annotate runtime/doc/scroll.txt @ 6474:a88d4dc02bf4 v7.4.566

updated for version 7.4.566 Problem: :argdo, :bufdo, :windo and :tabdo don't take a range. Solution: Support the range. (Marcin Szamotulski)
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1 *scroll.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2006 Aug 27
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Scrolling *scrolling*
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9 These commands move the contents of the window. If the cursor position is
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10 moved off of the window, the cursor is moved onto the window (with
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11 'scrolloff' screen lines around it). A page is the number of lines in the
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12 window minus two. The mnemonics for these commands may be a bit confusing.
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13 Remember that the commands refer to moving the window (the part of the buffer
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14 that you see) upwards or downwards in the buffer. When the window moves
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15 upwards in the buffer, the text in the window moves downwards on your screen.
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17 See section |03.7| of the user manual for an introduction.
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19 1. Scrolling downwards |scroll-down|
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20 2. Scrolling upwards |scroll-up|
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21 3. Scrolling relative to cursor |scroll-cursor|
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22 4. Scrolling horizontally |scroll-horizontal|
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23 5. Scrolling synchronously |scroll-binding|
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24 6. Scrolling with a mouse wheel |scroll-mouse-wheel|
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26 ==============================================================================
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27 1. Scrolling downwards *scroll-down*
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29 The following commands move the edit window (the part of the buffer that you
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30 see) downwards (this means that more lines downwards in the text buffer can be
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31 seen):
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33 *CTRL-E*
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34 CTRL-E Scroll window [count] lines downwards in the buffer.
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35 Mnemonic: Extra lines.
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37 *CTRL-D*
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38 CTRL-D Scroll window Downwards in the buffer. The number of
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39 lines comes from the 'scroll' option (default: half a
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40 screen). If [count] given, first set 'scroll' option
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41 to [count]. The cursor is moved the same number of
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42 lines down in the file (if possible; when lines wrap
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43 and when hitting the end of the file there may be a
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44 difference). When the cursor is on the last line of
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45 the buffer nothing happens and a beep is produced.
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46 See also 'startofline' option.
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51 <S-Down> or *<S-Down>* *<kPageDown>*
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52 <PageDown> or *<PageDown>* *CTRL-F*
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53 CTRL-F Scroll window [count] pages Forwards (downwards) in
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54 the buffer. See also 'startofline' option.
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55 When there is only one window the 'window' option
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58 *z+*
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59 z+ Without [count]: Redraw with the line just below the
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60 window at the top of the window. Put the cursor in
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61 that line, at the first non-blank in the line.
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62 With [count]: just like "z<CR>".
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64 ==============================================================================
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65 2. Scrolling upwards *scroll-up*
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67 The following commands move the edit window (the part of the buffer that you
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68 see) upwards (this means that more lines upwards in the text buffer can be
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70
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71 *CTRL-Y*
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72 CTRL-Y Scroll window [count] lines upwards in the buffer.
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73 Note: When using the MS-Windows key bindings CTRL-Y is
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74 remapped to redo.
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76 *CTRL-U*
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77 CTRL-U Scroll window Upwards in the buffer. The number of
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79 screen). If [count] given, first set the 'scroll'
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80 option to [count]. The cursor is moved the same
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81 number of lines up in the file (if possible; when
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82 lines wrap and when hitting the end of the file there
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83 may be a difference). When the cursor is on the first
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85 produced. See also 'startofline' option.
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90 <S-Up> or *<S-Up>* *<kPageUp>*
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91 <PageUp> or *<PageUp>* *CTRL-B*
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92 CTRL-B Scroll window [count] pages Backwards (upwards) in the
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97 *z^*
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98 z^ Without [count]: Redraw with the line just above the
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99 window at the bottom of the window. Put the cursor in
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101 With [count]: First scroll the text to put the [count]
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104 bottom of the window. Put the cursor in that line, at
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105 the first non-blank in the line.
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107 ==============================================================================
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108 3. Scrolling relative to cursor *scroll-cursor*
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110 The following commands reposition the edit window (the part of the buffer that
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113 *z<CR>*
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114 z<CR> Redraw, line [count] at top of window (default
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118 *zt*
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119 zt Like "z<CR>", but leave the cursor in the same
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122 *zN<CR>*
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128 *z.*
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133 *zz*
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138 *z-*
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145 {not in Vi}
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148 4. Scrolling horizontally *scroll-horizontal*
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150 For the following four commands the cursor follows the screen. If the
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151 character that the cursor is on is moved off the screen, the cursor is moved
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155 z<Right> or *zl* *z<Right>*
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180 text scrolls on the screen.
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193 5. Scrolling synchronously *scroll-binding*
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199 other 'scrollbind' windows are scrolled the same amount, if possible. The
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200 behavior of 'scrollbind' can be modified by the 'scrollopt' option.
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202 When using the scrollbars, the binding only happens when scrolling the window
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206 When a window also has the 'diff' option set, the scroll-binding uses the
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207 differences between the two buffers to synchronize the position precisely.
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208 Otherwise the following method is used.
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209
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210 *scrollbind-relative*
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211 Each 'scrollbind' window keeps track of its "relative offset," which can be
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213 position and the other window's vertical scroll position. When one of the
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214 'scrollbind' windows is asked to vertically scroll past the beginning or end
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215 limit of its text, the window no longer scrolls, but remembers how far past
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216 the limit it wishes to be. The window keeps this information so that it can
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220 However, if a 'scrollbind' window that has a relative offset that is past its
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222 jump to a location where the current window's relative offset is valid. This
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223 behavior can be changed by clearing the 'jump' flag from the 'scrollopt'
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224 option.
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226 *syncbind* *:syncbind* *:sync*
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227 :syncbind Force all 'scrollbind' windows to have the same
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228 relative offset. I.e., when any of the 'scrollbind'
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229 windows is scrolled to the top of its buffer, all of
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230 the 'scrollbind' windows will also be at the top of
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231 their buffers.
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232
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233 *scrollbind-quickadj*
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234 The 'scrollbind' flag is meaningful when using keyboard commands to vertically
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235 scroll a window, and also meaningful when using the vertical scrollbar of the
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236 window which has the cursor focus. However, when using the vertical scrollbar
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237 of a window which doesn't have the cursor focus, 'scrollbind' is ignored.
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238 This allows quick adjustment of the relative offset of 'scrollbind' windows.
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240 ==============================================================================
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241 6. Scrolling with a mouse wheel *scroll-mouse-wheel*
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243 When your mouse has a scroll wheel, it should work with Vim in the GUI. How
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244 it works depends on your system. It might also work in an xterm
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245 |xterm-mouse-wheel|. By default only vertical scroll wheels are supported,
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248 For the Win32 GUI the scroll action is hard coded. It works just like
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249 dragging the scrollbar of the current window. How many lines are scrolled
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250 depends on your mouse driver. If the scroll action causes input focus
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251 problems, see |intellimouse-wheel-problems|.
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253 For the X11 GUIs (Motif, Athena and GTK) scrolling the wheel generates key
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254 presses <ScrollWheelUp>, <ScrollWheelDown>, <ScrollWheelLeft> and
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255 <ScrollWheelRight>. For example, if you push the scroll wheel upwards a
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256 <ScrollWheelUp> key press is generated causing the window to scroll upwards
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257 (while the text is actually moving downwards). The default action for these
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258 keys are:
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259 <ScrollWheelUp> scroll three lines up *<ScrollWheelUp>*
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260 <S-ScrollWheelUp> scroll one page up *<S-ScrollWheelUp>*
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261 <C-ScrollWheelUp> scroll one page up *<C-ScrollWheelUp>*
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262 <ScrollWheelDown> scroll three lines down *<ScrollWheelDown>*
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263 <S-ScrollWheelDown> scroll one page down *<S-ScrollWheelDown>*
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264 <C-ScrollWheelDown> scroll one page down *<C-ScrollWheelDown>*
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265 <ScrollWheelLeft> scroll six columns left *<ScrollWheelLeft>*
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266 <S-ScrollWheelLeft> scroll one page left *<S-ScrollWheelLeft>*
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267 <C-ScrollWheelLeft> scroll one page left *<C-ScrollWheelLeft>*
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268 <ScrollWheelRight> scroll six columns right *<ScrollWheelRight>*
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269 <S-ScrollWheelRight> scroll one page right *<S-ScrollWheelRight>*
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270 <C-ScrollWheelRight> scroll one page right *<C-ScrollWheelRight>*
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273 Note that horizontal scrolling only works if 'nowrap' is set. Also, unless
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274 the "h" flag in 'guioptions' is set, the cursor moves to the longest visible
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275 line if the cursor line is about to be scrolled off the screen (similarly to
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276 how the horizontal scrollbar works).
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278 You can modify the default behavior by mapping the keys. For example, to make
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279 the scroll wheel move one line or half a page in Normal mode: >
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280 :map <ScrollWheelUp> <C-Y>
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281 :map <S-ScrollWheelUp> <C-U>
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282 :map <ScrollWheelDown> <C-E>
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283 :map <S-ScrollWheelDown> <C-D>
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284 You can also use Alt and Ctrl modifiers.
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286 This only works when Vim gets the scroll wheel events, of course. You can
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289 When using XFree86, the /etc/XF86Config file should have the correct entry for
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290 your mouse. For FreeBSD, this entry works for a Logitech scrollmouse: >
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292 Device "/dev/psm0"
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293 ZAxisMapping 4 5
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296 *<MouseDown>* *<MouseUp>*
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297 The keys <MouseDown> and <MouseUp> have been deprecated. Use <ScrollWheelUp>
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298 instead of <MouseDown> and use <ScrollWheelDown> instead of <MouseUp>.
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302 work in your Xserver, as mentioned above.
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307 to Vim as an escape sequence.
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312 file where your X resources are kept): >
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315 s<Btn4Down>: string("0x9b") string("[64~") \n\
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317 <Btn4Down>: string("0x9b") string("[62~") \n\
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319 <Btn4Up>: \n\
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322 Add these mappings to your vimrc file: >
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323 :map <M-Esc>[62~ <ScrollWheelUp>
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324 :map! <M-Esc>[62~ <ScrollWheelUp>
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325 :map <M-Esc>[63~ <ScrollWheelDown>
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326 :map! <M-Esc>[63~ <ScrollWheelDown>
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327 :map <M-Esc>[64~ <S-ScrollWheelUp>
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328 :map! <M-Esc>[64~ <S-ScrollWheelUp>
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329 :map <M-Esc>[65~ <S-ScrollWheelDown>
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330 :map! <M-Esc>[65~ <S-ScrollWheelDown>
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332 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: