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Quickly adding and deleting empty lines

2009-11-21T22:37:55Z

Comments: format and reply

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	It does not work for me... it works like if I didn't configure anything		It does not work for me... it works like if I didn't configure anything

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	:If these questions are not answered in a timely fashion, we will delete this comment as unhelpful.		:If these questions are not answered in a timely fashion, we will delete this comment as unhelpful.
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	:--[[User:Fritzophrenic\|Fritzophrenic]] 19:00, November 19, 2009 (UTC)		:--[[User:Fritzophrenic\|Fritzophrenic]] 19:00, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

	Sorry, it is my first time...		Sorry, it is my first time...
	Here is my .vimrc		Here is my .vimrc
-		+	<pre>
	source $VIMRUNTIME/macros/matchit.vim "script for matlab		source $VIMRUNTIME/macros/matchit.vim "script for matlab

-	:filetype plugin on	+	:filetype plugin on
		+	:set tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
		+	:set cindent
		+	:set smartindent
		+	:set autoindent

-	:set tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab	+	"" from http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Quickly_adding_and_deleting_empty_lines
		+	" Ctrl-j/k deletes blank line below/above, and Alt-j/k inserts.

-	:set cindent	+	nnoremap <silent><C-j> m`:silent +g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>
-	:set smartindent	+	nnoremap <silent><C-k> m`:silent -g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>
-	:set autoindent	+	nnoremap <silent><A-j> :set paste<CR>m`o<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>
		+	nnoremap <silent><A-k> :set paste<CR>m`O<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>
		+	</pre>
		+	These nnoremap commands suggested before do not work for me...
		+	--[[User:IgorFobia\|IgorFobia]] 18:00, November 21, 2009 (UTC)
		+	----
		+	Hi Igor. "do not work for me" does not convey as much information as you might hope. What key did you press? What did you expect to happen? What did happen?

-	"" from http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Quickly_adding_and_deleting_empty_lines	+	I am not aware of a system where Ctrl-j or Ctrl-k or Alt-j or Alt-k do not work, but you might have such a system. You could try the following as a simple check:
-	" Ctrl-j/k deletes blank line below/above, and Alt-j/k inserts.	+	<pre>
-		+	nnoremap <F2> m`:silent +g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>
-	nnoremap <silent><C-j> m`:silent +g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>	+	nnoremap <F3> m`:silent -g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>
-	nnoremap <silent><C-k> m`:silent -g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>	+	nnoremap <F4> :set paste<CR>m`o<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>
-	nnoremap <silent><A-j> :set paste<CR>m`o<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>	+	nnoremap <F5> :set paste<CR>m`O<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>
-	nnoremap <silent><A-k> :set paste<CR>m`O<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>	+	</pre>
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-	These nnoremap commands suggested before do not work for me...

-	:--[[User:IgorFobia\|IgorFobia]] 18:00, November 21, 2009 (UTC)	+	Pressing F4 or F5 should insert blank lines, and F2 or F3 should delete blank lines. These mappings definitely work. [[User:JohnBeckett\|JohnBeckett]] 22:37, November 21, 2009 (UTC)
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2009-11-21T16:44:03Z

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2009-11-21T16:44:02Z

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Quickly adding and deleting empty lines

2009-11-21T16:43:07Z

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	:--[[User:Fritzophrenic\|Fritzophrenic]] 19:00, November 19, 2009 (UTC)		:--[[User:Fritzophrenic\|Fritzophrenic]] 19:00, November 19, 2009 (UTC)
		+
		+	Sorry, it is my first time...
		+	Here is my .vimrc
		+
		+	source $VIMRUNTIME/macros/matchit.vim "script for matlab
		+
		+	:filetype plugin on
		+
		+	:set tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 noexpandtab
		+
		+	:set cindent
		+	:set smartindent
		+	:set autoindent
		+
		+	"" from http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Quickly_adding_and_deleting_empty_lines
		+	" Ctrl-j/k deletes blank line below/above, and Alt-j/k inserts.
		+
		+	nnoremap <silent><C-j> m`:silent +g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>
		+	nnoremap <silent><C-k> m`:silent -g/\m^\s*$/d<CR>``:noh<CR>
		+	nnoremap <silent><A-j> :set paste<CR>m`o<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>
		+	nnoremap <silent><A-k> :set paste<CR>m`O<Esc>``:set nopaste<CR>
		+
		+
		+	These nnoremap commands suggested before do not work for me...
		+
		+	:--[[User:IgorFobia\|IgorFobia]] 18:00, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

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2009-11-21T16:32:35Z

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2009-11-21T04:16:53Z

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2009-11-20T23:39:16Z

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Vim Tips Wiki:Community Portal

2009-11-20T23:25:00Z

add section on how to download

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	More about the Vim community can be found at [http://www.vim.org/community.php vim.org].		More about the Vim community can be found at [http://www.vim.org/community.php vim.org].

		+	__TOC__
	==Asking questions==		==Asking questions==
	On this wiki, we discuss how to improve tips, but we don't discuss how to use Vim.		On this wiki, we discuss how to improve tips, but we don't discuss how to use Vim.
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	Upload the image somewhere, such as [http://www.flickr.com Flickr] or [http://imagebin.ca/ Imagebin], and provide the URL in your post to the mailing list.		Upload the image somewhere, such as [http://www.flickr.com Flickr] or [http://imagebin.ca/ Imagebin], and provide the URL in your post to the mailing list.
		+
		+	==Downloading tips==
		+	There is no good way to download all tips because:
		+	*Any download will become out of date when tips are improved on the wiki.
		+	*Tips are stored as "wikitext" which can be downloaded but is not intended for reading.
		+	*There is no simple procedure to obtain files with a clean html version of each tip.
		+	*Links in downloaded files will not work.
		+
		+	A tool like [[wikipedia:wget\|wget]] can be used to download the wikitext for individual tips. For example, the following creates file <tt>1.wik</tt> containing the wikitext for [[The super star]]:
		+	<pre>
		+	wget -O 1.wik "http://vim.wikia.com/index.php?action=raw&title=The_super_star"
		+	</pre>
		+
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		+	It is possible to download an xml file containing the wikitext of specified pages. At [[Special:SpecialPages\|Special pages]], choose [[Special:Export\|Export pages]]. For example, you could enter "Searching" in the ''Add pages from category'' box, then click the Add button, then click the Export button. The result will be an xml file (not compressed) with each page in [[:Category:Searching]].

	[[Category:Policy]]		[[Category:Policy]]

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2009-11-20T20:46:21Z

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Search and replace

2009-11-20T17:38:39Z

Using registers: update again for clarity and caveats

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	==Using registers==		==Using registers==
	;<tt>:%s/foo/<c-r>a/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/foo/<c-r>a/g</tt>
-	:Substitute the contents of register 'a' for each occurrence of 'foo'.	+	:Replace each occurrence of 'foo' with the contents of register 'a'.
-	:<c-r>a means: Actually Press Ctrl-r then 'a'. The contents of register 'a' will be inserted as though you typed it.	+	::<tt><c-r>a</tt> means: Actually Press Ctrl-r then 'a'. The contents of register 'a' will be inserted as though you typed it.

	;<tt>:%s/foo/\=@a/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/foo/\=@a/g</tt>
-	:Substitute the contents of register 'a' for each occurrence of 'foo'.	+	:Replace each occurrence of 'foo' with the contents of register 'a'.
-	:\=@a is a reference to register 'a'. The contents of register 'a' will not be shown. This is useful if register 'a' contains many lines of text.	+	::<tt>\=@a</tt> is a reference to register 'a'. The contents of register 'a' will not be shown. This is useful if register 'a' contains many lines of text.

	;<tt>:%s/<c-r>//bar/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/<c-r>//bar/g</tt>
-	:Substitute 'bar' for each match of the last search pattern (that is, for each occurrence of the contents of special register '/').	+	:Replace each match of the last search pattern with 'bar'. That is, replace each occurrence of a regex match of the contents of special register '/'.
-	:Hint: You can specify the desire to use the last search pattern just by using an empty pattern (%s//bar/g). See 'r' flag.	+	::Hint: You can tell Vim to use the last search pattern by using an empty pattern (<tt>%s//bar/g</tt>). See 'r' flag.

	;<tt>:%s/<c-r>*/bar/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/<c-r>*/bar/g</tt>
-	:Substitute 'bar' for the visual selection (saved in the '*' register).	+	:Replace all occurrences of the text within the visual selection (saved in the '*' register) with 'bar'.
		+	:'''NOTE: this will not work with default options. There is an option to enable automatic placing of the visual selection into the '*' register. TODO: figure out which option it is and mention it here.'''
		+	:'''ALSO NOTE, description is misleading, this is the SYSTEM-WIDE selection clipboard, it does NOT just apply to visual selection in Vim.'''

	See [[VimTip490\|Paste registers in search or colon commands instead of using the clipboard]].		See [[VimTip490\|Paste registers in search or colon commands instead of using the clipboard]].

Search and replace

2009-11-20T15:32:26Z

Using registers: Grammar

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	==Using registers==		==Using registers==
	;<tt>:%s/foo/<c-r>a/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/foo/<c-r>a/g</tt>
-	:Substitute each 'foo' by the content of register 'a'.	+	:Substitute the contents of register 'a' for each occurrence of 'foo'.
-	:<c-r>a means: Press Ctrl-R then A. The content of register 'a' will be immediately inserted.	+	:<c-r>a means: Actually Press Ctrl-r then 'a'. The contents of register 'a' will be inserted as though you typed it.

	;<tt>:%s/foo/\=@a/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/foo/\=@a/g</tt>
-	:Substitute each 'foo' by the content of register 'a'.	+	:Substitute the contents of register 'a' for each occurrence of 'foo'.
-	:\=@a is a reference to register 'a'. The content of register 'a' will not be shown. This is useful if register 'a' contains many lines of text.	+	:\=@a is a reference to register 'a'. The contents of register 'a' will not be shown. This is useful if register 'a' contains many lines of text.

	;<tt>:%s/<c-r>//bar/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/<c-r>//bar/g</tt>
-	:Substitute the last search pattern (<c-r>/) by 'bar'.	+	:Substitute 'bar' for each match of the last search pattern (that is, for each occurrence of the contents of special register '/').
-	:Hint: If the substitute pattern is omitted, the last search pattern is used. See 'r' flag.	+	:Hint: You can specify the desire to use the last search pattern just by using an empty pattern (%s//bar/g). See 'r' flag.

	;<tt>:%s/<c-r>*/bar/g</tt>		;<tt>:%s/<c-r>*/bar/g</tt>
-	:Substitute the visual selection (saved in the '*' register) by 'bar'.	+	:Substitute 'bar' for the visual selection (saved in the '*' register).

	See [[VimTip490\|Paste registers in search or colon commands instead of using the clipboard]].		See [[VimTip490\|Paste registers in search or colon commands instead of using the clipboard]].

Remove swap and backup files from your working directory

2009-11-20T08:42:02Z

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	silent execute '!umask 002; mkdir .backup'		silent execute '!umask 002; mkdir .backup'
	endif		endif
		+	</pre>
		+	----
		+	To create a "_backup" dir under Windows in the same directory as the current file:
	<pre>		<pre>
-		+	if filewritable(expand('%:p:h')."\.") && !filewritable(expand('%:p:h').'\_backup')
		+	silent execute '!mkdir "'.expand('%:p:h').'\_backup"'
		+	endif
		+	</pre>
	----		----
	Under Windows Vista using GVIM 7.2, I added the following bit to my vimrc:		Under Windows Vista using GVIM 7.2, I added the following bit to my vimrc:

Quickly adding and deleting empty lines

2009-11-19T19:00:34Z

need more info...what doesn't work and what does that mean?

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	==Comments==		==Comments==

-	I does not work for me... it works like if I didn't configure anything	+	It does not work for me... it works like if I didn't configure anything
		+
		+	:I am sorry this tip did not work for you, anonymous user. We would obviously like all our tips to work right away, to be correct, concise, and informative. However, without more information, we cannot fix any problems in this tip.
		+	:*What is "it"? Which script did you try using?
		+	:*What did you do to try to get "it" to "work"? I.e. how did you install and invoke the script?
		+	:*What didn't work about "it"? Did it do nothing at all? Did it do something incorrect? In other words, what were you expecting to happen, and what happened instead?
		+
		+	:If these questions are not answered in a timely fashion, we will delete this comment as unhelpful.
		+
		+	:--[[User:Fritzophrenic\|Fritzophrenic]] 19:00, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Quickly adding and deleting empty lines

2009-11-19T16:46:27Z

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	==Comments==		==Comments==
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		+	I does not work for me... it works like if I didn't configure anything

Talk:Create LaTeX Tables

2009-11-18T07:32:55Z

will delete

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	A screenshot would be nice..		A screenshot would be nice..
		+
		+	:Yes ... quite a lot of things to do first, unfortunately.
		+	:In the future, please just had a short note at the bottom in the "Comments" section. We avoid the talk pages here to reduce the number of pages to work with, and we do not archive old comments. [[User:JohnBeckett\|JohnBeckett]] 07:32, November 18, 2009 (UTC)
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2009-11-18T05:35:14Z

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2009-11-18T05:30:32Z

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Search across multiple lines

2009-11-18T03:28:29Z

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2009-11-16T18:23:10Z

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2009-11-16T08:01:48Z

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2009-11-15T12:49:25Z

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2009-11-14T21:17:18Z

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Best Vim Tips

2009-11-14T08:42:30Z

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	Here is a necessarily cryptic list of the Best Vim Tips. There is an [http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html updated version] and a [http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Vim_Tips?printable=yes printer friendly version].		Here is a necessarily cryptic list of the Best Vim Tips. There is an [http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html updated version] and a [http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Vim_Tips?printable=yes printer friendly version].

-	==Basic use==	+	===Basic use===
	<pre>		<pre>
	<Esc> is the escape key		<Esc> is the escape key
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	</pre>		</pre>

-	===Visual Mode Mappings===	+	===Visual mode mappings===
	<pre>		<pre>
	:vmap sb "zdi<b><C-R>z</b><Esc> : wrap <b></b> around visually selected text		:vmap sb "zdi<b><C-R>z</b><Esc> : wrap <b></b> around visually selected text
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	If you use Ctrl-V for paste, you will probably need to [[VimTip30\|unmap CTRL-A]] first.		If you use Ctrl-V for paste, you will probably need to [[VimTip30\|unmap CTRL-A]] first.

-	===Easter Eggs===	+	===Easter eggs===
	*{{help\|42}}		*{{help\|42}}
	*{{help\|holy-grail}}		*{{help\|holy-grail}}
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	</pre>		</pre>

-	===Multiple Files Management===	+	===Multiple files===
	<pre>		<pre>
	:wn : write file and move to next (SUPER)		:wn : write file and move to next (SUPER)
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	</pre>		</pre>

-	===Recording (BEST TIP of ALL)===	+	===Recording===
	<pre>		<pre>
	qq : record keystrokes to register q		qq : record keystrokes to register q
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	</pre>		</pre>

-	===Appending to registers (use CAPITAL)===	+	===Appending to registers===
	<pre>		<pre>
	# yank 5 lines into "a" then add a further 5		# yank 5 lines into "a" then add a further 5
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	===Global command===		===Global command===
	<pre>		<pre>
		+	:g/one\\|two/ : list lines containing "one" or "two"
	:g/^\s*$/d : delete all blank lines		:g/^\s*$/d : delete all blank lines
-	:g!/^dd/d : delete lines not containing string	+	:g/green/d : delete all lines containing "green"
-	:v/^dd/d : delete lines not containing string	+	:v/green/d : delete all lines not containing "green"
-	:g/fred/,/joe/d : not line based	+	:g/one/,/two/d : not line based
	:v/./.,/./-1join : compress empty lines		:v/./.,/./-1join : compress empty lines
-	:'a,'b g/^Error/ . w >> errors.txt	+	</pre>
-	:g/cmap\\|form/p : ORing	+
		+	Between lines with marks <tt>a</tt> and <tt>b</tt> (inclusive), append each line starting with "Error" to a file:
		+	<pre>
		+	:'a,'b g/^Error/ .w >> errors.txt
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	Delete all lines containing "green" but not "red" or "pink". Command <tt>:g/^/</tt> matches every line; the current line is copied into variable <tt>x</tt>; if any part of <tt>x</tt> matches (case sensitive) "green" and not "red" and not "pink", the line is deleted. Replace <tt>#</tt> with <tt>?</tt> for case insensitive.
		+	<pre>
		+	:g/^/let x=getline('.') \| if x=~#'green' && x!~#'red' && x!~#'pink' \| d \| endif
	</pre>		</pre>

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	To simply display how many lines are in the current buffer, type Ctrl-g (or <tt>g</tt> then Ctrl-g for more information).		To simply display how many lines are in the current buffer, type Ctrl-g (or <tt>g</tt> then Ctrl-g for more information).
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	====If you want to delete multiple adjacent duplicate lines====		====If you want to delete multiple adjacent duplicate lines====
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	to easily change (and display) the current state.		to easily change (and display) the current state.
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-	----
-	Delete any line that contains DTE unless that line also contains STX or ETX:
-	<pre>
-	:g/^/call setreg(0,getline(".")) \| if (@0=~#"DTE") && !((@0=~#"STX") \|\| (@0=~#"ETX")) \| d \| endif
-	</pre>
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-	Each line is searched for the strings DTE, STX, ETX and according to the given rule only the lines matching the specified condition are deleted. If you replace =~# with =~ then the search will be case insensitive. The vertical bar separates the commands to be entered all in one line First copying the lines in a register and then examining the register avoids calling the getline() function several times. See {{help\|eval}}.

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Best Vim Tips

2009-11-14T05:12:39Z

Exploring: \be requires a plugin afaict

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	:Ex : file explorer note capital Ex		:Ex : file explorer note capital Ex
-	\be : builtin buffer explorer	+	\be : show buffer explorer (requires plugin)
	:ls : list of buffers(eg following)		:ls : list of buffers(eg following)
	:cd .. : move to parent directory		:cd .. : move to parent directory