vimdiff has an annoying habit of displaying two almost-completely-different lines as the same partially-different line just because they share a character in common at the beginning or end. For example: foo.txt contains: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. bar.txt contains: This is a completely different line. vimdiff foo.txt bar.txt displays these two lines side-by-side with everything but the Th at the beginning highlighted. Is there a way to disable this behaviour and just display different lines as being different lines?

I normally enable smartcase in my .vimrc. **Without smartcase:** - If I want case-insensitive search, I write in upper-case or lower-case (doesn't matter) and append a \c at the end of the query. - Case-sensitive search happens by default. **With smartcase:** - If I want case insensitive search, I write all in lower-case. - If I want case sensitive search, I write the upper-case letters in upper-case. But, with smartcase enabled, how can I say that I want a case sensitive search of a lower-case pattern? I was expecting that appending a \c would revert the type of search (so that if I had written all in lower-case, i.e. case-insensitive search, it would turn to a case-sensitive search; and if I had written some upper-case letters, i.e. case-sensitive search, it would turn to a case-insensitive search), but that does not seem to be the case (no pun intended).

When I use vim-slime , every time I open a vimterminal I have to reconfigure it.

:let g:slime_target="vimterminal"

Followed by:

SlimeConfig

And then I choose the terminal I just opened as the target for the buffer I am in via a read statement from the plugin. This is becoming tiresome; I seem to be able to set the slime_target as vimterminal using my .vimrc, but it is still unclear to me how to call the SlimeConfig command and pass it an argument on the latest newly opened terminal upon opening the vimterminal. I've found the following thread that seems to address this, but it appears that it's fired every time one switches windows.

**The goal is to remap CapsLock to Esc in Vim, installed on Ubuntu** (console only, no Desktop Environment). This Ubuntu system is installed on Virtual Private Server. I'm logging to this server using Putty, from my home laptop with Windows 10. And everybody are talking about mapping this CapsLock key to Esc in Vim, but I was unable to find actual line, that needs 2 be written in $HOME/.vimrc file. This is what I've tried myself, but none of this works, except for the first line adding row numbers:

set number

inoremap  
inoremap  
inoremap

The goal is to remap CapsLock to Esc only in Vim, not the whole Ubuntu server. I've checked and CapsLock works fine in Vim, and makes UpperCase when locked. I've searched so many places like: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Mapping_keys_in_Vim_-_Tutorial_(Part_1) all 3 parts of this guide and here as well. Like everything is written there: mapping "ii", "jj", "jk", "jw" different Ctrl and Shift combinations. Everything except CapsLock to Esc remap. ??? Why ??? Why is it so hard to remap CapsLock to Esc in Vim? It's almost my question, but unfortunately on Windows OS. From the comments below my question I gather that mapping CapsLock to Esc is impossible in Vim alone. I've also read this thread: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/165477/how-to-use-capslock-instead-of-escape-in-vim And the answer that's accepted states: "For remapping in the console, if your distro uses systemd, you can use a custom keyboard layout in /etc/vconsole.conf as described on the Arch Wiki ." I guess Ubuntu uses systemd, **so I'm ready to accept the answer that's going to map CapsLock to Esc key in whole Ubuntu installed on my VPS,** providing my home, Windows machine key mappings, remain unchanged. I've run this:

michal@localhost:~$ localectl status
   System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: n/a
      X11 Layout: us
       X11 Model: pc105

**What should I do next?** I think I don't have this file /etc/vconsole.conf on my Ubuntu VPS. Should I create it myself, or should it be there by default?

Recently I installed tmux on my Ubuntu 16.04. The terminal screen in tmux shows 256 color correctly however when I opened vim within tmux, the color was different from what it showed when it was run directly on the terminal. I tried to add set -g default-terminal "screen-256color" in my .tmux.conf file but the problem still exists. * my terminal screen in tmux:  * vim run directly on the terminal:  * vim run within tmux:  The output of echo $TERM; tput colors; tput longname * outside tmux:

xterm-256color
256
xterm

* with 256 colors inside tmux:

screen-256color
256
GUN Screen with 256 colors

Is there a command I can put in the .vimrc to make gvim look like vim's setup in the terminal? Same back ground, syntax highlighting, colors, and font. To add to my question, is there a may for gvim to follow vim's vimrc? That is, there layouts and actions are identical?

I need your help! I am trying to set up a specific font and font size in my

~/.vimrc

file using

guifont=Monospace:h15

, but nothing is changing no matter if I put 12 or 20 in the size column. I've tried several fonts also, but it seems like changes just not apply - after writing the file and reopening it, size of the font and the font itself stays the same. Also

:set guifont=*

command doesn't show me anything. Here is my

.vimrc

file:

set nocompatible
filetype off

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()

Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'
Plugin 'nyngwang/nvimgelion'

syntax on

set termguicolors

set guifont=Monospace:h20

call vundle#end()
filetype plugin indent on

au BufNewFile, BufRead *.py
	\ set tabstop=4
	\ set softtabstop=4
	\ set shiftwidth=4
	\ set expandtab
	\ set autoindent
	\ set fileformat=unix

set laststatus=2

set wrap

set encoding=utf-8

vnoremap  :w !xclip -i -sel c

How to set up a specific font in my Vim configuration file? Thank you for your help.

I use Arch Linux + DWM on the X Window System. I can't copy from Vim to an external application, and the vim --version command returns -xterm_clipboard. As I understand it, I need to recompile my Vim and add clipboard support into the config file, but I don't know where to find it. Is it the ~/.vimrc file? I can't find the original PKGBUILD in my ~/vim/ directory either. I've tried to use **pacbuilder-svn** and ran:

$ pacbuilder --install --edit vim vim-runtime

But the script doesn't ask me whether I want to edit the PKGBUILD file; it just builds the packages and that's it. I've also tried to use **devtools** and ran:

$ sudo pkgctl repo clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git 

But it says:

failed to clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git 

How can I recompile my Vim with clipboard support? I would be grateful for your help.

I have been mixing the use of emacs and vi (vim) for a long time. Each of them has its advantage. I parse error output from a compilation like process and get a line and column number but I can only use emacs to directly go to a line and column: emacs +15:25 myfile.xml with vi I only have the line number (according to the man page) vi +15 myfile.xml There is an option to go position cursor on a pattern (vi +/pattern myfile.xml) which i never got to work. But that would not help me as the pattern is not always the first occurrence in the file. How can I start vi so it goes to column 25 on line 15 of my file? Can I do something with -c option?

I set the expandtab option to on, but still I don't get spaces when I click tab, but I get actual tab. This is how I set it: set expandtab set shiftwidth=4 set softtabstop=4 First I thought as this question says that a plugin is override it, but I executed: :verbose set expandtab? and indeed I get that last set is the line in my vimrc how can I solve it?

I need to use the less command with the syntax highlighting of the vim command for python, C, bash and other languages. How do I apply syntax highlighting colors according to vim colors for less command?

*[4.13.12-1-ARCH with gnome3 and gdm on Xorg]* I already have set my VISUAL and EDITOR env-vars to vim. Similarly I did try SYSTEMD_EDITOR="vim"; export SYSTEMD_EDITOR in my ~/.bashrc, to no avail. When modifying unit files in Arch (systemd) via $ sudo systemctl edit _unit_ I find myself staring at nano. Life is too short and I want vim by all means. How do I do this ?

I'm on a RHEL 8.3 system. I found that the built-in vim and vi are all vim. They have the same version, but compiled differently. Below is my testing:

[root@192 ~]# which vim
/usr/bin/vim
[root@192 ~]# which vi
/usr/bin/vi
[root@192 ~]# ls -lah which vim
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3.0M Jun  3  2020 /usr/bin/vim
[root@192 ~]# ls -lah which vi
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1.2M Jun  3  2020 /usr/bin/vi
[root@192 ~]# vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jun  3 2020 09:07:54)
Included patches: 1-1763
Modified by 
Compiled by 
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl               +farsi             +mouse_sgr         -tag_any_white
+arabic            +file_in_path      -mouse_sysmouse    -tcl
+autocmd           +find_in_path      +mouse_urxvt       +termguicolors
-autoservername    +float             +mouse_xterm       +terminal
-balloon_eval      +folding           +multi_byte        +terminfo
+balloon_eval_term -footer            +multi_lang        +termresponse
-browse            +fork()            -mzscheme          +textobjects
++builtin_terms    +gettext           +netbeans_intg     +timers
+byte_offset       -hangul_input      +num64             +title
+channel           +iconv             +packages          -toolbar
+cindent           +insert_expand     +path_extra        +user_commands
-clientserver      +job               +perl/dyn          +vertsplit
-clipboard         +jumplist          +persistent_undo   +virtualedit
+cmdline_compl     +keymap            +postscript        +visual
+cmdline_hist      +lambda            +printer           +visualextra
+cmdline_info      +langmap           +profile           +viminfo
+comments          +libcall           +python/dyn        +vreplace
+conceal           +linebreak         +python3/dyn       +wildignore
+cryptv            +lispindent        +quickfix          +wildmenu
+cscope            +listcmds          +reltime           +windows
+cursorbind        +localmap          +rightleft         +writebackup
+cursorshape       +lua/dyn           +ruby/dyn          -X11
+dialog_con        +menu              +scrollbind        -xfontset
+diff              +mksession         +signs             -xim
+digraphs          +modify_fname      +smartindent       -xpm
-dnd               +mouse             +startuptime       -xsmp
-ebcdic            -mouseshape        +statusline        -xterm_clipboard
+emacs_tags        +mouse_dec         -sun_workshop      -xterm_save
+eval              +mouse_gpm         +syntax            
+ex_extra          -mouse_jsbterm     +tag_binary        
+extra_search      +mouse_netterm     +tag_old_static    
   system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/etc"
 f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/share/vim/vim80"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/python3.6m -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1       
Linking: gcc   -L. -Wl,-z,relro  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -fstack-protector-strong -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld  -Wl,-z,relro  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim        -lm  -lselinux   -lncurses -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl   -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -lperl -lpthread -lresolv -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc        
[root@192 ~]# vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jun  3 2020 09:07:06)
Included patches: 1-1763
Modified by 
Compiled by 
Small version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl               -extra_search      -mouse_netterm     -tag_old_static
-arabic            -farsi             -mouse_sgr         -tag_any_white
+autocmd           -file_in_path      -mouse_sysmouse    -tcl
-autoservername    -find_in_path      -mouse_urxvt       -termguicolors
-balloon_eval      -float             -mouse_xterm       -terminal
-balloon_eval_term -folding           +multi_byte        +terminfo
-browse            -footer            -multi_lang        -termresponse
+builtin_terms     +fork()            -mzscheme          -textobjects
-byte_offset       -gettext           -netbeans_intg     -timers
-channel           -hangul_input      -num64             -title
-cindent           +iconv             +packages          -toolbar
-clientserver      -insert_expand     -path_extra        -user_commands
-clipboard         -job               -perl              +vertsplit
-cmdline_compl     +jumplist          -persistent_undo   -virtualedit
+cmdline_hist      -keymap            -printer           +visual
-cmdline_info      -lambda            -profile           -visualextra
-comments          -langmap           -python            -viminfo
-conceal           -libcall           -python3           -vreplace
-cryptv            -linebreak         -quickfix          +wildignore
-cscope            -lispindent        -reltime           -wildmenu
+cursorbind        +listcmds          -rightleft         +windows
-cursorshape       -localmap          -ruby              +writebackup
-dialog            -lua               +scrollbind        -X11
-diff              -menu              -signs             -xfontset
-digraphs          -mksession         -smartindent       -xim
-dnd               -modify_fname      -startuptime       -xpm
-ebcdic            -mouse             -statusline        -xsmp
-emacs_tags        -mouse_dec         -sun_workshop      -xterm_clipboard
-eval              -mouse_gpm         -syntax            -xterm_save
+ex_extra          -mouse_jsbterm     +tag_binary        
   system vimrc file: "/etc/virc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.virc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/virc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/etc"
 f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/share/vim/vim80"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/python3.6m -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1       
Linking: gcc   -Wl,-z,relro  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim        -lm  -lselinux -lncurses -lacl -lattr -ldl           
[root@192 ~]#

Why they maintain two different versions? It's a little weird to me. If they want vi users to have a modern editor, they can simply symlink to vim. Out of curiosity, below is the result on a Ubuntu 20.04 system. Both vi and vim points to nvim, which is reasonable.

root@u2004:~# which vi
/usr/bin/vi
root@u2004:~# which vim
/usr/bin/vim
root@u2004:~# ls -la which vi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Aug 28  2020 /usr/bin/vi -> /etc/alternatives/vi
root@u2004:~# ls -la which vim
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Apr  1 08:28 /usr/bin/vim -> /etc/alternatives/vim
root@u2004:~# ls -la /etc/alternatives/vi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Apr  1 08:28 /etc/alternatives/vi -> /usr/bin/nvim
root@u2004:~# ls -la /etc/alternatives/vim
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Apr  1 08:28 /etc/alternatives/vim -> /usr/bin/nvim
root@u2004:~# man hier
root@u2004:~# readlink -f which vi
/usr/bin/nvim
root@u2004:~# readlink -f which vim
/usr/bin/nvim
root@u2004:~#

I have a Bash function that follows the [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/tree/master) key-bindings in [key-bindings.bash](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/fzf/refs/heads/master/shell/key-bindings.bash) .

# shellcheck disable=SC2206
__fzf_edit_file__() {
  builtin local -a opts
  builtin local edit_file file

  opts=(
   "+m"
    --read0
    "--reverse"
    "--header-first"
    "--scheme='path'"
    '--preview-window=right:80%:wrap'
    "--height" ${FZF_TMUX_HEIGHT:-80%}
    "--walker='file,dir,follow,hidden'"
    "--preview 'bat --color=always --wrap never {}'"
    "--header='Key: [CTRL-F] Select, preview and edit file(s) in [${PWD}]'."
    --bind='ctrl-z:ignore,ctrl-a:toggle-all,ctrl-s:toggle-preview,ctrl-d:preview-down,ctrl-u:preview-up'
  )
  # shellcheck disable=SC2091
   builtin exec {edit_file}CTRL+F

 • Use arrow keys to move up and down or CTRL+J, CTRL+K

 • CTRL+D to scroll the file contents (or mouse scrolling, if allowed)
 
 • CTRL+S to toggle preview window.

 • Enter/return key to select
 
 • CTRL+A  to toggle all from fzf, but that is disabled now because of the +m
 
 • TAB  to select multiple files, also disable because of the +m

 • ESC to exit.

---

That works as expected; the issue is when selecting multiple (with the TAB key) file/path names
with newlines embedded. The +m option allows only a single selection. It used to be -m and mapfile
instead of read to allow multiple file selections, but that causes a problem.
vim opens a new file that contains all the file or path names, including embedded newlines.
How can I fix that issue? I checked vim; doesn't appear to support null delimited input like -z.
As far as I know, vim can handle spaces/tabs/newlines in path/file names with:

files=(*.txt) vim -- "${files[@]}"

---
The version that works for multiple files selection, but fails with newlines.


- Remove the --read0
-  Change the +m to -m

And use mapfile

LC_ALL=C IFS= builtin mapfile -u"$edit_file" file ((${#file[*]})) && { vim -- "${file[@]%?}" } ``` ---

I am using vim and I need a way to always be able to see the file that I am working on without having to do ^G. I see the file name when I start vim but when I start to work and use various functions it gets lost. Also I have seen other people have some kind of "addons" in the lower part of the vim console that seem like they are "button"/"tabs" (I am not sure how to describe them) that show various info constantly including the file name. Any idea what are these plugins? Or how can I achieve what I want?

Question more or less says it all. I'm aware that /^$/d will remove all blank lines, but I can't see how to say 'replace two or more blank lines with a single blank line' Any ideas?

Opening vim while recording with script causes script to go wild (my screen starts filling up with a bunch of crap, some of which says "script", and I also believe it is colored neon green). Does script set any environment variables that vim can check to stop from opening?

I sync my [.vimrc file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/denten/.dotfiles/master/.vimrc) between two machines, one running Debian testing and the other Ubuntu. On Debian everything works fine. On Ubuntu, the fold column is gray instead of black, even though black is specified:

: hi FoldColumn ctermbg=Black ctermfg=Black

If I comment out line 213, the fold column turns black, but then foldmarkers default to white (the whole point is to hide them black on black). If i just do:

: hi FoldColumn ctermfg=Black

The FoldColumn is gray again. I do not find plugin conflicts with

-r "FoldColumn" .vim/

. Any ideas?

Is it possible to change the background color depending on which application is running currently? My vim theme background differs with the terminal but I don't want to change the background of my terminal permanently just because of vim.

The vim version on my faculty cluster has a great feature in highlighting the syntax for Linux standard configuration files (like /etc/network/interfaces or httpd.conf). I've tried a lot of settings and options in the way to obtain the same behavior, but nothing helps. Any ideas? Thank you! :)