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RE: How to use word wrap (Don't want VIM to cut in the middle of a word...)

2010-01-04T00:53:37Z

See ':help linebreak' and ':help breakat'.
The following tip is a bit messy but the ToggleWrap function at
the top works nicely:
[link]
John

Re: How to use word wrap (Don't want VIM to cut in the middle of a word...)

2010-01-03T23:59:43Z

Check out the 'linebreak' and 'breakat' settings.
:set linebreak
For most things, the default 'breakat' should be fine, but you
can tweak the behavior if needed.
:help 'linebreak'
:help 'breakat'
-tim

How to use word wrap (Don't want VIM to cut in the middle of a word...)

2010-01-03T23:39:54Z

How to use word wrap (Don't want VIM to cut in the middle of a
word...) ?
Although I turn on word wrapping functionality, VIM cuts in the middle
of a word.
----------- appreci
ation
How can I prevent that ? I want the whole word to be moved to the next
line....
Thanks

How to Create a pick (select) list

2010-01-03T23:35:15Z

I'm using gvim 7.2 huge version on ubuntu 9.10.
Is it possible to create a pick list from an internal array?
What I have in mind would be something like i_CTRL-P (word
completion). Only that the pick list would be initialized by
the array.
References to keywords would be a good starting point for research

Re: Adding Numbers

2010-01-03T23:02:12Z

Have a look at the visincr plugin:
[link]

British -ize spelling

2010-01-03T18:07:01Z

I'm using the latest version of MacVim (returning to Vim use after a
long time using another editor on the Mac). Since I last used vim
properly, native spelling checking seems to have been added (a very
welcome addition - the days of fighting with plug-ins are over!).
Is there a dictionary available that gives the British spelling but

Re: exiting, quitting

2010-01-03T22:09:50Z

Sure, but I often have to access 5-6 (or more) related files, certainly
more than what I could display concurrently on my display. And that's
where the :buffers/:ls commands really come in handy, especially
associated with Ctrl-O.
The only problem, is that after a while the buffer list in a long
running instance of vim may become so large as to be unmanageable.

Re: Scheme language: why is ? not in word definition

2010-01-03T21:01:58Z

I don't know. ? should be added to 'iskeyword' in
$VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/lisp.vim, which is sourced by
$VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin/scheme.vi m. Do you have filetype plugins
enabled, e.g., with
filetype plugin on
in your ~/.vimrc? What does
:verbose set ft?
show when you edit a Scheme file?
Regards,

Re: Split window automatically when opening 2 or 3 files

2010-01-03T20:39:55Z

I don't have a Windows machine handy at the moment so I can't test
this, but it seems to me that you should be able to test in your
_vimrc for the presence of more than one file name in the argument
list with the argc() function, then if the number of arguments is
greater than 1, execute ":all". See

Re: E484 when setting filetype

2010-01-03T20:25:08Z

I would start with
grep -R vim71 ~/.vimrc ~/.vim
If that doesn't help, then try setting 'verbose' to some appropriate
value, execute ":set filetype=mason", and see what command causes
the error. See
:help 'verbose'
HTH,
Gary

Scheme language: why is ? not in word definition

2010-01-03T16:24:23Z

Hi all.
If I use * or C-W+] in a Scheme program file, the character ? is not
included
in the selected word.
What am I doing wrong? (vim 7.2.323)
Sven

Spell checking

2010-01-03T15:44:50Z

Hi all
I've looked but can't find an explanation of what seems curious behaviour of
the spell checking within Vim, at least when I am using LaTeX-suite.
When I turn on spell checking, some words are highlighted as misspelt but
others are not always highlighted, at least not immediately.
For instance, I use LaTeX-suite for writing letters with the letter class.

Re: Patterns, variables and strange behavior of some thing.

2010-01-03T15:18:27Z

Is there a particular reason you feel the need to make your own syntax
highlighting rules? Vim has syntax highlighting defined already for
most common programming languages. What are you trying to highlight
that you need to make up your own rules? Is this something you could
share with others once you figure it out?

Re: Is vim just for programmers?

2010-01-03T15:13:00Z

I like Vim in part *because* it is modal. I have trouble in non-modal
editors learning all the keyboard shortcuts partially because it is
usually simpler just to reach for the mouse. And, I find that having
specific "modes" that you edit in more closely mirrors how I think
about my tasks...I need to move some text here, delete that text,

Re: Windows Registry Editor text files (.REG) in Unicode (?) encoding - displayed as garbage

2010-01-03T08:58:34Z

I'm coming to this thread about a month late, which shows how far behind
I am in handling email.
Reading this thread shows that a solution "which seems to work" has been
found by trial and error, but, it seems, not with much understanding of
what was going on. So here goes:
1) IUC, Windows registry files (*.REG) are encoded in UTF-16le with BOM.