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Turn syntax off only for current buffer/window?

Is there a way to turn off syntax for only the current buffer/split windows? like for example, you can set map <buffer> or setlocal. Is there something similar for the...

Asked on 01/30/2021 by First User

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Making clangd LSP recognizing GNU-specific headers

I have coc.nvim installed for autocompletion in vim. I usually include bits/stdc++.h(GNU-specific) in my files for competitive programming. I use the g++ compiler so I have no trouble there, but...

Asked on 01/27/2021 by Galarmo

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Concatenate mapping with zt mapping

I'm using CoC and coc-python, and there is the gd mapping, which goes to the definition of a symbol. The mapping is defined as:nmap <silent> gd <Plug>(doc-definition)Now, I want...

Asked on 01/21/2021 by Xxxo

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Why is current working directory in vim different from where vim was started?

vim is showing a different current working directory than the one I started vim with from the command-line. The problem goes away if I run without my .vimrc (vim...

Asked on 01/13/2021 by Rob Bednark

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Default rulerformat

I like the default rulerformat, but I would like to add to it. However itseems the default value is hidden. If I try these:set rulerformatset rulerformat?I just get:...

Asked on 01/06/2021

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:set completeopt=menuone does not always show menu on the commandline

:set completeopt=menuone does not always show the menu. For example pressing :vs<tab> on the command line one would expect the menu to appear, with the singular option vsplit. What happens...

Asked on 01/04/2021 by Dov Alperin

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keep contents of nofile buffer

My plugin creates new buffer, sets buffer type to nofile and fills it with text via job_start with out_io=buffer. Simplified code:enewsetl bt=nofile...call job_start(cmd, {'out_io': 'buffer', 'out_buf': bufnr('%')})Works fine, but...

Asked on 01/02/2021 by Igor Semenov

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Ignore error on specific character in .vimrc

I'm using the accepted answer in this post, and as such, tried using the character * in my .vimrc, but it seems to generate E20: Mark not set as...

Asked on 01/01/2021

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`cd` to the directory containing the current file

Sometimes I gf to a file in a totally different directory and want to check out that new directory. Is there a way to quickly exit vim and cd into...

Asked on 12/31/2020

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how to use variables in vimscript shell commands

I have this code intended to:read current lineextract variable from end of line, looking for text like #ad04e482search for filename that begins with the string ad04e482open that file to edit...

Asked on 12/30/2020 by alec

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