Once you install the vim packages using the command line in atom, how do you actually enter vim mode in atom as soon as you enter atom? What I mean is once you are on the plain text editor screen what are the steps needed to enter vim mode?
Ps I only installed one vim package I am sure that is enough.
Currently the latest version is vim-mode-plus and the previous version vim-mode is deprecated.
You need to type atom before vim command.
For instance, if you type atom, it should be listed as a command:
Then you can type vim and the file-name like:
atom vim example.py
Then you will see the cursor on the upper left corner
Then you can start coding with the atom. The other choice is using Idea-vim in Pycharm. I agree with Kent because atom editor will enable to use of previous and vim key combinations. For testing your code you need command-prompt, so why atom?
just press i to enter insert mode.
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in the tutorial, the teacher used Linux whilst i use windows which is quite different and i don't understand why he could use vim and i cant since I've followed every instruction. here's the code he used vim first_python_program.py
if you want to use vim on Windows, just install it from the official website.
Then you can use it by opening cmd and typing vim <path_to_your_file>. (don't forget to replace <path_to_your_file> with your actual file).
I want to copy code from vi editor to clipboard so that I can paste it in the browser. I know the command gg"*yG and it's working when I open the code like vim code.py, but when I open like vi code.py, it doesn't work.
But normally when I type vi, it opens vim. I thought vi and vim are same command now, both referring to improved version of vi editor. Then why is this happening.
Summarizing from your comments, it seems like you have installed two versions of vim; one probably via your OS's installation procedures and one via homebrew.
vi is symlinked to the default installation, which was compiled without +clipboard, while vim would execute the binary from homebrew (because that's how your $PATH is configured), which with compiled with clipboard support.
I've been trying to delete many empty lines from a huge file. On other editors with vim, or vim itself, I could just do:
:%s/\n\n/\n/g
But neither if I use \r or \t it doesn't work. Seems like some vim features are missing on the editor. Is there any configuration to make that work or another way to do that?
To have advanced Vim functionality work within VScode, you can leverage its Neovim integration.
First, you'll have to install Neovim. For instructions, check out: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim
Then, adjust the following settings in your user configuration:
// Use neovim on backend. (only works for Ex commands right now). You should restart VScode after enable/disabling this for the changes to take effect. NOTE: Neovim must be installed (v0.2.0) and neovimPath must be set the executable in order for this setting to work. Otherwise, vscodevim will crash.
"vim.enableNeovim": true,
// Path to run neovim executable. For example, /usr/bin/nvim, or C:\Program Files\Neovim\bin\nvim.exe
"vim.neovimPath": "nvim",
Restart VScode. Now you can use Vim Ex commands, since the commands are sent to a headless Neovim instance that's running in the background. You can even use installed Vim plugin functions to a certain degree.
I found Atom editor as good free alternative to Sublime text editor. Not able to find a straightforward way to run a program in Atom editor. In my case, I am trying to run a java program. Please let me know if it's possible? If yes, please describe the steps to follow.
I find the Script package useful for this. You can download it here.
Once installed you can run scripts in many languages directly from Atom using cmd-i on Mac or shift-ctrl-b on Windows or Linux.
Click on Packages --> Commmand Palette --> Select Toggle.
Type Install Packages and Themes.
Search for Script and then install it.
Press Command + I to run the code (on Mac)
You can go settings, select packages and type atom-runner there if your browser can't open this link.
To run your code do Alt+R if you're using Windows in Atom.
For C/C++ programs there's very good package gpp-compiler.
Shortcuts:
To compile and run: F5
To debug: F6
If you know how to launch your program from the command line then you can run it from the platformio-ide-terminal package's terminal. See platformio-ide-terminal provides an embedded terminal within the Atom text editor. So you can issue commands, including commands to run your Java program, from within it. To install this package you can use APM with the command:
$ apm install platformio-ide-terminal --no-confirm
Alternatively, you can install it from the command palette with:
Pressing Ctrl+Shift+P. I am assuming this is the appropriate keyboard shortcut for your platform, as you have dealt ith questions about Ubuntu in the past.
Type Install Packages and Themes.
Search for the platformio-ide-terminal.
Install it.
This package in Atom can run scripts.
Atom script package
press Alt+X for the running script.
For running javascript you need to install 'node js'
Also pressing ctrl+shift+i in atom gives developer option like chrome
you can test javascript code side by side in atom editor.
In order to get this working properly on Windows, you need to manually set the path to the JDK (...\jdk1.x.x_xx\bin) in the system environment variables.
You can try to use the runner in atom
Hit Ctrl+R (Alt+R on Win/Linux) to launch the runner for the active window.
Hit Ctrl+Shift+R (Alt+Shift+R on Win/Linux) to run the currently selected text in the active window.
Hit Ctrl+Shift+C to kill a currently running process.
Hit Escape to close the runner window
You can run specific lines of script by highlighting them and clicking shift + ctrl + b
You can also use command line by going to the root folder and writing:
$ node nameOfFile.js
The problem is, the old-way method to work with X11 clipboard (through "plus" register) doesn't work in Unity. Has anyone met the problem? And how it was solved?
The problem solves itself after GVim installation. Then "plus" register works as it should be.
Even if you do not have gvim installed or xterm_clipboard enabled, you may use xsel to manage your clipboard (install it via apt-get).
I hope my script will help you: https://github.com/FUT/config-files/blob/master/vim-dotfiles/vim/settings/clipboard.vim
Use :
sudo apt-get install vim-gtk
This will install vim with clipboard support.Run as before: vim
I don't know the unity desktop but I know that it is based on gnome libraries. So if you can use dbus to interact with unitys clipboard, you may consider writing a shell script which uses dbus to set the clipboard content. This script can in turn receive its input from vim if you assign a map to a filter command. Of course this works similarly if you know any other commandline utility which can set the clipboard content.
I used to have the following maps in .vimrc for the old dcop and klipper (the KDE clipboard) which you might customize:
:vmap k :w! $HOME/.vimclip<CR>:silent execute "!dcop klipper klipper setClipboardContents \"$(cat $HOME/.vimclip)\" &>/dev/null &"<CR>:redraw!<CR>
:nmap z :silent execute "!dcop klipper klipper getClipboardContents > $HOME/.vimclip"<CR>:r $HOME/.vimclip<CR>:redraw!<CR>
E.g. to copy press k after making a selection in visual mode. Note, that it copies and pasts line wise.
I have faced the problem again after while. Must say I use vim in GNOME Terminal, not GVim that is also installed.
What is interesting the plus register stopped working approximately at the same time on different computers of mine.
First I though it was a bug because the graphical version was installed as before. But at the end I just started GVim and tested the plus register there. It was working. After that the register began working in the terminal too.
So if you meet the problem again, when you have already installed GVim, just start it. This should help.