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annotate runtime/doc/usr_22.txt @ 33299:4c975fa0a442 v9.0.1915
patch 9.0.1915: r_CTRL-C works differently in visual mode
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/476733f3d06876c7ac105e064108c973a57984d3
Author: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Date: Tue Sep 19 20:41:51 2023 +0200
patch 9.0.1915: r_CTRL-C works differently in visual mode
Problem: r_CTRL-C works differently in visual mode
Solution: Make r_CTRL-C behave consistent in visual mode
in terminal and Windows GUI
in visual mode, r CTRL-C behaves strange in Unix like environments. It
seems to end visual mode, but still is waiting for few more chars,
however it never seems to replace it by any characters and eventually
just returns back into normal mode.
In contrast in Windows GUI mode, r_CTRL-C replaces in the selected area
all characters by a literal CTRL-C.
Not sure why it behaves like this. It seems in the Windows GUI, got_int
is not set and therefore behaves as if any other normal character has
been pressed.
So remove the special casing of what happens when got_int is set and
make it always behave like in Windows GUI mode. Add a test to verify it
always behaves like replacing in the selected area each selected
character by a literal CTRL-C.
closes: #13091
closes: #13112
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
| author | Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> |
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| date | Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:00:03 +0200 |
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| 29314 | 1 *usr_22.txt* For Vim version 9.0. Last change: 2020 Mar 28 |
| 7 | 2 |
| 3 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar | |
| 4 | |
| 5 Finding the file to edit | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 Files can be found everywhere. So how do you find them? Vim offers various | |
| 9 ways to browse the directory tree. There are commands to jump to a file that | |
| 10 is mentioned in another. And Vim remembers which files have been edited | |
| 11 before. | |
| 12 | |
| 1618 | 13 |22.1| The file browser |
| 7 | 14 |22.2| The current directory |
| 15 |22.3| Finding a file | |
| 16 |22.4| The buffer list | |
| 17 | |
| 18 Next chapter: |usr_23.txt| Editing other files | |
| 19 Previous chapter: |usr_21.txt| Go away and come back | |
| 20 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt| | |
| 21 | |
| 22 ============================================================================== | |
| 1618 | 23 *22.1* The file browser |
| 7 | 24 |
| 25 Vim has a plugin that makes it possible to edit a directory. Try this: > | |
| 26 | |
| 27 :edit . | |
| 28 | |
| 29 Through the magic of autocommands and Vim scripts, the window will be filled | |
| 30 with the contents of the directory. It looks like this: | |
| 31 | |
| 1618 | 32 " ============================================================================ ~ |
| 33 " Netrw Directory Listing (netrw v109) ~ | |
| 34 " Sorted by name ~ | |
| 35 " Sort sequence: [\/]$,\.h$,\.c$,\.cpp$,*,\.info$,\.swp$,\.o$\.obj$,\.bak$ ~ | |
| 36 " Quick Help: <F1>:help -:go up dir D:delete R:rename s:sort-by x:exec ~ | |
| 37 " ============================================================================ ~ | |
| 38 ../ ~ | |
| 39 ./ ~ | |
| 40 check/ ~ | |
| 41 Makefile ~ | |
| 42 autocmd.txt ~ | |
| 43 change.txt ~ | |
| 44 eval.txt~ ~ | |
| 45 filetype.txt~ ~ | |
| 46 help.txt.info ~ | |
| 7 | 47 |
| 48 You can see these items: | |
| 1618 | 49 |
| 50 1. The name of the browsing tool and its version number | |
| 51 2. The name of the browsing directory | |
| 52 3. The method of sorting (may be by name, time, or size) | |
| 53 4. How names are to be sorted (directories first, then *.h files, | |
| 54 *.c files, etc) | |
| 55 5. How to get help (use the <F1> key), and an abbreviated listing | |
| 56 of available commands | |
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57 6. A listing of files, including "../", which allows one to list |
| 1618 | 58 the parent directory. |
| 7 | 59 |
| 60 If you have syntax highlighting enabled, the different parts are highlighted | |
| 1618 | 61 so as to make it easier to spot them. |
| 7 | 62 |
| 63 You can use Normal mode Vim commands to move around in the text. For example, | |
| 1618 | 64 move the cursor atop a file and press <Enter>; you will then be editing that |
| 65 file. To go back to the browser use ":edit ." again, or use ":Explore". | |
| 66 CTRL-O also works. | |
| 67 | |
| 68 Try using <Enter> while the cursor is atop a directory name. The result is | |
| 69 that the file browser moves into that directory and displays the items found | |
| 7 | 70 there. Pressing <Enter> on the first directory "../" moves you one level |
| 71 higher. Pressing "-" does the same thing, without the need to move to the | |
| 72 "../" item first. | |
| 73 | |
| 1618 | 74 You can press <F1> to get help on the things you can do in the netrw file |
| 75 browser. This is what you get: > | |
| 76 | |
| 18831 | 77 9. Directory Browsing netrw-browse netrw-dir netrw-list netrw-help |
| 7 | 78 |
| 18831 | 79 MAPS netrw-maps |
| 32004 | 80 <F1>.............Help.......................................|netrw-help| |
| 81 <cr>.............Browsing...................................|netrw-cr| | |
| 82 <del>............Deleting Files or Directories..............|netrw-delete| | |
| 83 -................Going Up...................................|netrw--| | |
| 84 a................Hiding Files or Directories................|netrw-a| | |
| 85 mb...............Bookmarking a Directory....................|netrw-mb| | |
| 86 gb...............Changing to a Bookmarked Directory.........|netrw-gb| | |
| 87 cd...............Make Browsing Directory The Current Dir....|netrw-c| | |
| 88 d................Make A New Directory.......................|netrw-d| | |
| 89 D................Deleting Files or Directories..............|netrw-D| | |
| 90 <c-h>............Edit File/Directory Hiding List............|netrw-ctrl-h| | |
| 91 i................Change Listing Style.......................|netrw-i| | |
| 92 <c-l>............Refreshing the Listing.....................|netrw-ctrl-l| | |
| 93 o................Browsing with a Horizontal Split...........|netrw-o| | |
| 94 p................Use Preview Window.........................|netrw-p| | |
| 95 P................Edit in Previous Window....................|netrw-p| | |
| 96 q................Listing Bookmarks and History..............|netrw-qb| | |
| 97 r................Reversing Sorting Order....................|netrw-r| | |
| 98 < (etc) | |
| 7 | 99 |
| 1618 | 100 The <F1> key thus brings you to a netrw directory browsing contents help page. |
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101 It's a regular help page; use the usual |CTRL-]| to jump to tagged help items |
| 1618 | 102 and |CTRL-O| to jump back. |
| 103 | |
| 104 To select files for display and editing: (with the cursor is atop a filename) | |
| 7 | 105 |
| 1618 | 106 <enter> Open the file in the current window. |netrw-cr| |
| 107 o Horizontally split window and display file |netrw-o| | |
| 108 v Vertically split window and display file |netrw-v| | |
| 32004 | 109 p Use the |preview-window| |netrw-p| |
| 1618 | 110 P Edit in the previous window |netrw-P| |
| 111 t Open file in a new tab |netrw-t| | |
| 112 | |
| 113 The following normal-mode commands may be used to control the browser display: | |
| 7 | 114 |
| 1618 | 115 i Controls listing style (thin, long, wide, and tree). |
| 116 The long listing includes size and date information. | |
| 117 s Repeatedly pressing s will change the way the files | |
| 118 are sorted; one may sort on name, modification time, | |
| 119 or size. | |
| 120 r Reverse the sorting order. | |
| 121 | |
| 122 As a sampling of extra normal-mode commands: | |
| 7 | 123 |
| 19968 | 124 cd Change Vim's notion of the current directory to be |
| 1618 | 125 the same as the browser directory. (see |
| 126 |g:netrw_keepdir| to control this, too) | |
| 127 R Rename the file or directory under the cursor; a | |
| 128 prompt will be issued for the new name. | |
| 129 D Delete the file or directory under the cursor; a | |
| 130 confirmation request will be issued. | |
| 131 mb gb Make bookmark/goto bookmark | |
| 132 | |
| 133 | |
| 134 One may also use command mode; again, just a sampling: | |
| 7 | 135 |
| 1618 | 136 :Explore [directory] Browse specified/current directory |
| 137 :NetrwSettings A comprehensive list of your current netrw | |
| 138 settings with help linkage. | |
| 7 | 139 |
| 1618 | 140 The netrw browser is not limited to just your local machine; one may use |
| 141 urls such as: (that trailing / is important) | |
| 142 | |
| 143 :Explore ftp://somehost/path/to/dir/ | |
| 144 :e scp://somehost/path/to/dir/ | |
| 145 | |
| 146 See |netrw-browse| for more. | |
| 7 | 147 |
| 148 ============================================================================== | |
| 149 *22.2* The current directory | |
| 150 | |
| 151 Just like the shell, Vim has the concept of a current directory. Suppose you | |
| 152 are in your home directory and want to edit several files in a directory | |
| 153 "VeryLongFileName". You could do: > | |
| 154 | |
| 155 :edit VeryLongFileName/file1.txt | |
| 156 :edit VeryLongFileName/file2.txt | |
| 157 :edit VeryLongFileName/file3.txt | |
| 158 | |
| 159 To avoid much of the typing, do this: > | |
| 160 | |
| 161 :cd VeryLongFileName | |
| 162 :edit file1.txt | |
| 163 :edit file2.txt | |
| 164 :edit file3.txt | |
| 165 | |
| 166 The ":cd" command changes the current directory. You can see what the current | |
| 167 directory is with the ":pwd" command: > | |
| 168 | |
| 169 :pwd | |
| 170 /home/Bram/VeryLongFileName | |
| 171 | |
| 172 Vim remembers the last directory that you used. Use "cd -" to go back to it. | |
| 173 Example: > | |
| 174 | |
| 175 :pwd | |
| 176 /home/Bram/VeryLongFileName | |
| 177 :cd /etc | |
| 178 :pwd | |
| 179 /etc | |
| 180 :cd - | |
| 181 :pwd | |
| 182 /home/Bram/VeryLongFileName | |
| 183 :cd - | |
| 184 :pwd | |
| 185 /etc | |
| 186 | |
| 187 | |
| 188 WINDOW LOCAL DIRECTORY | |
| 189 | |
| 190 When you split a window, both windows use the same current directory. When | |
| 191 you want to edit a number of files somewhere else in the new window, you can | |
| 192 make it use a different directory, without changing the current directory in | |
| 193 the other window. This is called a local directory. > | |
| 194 | |
| 195 :pwd | |
| 196 /home/Bram/VeryLongFileName | |
| 197 :split | |
| 198 :lcd /etc | |
| 199 :pwd | |
| 200 /etc | |
| 201 CTRL-W w | |
| 202 :pwd | |
| 203 /home/Bram/VeryLongFileName | |
| 204 | |
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| 7 | 207 directory of the other window. |
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210 When using a `:cd` command in a window that uses a different current |
| 7 | 211 directory, it will go back to using the shared directory. |
| 212 | |
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| 16808 | 223 When the global working directory is changed using the `:cd` command in a tab |
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| 7 | 227 ============================================================================== |
| 228 *22.3* Finding a file | |
| 229 | |
| 230 You are editing a C program that contains this line: | |
| 231 | |
| 232 #include "inits.h" ~ | |
| 233 | |
| 234 You want to see what is in that "inits.h" file. Move the cursor on the name | |
| 235 of the file and type: > | |
| 236 | |
| 237 gf | |
| 238 | |
| 239 Vim will find the file and edit it. | |
| 240 What if the file is not in the current directory? Vim will use the 'path' | |
| 241 option to find the file. This option is a list of directory names where to | |
| 242 look for your file. | |
| 243 Suppose you have your include files located in "c:/prog/include". This | |
| 244 command will add it to the 'path' option: > | |
| 245 | |
| 246 :set path+=c:/prog/include | |
| 247 | |
| 248 This directory is an absolute path. No matter where you are, it will be the | |
| 249 same place. What if you have located files in a subdirectory, below where the | |
| 250 file is? Then you can specify a relative path name. This starts with a dot: | |
| 251 > | |
| 252 :set path+=./proto | |
| 253 | |
| 254 This tells Vim to look in the directory "proto", below the directory where the | |
| 255 file in which you use "gf" is. Thus using "gf" on "inits.h" will make Vim | |
| 256 look for "proto/inits.h", starting in the directory of the file. | |
| 257 Without the "./", thus "proto", Vim would look in the "proto" directory | |
| 258 below the current directory. And the current directory might not be where the | |
| 259 file that you are editing is located. | |
| 260 | |
| 261 The 'path' option allows specifying the directories where to search for files | |
| 262 in many more ways. See the help on the 'path' option. | |
| 263 The 'isfname' option is used to decide which characters are included in the | |
| 264 file name, and which ones are not (e.g., the " character in the example | |
| 265 above). | |
| 266 | |
| 267 When you know the file name, but it's not to be found in the file, you can | |
| 268 type it: > | |
| 269 | |
| 270 :find inits.h | |
| 271 | |
| 272 Vim will then use the 'path' option to try and locate the file. This is the | |
| 273 same as the ":edit" command, except for the use of 'path'. | |
| 274 | |
| 275 To open the found file in a new window use CTRL-W f instead of "gf", or use | |
| 276 ":sfind" instead of ":find". | |
| 277 | |
| 278 | |
| 279 A nice way to directly start Vim to edit a file somewhere in the 'path': > | |
| 280 | |
| 281 vim "+find stdio.h" | |
| 282 | |
| 283 This finds the file "stdio.h" in your value of 'path'. The quotes are | |
| 284 necessary to have one argument |-+c|. | |
| 285 | |
| 286 ============================================================================== | |
| 287 *22.4* The buffer list | |
| 288 | |
| 289 The Vim editor uses the term buffer to describe a file being edited. | |
| 290 Actually, a buffer is a copy of the file that you edit. When you finish | |
| 291 changing the buffer, you write the contents of the buffer to the file. | |
| 292 Buffers not only contain file contents, but also all the marks, settings, and | |
| 293 other stuff that goes with it. | |
| 294 | |
| 295 | |
| 296 HIDDEN BUFFERS | |
| 297 | |
| 298 Suppose you are editing the file one.txt and need to edit the file two.txt. | |
| 299 You could simply use ":edit two.txt", but since you made changes to one.txt | |
| 300 that won't work. You also don't want to write one.txt yet. Vim has a | |
| 301 solution for you: > | |
| 302 | |
| 303 :hide edit two.txt | |
| 304 | |
| 305 The buffer "one.txt" disappears from the screen, but Vim still knows that you | |
| 306 are editing this buffer, so it keeps the modified text. This is called a | |
| 307 hidden buffer: The buffer contains text, but you can't see it. | |
| 1618 | 308 The argument of ":hide" is another command. ":hide" makes that command |
| 309 behave as if the 'hidden' option was set. You could also set this option | |
| 7 | 310 yourself. The effect is that when any buffer is abandoned, it becomes hidden. |
| 311 Be careful! When you have hidden buffers with changes, don't exit Vim | |
| 312 without making sure you have saved all the buffers. | |
| 313 | |
| 314 | |
| 315 INACTIVE BUFFERS | |
| 316 | |
| 317 When a buffer has been used once, Vim remembers some information about it. | |
| 318 When it is not displayed in a window and it is not hidden, it is still in the | |
| 319 buffer list. This is called an inactive buffer. Overview: | |
| 320 | |
| 321 Active Appears in a window, text loaded. | |
| 322 Hidden Not in a window, text loaded. | |
| 323 Inactive Not in a window, no text loaded. | |
| 324 | |
| 325 The inactive buffers are remembered, because Vim keeps information about them, | |
| 326 like marks. And remembering the file name is useful too, so that you can see | |
| 327 which files you have edited. And edit them again. | |
| 328 | |
| 329 | |
| 330 LISTING BUFFERS | |
| 331 | |
| 332 View the buffer list with this command: > | |
| 333 | |
| 334 :buffers | |
| 335 | |
| 336 A command which does the same, is not so obvious to list buffers, but is much | |
| 337 shorter to type: > | |
| 338 | |
| 339 :ls | |
| 340 | |
| 341 The output could look like this: | |
| 342 | |
| 3920 | 343 1 #h "help.txt" line 62 ~ |
| 344 2 %a + "usr_21.txt" line 1 ~ | |
| 345 3 "usr_toc.txt" line 1 ~ | |
| 7 | 346 |
| 347 The first column contains the buffer number. You can use this to edit the | |
| 348 buffer without having to type the name, see below. | |
| 349 After the buffer number come the flags. Then the name of the file | |
| 350 and the line number where the cursor was the last time. | |
| 351 The flags that can appear are these (from left to right): | |
| 352 | |
| 353 u Buffer is unlisted |unlisted-buffer|. | |
| 354 % Current buffer. | |
| 355 # Alternate buffer. | |
| 236 | 356 a Buffer is loaded and displayed. |
| 7 | 357 h Buffer is loaded but hidden. |
| 358 = Buffer is read-only. | |
| 359 - Buffer is not modifiable, the 'modifiable' option is off. | |
| 360 + Buffer has been modified. | |
| 361 | |
| 362 | |
| 363 EDITING A BUFFER | |
| 364 | |
| 365 You can edit a buffer by its number. That avoids having to type the file | |
| 366 name: > | |
| 367 | |
| 368 :buffer 2 | |
| 369 | |
| 370 But the only way to know the number is by looking in the buffer list. You can | |
| 371 use the name, or part of it, instead: > | |
| 372 | |
| 373 :buffer help | |
| 374 | |
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375 Vim will find the best match for the name you type. If there is only one |
| 7 | 376 buffer that matches the name, it will be used. In this case "help.txt". |
| 377 To open a buffer in a new window: > | |
| 378 | |
| 379 :sbuffer 3 | |
| 380 | |
| 381 This works with a name as well. | |
| 382 | |
| 383 | |
| 384 USING THE BUFFER LIST | |
| 385 | |
| 386 You can move around in the buffer list with these commands: | |
| 387 | |
| 388 :bnext go to next buffer | |
| 389 :bprevious go to previous buffer | |
| 390 :bfirst go to the first buffer | |
| 391 :blast go to the last buffer | |
| 392 | |
| 393 To remove a buffer from the list, use this command: > | |
| 394 | |
| 395 :bdelete 3 | |
| 396 | |
| 397 Again, this also works with a name. | |
| 398 If you delete a buffer that was active (visible in a window), that window | |
| 399 will be closed. If you delete the current buffer, the current window will be | |
| 400 closed. If it was the last window, Vim will find another buffer to edit. You | |
| 401 can't be editing nothing! | |
| 402 | |
| 403 Note: | |
| 404 Even after removing the buffer with ":bdelete" Vim still remembers it. | |
| 405 It's actually made "unlisted", it no longer appears in the list from | |
| 406 ":buffers". The ":buffers!" command will list unlisted buffers (yes, | |
| 407 Vim can do the impossible). To really make Vim forget about a buffer, | |
| 408 use ":bwipe". Also see the 'buflisted' option. | |
| 409 | |
| 410 ============================================================================== | |
| 411 | |
| 412 Next chapter: |usr_23.txt| Editing other files | |
| 413 | |
| 14519 | 414 Copyright: see |manual-copyright| vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |