 files and still be able to view them with Vim. This makes accessing the help
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365 files a bit slower and requires the "gzip" program.
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366
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367 (1) Compress all the help files: "gzip doc/*.txt".
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368
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369 (2) Edit "doc/tags" and change the ".txt" to ".txt.gz": >
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370 :%s=\(\t.*\.txt\)\t=\1.gz\t=
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373 set helpfile={dirname}/help.txt.gz
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377 You must make sure that $VIMRUNTIME is set to where the other Vim files are,
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378 when they are not in the same location as the compressed "doc" directory. See
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379 |$VIMRUNTIME|.
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381 ==============================================================================
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382 Executing shell commands in a window *shell-window*
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383
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384 There have been questions for the possibility to execute a shell in a window
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385 inside Vim. The answer: you can't! Including this would add a lot of code to
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386 Vim, which is a good reason not to do this. After all, Vim is an editor, it
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388 you might try splitting your terminal screen or display window with the
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389 "splitvt" program. You can probably find it on some ftp server. The person
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391 An alternative is the "window" command, found on BSD Unix systems, which
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392 supports multiple overlapped windows. Or the "screen" program, found at
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393 www.uni-erlangen.de, which supports a stack of windows.
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394
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395 ==============================================================================
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396 Hex editing *hex-editing* *using-xxd*
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397
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398 See section |23.4| of the user manual.
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399
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400 If one has a particular extension that one uses for binary files (such as exe,
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401 bin, etc), you may find it helpful to automate the process with the following
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402 bit of autocmds for your <.vimrc>. Change that "*.bin" to whatever
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403 comma-separated list of extension(s) you find yourself wanting to edit: >
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404
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405 " vim -b : edit binary using xxd-format!
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406 augroup Binary
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407 au!
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408 au BufReadPre *.bin let &bin=1
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409 au BufReadPost *.bin if &bin | %!xxd
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410 au BufReadPost *.bin set ft=xxd | endif
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411 au BufWritePre *.bin if &bin | %!xxd -r
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412 au BufWritePre *.bin endif
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413 au BufWritePost *.bin if &bin | %!xxd
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414 au BufWritePost *.bin set nomod | endif
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415 augroup END
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416
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417 ==============================================================================
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418 Using <> notation in autocommands *autocmd-<>*
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419
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420 The <> notation is not recognized in the argument of an :autocmd. To avoid
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421 having to use special characters, you could use a self-destroying mapping to
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422 get the <> notation and then call the mapping from the autocmd. Example:
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423
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424 *map-self-destroy* >
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425 " This is for automatically adding the name of the file to the menu list.
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426 " It uses a self-destroying mapping!
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427 " 1. use a line in the buffer to convert the 'dots' in the file name to \.
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428 " 2. store that in register '"'
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429 " 3. add that name to the Buffers menu list
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430 " WARNING: this does have some side effects, like overwriting the
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431 " current register contents and removing any mapping for the "i" command.
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432 "
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433 autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre * nmap i :nunmap i<CR>O<C-R>%<Esc>:.g/\./s/\./\\./g<CR>0"9y$u:menu Buffers.<C-R>9 :buffer <C-R>%<C-V><CR><CR>
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434 autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre * normal i
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436 Another method, perhaps better, is to use the ":execute" command. In the
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437 string you can use the <> notation by preceding it with a backslash. Don't
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438 forget to double the number of existing backslashes and put a backslash before
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439 '"'.
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440 >
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441 autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPre * exe "normal O\<C-R>%\<Esc>:.g/\\./s/\\./\\\\./g\<CR>0\"9y$u:menu Buffers.\<C-R>9 :buffer \<C-R>%\<C-V>\<CR>\<CR>"
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443 For a real buffer menu, user functions should be used (see |:function|), but
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444 then the <> notation isn't used, which defeats using it as an example here.
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446 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: