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vim "rendering" issue, possible terminal issue?
Recently I've started having a strange issue with the "rendering" of Vim. I say rendering because it only seems to affect what's show on the screen and not the output to the actual file.
I'm ...
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Is there any way to create a new window terminal (pseudo-terminal) using a command without setting env $DISPLAY?
I am currently building an open-source utility (plugin), which requires a new terminal window (pseudo-terminal) to become more effective whenever it gets executed.
I was using gnome-terminal to ...
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tmux doesn't instantly update pane's title
I'd like to have tmux "instantly" update the pane's title to match what is currently being executed in the terminal. For an instance:
If the pane contains the shell then its title should be ...
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no colors in vi (vim(1)) when ssh from Windows to Linux. How to fix?
Windows Terminal 1.19.10573.0
When I ssh from Windows into a linux machine, I got colored output on the shell just fine. Directories and files are colored when using ls(1). Same with grep(1); results ...
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Failure to use `/dev/pty` for one outside msys2 `bash` when calling it in `vim` installed inherently by git-bash
Env: Windows 11 pro.
I want to call msys2 bash in git-bash's vim where both shares the same version of vim and bash (although this context seems to be weird).
I asked one origin question in Vi/Vim SE ...
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Encoding issues over SSH characters shown as ~@~X in vim
I am having issues when viewing a file through SSH
I have 2 computers connected to each other myServer 'myHost' , sharing over 'SSH' a session.
On myServer I have got a log from wget which originates ...
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How to copy across terminals using text editor vim without clipboard support?
options in my version of vim :
vim --version | grep clip
-clipboard +jumplist +popupwin +user_commands
+ex_extra -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -...
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How to copy output from a zsh terminal using vi movements(or if that's not possible any other way)?
Currently I am using vi motions in zsh and it is incredible. I work on terminal a lot and it is annoying to switch back to move to copy an output. Is there a way to use vi motions or anything else to ...
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macOS terminal corruption with larger font in Vim (the line I am editing is not the line being displayed!)
I'm experiencing terminal corruption on macOS in vim, but only with larger fonts. (FWIW, this also appears to happen on macOS when using vim ssh'ed into another machine.)
This occurs as the text being ...
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WSL issue, vi, vim and nano are unusable (empty terminal screen) (same isue with ubuntu 20 or debian on wsl)
I get a strange issue with ubuntu on wsl.
When I want to modify a txt file on Ubuntu or Debian (via WSL in Windows), the content of the terminal empties and I see nothing (the content of the text file ...
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Remove inoremap and cnoremap in Vim
I was trying to map key jk to Esc key in Vim.
I didn't know about .vimrc at first. So I pasted these commands in vim in command mode as:
:inoremap jk <Esc>
:cnoremap jk <Esc>
Then ...
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Image preview in vim
Is there a way to preview images in neovim? There is a feature like this in ranger (im using alacritty btw). I want to preview the image in vim insted of showing the text version of it. I think ranger ...
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Why isn't Esc working in vim in tmux in Mintty?
I sometimes use Mintty from Windows to ssh to a server, where I use vim (neovim) inside tmux. I have used this setup for years without issue. However, recently I have had the odd issue that pushing ...
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Terminal font breaks after exiting vim
My terminal's (alacrity with zsh/powerlevel10k) font breaks after I leave vim.
Anyone that could tell me how I could fix this?
Interestingly, the font seems to fix itself if I enter and then exit vim ...
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Use the mouse past 220 columns in Neovim with rxvt-unicode
When using neovim with mouse support in urxvt, any mouse events past the 220th column are wrapped around to the left of the screen.
The mouse works normally in vim, and in nvim with another terminal ...
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What does ctrl+arrow do in vim within tmux, and how do I skip words?
I am used to using vim in a normal gnome-terminal, in which by default ctrl+arrow can skip words. However, if I am using vim in tmux, these key combinations would delete lines of words.
Question:
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Open file highlight color changes in Vim when used on a remote server on macOS Big Sur (11.1)
I use the terminal and it has set to ‘Pro’ scheme which has a dark background. When I SSH to a Linux server (CentOS 8.3.2011) and use VIM open a file, the color of the keywords in the file changes ...
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Terminal not cleaning lines
I'm working on a remote Ubuntu 20.10 machine [linux version 5.8.0-1011-gcp] in Google Cloud, built from a basic Ubuntu image, using gnu bash 5.0.17(1)-release and xterm 353, and the terminal isn't ...
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Vim doesn't change the directory in the title bar when the working directory is changed
I have only the Working directory or document and Active process name preferences checked for Terminal window titles. Then in VIM I use a custom titlestring. The title bar is displayed as "<...
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How do I exit vim, that is within emacs term mode with evil?
I am trying to make transition from vim to emacs (specifically doom-emacs). I was using term mode and habitually used vim in an attempt to edit another file forgetting that I was inside emacs.
I ...
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How to let sudoedit source ~/.bashrc file
I have Vim shortcuts which requires me to edit the ~/.bashrc file to stop some terminal shortcuts like <C-S> - which freezes the whole terminal - so I can use them in Vim. when I open a Vim file ...
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How to toggle case of word under cursor in vi mode in bash?
In vi mode in bash, There is no such thing as toggling case. The only key to toggle until the line is <PageUp> key (as I by chance touched it). And according to this answer How to map PageDown ...
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How to map a keyboard shortcut to CTRL+R in iTerm 2?
I am trying to map the Command + Shift + Z shortcut to what vim uses for redo, CTRL + R:
What is the proper code I should enter in? It seems that \c is not the correct code, but I cannot find it on ...
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Why is vim swapping case on forward-delete?
Vim + Catalina
I just switched to MacOS Catalina which has zsh and vim 8.1 out-of-the-box.
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Dec 13 2019 14:45:40)
Included patches: 1-503, 505-680, 682-...
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How can I move the vim cursor with the mouse wheel in iTerm2?
This currently works as I want it to in the regular Mac Terminal, but not in iTerm2. Currently, using the mouse wheel shows my terminal and moves vim down.
To be clear, I don’t want to scroll the ...
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How to clear neovim buffer
I have a terminal buffer with 10000 lines of previously executed output.
In order to search for the particular sequence of words I have to go through all 10000 lines before getting to my last executed ...
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Error highlight in Vim makes text unreadable
So I have a NeoVim setup I made a long time ago. A friend convinced me that the Solarized terminal theme was awesome and so I have that configured, not sure if I have a matching Vim theme.
Anyhow, ...
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How to copy entire file from Linux (via ConEmu terminal) back to Windows in WSL
I am using ConEmu terminal to access files in the Linux distro of my Windows 10 machine. I open text files with Nano or VIM, but I am having trouble copying entire text files back to Windows.
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vim-tmux-navigator to use tmux prefix instead of C-[hjkl]
I have installed vim-tmux-navigator on the tmux and the vim side and I can navigate between vim panes and tmux windows using Ctrl-[hjkl]
BUT: This means that readline (or bash?) shortcuts are ...
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How to set up the *NIX terminal to function similar to an IDE?
I would like to set up something in a shell to give me an IDE-like experience using only the shell (no X). The closest I have come is using tmux, with vim in one pane and the command line in the ...
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Urxvt with weird colors in Vim
I installed Urxvt on Ubuntu 18.04 to test it and when I opened Vim
I saw the weird colors on the left,
when it should be as shown on the right:
I tried to change the color scheme, I set the t_Co=...
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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 bind Option-Delete to backward-delete-word in zsh vi mode in tmux and alacritty terminal
I use alacritty and currently, I have these key binding
key_bindings:
# (macOS only)
- { key: N, mods: Command, action: SpawnNewInstance }
- { key: F, mods: Command, ...
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Shift key has unexpected behavior in the terminal
I'm running macOS Mojave, and I'm getting strange behavior from my Shift key.
After I've typed in any text in the terminal, if I press and release the Shift key, it will add ;2D;10D to the end of ...
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Vim Iterm extremely slow and laggy compared to Linux machine with same setup
Vim and iterm is very slow on macos. There is noticeable lag when scrolling down the page when holding down jk. Many plugins also slow down vm dramatically such as syntastic. For example, with ...
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Color scheme not affecting whitespace in Vim
I have been trying to add a color scheme to my .vimrc, but for whatever reason it's not wanting to highlight the whitespace to the right of my lines. Here's what my .vimrc looks like right now under ...
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vim color scheme breaks when using tmux
I am using Ubuntu 18 LTS, gnome-terminal, with vim 8.0. When I am not using a color scheme, vim looks the same when launched inside or outside of tmux:
However, when I use a color scheme (in this ...
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Tabs in Xubuntu terminal showing up as characters
I'm writing code using Vim in my terminal in Xubuntu 14.04, but when I hit tab, instead of showing whitespace,it looks like this:
I've tried to search for a solution but haven't found anything. ...
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nvim: langmap doesn't work with alt?
I run nvim 0.1.7 in gnome-terminal. I map a-a to something and set langmap so that I can use the same shortcut when entering in other language:
nnoremap <a-a> :echo 'it works'<cr>
set ...
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vim: alt mappings conflict paste mode in terminal
I use vim in terminal. Sometimes I want to paste text from outside into it, but avoid autoindent, abbreviations and such. Vim has paste mode for it, but when I enable paste mode most shortcuts stop ...
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Is it possible to use vim key bindings in iterm2?
I want to use w for next word and b for previous word. If I could do more than that I would be even happier.
I use bash if that matters.
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FTP with Terminal and Vim
Is is possible to transfer files from local machine to server using FTP and terminal. For instance, can I create a file locally with vim, write my code, save it, then transfer that to a server without ...
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Vim in terminal behaves middle-click as paste
In normal mode of the Vim, I'm expecting middle-click to send the selection text as Vim's command but Vim automatically insert the text to the buffer.
How can I avoid this behavior?
For example,
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Flexible renaming in terminal
Say I have a folder with some files:
/Users/user101/Temp/rentest: ls
fi_name1.txt fi_name2.txt fi_name3.txt
I am looking for a flexible renaming method. For example if I do:
/Users/user101/Temp/...
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How to switch between terminal, nerdtree and text editor?
I normally switch screen in vim using ctrl+h or ctrl+l to switch between NerdTree and vim main window.
Vim8 got :term command to bring up terminal which is great!
But I cannot figure out how to switch ...
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View different parts of a file, in different terminals, scrolled in synchrony?
Two terminals, on different machines, viewing consecutive parts of a file in vim. You scroll/move cursor in one terminal, and the other moves the same relative amount. So you get one logical window ...
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Tmux prints u'0x001b' and “]112” in vim when tmux prefix pressed
I have an issue with tmux, similar to tmux printing u'0x001b' and "]112" randomly but not the same, because it only happens inside vim, and when I press Ctrl-a (my tmux prefix).
I ...
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How to separate combining characters in vim or a terminal emulator
Is there a way, in vim or a terminal emulator like xterm, to "separate" combining characters? For example, with characters "ก" and "ุ", instead of combining to "กุ", just displaying "ก ุ". I.e. is ...
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How can I navigate terminal output like a text file with Vim keybinding?
I use Neovim which has a really cool feature where if I type :terminal it loads a terminal emulator inside Neovim. The interesting thing about this terminal emulator is that at any time I can type ...
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mate-terminal colour scheme partially broken after stretch upgrade
I upgraded a system from jessie to stretch the "Dark Yellow" colour from the palette does not appear to be used in Vim (either the new Vim in stretch or a different vim on a remote host). Instead of ...
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