I have got a .vimrc file from one of my friends, however, vim ignores it. In an other topic (Activation of `.vimrc` file) it has turned out that the value of the VIM variable may cause problem (/usr/share/vim instead of /home/tobias). Should I change this route for the other one? If the answer is yes, how can I carry out it? Thank you for the answer.
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$ vim --version:
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled Oct 18 2008 09:05:15)
Included patches: 1-314
Compiled by buildd#excelsior.roeckx.be
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
+cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic
+emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path
+folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist`
+keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu
+mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm
-mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme
-netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +postscript +printer +profile
-python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent
-sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static
-tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar
+user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace
+wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp
-xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -O2 -g -Wall
Linking: gcc -Wl,--as-needed -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lncurses -lselinux -lacl -lgpm
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Just put your vimrc into $HOME/.vimrc. You can check whether it got sourced via :scriptnames. For troubleshooting, you can also temporarily add :echomsg "hello" in there. You don't need to mess with the $VIM variable. :help initialization has all the gruesome details, should you be interested.
In my case, my Ubuntu install only came with this tiny-vim thing installed. I solved the issue by running sudo apt install vim-gtk3
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I want re-install vim 8 from source with python suport on centos 7.
First I want to remove old vim, but when I try use sudo yum remove vim get:
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, replace
Repository nodesource is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository nodesource-source is listed more than once in the configuration
No Match for argument: vim
No Packages marked for removal
I tried remove vim by rm -rf /usr/local/share/vim.
But after remove it type command vim --version and get:
vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Mar 12 2017 14:25:06)
Included patches: 1-445
Compiled by gefalko#gefalko
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_old_static
+arabic +find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse -tag_any_white
+autocmd +float +mouse_urxvt -tcl
-balloon_eval +folding +mouse_xterm +termguicolors
-browse -footer +multi_byte +terminfo
++builtin_terms +fork() +multi_lang +termresponse
+byte_offset +gettext -mzscheme +textobjects
+channel -hangul_input +netbeans_intg +timers
+cindent +iconv +num64 +title
-clientserver +insert_expand +packages -toolbar
-clipboard +job +path_extra +user_commands
+cmdline_compl +jumplist -perl +vertsplit
+cmdline_hist +keymap +persistent_undo +virtualedit
+cmdline_info +lambda +postscript +visual
+comments +langmap +printer +visualextra
+conceal +libcall +profile +viminfo
+cryptv +linebreak -python +vreplace
+cscope +lispindent -python3 +wildignore
+cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildmenu
+cursorshape +localmap +reltime +windows
+dialog_con -lua +rightleft +writebackup
+diff +menu -ruby -X11
+digraphs +mksession +scrollbind -xfontset
-dnd +modify_fname +signs -xim
-ebcdic +mouse +smartindent -xpm
+emacs_tags -mouseshape +startuptime -xsmp
+eval +mouse_dec +statusline -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra -mouse_gpm -sun_workshop -xterm_save
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm +syntax
+farsi +mouse_netterm +tag_binary
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -ltinfo -lnsl -lselinux -ldl
Can you try this?
for file in $(rpm -q --configfiles vim)
do
echo " removing $file"
rm -f $file
done
rpm -e vim
New to programming (and SO) so I may be missing some very basic step, but this is happening with multiple other people I work with.
Very commonly in vim when I have multiple buffers open, if I :w or run any quit command (:q!, ZZ, :wq, etc) the program will crash, only displaying this message:
Vim: Caught deadly signal ABRT
Vim: preserving files...
Vim: Finished.
[1] 20271 abort vim .
%
Attempts I've taken, with no luck:
Deleted .swp file
Update vim by overriding the system version
Info of my Vim install (through homebrew)
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Nov 5 2014 21:00:28)
Compiled by root#apple.com
Normal version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
-arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
-conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs
-dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path
+find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv
+insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent
+listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape
-mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse
+mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype
+path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile +python/dyn
-python3 +quickfix +reltime -rightleft +ruby/dyn +scrollbind +signs
+smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary
+tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title
-toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo
+vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp
-xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe
Linking: gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -o vim -lncurses
If you need more information let me know. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
You might not be using the version you installed since the compile date is November 2014. Try the following:
brew uninstall macvim
brew install macvim --override-system-vim
I am setting up a single pc running xubuntu which several people will use. Although I may well be the only one who uses vim, rather than install a .vim dir in each user's ~ is there a better path the folder can be stored and so loaded whenever vim is fired up no matter on which user's account?
I found lots of advice regarding a global .vimrc file but next to nothing regarding a global .vim dir.
That path has to satisfy two requirements:
it must already be in 'runtimepath' so that the configuration is picked up by default, i.e. without individual users having to modify their ~/.vimrc
it must not be occupied by files that ship with Vim, so that you don't run into problems when updating
On my Ubuntu 13.10, there's /usr/share/vim/vim74, which contains Vim's runtime (so off-limits), and the /usr/share/vim/vimfiles, which is symlinked to /etc/vim. I'd suggest putting global plugins into the latter, i.e. /etc/vim/plugin/.
if you try help VIMDIR then you could see that the command :version gives you the path you're after. Apparently this is set at compile time.
On my machine "osx" it set to "/usr/share/vim"
:version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 24 2013 18:58:47)
Compiled by root#apple.com
Normal version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
-arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments -conceal +cryptv
+cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer
+fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse
-mouseshape -mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl
+persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile +python/dyn -python3 +quickfix +reltime -rightleft +ruby/dyn +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline
-sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual
+visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe
I'd like to know which compilation options were used for my Vim binary. Is there any way to query this?
Specifically, I'm interested in if it has Python support enabled.
You can see everything vim was compiled with by executing
:version
To query for an exact feature like python you can use the has() function with the feature you are looking for. The code below will return a 1 if it has the feature or 0 if it does not.
:echo has('python')
For a list of features see :h +feature-list
For more information see:
:h :version
:h has(
:h feature-list
Use vim --version. Mine shows:
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Jun 20 2012 13:16:02)
Compiled by root#apple.com
Normal version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
-arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
-conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs
-dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path
+find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv
+insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent
+listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape
-mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse
+mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype
+path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile +python/dyn
-python3 +quickfix +reltime -rightleft +ruby/dyn +scrollbind +signs
+smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary
+tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title
-toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo
+vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp
-xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe
Linking: gcc -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -o vim -lncurses
Use vi --version, which shows compilation options and the compiler command.
I installed autotag.vim by source it in .vimrc. It is listed in :scriptnames.
When I tried to jump to tags using Ctrl+], it says
No tags file
tag not found: [function name]
If I run ctag *.c from command line, then I can search for tags. Any idea why?
I'm on Ubuntu 11.04 x64 and here is a :version output
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Mar 24 2011 07:07:02)
Included patches: 1-35
Modified by pkg-vim-maintainers#lists.alioth.debian.org
Compiled by buildd#
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv +cscope
+cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext
-hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec
+mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript
+printer +profile +python/dyn +python3/dyn +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary
+tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore
+wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wall -g -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -lncurses -lselinux -lacl -lgpm
I'm not sure I understand your question.
AutoTag doesn't create a tags file, it can only update an existing one.
For AutoTag to work reliably you'll need a tags file at the same level of the current file or in a parent (like in the main directory of your project).