Questions tagged [vi]
vi is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system.
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Bind C-h in tmux copy mode
I'm trying to bind C-h to move to the window on the left. Here is my tmux.conf
set -g default-terminal "xterm-256color"
bind -n S-down new-window
bind -n C-l next
bind -n C-h prev
bind q ...
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How to remap "vi-search-again" in .inputrc?
I use Colemak + Bash Vi mode, and have remapped h j k l to h n e i in .inputrc.
The original N n keys for repeating search seem to be bound to the same command:
$ # Run in command mode
$ bind -p | ...
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Disable $keyword$ expansion by RCS ci check in?
For better or worse, I am using rcs to track changes to HTML and JSON files exported from chatGPT. Some of these contain chats with embedded $keyword$'s. These get expanded on ci check in. How do I ...
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yamlfix not using configuration + (neo)vim usage
I'm using yamlfix with ale in vim.
I followed these steps because I wanted to remove the automatic "---" adding on top of the file every time I save my work (and some others default ...
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Highlight for two strings simultaneously in vi or less editor?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41901319/how-to-search-for-multiple-strings-in-a-log-file-using-less-command-in-unix
I found this.
awk '/pattern1/ && /pattern2/ && /pattern3/' file....
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Why am I unable to copy to clipboard from vi editor?
I use old servers so I've to use vi editor. Problem is that I need to copy logs frequently and it's totally painful to do so. I've to convert that to a file, do SCP then only be able to get the logs. ...
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How do I get the man page for a sub command using vim?
For example, I get the manpage for a command using 'K':
docker run
+------------ cursor is on d
# if I press 'ESC-SHIFT-K', I'll get a manpage for docker
Now, if I want to get the manpage for docker ...
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quick-swap TUI mode while using vi keybindings in GDB
In the default mode of gdb, pressing ctrl+x a turns on and off the UI, and ctrl+x 2 cycles through different split views. There are a number of similar useful shortcuts.
I can turn on vi emulation ...
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How to do a random search in vi editor?
By random, I mean neither from top, nor from middle, nor from bootom. The search should return randomly ordered results.
eg: I am searching for "failed" in vi editor. I want randomly ordered ...
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Is there a way to get the keyboard layout (which letter is where)?
I have a very rarely used keyboard layout and there are a lot of things that are quite obviously not optimized for my very specific layout.
I would like to change hotkeys for a program but I would ...
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How to make bash keyboard editing default to vi from emacs?
I know how to set the keyboard editing in bash to vi (set -o vi), and probably I could do it in bashrc. But I use bash in a variety accounts and contexts and want it to just default to vi over emacs ...
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how can i reduce the byte of the code bellow from 146 to 144 need help please [closed]
How can i reduce the byte(memory) of the code:
#include<stdio.h>
/**
* main - Entry Point
* Return: Always 0 (success)
*/
int main(void)
{
printf("Size of a char: %d byte(s)\n&...
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Having to press `esc` twice to enter normal mode in vi on tmux [duplicate]
I'm having a problem in TMUX, where in order to go to normal mode in VIM, it takes 2 key presses of "ESC", how do I fix it?
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Exit out of Insert mode in Bash with Vi keybindings on command run
I have bash set up with Vi keybindings, however when a command finishes running it returns to insert mode rather than movement mode.
I can use bind '"\C-M":vi-movement-mode' in my .bashrc to ...
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How is ex implemented in vim?
Now I am reading a book on sed and awk and to learn the history needed to use ed and ex commands.
I thought for a vim user on Arch Linux, there is no need to install other packages but I found that ex ...
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