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Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for “*.py”

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It’s hard to notice (I had to look twice), but the problem is the spaces between the patterns in the :autocmd definition: The syntax is :au[tocmd] [group] {event} {pat} [nested] {cmd} :help {pat} shows that there must not be whitespace between individual patterns. Example :au BufNewFile,BufRead *.py, *.php, *.rb, *.html, *.js, *.ts, *.md echomsg ‘test’ … Read more

How to set a custom color to folded highlighting in .vimrc (for use with putty)

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The cterm in ctermbg is short for “color terminal”. It is used to define the background color when Vim runs in a terminal emulator and can only accept named colors like grey or cyan or color numbers like 7. Hexadecimal values only work in GVim/MacVim and must be used with guibg/guifg like that: hi Folded … Read more

Vim [compile and] run shortcut

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Something like this would work. Just create filetype autocmd that map <F4> or whatever you want to save and compile and run the program. It uses exec to build the string and uses shellescape to escape the file name. autocmd filetype python nnoremap <F4> :w <bar> exec ‘!python ‘.shellescape(‘%’)<CR> autocmd filetype c nnoremap <F4> :w … Read more

Is it possible to “extend” IntelliJ such that I can open the current file in VIM

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Absolutely! Go to File -> Settings -> External Tools and add a new one. Program and Working Directory fields should be self-explanatory. The parameter field should be $FilePath$. Click the Insert macro button to see more token values that you could use. You can also bind keyboard shortcuts to the external tools you define. See … Read more

Vim Search/Replace, meaning of %s

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% is the range over which the :s command (short for :substitute) will be run. % itself is short for the range :1,$, which means Line 1 to the last line in the buffer. The Vim help has a couple topics (user manual – :help 10.3, reference manual – :help cmdline-ranges) describing the forms that … Read more