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annotate runtime/doc/usr_90.txt @ 32782:abf161ce0c77 v9.0.1707
patch 9.0.1707: Cannot wrap around in popup_filter_menu()
Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/badeedd913d9d6456ad8087911d024fd36800743
Author: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Date: Sun Aug 13 19:25:28 2023 +0200
patch 9.0.1707: Cannot wrap around in popup_filter_menu()
Problem: Cannot wrap around in popup_filter_menu()
Solution: Allow to wrap around by default
Currently, it is not possible, to wrap around at the end of the list
using e.g. down (and go back to the top) or up at the beginning of the
list and go directly to the last item. This is not consistent behaviour
with e.g. how the pum-menu currently works, so let's just allow this.
Also adjust tests about it.
closes: #12689
closes: #12693
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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| 29314 | 1 *usr_90.txt* For Vim version 9.0. Last change: 2022 May 13 |
| 7 | 2 |
| 3 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar | |
| 4 | |
| 5 Installing Vim | |
| 6 | |
| 7 *install* | |
| 8 Before you can use Vim you have to install it. Depending on your system it's | |
| 9 simple or easy. This chapter gives a few hints and also explains how | |
| 10 upgrading to a new version is done. | |
| 11 | |
| 12 |90.1| Unix | |
| 13 |90.2| MS-Windows | |
| 14 |90.3| Upgrading | |
| 15 |90.4| Common installation issues | |
| 16 |90.5| Uninstalling Vim | |
| 17 | |
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18 Previous chapter: |usr_52.txt| Write plugins using Vim9 script |
| 7 | 19 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt| |
| 20 | |
| 21 ============================================================================== | |
| 22 *90.1* Unix | |
| 23 | |
| 24 First you have to decide if you are going to install Vim system-wide or for a | |
| 25 single user. The installation is almost the same, but the directory where Vim | |
| 26 is installed in differs. | |
| 27 For a system-wide installation the base directory "/usr/local" is often | |
| 28 used. But this may be different for your system. Try finding out where other | |
| 29 packages are installed. | |
| 30 When installing for a single user, you can use your home directory as the | |
| 31 base. The files will be placed in subdirectories like "bin" and "shared/vim". | |
| 32 | |
| 33 | |
| 34 FROM A PACKAGE | |
| 35 | |
| 36 You can get precompiled binaries for many different UNIX systems. There is a | |
| 37 long list with links on this page: | |
| 38 | |
| 39 http://www.vim.org/binaries.html ~ | |
| 40 | |
| 41 Volunteers maintain the binaries, so they are often out of date. It is a | |
| 42 good idea to compile your own UNIX version from the source. Also, creating | |
| 43 the editor from the source allows you to control which features are compiled. | |
| 44 This does require a compiler though. | |
| 45 | |
| 46 If you have a Linux distribution, the "vi" program is probably a minimal | |
| 47 version of Vim. It doesn't do syntax highlighting, for example. Try finding | |
| 48 another Vim package in your distribution, or search on the web site. | |
| 49 | |
| 50 | |
| 51 FROM SOURCES | |
| 52 | |
| 53 To compile and install Vim, you will need the following: | |
| 54 | |
| 55 - A C compiler (GCC preferred) | |
| 56 - The GZIP program (you can get it from www.gnu.org) | |
| 57 - The Vim source and runtime archives | |
| 58 | |
| 59 To get the Vim archives, look in this file for a mirror near you, this should | |
| 60 provide the fastest download: | |
| 61 | |
| 62 ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS ~ | |
| 63 | |
| 64 Or use the home site ftp.vim.org, if you think it's fast enough. Go to the | |
| 65 "unix" directory and you'll find a list of files there. The version number is | |
| 66 embedded in the file name. You will want to get the most recent version. | |
| 19116 | 67 You can get the files for Unix in one big archive that contains everything: |
| 7 | 68 |
| 19116 | 69 vim-8.2.tar.bz2 ~ |
| 7 | 70 |
| 19116 | 71 You need the bzip2 program to uncompress it. |
| 7 | 72 |
| 73 | |
| 74 COMPILING | |
| 75 | |
| 76 First create a top directory to work in, for example: > | |
| 77 | |
| 78 mkdir ~/vim | |
| 79 cd ~/vim | |
| 80 | |
| 19116 | 81 Then unpack the archives there. You can unpack it like this: > |
| 7 | 82 |
| 19116 | 83 tar xf path/vim-8.2.tar.bz2 |
| 7 | 84 |
| 19116 | 85 If your tar command doesn't support bz2 directly: > |
| 7 | 86 |
| 19116 | 87 bzip2 -d -c path/vim-8.2.tar.bz2 | tar xf - |
| 7 | 88 |
| 19116 | 89 Change "path" to where you have downloaded the file. |
| 7 | 90 If you are satisfied with getting the default features, and your environment |
| 91 is setup properly, you should be able to compile Vim with just this: > | |
| 92 | |
| 19116 | 93 cd vim82/src |
| 7 | 94 make |
| 95 | |
| 96 The make program will run configure and compile everything. Further on we | |
| 97 will explain how to compile with different features. | |
| 98 If there are errors while compiling, carefully look at the error messages. | |
| 99 There should be a hint about what went wrong. Hopefully you will be able to | |
| 100 correct it. You might have to disable some features to make Vim compile. | |
| 101 Look in the Makefile for specific hints for your system. | |
| 102 | |
| 103 | |
| 104 TESTING | |
| 105 | |
| 106 Now you can check if compiling worked OK: > | |
| 107 | |
| 108 make test | |
| 109 | |
| 110 This will run a sequence of test scripts to verify that Vim works as expected. | |
| 111 Vim will be started many times and all kinds of text and messages flash by. | |
| 112 If it is alright you will finally see: | |
| 113 | |
| 114 test results: ~ | |
| 115 ALL DONE ~ | |
| 116 | |
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122 fails, you could ask in the vim |maillist| if someone can help you. |
| 7 | 123 |
| 124 | |
| 125 INSTALLING | |
| 126 *install-home* | |
| 127 If you want to install in your home directory, edit the Makefile and search | |
| 128 for a line: | |
| 129 | |
| 130 #prefix = $(HOME) ~ | |
| 131 | |
| 132 Remove the # at the start of the line. | |
| 133 When installing for the whole system, Vim has most likely already selected | |
| 134 a good installation directory for you. You can also specify one, see below. | |
| 135 You need to become root for the following. | |
| 136 | |
| 137 To install Vim do: > | |
| 138 | |
| 139 make install | |
| 140 | |
| 141 That should move all the relevant files to the right place. Now you can try | |
| 142 running vim to verify that it works. Use two simple tests to check if Vim can | |
| 143 find its runtime files: > | |
| 144 | |
| 145 :help | |
| 146 :syntax enable | |
| 147 | |
| 148 If this doesn't work, use this command to check where Vim is looking for the | |
| 149 runtime files: > | |
| 150 | |
| 151 :echo $VIMRUNTIME | |
| 152 | |
| 153 You can also start Vim with the "-V" argument to see what happens during | |
| 154 startup: > | |
| 155 | |
| 156 vim -V | |
| 157 | |
| 158 Don't forget that the user manual assumes you Vim in a certain way. After | |
| 159 installing Vim, follow the instructions at |not-compatible| to make Vim work | |
| 160 as assumed in this manual. | |
| 161 | |
| 162 | |
| 163 SELECTING FEATURES | |
| 164 | |
| 165 Vim has many ways to select features. One of the simple ways is to edit the | |
| 166 Makefile. There are many directions and examples. Often you can enable or | |
| 167 disable a feature by uncommenting a line. | |
| 168 An alternative is to run "configure" separately. This allows you to | |
| 169 specify configuration options manually. The disadvantage is that you have to | |
| 170 figure out what exactly to type. | |
| 171 Some of the most interesting configure arguments follow. These can also be | |
| 172 enabled from the Makefile. | |
| 173 | |
| 174 --prefix={directory} Top directory where to install Vim. | |
| 175 | |
| 176 --with-features=tiny Compile with many features disabled. | |
| 177 --with-features=small Compile with some features disabled. | |
| 178 --with-features=big Compile with more features enabled. | |
| 179 --with-features=huge Compile with most features enabled. | |
| 180 See |+feature-list| for which feature | |
| 181 is enabled in which case. | |
| 182 | |
| 183 --enable-perlinterp Enable the Perl interface. There are | |
| 184 similar arguments for ruby, python and | |
| 185 tcl. | |
| 186 | |
| 187 --disable-gui Do not compile the GUI interface. | |
| 188 --without-x Do not compile X-windows features. | |
| 189 When both of these are used, Vim will | |
| 190 not connect to the X server, which | |
| 191 makes startup faster. | |
| 192 | |
| 193 To see the whole list use: > | |
| 194 | |
| 195 ./configure --help | |
| 196 | |
| 197 You can find a bit of explanation for each feature, and links for more | |
| 198 information here: |feature-list|. | |
| 199 For the adventurous, edit the file "feature.h". You can also change the | |
| 200 source code yourself! | |
| 201 | |
| 202 ============================================================================== | |
| 203 *90.2* MS-Windows | |
| 204 | |
| 205 There are two ways to install the Vim program for Microsoft Windows. You can | |
| 206 uncompress several archives, or use a self-installing big archive. Most users | |
| 207 with fairly recent computers will prefer the second method. For the first | |
| 208 one, you will need: | |
| 209 | |
| 210 - An archive with binaries for Vim. | |
| 211 - The Vim runtime archive. | |
| 212 - A program to unpack the zip files. | |
| 213 | |
| 214 To get the Vim archives, look in this file for a mirror near you, this should | |
| 215 provide the fastest download: | |
| 216 | |
| 217 ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/MIRRORS ~ | |
| 218 | |
| 219 Or use the home site ftp.vim.org, if you think it's fast enough. Go to the | |
| 220 "pc" directory and you'll find a list of files there. The version number is | |
| 221 embedded in the file name. You will want to get the most recent version. | |
| 19116 | 222 We will use "82" here, which is version 8.2. |
| 7 | 223 |
| 19116 | 224 gvim82.exe The self-installing archive. |
| 7 | 225 |
| 226 This is all you need for the second method. Just launch the executable, and | |
| 227 follow the prompts. | |
| 228 | |
| 21499 | 229 For the first method you must choose one of the binary archives. These are |
| 7 | 230 available: |
| 231 | |
| 19116 | 232 gvim82.zip The normal MS-Windows GUI version. |
| 233 gvim82ole.zip The MS-Windows GUI version with OLE support. | |
| 7 | 234 Uses more memory, supports interfacing with |
| 235 other OLE applications. | |
| 19116 | 236 vim82w32.zip 32 bit MS-Windows console version. |
| 7 | 237 |
| 238 You only need one of them. Although you could install both a GUI and a | |
| 239 console version. You always need to get the archive with runtime files. | |
| 240 | |
| 19116 | 241 vim82rt.zip The runtime files. |
| 7 | 242 |
| 243 Use your un-zip program to unpack the files. For example, using the "unzip" | |
| 244 program: > | |
| 245 | |
| 246 cd c:\ | |
| 19116 | 247 unzip path\gvim82.zip |
| 248 unzip path\vim82rt.zip | |
| 7 | 249 |
| 19116 | 250 This will unpack the files in the directory "c:\vim\vim82". If you already |
| 7 | 251 have a "vim" directory somewhere, you will want to move to the directory just |
| 252 above it. | |
| 19116 | 253 Now change to the "vim\vim82" directory and run the install program: > |
| 7 | 254 |
| 255 install | |
| 256 | |
| 257 Carefully look through the messages and select the options you want to use. | |
| 258 If you finally select "do it" the install program will carry out the actions | |
| 259 you selected. | |
| 260 The install program doesn't move the runtime files. They remain where you | |
| 261 unpacked them. | |
| 262 | |
| 263 In case you are not satisfied with the features included in the supplied | |
| 264 binaries, you could try compiling Vim yourself. Get the source archive from | |
| 265 the same location as where the binaries are. You need a compiler for which a | |
| 19116 | 266 makefile exists. Microsoft Visual C, MinGW and Cygwin compilers can be used. |
| 267 Check the file src/INSTALLpc.txt for hints. | |
| 7 | 268 |
| 269 ============================================================================== | |
| 270 *90.3* Upgrading | |
| 271 | |
| 272 If you are running one version of Vim and want to install another, here is | |
| 273 what to do. | |
| 274 | |
| 275 | |
| 276 UNIX | |
| 277 | |
| 278 When you type "make install" the runtime files will be copied to a directory | |
| 279 which is specific for this version. Thus they will not overwrite a previous | |
| 280 version. This makes it possible to use two or more versions next to | |
| 281 each other. | |
| 282 The executable "vim" will overwrite an older version. If you don't care | |
| 283 about keeping the old version, running "make install" will work fine. You can | |
| 284 delete the old runtime files manually. Just delete the directory with the | |
| 285 version number in it and all files below it. Example: > | |
| 286 | |
| 19116 | 287 rm -rf /usr/local/share/vim/vim74 |
| 7 | 288 |
| 289 There are normally no changed files below this directory. If you did change | |
| 290 the "filetype.vim" file, for example, you better merge the changes into the | |
| 291 new version before deleting it. | |
| 292 | |
| 293 If you are careful and want to try out the new version for a while before | |
| 294 switching to it, install the new version under another name. You need to | |
| 295 specify a configure argument. For example: > | |
| 296 | |
| 19116 | 297 ./configure --with-vim-name=vim8 |
| 7 | 298 |
| 299 Before running "make install", you could use "make -n install" to check that | |
| 300 no valuable existing files are overwritten. | |
| 301 When you finally decide to switch to the new version, all you need to do is | |
| 302 to rename the binary to "vim". For example: > | |
| 303 | |
| 19116 | 304 mv /usr/local/bin/vim8 /usr/local/bin/vim |
| 7 | 305 |
| 306 | |
| 307 MS-WINDOWS | |
| 308 | |
| 309 Upgrading is mostly equal to installing a new version. Just unpack the files | |
| 310 in the same place as the previous version. A new directory will be created, | |
| 19116 | 311 e.g., "vim82", for the files of the new version. Your runtime files, vimrc |
| 7 | 312 file, viminfo, etc. will be left alone. |
| 313 If you want to run the new version next to the old one, you will have to do | |
| 314 some handwork. Don't run the install program, it will overwrite a few files | |
| 315 of the old version. Execute the new binaries by specifying the full path. | |
| 316 The program should be able to automatically find the runtime files for the | |
| 317 right version. However, this won't work if you set the $VIMRUNTIME variable | |
| 318 somewhere. | |
| 319 If you are satisfied with the upgrade, you can delete the files of the | |
| 320 previous version. See |90.5|. | |
| 321 | |
| 322 ============================================================================== | |
| 323 *90.4* Common installation issues | |
| 324 | |
| 325 This section describes some of the common problems that occur when installing | |
| 326 Vim and suggests some solutions. It also contains answers to many | |
| 327 installation questions. | |
| 328 | |
| 329 | |
| 330 Q: I Do Not Have Root Privileges. How Do I Install Vim? (Unix) | |
| 331 | |
| 332 Use the following configuration command to install Vim in a directory called | |
| 333 $HOME/vim: > | |
| 334 | |
| 335 ./configure --prefix=$HOME | |
| 336 | |
| 337 This gives you a personal copy of Vim. You need to put $HOME/bin in your | |
| 338 path to execute the editor. Also see |install-home|. | |
| 339 | |
| 340 | |
| 341 Q: The Colors Are Not Right on My Screen. (Unix) | |
| 342 | |
| 343 Check your terminal settings by using the following command in a shell: > | |
| 344 | |
| 345 echo $TERM | |
| 346 | |
| 347 If the terminal type listed is not correct, fix it. For more hints, see | |
| 348 |06.2|. Another solution is to always use the GUI version of Vim, called | |
| 349 gvim. This avoids the need for a correct terminal setup. | |
| 350 | |
| 351 | |
| 352 Q: My Backspace And Delete Keys Don't Work Right | |
| 353 | |
| 354 The definition of what key sends what code is very unclear for backspace <BS> | |
| 355 and Delete <Del> keys. First of all, check your $TERM setting. If there is | |
| 356 nothing wrong with it, try this: > | |
| 357 | |
| 358 :set t_kb=^V<BS> | |
| 359 :set t_kD=^V<Del> | |
| 360 | |
| 361 In the first line you need to press CTRL-V and then hit the backspace key. | |
| 362 In the second line you need to press CTRL-V and then hit the Delete key. | |
| 363 You can put these lines in your vimrc file, see |05.1|. A disadvantage is | |
| 364 that it won't work when you use another terminal some day. Look here for | |
| 365 alternate solutions: |:fixdel|. | |
| 366 | |
| 367 | |
| 368 Q: I Am Using RedHat Linux. Can I Use the Vim That Comes with the System? | |
| 369 | |
| 370 By default RedHat installs a minimal version of Vim. Check your RPM packages | |
| 371 for something named "Vim-enhanced-version.rpm" and install that. | |
| 372 | |
| 373 | |
| 374 Q: How Do I Turn Syntax Coloring On? How do I make plugins work? | |
| 375 | |
| 376 Use the example vimrc script. You can find an explanation on how to use it | |
| 377 here: |not-compatible|. | |
| 378 | |
| 379 See chapter 6 for information about syntax highlighting: |usr_06.txt|. | |
| 380 | |
| 381 | |
| 382 Q: What Is a Good vimrc File to Use? | |
| 383 | |
| 384 See the www.vim.org Web site for several good examples. | |
| 385 | |
| 386 | |
| 387 Q: Where Do I Find a Good Vim Plugin? | |
| 388 | |
| 389 See the Vim-online site: http://vim.sf.net. Many users have uploaded useful | |
| 390 Vim scripts and plugins there. | |
| 391 | |
| 392 | |
| 393 Q: Where Do I Find More Tips? | |
| 394 | |
| 395 See the Vim-online site: http://vim.sf.net. There is an archive with hints | |
| 396 from Vim users. You might also want to search in the |maillist-archive|. | |
| 397 | |
| 398 ============================================================================== | |
| 399 *90.5* Uninstalling Vim | |
| 400 | |
| 401 In the unlikely event you want to uninstall Vim completely, this is how you do | |
| 402 it. | |
| 403 | |
| 404 | |
| 405 UNIX | |
| 406 | |
| 407 When you installed Vim as a package, check your package manager to find out | |
| 408 how to remove the package again. | |
| 409 If you installed Vim from sources you can use this command: > | |
| 410 | |
| 411 make uninstall | |
| 412 | |
| 413 However, if you have deleted the original files or you used an archive that | |
| 414 someone supplied, you can't do this. Do delete the files manually, here is an | |
| 415 example for when "/usr/local" was used as the root: > | |
| 416 | |
| 19116 | 417 rm -rf /usr/local/share/vim/vim82 |
| 7 | 418 rm /usr/local/bin/eview |
| 419 rm /usr/local/bin/evim | |
| 420 rm /usr/local/bin/ex | |
| 421 rm /usr/local/bin/gview | |
| 422 rm /usr/local/bin/gvim | |
| 423 rm /usr/local/bin/gvim | |
| 424 rm /usr/local/bin/gvimdiff | |
| 425 rm /usr/local/bin/rgview | |
| 426 rm /usr/local/bin/rgvim | |
| 427 rm /usr/local/bin/rview | |
| 428 rm /usr/local/bin/rvim | |
| 429 rm /usr/local/bin/rvim | |
| 430 rm /usr/local/bin/view | |
| 431 rm /usr/local/bin/vim | |
| 432 rm /usr/local/bin/vimdiff | |
| 433 rm /usr/local/bin/vimtutor | |
| 434 rm /usr/local/bin/xxd | |
| 435 rm /usr/local/man/man1/eview.1 | |
| 436 rm /usr/local/man/man1/evim.1 | |
| 437 rm /usr/local/man/man1/ex.1 | |
| 438 rm /usr/local/man/man1/gview.1 | |
| 439 rm /usr/local/man/man1/gvim.1 | |
| 440 rm /usr/local/man/man1/gvimdiff.1 | |
| 441 rm /usr/local/man/man1/rgview.1 | |
| 442 rm /usr/local/man/man1/rgvim.1 | |
| 443 rm /usr/local/man/man1/rview.1 | |
| 444 rm /usr/local/man/man1/rvim.1 | |
| 445 rm /usr/local/man/man1/view.1 | |
| 446 rm /usr/local/man/man1/vim.1 | |
| 447 rm /usr/local/man/man1/vimdiff.1 | |
| 448 rm /usr/local/man/man1/vimtutor.1 | |
| 449 rm /usr/local/man/man1/xxd.1 | |
| 450 | |
| 451 | |
| 452 MS-WINDOWS | |
| 453 | |
| 454 If you installed Vim with the self-installing archive you can run | |
| 455 the "uninstall-gui" program located in the same directory as the other Vim | |
| 19116 | 456 programs, e.g. "c:\vim\vim82". You can also launch it from the Start menu if |
| 7 | 457 installed the Vim entries there. This will remove most of the files, menu |
| 458 entries and desktop shortcuts. Some files may remain however, as they need a | |
| 459 Windows restart before being deleted. | |
| 460 You will be given the option to remove the whole "vim" directory. It | |
| 461 probably contains your vimrc file and other runtime files that you created, so | |
| 462 be careful. | |
| 463 | |
| 464 Else, if you installed Vim with the zip archives, the preferred way is to use | |
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| 19116 | 466 "install" program, e.g., "c:\vim\vim82". This should also work from the usual |
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467 "install/remove software" page. |
| 7 | 468 However, this only removes the registry entries for Vim. You have to |
| 19116 | 469 delete the files yourself. Simply select the directory "vim\vim82" and delete |
| 7 | 470 it recursively. There should be no files there that you changed, but you |
| 471 might want to check that first. | |
| 472 The "vim" directory probably contains your vimrc file and other runtime | |
| 473 files that you created. You might want to keep that. | |
| 474 | |
| 475 ============================================================================== | |
| 476 | |
| 477 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt| | |
| 478 | |
| 14519 | 479 Copyright: see |manual-copyright| vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |