Questions tagged [vi]
a text editor that runs in a command line interface. Includes other variants such as vim
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How could macOS be POSIX compliant without vi?
As macOS is POSIX compliant and Unix certified, why does vi redirects to vim?
As I understand, vim is not POSIX compliant.
So how did Apple obtained a Unix certification without having vi installed on ...
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Copy/Cut and Paste from VIM inside Terminal
I am able to copy/cut and paste from the terminal using the mac clipboard.
However, when I am inside VIM, over SSH, this feature doesn't seem to work. The options are greyed out.
Copy Special is ...
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How to fix menus and windows in macOS 10.14.6 that do not show any items?
I am using a 13-inch MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) installed. I am trying to utilize the Terminal, however, I cannot see any information in the terminal window. For example if I type vim and ...
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how to set afplay as default media player for wma files in mac OS
Hi I am using a vim plugin named eblook which turns vim console into a dictionary. The problem is that the implementation of the plugin is using a default player for WMA file to play the sound file (...
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Unicode escape is ctrl+[ , why does this work in terminal or vim, but not safari or other parts of OS?
When i'm working in VIM i'll often times use ctrl+[ to exit insert mode. But if i need to press escape in other parts of the OS ctrl+[ does not act the same way as escape.
For example if search a ...
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vim ignoring .vimrc syntax highlighting
I had a ~/.vimrc with some basic syntax highlighting that was working fine until I upgraded to Catalina. Running vim -V I see it loads my vimrc but it totally ignores anything in it. If I run :so ~/....
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What was the first version of macOS to ship with the Vim text editor?
Since macOS (originally Mac OS X) is a variant of UNIX, and has been POSIX-certified for a while, I assume it’s always had the vi text editor available. In recent versions, it has come with Vim. Has ...
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How to improve into vim of MacOS Mojave the speed of vertical scroll with bottom/up keys?
I transfer the original post from StackOverflow (Original post) to here since this is about Apple specificity.
I have a new macbook with Mojave and vim already installed.
Unfortunately, even for ...
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Vim-like clipboard manager with multiple buffers
I am looking to expand the capabilities of my clipboard.
I've grown attached to how vim does it; multiple discrete buffers you can 'yank' (copy) text into. I also generally prefer to use the mouse ...
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Pass keyboard input to cli after exiting vim
Some irritating thing when doing git commit - what I'd like to type (really fast :))
git commit -a --amend :wq<CR> git push -f
My problem is that after :wq<CR> I have to wait until vim ...
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Make Homebrew installed Vim override system installed one
I have troubling merging several version of vim on my machine. I have successfully installed vim via Homebrew. Here's the output of running brew info vim:
vim: stable 8.1.1550 (bottled), HEAD
Vi '...
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Safari extension for Google results navigation (↑/k, ↓/j)
Title says it all. I found some posts linking to some private locations (mostly dead). I wonder if there ain't something like that for Safari. Google Chrome has several of them. E.g. Web Search ...
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How can I edit the default vimrc file? (it's read only, and chown and chmod says 'operation not permitted')
How can I edit the default vimrc file on osx? (sudo chown ... gives Operation not permitted )
In osx vim /usr/share/vim/vimrc is the default vimrc file
My username is 'apple'
If I try to do vim /...
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Can't scroll using the touch screen on iOS devices within vim
Over the past days I've started to do my day-to-day (development) work on my iPad instead of the MacBook. I have the MacBook Pro always online and available to connect to over ssh but have a problem ...
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unable to setup powerline for vim
I'm new to mac and would like to setup powerline program for terminal and vim. I was able to setup to the bash shell but cannot do it for vim.
I can setup for terminal.
This is what I've added to ....
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Vim like navigation keys for Finder
So I use vim all the time, and I've grown use to the navigation keys h, j, k, l, (especially when navigating with NERDTree).
Does anyone know if it's possible to implement this motion in macOS Finder....
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Homebrew Vim with Python support depends on Python 3.7.0, and I have to use 3.6.5
I have to use Python 3.6.5 because of a library I use that keeps showing bugs on 3.7.0 (TensorFlow).
I installed Python 3.6.5 using Homebrew as follows:
brew install https://raw.githubusercontent....
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How do you insert literal control chars in vim on Mac?
How do you insert literal control characters in vi on Mac?
For example what is the Mac equivalent of
Unix ^V^M
Windows ^Q^M (in vim)
to insert a \r into a substitution string?
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E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version on macvim
While trying to prepare macvim environment to work with clang-format I did:
$ vim ~/.vimrc
map <C-K> :pyf /usr/local/Cellar/clang-format/2018-04-24/share/clang/clang-format.py<cr>
imap &...
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Can we capture a screenshot of vim window using Terminal?
Let's say I have a file called hello.py.
# File: ~/hello.py
print('Hello')
print('Stack Exchange')
I would like to get a screencapture of hello.py when opened in vim editor as the ~/hello.png.
Need
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Can't see how to run vi having installed it (I want Vi to run Vi not Vim)
I am trying to run Vi (not Vim), because i'm curious about some older commands like :open.
I saw this
https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/1u0q0b/how_to_install_traditional_vi_not_vim_on_os_x/
it ...
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Cannot type right curly brace in VIM
For some reason, I cannot type right curly braces (}) in VIM. On my German keyboard, the shortcuts are <ALT-8> and <ALT-9> for left and right braces, respectively. These work in all ...
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How to clear selection in OS X Terminal?
Usually in Terminal to delete text you have to sit there for an hour holding the ⌫ Delete. This is particularly annoying since I use vim in the terminal for Text file editing.
But anywhere else in ...
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Installation of mac brew vim version 8.1
I'm using brew vim which is currently at version 8.0.1850 but 8.1 has just been released and I'm wondering if there is a way to upgrade to it yet? I've done some digging and can't see an option to do ...
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How do I enable syntax highlighting in vim on Mac?
How do I enable syntax highlighting in vim on Mac?
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Is it possible to edit a macOS alias with vim?
I like to use macOS's alias feature to not have to make redundant files. These aliases work great with Chrome and TextEdit. When I open them with vim, however, I get a giant messy file (presumably the ...
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How to install vim8 without effecting the built-in vim?
How can install vim8 without effecting the built-in vim that comes with a mac? Like with python2 that comes built-in with a mac, I have python3 separate. So, I can call it with vim8. I am using brew.
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Remove 'CMD+i' shortcut from Terminal
I am hoping to use CMD+i to replace esc in vim but found that CMD+i is mapped to Show Inspector. How do I remove this so that I can free up this shortcut in vim?
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Mouse scroll and trackpad behaving differently
I am using a dell mouse with my mac. Although in most context scrolling the mouse wheel produces the same effect as swiping down with two fingers, it sometimes happen that the mouse does not work. One ...
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‘Swap file “./.bash_profile.swp” already exists’
I'm trying to edit .bash_profile because I am installing the JDK on my Mac.
When trying to open up the file using vi ./.bash_profile, it shows an error because there was a swp file of bash. It also ...
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Found a socket called “chaos_control” in my home directory, what is it?
I did an ls in my home directory and along with my normal folders it listed a file called chaos_control. It does not show up in Finder even when I show hidden files.
I ran file chaos_control and it ...
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Available colors in iTerm / terminal.app
I'm trying to make my own colorscheme in Vim, but are struggling to see the available colors in iTerm. Here are my iTerm-color-settings:
Here's how I can use it in Vim (for example using ctermfg=...
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Open a MacVim (gvim) window from MacVim
On Ubuntu/Windows when I have a gvim window open I just type :!gvim filename to open a new window.
On OSX this does nothing.
I think it may have to do with OSX not liking multiple instances of the ...
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Copying text in vim to the global clipboard
On my linux computer I am able to copy text to the clipboard with the command "+y. How do I do the same on Mac?
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Vim mappings not working in OS X
I have the following lines in my .vimrc for Ubuntu. They insert the current date as a string, and insert my signature at the bottom of the currently open file, respectively:
:map <F2> "=...
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How to automatically disable trackpad when I am coding with vim in iTerm2?
As the touchpad is bigger now, when I am coding in vim, my thumbs occasionally touch the trackpad and thus move the cursor to somewhere else, which is extremely annoying.
How to disable trackpad ...
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Why is [dos] sometimes in the output of a save in “vim”. such as: “foo.txt [dos] 38L, 193C”?
In certain text files, after doing a save in vim with :w, the output mentions [dos] as such:
"foo.txt" [dos] 38L, 193C
Why is [dos] displayed?
As a simple test, I've created a new file with vim on a ...
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Vim the editor keeps crashing on Sierra
I love using Vim through Terminal.app. Everything was fine until three days ago, when Vim starts to crashing. Each crash happens when I enter a newline('\n') character in the Edit Mode, but not every ...
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Why do I have to use sudo although I'm already a member of wheel?
I like to edit files in my /Library/WebServer/Documents without having to run sudo all the time.
So I simply added my username abbood to the wheel group using this command:
sudo dseditgroup -o edit -...
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`CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) - failed to create global data` warning in vim
I just installed vim using brew
$ brew install vim
I am on a ssh connection to a MacOSX desktop. I am heavily using homebrew.
As soon as try to delete a character or copy something in vim, I get ...
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How to show italic in vim in iTerm2
The beloved Solarized colour scheme seems to apply an italic face for comments, but when I am using it in vim in iTerm2, it does not.
So, everything including comments are displayed in Roman (normal) ...
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Not able to write a file with root
I am trying to write to a vim file, fortran.vim. I gave myself access to root following these guidelines. I also saw this SO post, but the answers did not help.
sh-3.2# ls -l fortran.vim
-rw-r--r-- ...
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iTerm2 applies strange color to vim's default
When I updated my iTerm2 recently in November (the main release, not nightly-build), colors are rendered strange. Fortunately, I restored old iTerm2 in the trash can, and made a comparison.
In each ...
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Macvim can not load custom Powerline fonts when started from tmux session
I have a really strange issue with MacVim + Tmux + Powerline Fonts.
I can run MacVim from the dock or terminal and it correctly starts with Powerline fonts.
When I start a tmux session, and launch ...
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RBENV managed Rubies: VIM upgrade forcing homebrew to install Ruby
I've recently switched from RVM to RBENV as my Ruby manager under MacOS Sierra.
$ rbenv version
2.3.1 (set by /Users/meltemi/.rbenv/version)
$ which ruby
/Users/meltemi/.rbenv/shims/ruby
I've used ...
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How to upgrade system default vim?
Finally, vim 8.0 has been released! However, the pre-installed vim is vim 7.3 on my system(OS X El Capitan), and I want to upgrade it to the newest 8.0 version.
So how can I do this without messing ...
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nginx.vim syntax highlighting
Attempting to use a VIM syntax highlighting plugin for editing nginx config files on El Capitan. It doesn't take.
It asks that you place these files and add these directores:
~/.vim/syntax/nginx.vim ...
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Can you work with Vim on iPad Mini with an external keyboard?
I'm considering to buy an iPad Mini and use it -- among other things -- for programming using Vim. I would connect via SSH to a Digital Ocean server and start Vim there. I would use an external (...
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Where is the folder with color schemes used by vim?
I use vi on mac os x at work and on Ubuntu at home. I like the colorscheme vim uses on the mac and I'd like to copy the corresponding file on ubuntu, but I can't find it, since there's no ~/.vim ...
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Copying and pasting between tmux panes containing vim instances over SSH in Terminal.app
I use vim to develop Perl code on a remote Linux box running Debian Jesse. The machine is a virtual machine running in VirtualBox. I use ssh and then issue a vim <file> command to start editing ...
