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[Oct. 10, 2001] vim-6.0 -- VIM 6 released !!!! Vim 6.0 is a huge step from Vim 5.x. Many, many new features and improvements have been included. For an overview, with a few screendumps, look here: http://vim.sf.net/whyvim.php
[ 29 Jul 2001]
Vim-6.0 beta Bram Moolenaar
Major changes ------------- ... ... ... Unix: remote server commands: (Flemming Madsen) - Added the --remote-wait argument: Edit the file in another Vim and wait for it to finish. - Added functions to evaluate an expression in another Vim. - Added functions to send a message from the server back to the client. - Removed the ":serversend" and ":serverlist" commands, they have been replaced with functions. Other changes ------------- ... ... ... When a ":cd" command was typed, echo the new current directory. (Dan Sharp) Writing 'makeef' in the current directory fails in a read-only directory and causes trouble when using ":grep" on all files. Made the default empty for all systems, so that a temp file is used. Win32: Added possibility to load TCL dynamically. (Muraoka Taro) Also for Borland 5.5. (Dan Sharp)
Dr Chip's Vim Page Check out the Real Short Vim Normal-Mode List of Commands.
Spell Checking
The English spelling checker (under Scripts in the Links) uses Vim's highlighting ability to make misspelled (English) words show up as "Error" (usually white on a red background). The Vim-based English spell checker also supports entering words that the cursor is on into a temporary or permanent dictionary and allows one to skip to the previous or subsequent spelling error (if any). It co-exists quite well with TeX, LaTeX, and other such variants, too!
To enable english spell checking, put the following line in your <.vimrc>:
map <F3> :so $CVIMSYN/engspchk.vim
where CVIMSYN is an environment variable pointing to wherever you have <engspchk.vim> installed. Note that hitting the function key F3 will then invoke the English spelling checker by sourcing it in! Feel free to change that function key name to whatever you find appropriate. For PCs, note that to set up the CVIMSYN environment variable you'll be putting "set CVIMSYN=..path.." into your <autoexec.bat>.
For Vim versions 5.04 and later, the <engspchk.vim> file also provides two maps (\en and \ep) to move to the next and preceding spelling error, if any. I suggest you upgrade if you haven't already, because Vim's functions are powerful!
For Vim version 6.0 and later, <engspchk.vim> provides the (\ea) map which brings up a one-line alternatives window for the word under the cursor. Move left and right with the full power of Vim, and when the cursor lies on the desired substitute word, a simple carriage return will cause replacement. You'll also need to have the agrep program to do this.
Tag Generation
I have written my own tag generating program (see Links); although exuberant ctags is good, I know how to modify hdrtag to suit me. It contains tagging generation for c/c++, c/c++ header files, lex, yacc, TeX (cites and labels), vim scripts (functions and syntax), and Maple V.
Exuberant Ctags will no longer be distributed with vim as of v6.0i. I've provided a link to its homesite in the source code-related links below.
Text Alignment
The alignment maps (ttalign.vim) use the textab filter (program). You'll need to download and compile a copy for your machine if you want to use the alignment maps. See my Textab page for examples, source code, and maps. Alternative aligners are available from Johannes Zellner and from David Rogers.
Useful Maps
The useful maps in Links contains a medley of things: several maps to handle difference files, a map (F10 key) for determining the highlighting groups that the word the cursor is on belongs to, an autocmd which uses viminfo to cause subsequent invocations of vim on a file saved by viminfo (I use set viminfo='10,\"100,:20,%,n~/.viminfo) to open in the same place in the file as when it was closed, some maps for inserting dates, some maps for gzip and gunzip, and a pair of maps for writing text to a temporary file (great for moving info between vim invocations). The maps file is internally documented. Enjoy!
Vim Functions, Plugs, and Stubs
Various functions, plug-ins, and quick-insertion stubs follow alphabetically.
Rndm() returns uniformly distributed variates on [0, 100,000,000)Urndm(a,b) returns uniformly distributed variates on [a,b])Dice(qty,sides) rolls qty of sides-sided dice and adds them up
zp put text (like "p") but keep cursor in same column
[Jan 26, 2001] Adrian's VIM Page
There might be better fonts you can use for Windows NT than the ugly system font. I wanted a font that was clear, fixed width, and zeros (0) and capital O's were clearly distinguisable. I found two fonts on the Internet (through the VIM mailing list) that you can try. To install the Andale font, just execute the dowloaded file. For the Hyprfont font, read the readme.txt file for instructions. To make one of these fonts the default for gvim, add the following line:
set guifont=Andale_Mono:h10Use the font name and add a colon h (:h) followed by your preferred font size. See my gvimrc file as an example or read :help guifont.
Fonts:
[Jan 20, 2001] Some version 6 features (from :version6). The main news is that Vim can now display a buffer with text folded. This allows overviewing the structure of a file quickly. It is also possible to move folded text, for example to move a function to another position.
Vertically split windows *new-vertsplit* ------------------------ Windows can also be split vertically. This makes it possible to have windows side by side. One nice use for this is to compare two similar files. The 'scrollbind' option can be used to synchronize scrolling. A vertical split can be created with the commands: :vsplit or CTRL-W v or CTRL-W CTRL-V |:vsplit| :vnew |:vnew| :vertical {cmd} |:vertical| The last one is a modifier, which has a meaning for any command that splits a window. For example: > :vertical stag main Will vertically split the window and jump to the tag "main" in the new window. Moving from window to window horizontally can be done with the |CTRL-W_h| and |CTRL-W_l| commands. The |CTRL-W_k| and |CTRL-W_j| commands have been changed to jump to the window above or below the cursor position. The vertical and horizontal splits can be mixed as you like. Resizing windows is easy when using the mouse, just position the pointer on a status line or vertical separator and drag it. In the GUI a special mouse pointer shape indicates where you can drag a status or separator line. To resize vertically split windows use the |CTRL-W_<| and |CTRL-W_>| commands.To make a window the maximum width use the CTRL-W | command |CTRL-W_bar|. To force a new window to use the full width or height of the Vim window, these two modifiers are available: :topleft {cmd} New window appears at the top with full width or at the left with full height. :botright {cmd} New window appears at the bottom with full width or at the right with full height. This can be combined with ":vertical" to force a vertical split: > :vert bot dsplit DEBUG This will open a window at the far right, occupying the full height of the Vim window, with the cursor on the first definition of "DEBUG". The help window is always opened at the top, like ":topleft" was used. A few options can be used to set the preferences for vertically split windows. They work similar to their existing horizontal equavalents: horizontal vertical ~ 'splitbelow' 'splitright' 'winheight' 'winwidth' 'winminheight' 'winminwidth' It's possible to set 'winminwidth' to zero, so that temporarliy unused windows hardly take up space without closing them. The new 'eadirection' option tells where 'equalalways' applies: :set eadirection=both both directions :set eadirection=ver equalize window heights :set eadirection=hor equalize windows widths This can be used to avoid changing window sizes when you want to keep them. Since windows can become quite narrow with vertical splits, text lines will often not fit. The 'sidescrolloff' has been added to keep some context left and right of the cursor. The 'listchars' option has been extended with the "precedes" item, to show a "<" for example, when there is text left off the screen. (Utz-Uwe Haus) Flexible indenting *new-indent-flex* ------------------ Automatic indenting is now possible for any language. It works with a Vim script, which makes it very flexible to compute the indent. The 'indentexpr' option is evaluated to get the indent for a line. The 'indentkeys' option tells when to trigger re-indenting. Normally these options are set from an indent script. Like Syntax files, indent scripts will be created and maintained by many people. Extended search patterns *new-searchpat* ------------------------ Multi-line patterns: (Loic Grenie) \n match end-of-line, also in [] \_[] match characters in range and end-of-line \_x match character class and end-of-line \_. match any character or end-of-line \c ignore case for the whole pattern \C match case for the whole pattern \m magic on for the following \M magic off for the following \@! don't match atom before it. Example: "foo\(bar\)\@!" matches "foo " but not "foobar". \@= match atom, resulting in zero-width match Example: "foo\(bar\)\@=" matches "foo" in "foobar". \@ match preceding atom as a subexpression \& match only when branch before and after it match For syntax items: \z(...\) external reference match set (in region start pattern) \z1 - \z9 external reference match use (in region skip or end pattern) (Scott Bigham) \zs use position as start of match \ze use position as end of match Removed limit of matching only up to 32767 times with *, \+, etc. Added some support for double-byte characters. (Muraoka) Filetype plugins *new-filetype-plugins* ----------------- A new group of files has been added to do settings for specific file types. These can be options and mappings which are specifically used for one value of 'filetype'. The files are located in "$VIMRUNTIME/ftplugin". The 'runtimepath' option makes it possible to use several sets of plugins: Your own, system-wide, included in the Vim distribution, etc. To be able to make this work, several features were added: - Added the "s:" variables, local to a script. Avoids name conflicts with global variables. They can be used in the script and in functions, autocommands and user commands defined in the script. |s:var| automatically deletes them when the script ends. - Added the global value for local options. This value is used when opening a new buffer or editing another file. The option value specified in a modeline or filetype setting is not carried over to another buffer. ":set" sets both the local and the global value. ":setlocal" sets the local option value only. ":setglobal" displays the global value for a local option. Setting only the global value isn't implemented yet. - Added mappings and abbreviations local to a buffer: ":map". - In a mapping " " can be used to get the value of the "mapleader" variable. This simplifies mappings that use "mapleader". " " defaults to "\". " " does the same with "maplocalleader". This is to be used for mappings local to a buffer. - Added Script ID to define functions and mappings local to a script.
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