annotate runtime/doc/undo.txt @ 12269:d2373927d76d v8.0.1014

patch 8.0.1014: old compiler doesn't know uint32_t commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b47a2597e64b4c4f728433ae005cf6ff1d0dd5c1 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Aug 30 13:22:28 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.1014: old compiler doesn't know uint32_t Problem: Old compiler doesn't know uint32_t. Warning for using NULL instead of NUL. Solution: Use UINT32_T. Use NUL instead of NULL.
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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1 *undo.txt* For Vim version 8.0. Last change: 2014 May 24
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Undo and redo *undo-redo*
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9 The basics are explained in section |02.5| of the user manual.
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11 1. Undo and redo commands |undo-commands|
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12 2. Two ways of undo |undo-two-ways|
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13 3. Undo blocks |undo-blocks|
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14 4. Undo branches |undo-branches|
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15 5. Undo persistence |undo-persistence|
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16 6. Remarks about undo |undo-remarks|
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18 ==============================================================================
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19 1. Undo and redo commands *undo-commands*
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21 <Undo> or *undo* *<Undo>* *u*
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22 u Undo [count] changes. {Vi: only one level}
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23
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24 *:u* *:un* *:undo*
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25 :u[ndo] Undo one change. {Vi: only one level}
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26 *E830*
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27 :u[ndo] {N} Jump to after change number {N}. See |undo-branches|
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28 for the meaning of {N}. {not in Vi}
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30 *CTRL-R*
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31 CTRL-R Redo [count] changes which were undone. {Vi: redraw
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32 screen}
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34 *:red* *:redo* *redo*
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35 :red[o] Redo one change which was undone. {Vi: no redo}
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37 *U*
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38 U Undo all latest changes on one line, the line where
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39 the latest change was made. |U| itself also counts as
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40 a change, and thus |U| undoes a previous |U|.
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41 {Vi: while not moved off of the last modified line}
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43 The last changes are remembered. You can use the undo and redo commands above
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44 to revert the text to how it was before each change. You can also apply the
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45 changes again, getting back the text before the undo.
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47 The "U" command is treated by undo/redo just like any other command. Thus a
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48 "u" command undoes a "U" command and a 'CTRL-R' command redoes it again. When
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49 mixing "U", "u" and 'CTRL-R' you will notice that the "U" command will
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50 restore the situation of a line to before the previous "U" command. This may
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51 be confusing. Try it out to get used to it.
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52 The "U" command will always mark the buffer as changed. When "U" changes the
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53 buffer back to how it was without changes, it is still considered changed.
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54 Use "u" to undo changes until the buffer becomes unchanged.
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56 ==============================================================================
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57 2. Two ways of undo *undo-two-ways*
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59 How undo and redo commands work depends on the 'u' flag in 'cpoptions'.
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60 There is the Vim way ('u' excluded) and the Vi-compatible way ('u' included).
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61 In the Vim way, "uu" undoes two changes. In the Vi-compatible way, "uu" does
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62 nothing (undoes an undo).
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64 'u' excluded, the Vim way:
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65 You can go back in time with the undo command. You can then go forward again
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66 with the redo command. If you make a new change after the undo command,
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67 the redo will not be possible anymore.
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69 'u' included, the Vi-compatible way:
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70 The undo command undoes the previous change, and also the previous undo command.
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71 The redo command repeats the previous undo command. It does NOT repeat a
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72 change command, use "." for that.
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74 Examples Vim way Vi-compatible way ~
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75 "uu" two times undo no-op
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76 "u CTRL-R" no-op two times undo
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78 Rationale: Nvi uses the "." command instead of CTRL-R. Unfortunately, this
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79 is not Vi compatible. For example "dwdwu." in Vi deletes two
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80 words, in Nvi it does nothing.
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83 3. Undo blocks *undo-blocks*
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85 One undo command normally undoes a typed command, no matter how many changes
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86 that command makes. This sequence of undo-able changes forms an undo block.
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87 Thus if the typed key(s) call a function, all the commands in the function are
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88 undone together.
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90 If you want to write a function or script that doesn't create a new undoable
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91 change but joins in with the previous change use this command:
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93 *:undoj* *:undojoin* *E790*
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94 :undoj[oin] Join further changes with the previous undo block.
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95 Warning: Use with care, it may prevent the user from
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96 properly undoing changes. Don't use this after undo
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104 This doesn't work by itself, because the next key press will start a new
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107 :undojoin | delete
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109 After this an "u" command will undo the delete command and the previous
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110 change.
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112 To do the opposite, break a change into two undo blocks, in Insert mode use
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113 CTRL-G u. This is useful if you want an insert command to be undoable in
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115 Setting the value of 'undolevels' also breaks undo. Even when the new value
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119 4. Undo branches *undo-branches* *undo-tree*
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122 branch off. This happens when you undo a few changes and then make a new
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123 change. The undone changes become a branch. You can go to that branch with
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124 the following commands.
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126 This is explained in the user manual: |usr_32.txt|.
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128 *:undol* *:undolist*
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129 :undol[ist] List the leafs in the tree of changes. Example:
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138 specific undo-able change, see |:undo|.
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139 The "changes" column is the number of changes to this
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141 The "when" column is the date and time when this
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142 change was made. The four possible formats are:
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143 N seconds ago
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144 HH:MM:SS hour, minute, seconds
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145 MM/DD HH:MM:SS idem, with month and day
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146 YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS idem, with year
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147 The "saved" column specifies, if this change was
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148 written to disk and which file write it was. This can
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149 be used with the |:later| and |:earlier| commands.
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150 For more details use the |undotree()| function.
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152 *g-*
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153 g- Go to older text state. With a count repeat that many
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154 times. {not in Vi}
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155 *:ea* *:earlier*
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156 :earlier {count} Go to older text state {count} times.
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157 :earlier {N}s Go to older text state about {N} seconds before.
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158 :earlier {N}m Go to older text state about {N} minutes before.
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159 :earlier {N}h Go to older text state about {N} hours before.
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160 :earlier {N}d Go to older text state about {N} days before.
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162 :earlier {N}f Go to older text state {N} file writes before.
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164 ":earlier 1f" will revert the text to the state when
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166 before that.
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167 When at the state of the first file write, or when
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168 the file was not written, ":earlier 1f" will go to
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169 before the first change.
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171 *g+*
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172 g+ Go to newer text state. With a count repeat that many
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173 times. {not in Vi}
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174 *:lat* *:later*
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175 :later {count} Go to newer text state {count} times.
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176 :later {N}s Go to newer text state about {N} seconds later.
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177 :later {N}m Go to newer text state about {N} minutes later.
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178 :later {N}h Go to newer text state about {N} hours later.
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179 :later {N}d Go to newer text state about {N} days later.
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181 :later {N}f Go to newer text state {N} file writes later.
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182 When at the state of the last file write, ":later 1f"
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183 will go to the newest text state.
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186 Note that text states will become unreachable when undo information is cleared
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187 for 'undolevels'.
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188
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189 Don't be surprised when moving through time shows multiple changes to take
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190 place at a time. This happens when moving through the undo tree and then
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191 making a new change.
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192
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193 EXAMPLE
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195 Start with this text:
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196 one two three ~
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197
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198 Delete the first word by pressing "x" three times:
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199 ne two three ~
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200 e two three ~
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201 two three ~
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202
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203 Now undo that by pressing "u" three times:
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204 e two three ~
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205 ne two three ~
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206 one two three ~
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207
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208 Delete the second word by pressing "x" three times:
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209 one wo three ~
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210 one o three ~
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211 one three ~
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212
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213 Now undo that by using "g-" three times:
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214 one o three ~
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215 one wo three ~
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216 two three ~
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217
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218 You are now back in the first undo branch, after deleting "one". Repeating
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219 "g-" will now bring you back to the original text:
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220 e two three ~
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221 ne two three ~
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222 one two three ~
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223
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224 Jump to the last change with ":later 1h":
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225 one three ~
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226
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227 And back to the start again with ":earlier 1h":
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228 one two three ~
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229
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231 Note that using "u" and CTRL-R will not get you to all possible text states
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232 while repeating "g-" and "g+" does.
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233
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234 ==============================================================================
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235 5. Undo persistence *undo-persistence* *persistent-undo*
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237 When unloading a buffer Vim normally destroys the tree of undos created for
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238 that buffer. By setting the 'undofile' option, Vim will automatically save
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239 your undo history when you write a file and restore undo history when you edit
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240 the file again.
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241
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242 The 'undofile' option is checked after writing a file, before the BufWritePost
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243 autocommands. If you want to control what files to write undo information
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244 for, you can use a BufWritePre autocommand: >
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245 au BufWritePre /tmp/* setlocal noundofile
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246
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247 Vim saves undo trees in a separate undo file, one for each edited file, using
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248 a simple scheme that maps filesystem paths directly to undo files. Vim will
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249 detect if an undo file is no longer synchronized with the file it was written
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250 for (with a hash of the file contents) and ignore it when the file was changed
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251 after the undo file was written, to prevent corruption. An undo file is also
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252 ignored if its owner differs from the owner of the edited file, except when
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253 the owner of the undo file is the current user. Set 'verbose' to get a
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254 message about that when opening a file.
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255
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256 Undo files are normally saved in the same directory as the file. This can be
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257 changed with the 'undodir' option.
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258
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259 When the file is encrypted, the text in the undo file is also crypted. The
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260 same key and method is used. |encryption|
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261
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262 You can also save and restore undo histories by using ":wundo" and ":rundo"
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263 respectively:
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264 *:wundo* *:rundo*
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265 :wundo[!] {file}
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266 Write undo history to {file}.
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267 When {file} exists and it does not look like an undo file
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268 (the magic number at the start of the file is wrong), then
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269 this fails, unless the ! was added.
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270 If it exists and does look like an undo file it is
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271 overwritten. If there is no undo-history, nothing will be
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272 written.
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273 Implementation detail: Overwriting happens by first deleting
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274 the existing file and then creating a new file with the same
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275 name. So it is not possible to overwrite an existing undofile
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276 in a write-protected directory.
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277 {not in Vi}
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279 :rundo {file} Read undo history from {file}.
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280 {not in Vi}
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282 You can use these in autocommands to explicitly specify the name of the
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283 history file. E.g.: >
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284
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285 au BufReadPost * call ReadUndo()
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286 au BufWritePost * call WriteUndo()
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287 func ReadUndo()
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288 if filereadable(expand('%:h'). '/UNDO/' . expand('%:t'))
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289 rundo %:h/UNDO/%:t
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290 endif
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291 endfunc
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292 func WriteUndo()
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293 let dirname = expand('%:h') . '/UNDO'
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294 if !isdirectory(dirname)
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295 call mkdir(dirname)
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296 endif
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297 wundo %:h/UNDO/%:t
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298 endfunc
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300 You should keep 'undofile' off, otherwise you end up with two undo files for
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301 every write.
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303 You can use the |undofile()| function to find out the file name that Vim would
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304 use.
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306 Note that while reading/writing files and 'undofile' is set most errors will
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307 be silent, unless 'verbose' is set. With :wundo and :rundo you will get more
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308 error messages, e.g., when the file cannot be read or written.
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310 NOTE: undo files are never deleted by Vim. You need to delete them yourself.
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312 Reading an existing undo file may fail for several reasons:
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313 *E822* It cannot be opened, because the file permissions don't allow it.
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314 *E823* The magic number at the start of the file doesn't match. This usually
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315 means it is not an undo file.
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316 *E824* The version number of the undo file indicates that it's written by a
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317 newer version of Vim. You need that newer version to open it. Don't
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318 write the buffer if you want to keep the undo info in the file.
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319 "File contents changed, cannot use undo info"
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320 The file text differs from when the undo file was written. This means
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321 the undo file cannot be used, it would corrupt the text. This also
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322 happens when 'encoding' differs from when the undo file was written.
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323 *E825* The undo file does not contain valid contents and cannot be used.
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324 *E826* The undo file is encrypted but decryption failed.
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325 *E827* The undo file is encrypted but this version of Vim does not support
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326 encryption. Open the file with another Vim.
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327 *E832* The undo file is encrypted but 'key' is not set, the text file is not
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328 encrypted. This would happen if the text file was written by Vim
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329 encrypted at first, and later overwritten by not encrypted text.
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330 You probably want to delete this undo file.
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331 "Not reading undo file, owner differs"
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332 The undo file is owned by someone else than the owner of the text
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333 file. For safety the undo file is not used.
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334
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335 Writing an undo file may fail for these reasons:
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336 *E828* The file to be written cannot be created. Perhaps you do not have
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337 write permissions in the directory.
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338 "Cannot write undo file in any directory in 'undodir'"
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339 None of the directories in 'undodir' can be used.
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340 "Will not overwrite with undo file, cannot read"
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341 A file exists with the name of the undo file to be written, but it
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342 cannot be read. You may want to delete this file or rename it.
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343 "Will not overwrite, this is not an undo file"
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344 A file exists with the name of the undo file to be written, but it
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345 does not start with the right magic number. You may want to delete
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346 this file or rename it.
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347 "Skipping undo file write, nothing to undo"
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348 There is no undo information to be written, nothing has been changed
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349 or 'undolevels' is negative.
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350 *E829* An error occurred while writing the undo file. You may want to try
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351 again.
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353 ==============================================================================
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354 6. Remarks about undo *undo-remarks*
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356 The number of changes that are remembered is set with the 'undolevels' option.
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357 If it is zero, the Vi-compatible way is always used. If it is negative no
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358 undo is possible. Use this if you are running out of memory.
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359
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360 *clear-undo*
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361 When you set 'undolevels' to -1 the undo information is not immediately
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362 cleared, this happens at the next change. To force clearing the undo
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363 information you can use these commands: >
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364 :let old_undolevels = &undolevels
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365 :set undolevels=-1
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366 :exe "normal a \<BS>\<Esc>"
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367 :let &undolevels = old_undolevels
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368 :unlet old_undolevels
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369
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370 Marks for the buffer ('a to 'z) are also saved and restored, together with the
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371 text. {Vi does this a little bit different}
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372
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373 When all changes have been undone, the buffer is not considered to be changed.
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374 It is then possible to exit Vim with ":q" instead of ":q!" {not in Vi}. Note
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375 that this is relative to the last write of the file. Typing "u" after ":w"
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376 actually changes the buffer, compared to what was written, so the buffer is
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377 considered changed then.
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378
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379 When manual |folding| is being used, the folds are not saved and restored.
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380 Only changes completely within a fold will keep the fold as it was, because
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381 the first and last line of the fold don't change.
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382
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383 The numbered registers can also be used for undoing deletes. Each time you
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384 delete text, it is put into register "1. The contents of register "1 are
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385 shifted to "2, etc. The contents of register "9 are lost. You can now get
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386 back the most recent deleted text with the put command: '"1P'. (also, if the
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387 deleted text was the result of the last delete or copy operation, 'P' or 'p'
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388 also works as this puts the contents of the unnamed register). You can get
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389 back the text of three deletes ago with '"3P'.
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390
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391 *redo-register*
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392 If you want to get back more than one part of deleted text, you can use a
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393 special feature of the repeat command ".". It will increase the number of the
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394 register used. So if you first do ""1P", the following "." will result in a
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395 '"2P'. Repeating this will result in all numbered registers being inserted.
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396
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397 Example: If you deleted text with 'dd....' it can be restored with
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398 '"1P....'.
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400 If you don't know in which register the deleted text is, you can use the
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401 :display command. An alternative is to try the first register with '"1P', and
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402 if it is not what you want do 'u.'. This will remove the contents of the
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403 first put, and repeat the put command for the second register. Repeat the
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404 'u.' until you got what you want.
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406 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: