vim

• check where vim executable package

• check vimdoc with keyword

• cursor and cursor shape

• vimrc examples

reference:

• * Vim help files

• mhinz/vim-galore

• Bram Moolenaar

• vim:tip

• Best Vim Tips

• Search for visually selected text

• Mastering Vim Grammar

• Syntax highlighting is extremely slow when scrolling up in recent version (v8.0.1599) #2712

• Slow vim in huge projects

• Setting up Vim for YAML editing

check where vim executable package

:echo v:progpath

check vimdoc with keyword

:helpgrep <keyword>

" i.e.
:helpgrep slow

• or

  :echo $VIM

cursor and cursor shape

[!NOTE|label:references:]

• cursor shape

  • mode settings:

    • t_SI = INSERT mode : let &t_SI.="\e[5 q"

    • t_SR = REPLACE mode : let &t_SR.="\e[4 q"

    • t_EI = NORMAL mode (ELSE) : let &t_EI.="\e[1 q"

  • cursor settings:

    • 1 -> blinking block

    • 2 -> solid block

    • 3 -> blinking underscore

    • 4 -> solid underscore

    • 5 -> blinking vertical bar

    • 6 -> solid vertical bar

• andyfowler/.vimrc

• Change cursor shape in different modes

• Vim change block cursor when in insert mode

• Configuring the cursor

• :help guicorsor

• * iMarslo : redirect message into file

• revert cursor shape when exit vim/nvim

  autocmd VimLeave * silent !echo -ne "\e[6 q"

guicursor

$ /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/bin/mvim -u NONE \
                                             -c 'redir > ~/Desktop/guicursor.txt' \
                                             -c 'echo &guicursor' \
                                             -c 'redir END' \
                                             -c 'q'
$ cat ~/Desktop/guicursor.txt
n-v-c:block-Cursor/lCursor,ve:ver35-Cursor,o:hor50-Cursor,i-ci:ver25-Cursor/lCursor,r-cr:hor20-Cursor/lCursor,sm:block-Cursor-blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175

# after modified
$ /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/bin/mvim -c 'redir! > ~/Desktop/guicursor.txt' \
                                             -c 'echo &guicursor' \
                                             -c 'redir END' \
                                             -c 'q'
$ cat ~/Desktop/guicursor.txt
a:hor10-Cursor-blinkon0,i-r-c-ci-cr-o:hor10-iCursor-blinkon0,n:hor10-Cursor-blinkwait700-blinkon400-blinkoff250,v-ve:block-Cursor

guicursor

cursorcolumn

[!NOTE|label:references:]

• Setting Vim cursorline colors?

set cursorcolumn
autocmd InsertEnter * highlight CursorColumn ctermfg=White ctermbg=Yellow cterm=bold guifg=white guibg=yellow gui=bold
autocmd InsertLeave * highlight CursorColumn ctermfg=Black ctermbg=Yellow cterm=bold guifg=Black guibg=yellow gui=NONE

" or simplely via
set cursorcolumn
highlight CursorColumn ctermfg=White ctermbg=gray cterm=bold guifg=white guibg=gray gui=bold

vimrc examples

• reiter/.vim-files/vimrc