If you have the setting set clipboard=unnamedplus in your .vimrc then this will not be working. For OSX you have to use set clipboard=unnamed For Linux you will probably need to use set clipboard=unnamedplus Heres the snippet from my personal .vimrc if system(‘uname -s’) == “Darwin\n” set clipboard=unnamed “OSX else set clipboard=unnamedplus “Linux endif
Vim and versions The big problem with you question is, that this question depends on the vim version. By vim version I mean not the version (7.3…), but much more if you’re using MacVim, gVim, the terminal edition, etc. The version is imporant, because the t_vb param (type :set t_vb? to get it) is different … Read more
A bit old, but I’ve just found this on reddit: You can start vim with the -w flag to write all keystrokes in a file. See :h -w vim -w filename
The default visual mode mapping of surround.vim is Shift–S, not lowercase s. You can check whether it’s defined with :verbose vmap S. Do the other surround.vim mappings (ys, cs, …) work? If not, check :scriptnames and :set runtimepath? for troubleshooting.
The safest way without destroying a register is to do the following: p`[ If you want to create a shortcut, just use any of vim’s map functions that is suitable for you, eg: noremap p p`[
Use CTRL-R with the expression register =. The following command would add 2.1 to a number on a line: C <CTRL-R> = <CTRL-R> ” +2.1 <ENTER> Combine with macro it can yield some interesting results, such as this example.
You can just source it, like this: :so ~/.vimrc Also, for convenience, it usually gets mapped to something quicker to type: nmap <silent> <leader>sv :so $MYVIMRC<CR> And then of course, it would be nice to open vimrc a little quicker: nmap <silent> <leader>ev :e $MYVIMRC<CR>
You have the spell check switched on. Switch it off using :set nospell (source: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/357267-using-spell-checking-in-vim)
This issue can be caused by the default _vimrc file created by the installer on Windows. If you’re still using that default file, or if you copied it at some point, then check the function you’ve assigned to the diffexpr option. One of the patches between Vim 7.3 and 7.4 introduced new default quoting rules … Read more
The normal command considers ending in insert mode as an incomplete command and aborts. From help normal: {commands} should be a complete command. If {commands} does not finish a command, the last one will be aborted as if <Esc> or <C-C> was typed. The display isn’t updated while “:normal” is busy. This implies that an … Read more