Questions tagged [macvim]
The name given to the OS X port of gVim, the popular editor.
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MacVim doesn't open a window (except from Terminal, and then only one window)
If I start MacVim from the dock, it launches, but it doesn't have an open window. File / New Window and File / New Clean Window are grayed out (and of course don't do anything).
If I start MacVim from ...
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Neovim Slow Cursor Blinking
I'm trying to switch from Macvim to Neovim, but running into an issue that I can't figure out. I can't get guicursor to fully work. I say fully work because some of it does, e.g. setting ver25 or ...
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Vim NERDTree increases the command line size and doesn't shrink it back
I am using MacVim 9.0 with NERDTree. Some commands in the NERDTree cause the command line to increase in height to display the full command description. (For example, pressing m in the NERDTree window,...
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Mac OS, How to run an executable that takes input in vim?
In competitive programming, we often have some small input we want to test our C++ program on. I already know of being able to remap some keys to make vim compile and run the executable.
However, I am ...
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macOS Console Vim Python3 Install
I know this question has been asked in many various forms, but I have not yet been able to get any of the answers to work. If anybody can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly ...
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Why Won't Deleting vimrc Reset Vim Settings? (Mac)
I reinstalled Macvim using Homebrew, deleted and reinstalled both the vim folder at /usr/shared/vim and vimrc.
When I open text files with vim the settings are the same and any changes I make to the ...
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In macvim, can i keep cmdheight=1, without getting a prompt before opening some files?
In vim, can i keep cmdheight=1, without getting a prompt before opening some files?
My issue is that if I do
~/whatever$ vi app/controllers/application_controller.rb
Then because app/controllers/...
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VIM startup symbols in status
I am trying to move to VIM as my main text editor, already spent a lot of time setting everything and reading about VIM.
Now everything is pretty much ok, except one thing that bothers me all the ...
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How to move from insert to replace/overtype mode in vim
How can you switch from insert mode to replace/overtype mode in vim?
In windows/*nix I just hit the insert key twice (command->insert->replace), but unfortunately i'm stuck on a mac now which doesn't ...
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MacVim - CTRL+C only exits insert mode after arrow key press
Before today, CTRL+C would exit insert mode in MacVim just fine. As of today, when I press CTRL+C, nothing happens until I press an arrow key. Only then does it exit insert mode. If I press some other ...
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Application (MacVim) menubar went dark. How can I fix it?
Recently, MacVim menubar decided to go dark:
It is very hard to read black text on a black menubar. How can I make the menubar grey again?
I am using MacVim 8.1.560 in MacOS X 10.12.6.
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MacVim - how to make mouse based selection be "visual mode"?
Sometimes I select text in vim using the mouse.
I'd like that selection to be treated the same as a visual mode selection, so I can immediately start running commands against it.
Is there a way I ...
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Vim session with splits with remote ssh files
I use to use vim session to keep my opened files. I do it remotely, ssh remote machine and do things there.
Today I tried to open remote files in local Vim, I mean with netrw:
:e scp://user@remoteip/...
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Homebrew “linkapps” command not found. What can replace it so I can use MacVim as default editor for some file types?
My Homebrew version is:
Homebrew 1.7.1-114-g545eb91
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision 279277; last commit 2018-08-04)
When I run:
brew linkapps
The response I get is:
Error: Unknown command: ...
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Launch macvim in Mac terminal in current directory
I know that I can open macvim in terminal using open -a macvim. The problem is it opens in the user home directory.
How can I open it so the directory is in the current directory?
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