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If a file type you want to use is not detected, then there are two ways to add it.

Cursor line and more... * You can turn on cursor line and cursor columns ':set cursorline' ':set cursorcolumn'

* Pressing 'q:' or ':<Ctrl-f>' gives the command history window (list of previously executed commands in the current session) * Pressing 'q/' or '/<Ctrl-f>' gives the command history window (list of previously executed commands in the current session)

Note: to highlight special keywords we can use the match option as ':hi <MyGroup> ctermbg=red' ':mat <MyGroup> /<pattern>/' To clear these highlights do ':mat[ch]'

This is the Vim cookbook page. It contains short recipes for doing many simple and not so simple things in Vim. You should already know the basics of Vim, however each command is explained in detail. Each set of instructions is a complete package. Feel free to pick and choose what you need.

I've read a lot of tips about how to make vim as an IDE like editor. Most of them are really useful, and I want to sum up them in this tip, and then add some of my experiences.

s Ben Fritz says, all you need is wildmenu completion on :b <Tab> An example, to show just how powerful this is: :set wildmenu wildmode=full

> Hi, > After reading the thread on asynchronous processes I was just looking > at the help for the ! command which I rarely use, and after playing > with it I realized that it translates a motion from normal mode into a > range for an ex command, i.e. doing !2j gives you an ex command line > of :.,+2! to start your filter with.  This made me wonder: Is there a > way to do this without the filter?  In other words, instead of having > to type :.,+2s I could get there with a 2j combined with something.  I > realize I can do it with the ! itself by just backspacing over the ! > at the end of the ex command, but is there a more 'official' way to do > this? No, there isn't. But in your example, you know the number of lines you want to get in your range, so you can type     3: to get     :.,.+2 In general: !2j  has the form {operator}{motion}     :h operator You can create a custom operator (and name it e.g. "g:") with     :h g@ Once it has been done here (from Jan 2008, see the whole discussion) http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/msg/c6fb56645c188244 The details are somewhat tricky (if this reads better than ugly ...).

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Restore the cursor to the file position in previous editing session (vim.org tip) Put this line in .vimrc: au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0|if line("'\"") <= line("$")|exe("norm '\"")|else|exe "norm $"|endif|endif

lternative: if your file has indent 4 and you want an indent of 3 and gg=G is not working as expected, try :set inde=indent(v:lnum)/4*3 then go ahead with the well known gg=G use tabs or spaces, doesn't matter

Andrew schrieb: > Is there a way to get GVim to auto-`cd` to a dropped file's directory? > My gripe is that when I `:sav` the edited file giving it a new name, it > ends up in my home directory, which *of course* is not what I'd want to > do. > I'm using version 7.0.237 on KDE 3.5 for Linux. > Thanks in advance, > Andrew     :h drag-n-drop hold down Shift while dropping the file. For similar situations, I need this often but not always, thus I mapped a function key to it:     :nn <F3> :cd %:p:h<cr>     :h ::p If you want it always, set 'autochdir'     :h 'acd

You may have noticed that pasting outside text into Vim from insert mode can lead to awkwardly stair-stepped text. You may also know that this is easily avoidable via :set paste from normal mode. I paste from outside often enough, that I've added the following to my vimrc making it that much easier.set pastetoggle=<F5>