Frequently Asked Question(s)
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Answered Questions
- Vim is confusing, where do I start? NewToVim, VimTutor, Vi-Improved Tutorial
- How do I record a macro? RecordMacro
- How do I edit GPG encrypted files in Vim? VimGpg
- How do I reselect the visual range I just used? ReselectVisualBlock
- How do I change the GUI Font (and make those changes stick)? ChangeGuiFont
- How do I make backspace work like in other editors? FixBackspace
- How do I fix syntax highlighting problems? FixSyntaxHighlighting
- How do I paste in code without having all the indenting screwed up? PasteIndentProblems
- How do I insert the current date/time into my file? DateTimeInsert
- How do I make the options I set STAY set? WhereAreMySettings
- How can you read/write system environment variables from within Vim? ReadWriteSystemEnviromentVariables
- How can I dump my file to html looking EXACTLY as it currently does (syntax highlighting at all)? ToHtml
- How to tell vim to save as a new file when the file is hardlinked? NewWhenHardlinked
- How can I fix the line-endings in this file? FileFormat
- How to exchange the current line with the line above/below? SwitchLines, SwapLines
- How come Visual Studio .Net has been out for years now (yes, multiple) yet VisVim "still" does not work for it? Is there some huge technical difficulty or is there just an overall lack of interest? VisVimDisinterest
- How can I get diff to work properly in the MS Windows port of Vim? VimDiff
- How can I get Visual Studio like completion (i.e. Intellisense) in Vim? OmniCompletion
- How can I delete parens that surround text? SurroundingParens
Unanswered Questions
- How can I make keywords autocompletable when creating a new C source file?
- How can I redirect stderr output in Windows ? I have problem setting makeprg with a compiler whose error messages can't be catch with '>'.
- For encrypted files, the help for encryptions states: "Text you copy or delete goes to the numbered registers. The registers can be saved in the .viminfo file, where they could be read. Change your 'viminfo' option to be safe." Wouldn't it be a lot better if Vim by default would not write all your sensitive information to the viminfo file?
- Why do letters show up when I try to enter numbers from the keypad? -or- Why doesn't the numpad work as expected?
Other Sources
- http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/vimfaq.html