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- *options.txt* Nvim
- VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
- Options *options*
- For an overview of options see quickref.txt |option-list|.
- Vim has a number of internal variables and switches which can be set to
- achieve special effects. These options come in three forms:
- boolean can only be on or off *boolean* *toggle*
- number has a numeric value
- string has a string value
- Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
- ==============================================================================
- 1. Setting options *set-option* *E764*
- *:se* *:set*
- :se[t][!] Show all options that differ from their default value.
- When [!] is present every option is on a separate
- line.
- :se[t][!] all Show all options.
- When [!] is present every option is on a separate
- line.
- *E518* *E519*
- :se[t] {option}? Show value of {option}.
- NOTE: some legacy options were removed. |nvim-removed|
- :se[t] {option} Toggle option: set, switch it on.
- Number option: show value.
- String option: show value.
- :se[t] no{option} Toggle option: Reset, switch it off.
- *:set-!* *:set-inv*
- :se[t] {option}! or
- :se[t] inv{option} Toggle option: Invert value.
- *:set-default* *:set-&* *:set-&vi* *:set-&vim*
- :se[t] {option}& Reset option to its default value.
- :se[t] {option}&vi Reset option to its Vi default value.
- :se[t] {option}&vim Reset option to its Vim default value.
- :se[t] all& Set all options to their default value. The values of
- these options are not changed:
- 'columns'
- 'lines'
- Warning: This may have a lot of side effects.
- *:set-args* *:set=* *E487* *E521*
- :se[t] {option}={value} or
- :se[t] {option}:{value}
- Set string or number option to {value}.
- For numeric options the value can be given in decimal,
- hex (preceded with 0x) or octal (preceded with '0' or
- '0o').
- The old value can be inserted by typing 'wildchar' (by
- default this is a <Tab>). Many string options with
- fixed syntax also support completing known values.
- See |cmdline-completion| and |complete-set-option|.
- White space between {option} and '=' is allowed and
- will be ignored. White space between '=' and {value}
- is not allowed.
- See |option-backslash| for using white space and
- backslashes in {value}.
- :se[t] {option}+={value} *:set+=*
- Add the {value} to a number option, or append the
- {value} to a string option. When the option is a
- comma-separated list, a comma is added, unless the
- value was empty.
- If the option is a list of flags, superfluous flags
- are removed. When adding a flag that was already
- present the option value doesn't change.
- Also see |:set-args| above.
- :se[t] {option}^={value} *:set^=*
- Multiply the {value} to a number option, or prepend
- the {value} to a string option. When the option is a
- comma-separated list, a comma is added, unless the
- value was empty.
- Also see |:set-args| above.
- :se[t] {option}-={value} *:set-=*
- Subtract the {value} from a number option, or remove
- the {value} from a string option, if it is there.
- If the {value} is not found in a string option, there
- is no error or warning. When the option is a comma-
- separated list, a comma is deleted, unless the option
- becomes empty.
- When the option is a list of flags, {value} must be
- exactly as they appear in the option. Remove flags
- one by one to avoid problems.
- The individual values from a comma separated list or
- list of flags can be inserted by typing 'wildchar'.
- See |complete-set-option|.
- Also see |:set-args| above.
- The {option} arguments to ":set" may be repeated. For example: >
- :set ai nosi sw=3 ts=3
- If you make an error in one of the arguments, an error message will be given
- and the following arguments will be ignored.
- *:set-verbose*
- When 'verbose' is non-zero, displaying an option value will also tell where it
- was last set. Example: >
- :verbose set shiftwidth cindent?
- < shiftwidth=4 ~
- Last set from modeline line 1 ~
- cindent ~
- Last set from /usr/local/share/vim/vim60/ftplugin/c.vim line 30 ~
- This is only done when specific option values are requested, not for ":verbose
- set all" or ":verbose set" without an argument.
- When the option was set by hand there is no "Last set" message.
- When the option was set while executing a function, user command or
- autocommand, the script in which it was defined is reported.
- A few special texts:
- Last set from modeline line 1 ~
- Option was set in a |modeline|.
- Last set from --cmd argument ~
- Option was set with command line argument |--cmd| or +.
- Last set from -c argument ~
- Option was set with command line argument |-c|, +, |-S| or
- |-q|.
- Last set from environment variable ~
- Option was set from $VIMINIT.
- Last set from error handler ~
- Option was cleared when evaluating it resulted in an error.
- *option-backslash*
- To include white space in a string option value it has to be preceded with a
- backslash. To include a backslash you have to use two. Effectively this
- means that the number of backslashes in an option value is halved (rounded
- down).
- In options 'path', 'cdpath', and 'tags', spaces have to be preceded with three
- backslashes instead because they can be separated by either commas or spaces.
- Comma-separated options like 'backupdir' and 'tags' will also require commas
- to be escaped with two backslashes, whereas this is not needed for
- non-comma-separated ones like 'makeprg'.
- When setting options using |:let| and |literal-string|, you need to use one
- fewer layer of backslash.
- A few examples: >
- :set makeprg=make\ file results in "make file"
- :let &makeprg='make file' (same as above)
- :set makeprg=make\\\ file results in "make\ file"
- :set tags=tags\ /usr/tags results in "tags" and "/usr/tags"
- :set tags=tags\\\ file results in "tags file"
- :let &tags='tags\ file' (same as above)
- :set makeprg=make,file results in "make,file"
- :set makeprg=make\\,file results in "make\,file"
- :set tags=tags,file results in "tags" and "file"
- :set tags=tags\\,file results in "tags,file"
- :let &tags='tags\,file' (same as above)
- The "|" character separates a ":set" command from a following command. To
- include the "|" in the option value, use "\|" instead. This example sets the
- 'titlestring' option to "hi|there": >
- :set titlestring=hi\|there
- This sets the 'titlestring' option to "hi" and 'iconstring' to "there": >
- :set titlestring=hi|set iconstring=there
- Similarly, the double quote character starts a comment. To include the '"' in
- the option value, use '\"' instead. This example sets the 'titlestring'
- option to "hi "there"": >
- :set titlestring=hi\ \"there\"
- For Win32 backslashes in file names are mostly not removed. More precise: For
- options that expect a file name (those where environment variables are
- expanded) a backslash before a normal file name character is not removed. But
- a backslash before a special character (space, backslash, comma, etc.) is used
- like explained above.
- There is one special situation, when the value starts with "\\": >
- :set dir=\\machine\path results in "\\machine\path"
- :set dir=\\\\machine\\path results in "\\machine\path"
- :set dir=\\path\\file results in "\\path\file" (wrong!)
- For the first one the start is kept, but for the second one the backslashes
- are halved. This makes sure it works both when you expect backslashes to be
- halved and when you expect the backslashes to be kept. The third gives a
- result which is probably not what you want. Avoid it.
- *add-option-flags* *remove-option-flags*
- *E539*
- Some options are a list of flags. When you want to add a flag to such an
- option, without changing the existing ones, you can do it like this: >
- :set guioptions+=a
- Remove a flag from an option like this: >
- :set guioptions-=a
- This removes the 'a' flag from 'guioptions'.
- Note that you should add or remove one flag at a time. If 'guioptions' has
- the value "ab", using "set guioptions-=ba" won't work, because the string "ba"
- doesn't appear.
- *:set_env* *expand-env* *expand-environment-var*
- Environment variables in specific string options will be expanded. If the
- environment variable exists the '$' and the following environment variable
- name is replaced with its value. If it does not exist the '$' and the name
- are not modified. Any non-id character (not a letter, digit or '_') may
- follow the environment variable name. That character and what follows is
- appended to the value of the environment variable. Examples: >
- :set term=$TERM.new
- :set path=/usr/$INCLUDE,$HOME/include,.
- When adding or removing a string from an option with ":set opt-=val" or ":set
- opt+=val" the expansion is done before the adding or removing.
- Handling of local options *local-options*
- Note: The following also applies to |global-local| options.
- Some of the options only apply to a window or buffer. Each window or buffer
- has its own copy of this option, thus each can have its own value. This
- allows you to set 'list' in one window but not in another. And set
- 'shiftwidth' to 3 in one buffer and 4 in another.
- The following explains what happens to these local options in specific
- situations. You don't really need to know all of this, since Vim mostly uses
- the option values you would expect. Unfortunately, doing what the user
- expects is a bit complicated...
- When splitting a window, the local options are copied to the new window. Thus
- right after the split the contents of the two windows look the same.
- When editing a new buffer, its local option values must be initialized. Since
- the local options of the current buffer might be specifically for that buffer,
- these are not used. Instead, for each buffer-local option there also is a
- global value, which is used for new buffers. With ":set" both the local and
- global value is changed. With "setlocal" only the local value is changed,
- thus this value is not used when editing a new buffer.
- When editing a buffer that has been edited before, the options from the window
- that was last closed are used again. If this buffer has been edited in this
- window, the values from back then are used. Otherwise the values from the
- last closed window where the buffer was edited last are used.
- It's possible to set a local window option specifically for a type of buffer.
- When you edit another buffer in the same window, you don't want to keep
- using these local window options. Therefore Vim keeps a global value of the
- local window options, which is used when editing another buffer. Each window
- has its own copy of these values. Thus these are local to the window, but
- global to all buffers in the window. With this you can do: >
- :e one
- :set list
- :e two
- Now the 'list' option will also be set in "two", since with the ":set list"
- command you have also set the global value. >
- :set nolist
- :e one
- :setlocal list
- :e two
- Now the 'list' option is not set, because ":set nolist" resets the global
- value, ":setlocal list" only changes the local value and ":e two" gets the
- global value. Note that if you do this next: >
- :e one
- You will get back the 'list' value as it was the last time you edited "one".
- The options local to a window are remembered for each buffer. This also
- happens when the buffer is not loaded, but they are lost when the buffer is
- wiped out |:bwipe|.
- Special local window options *local-noglobal*
- The following local window options won't be copied over when new windows are
- created, thus they behave slightly differently:
- Option Reason ~
- 'previewwindow' there can only be a single one
- 'scroll' specific to existing window
- 'winfixbuf' specific to existing window
- 'winfixheight' specific to existing window
- 'winfixwidth' specific to existing window
- Special local buffer options
- The following local buffer options won't be copied over when new buffers are
- created, thus they behave slightly differently:
- Option Reason ~
- 'filetype' explicitly set by autocommands
- 'syntax' explicitly set by autocommands
- 'bufhidden' denote |special-buffers|
- 'buftype' denote |special-buffers|
- 'readonly' will be detected automatically
- 'modified' will be detected automatically
- *:setl* *:setlocal*
- :setl[ocal][!] ... Like ":set" but set only the value local to the
- current buffer or window. Not all options have a
- local value. If the option does not have a local
- value the global value is set.
- With the "all" argument: display local values for all
- local options.
- Without argument: Display local values for all local
- options which are different from the default.
- When displaying a specific local option, show the
- local value. For a global/local boolean option, when
- the global value is being used, "--" is displayed
- before the option name.
- For a global option the global value is
- shown (but that might change in the future).
- :se[t] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global
- value.
- For |global-local| options, the local value is removed,
- so that the global value will be used.
- For all other options, the global value is copied to
- the local value.
- :setl[ocal] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global
- value by copying the global value to the local value.
- Note that the behaviour for |global-local| options is slightly different
- between string and number-based options.
- *:setg* *:setglobal*
- :setg[lobal][!] ... Like ":set" but set only the global value for a local
- option without changing the local value.
- When displaying an option, the global value is shown.
- With the "all" argument: display global values for all
- local options.
- Without argument: display global values for all local
- options which are different from the default.
- For buffer-local and window-local options:
- Command global value local value condition ~
- :set option=value set set
- :setlocal option=value - set
- :setglobal option=value set -
- :set option? - display local value is set
- :set option? display - local value is not set
- :setlocal option? - display
- :setglobal option? display -
- Global options with a local value *global-local*
- Options are global when you mostly use one value for all buffers and windows.
- For some global options it's useful to sometimes have a different local value.
- You can set the local value with ":setlocal". That buffer or window will then
- use the local value, while other buffers and windows continue using the global
- value.
- For example, you have two windows, both on C source code. They use the global
- 'makeprg' option. If you do this in one of the two windows: >
- :set makeprg=gmake
- then the other window will switch to the same value. There is no need to set
- the 'makeprg' option in the other C source window too.
- However, if you start editing a Perl file in a new window, you want to use
- another 'makeprg' for it, without changing the value used for the C source
- files. You use this command: >
- :setlocal makeprg=perlmake
- You can switch back to using the global value by making the local value empty: >
- :setlocal makeprg=
- This only works for a string option. For a number or boolean option you need
- to use the "<" flag, like this: >
- :setlocal autoread<
- Note that for non-boolean and non-number options using "<" copies the global
- value to the local value, it doesn't switch back to using the global value
- (that matters when the global value changes later). You can also use: >
- :set path<
- This will make the local value of 'path' empty, so that the global value is
- used. Thus it does the same as: >
- :setlocal path=
- Note: In the future more global options can be made |global-local|. Using
- ":setlocal" on a global option might work differently then.
- *option-value-function*
- Some options ('completefunc', 'findfunc', 'omnifunc', 'operatorfunc',
- 'quickfixtextfunc', 'tagfunc' and 'thesaurusfunc') are set to a function name
- or a function reference or a lambda function. When using a lambda it will be
- converted to the name, e.g. "<lambda>123".
- Examples:
- >
- set opfunc=MyOpFunc
- set opfunc=function('MyOpFunc')
- set opfunc=funcref('MyOpFunc')
- set opfunc={a\ ->\ MyOpFunc(a)}
- Set to a script-local function: >
- set opfunc=s:MyLocalFunc
- set opfunc=<SID>MyLocalFunc
- Set using a funcref variable: >
- let Fn = function('MyTagFunc')
- let &tagfunc = Fn
- Set using a lambda expression: >
- let &tagfunc = {t -> MyTagFunc(t)}
- Set using a variable with lambda expression: >
- let L = {a, b, c -> MyTagFunc(a, b , c)}
- let &tagfunc = L
- Calling a function in an expr option *expr-option-function*
- The value of a few options, such as 'foldexpr', is an expression that is
- evaluated to get a value. The evaluation can have quite a bit of overhead.
- One way to minimize the overhead, and also to keep the option value very
- simple, is to define a function and set the option to call it without
- arguments. A |v:lua-call| can also be used. Example: >vim
- lua << EOF
- function _G.MyFoldFunc()
- -- ... compute fold level for line v:lnum
- return level
- end
- EOF
- set foldexpr=v:lua.MyFoldFunc()
- Setting the filetype
- :setf[iletype] [FALLBACK] {filetype} *:setf* *:setfiletype*
- Set the 'filetype' option to {filetype}, but only if
- not done yet in a sequence of (nested) autocommands.
- This is short for: >
- :if !did_filetype()
- : setlocal filetype={filetype}
- :endif
- < This command is used in a filetype.vim file to avoid
- setting the 'filetype' option twice, causing different
- settings and syntax files to be loaded.
- When the optional FALLBACK argument is present, a
- later :setfiletype command will override the
- 'filetype'. This is to be used for filetype
- detections that are just a guess. |did_filetype()|
- will return false after this command.
- *option-window* *optwin*
- :bro[wse] se[t] *:set-browse* *:browse-set* *:opt* *:options*
- :opt[ions] Open a window for viewing and setting all options.
- Options are grouped by function.
- Offers short help for each option. Hit <CR> on the
- short help to open a help window with more help for
- the option.
- Modify the value of the option and hit <CR> on the
- "set" line to set the new value. For window and
- buffer specific options, the last accessed window is
- used to set the option value in, unless this is a help
- window, in which case the window below help window is
- used (skipping the option-window).
- *$HOME*
- Using "~" is like using "$HOME", but it is only recognized at the start of an
- option and after a space or comma.
- On Unix systems "~user" can be used too. It is replaced by the home directory
- of user "user". Example: >
- :set path=~mool/include,/usr/include,.
- On Unix systems the form "${HOME}" can be used too. The name between {} can
- contain non-id characters then. Note that if you want to use this for the
- "gf" command, you need to add the '{' and '}' characters to 'isfname'.
- NOTE: expanding environment variables and "~/" is only done with the ":set"
- command, not when assigning a value to an option with ":let".
- *$HOME-windows*
- On MS-Windows, if $HOME is not defined as an environment variable, then
- at runtime Vim will set it to the expansion of $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH.
- If $HOMEDRIVE is not set then $USERPROFILE is used.
- This expanded value is not exported to the environment, this matters when
- running an external command: >
- :echo system('set | findstr ^HOME=')
- and >
- :echo luaeval('os.getenv("HOME")')
- should echo nothing (an empty string) despite exists('$HOME') being true.
- When setting $HOME to a non-empty string it will be exported to the
- subprocesses.
- Note the maximum length of an expanded option is limited. How much depends on
- the system, mostly it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
- ==============================================================================
- 2. Automatically setting options *auto-setting*
- Besides changing options with the ":set" command, you can set options
- automatically in various ways:
- 1. With a |config| file or a |startup| argument. You can create an
- initialization file with |:mkvimrc|, |:mkview| and |:mksession|.
- 2. |autocommand|s executed when you edit a file.
- 3. ".nvim.lua" files in the current directory, if 'exrc' is enabled.
- 4. |editorconfig| in the current buffer's directory or ancestors.
- 5. 'modeline' settings found at the beginning or end of the file. See below.
- *modeline* *vim:* *vi:* *ex:* *E520*
- There are two forms of modelines. The first form:
- [text{white}]{vi:|vim:|ex:}[white]{options}
- [text{white}] empty or any text followed by at least one blank
- character (<Space> or <Tab>); "ex:" always requires at
- least one blank character
- {vi:|vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:" or "ex:"
- [white] optional white space
- {options} a list of option settings, separated with white space
- or ':', where each part between ':' is the argument
- for a ":set" command (can be empty)
- Examples:
- vi:noai:sw=3 ts=6 ~
- vim: tw=77 ~
- The second form (this is compatible with some versions of Vi):
- [text{white}]{vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:}[white]se[t] {options}:[text]
- [text{white}] empty or any text followed by at least one blank
- character (<Space> or <Tab>); "ex:" always requires at
- least one blank character
- {vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:", "Vim:" or "ex:"
- [white] optional white space
- se[t] the string "set " or "se " (note the space); When
- "Vim" is used it must be "set".
- {options} a list of options, separated with white space, which
- is the argument for a ":set" command
- : a colon
- [text] any text or empty
- Examples: >
- /* vim: set ai tw=75: */
- /* Vim: set ai tw=75: */
- The white space before {vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:} is required. This minimizes the
- chance that a normal word like "lex:" is caught. There is one exception:
- "vi:" and "vim:" can also be at the start of the line (for compatibility with
- version 3.0). Using "ex:" at the start of the line will be ignored (this
- could be short for "example:").
- If the modeline is disabled within a modeline, subsequent modelines will be
- ignored. This is to allow turning off modeline on a per-file basis. This is
- useful when a line looks like a modeline but isn't. For example, it would be
- good to start a YAML file containing strings like "vim:" with
- # vim: nomodeline ~
- so as to avoid modeline misdetection. Following options on the same line
- after modeline deactivation, if any, are still evaluated (but you would
- normally not have any).
- *modeline-local*
- The options are set like with ":setlocal": The new value only applies to the
- buffer and window that contain the file. Although it's possible to set global
- options from a modeline, this is unusual. If you have two windows open and
- the files in it set the same global option to a different value, the result
- depends on which one was opened last.
- When editing a file that was already loaded, only the window-local options
- from the modeline are used. Thus if you manually changed a buffer-local
- option after opening the file, it won't be changed if you edit the same buffer
- in another window. But window-local options will be set.
- *modeline-version*
- If the modeline is only to be used for some versions of Vim, the version
- number can be specified where "vim:" or "Vim:" is used:
- vim{vers}: version {vers} or later
- vim<{vers}: version before {vers}
- vim={vers}: version {vers}
- vim>{vers}: version after {vers}
- {vers} is 700 for Vim 7.0 (hundred times the major version plus minor).
- For example, to use a modeline only for Vim 7.0: >
- /* vim700: set foldmethod=marker */
- To use a modeline for Vim after version 7.2: >
- /* vim>702: set cole=2: */
- There can be no blanks between "vim" and the ":".
- The modeline is ignored if {vers} does not fit in an integer.
- The number of lines that are checked can be set with the 'modelines' option.
- If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is 0 no lines are checked.
- Note that for the first form all of the rest of the line is used, thus a line
- like: >
- /* vi:ts=4: */
- will give an error message for the trailing "*/". This line is OK: >
- /* vi:set ts=4: */
- If an error is detected the rest of the line is skipped.
- If you want to include a ':' in a set command precede it with a '\'. The
- backslash in front of the ':' will be removed. Example: >
- /* vi:set fillchars=stl\:^,vert\:\|: */
- This sets the 'fillchars' option to "stl:^,vert:\|". Only a single backslash
- before the ':' is removed. Thus to include "\:" you have to specify "\\:".
- *E992*
- No other commands than "set" are supported, for security reasons (somebody
- might create a Trojan horse text file with modelines). And not all options
- can be set. For some options a flag is set, so that when the value is used
- the |sandbox| is effective. Some options can only be set from the modeline
- when 'modelineexpr' is set (the default is off).
- Still, there is always a small risk that a modeline causes trouble. E.g.,
- when some joker sets 'textwidth' to 5 all your lines are wrapped unexpectedly.
- So disable modelines before editing untrusted text. The mail ftplugin does
- this, for example.
- Hint: If you would like to do something else than setting an option, you could
- define an autocommand that checks the file for a specific string. For
- example: >
- au BufReadPost * if getline(1) =~ "VAR" | call SetVar() | endif
- And define a function SetVar() that does something with the line containing
- "VAR".
- ==============================================================================
- 3. Options summary *option-summary*
- In the list below all the options are mentioned with their full name and with
- an abbreviation if there is one. Both forms may be used.
- In this document when a boolean option is "set" that means that ":set option"
- is entered. When an option is "reset", ":set nooption" is used.
- Most options are the same in all windows and buffers. There are a few that
- are specific to how the text is presented in a window. These can be set to a
- different value in each window. For example the 'list' option can be set in
- one window and reset in another for the same text, giving both types of view
- at the same time. There are a few options that are specific to a certain
- file. These can have a different value for each file or buffer. For example
- the 'textwidth' option can be 78 for a normal text file and 0 for a C
- program.
- global one option for all buffers and windows
- local to window each window has its own copy of this option
- local to buffer each buffer has its own copy of this option
- When creating a new window the option values from the currently active window
- are used as a default value for the window-specific options. For the
- buffer-specific options this depends on the 's' and 'S' flags in the
- 'cpoptions' option. If 's' is included (which is the default) the values for
- buffer options are copied from the currently active buffer when a buffer is
- first entered. If 'S' is present the options are copied each time the buffer
- is entered, this is almost like having global options. If 's' and 'S' are not
- present, the options are copied from the currently active buffer when the
- buffer is created.
- Hidden options *hidden-options*
- Not all options are supported in all versions. This depends on the supported
- features and sometimes on the system. A remark about this is in curly braces
- below. When an option is not supported, it is called a hidden option. Trying
- to get the value of a hidden option will not give an error, it will return the
- default value for that option instead. You can't change the value of a hidden
- option.
- To test if "foo" is a valid option name, use something like this: >
- if exists('&foo')
- This also returns true for a hidden option. To test if option "foo" is really
- supported use something like this: >
- if exists('+foo')
- <
- *E355*
- A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
- *'allowrevins'* *'ari'* *'noallowrevins'* *'noari'*
- 'allowrevins' 'ari' boolean (default off)
- global
- Allow CTRL-_ in Insert mode. This is default off, to avoid that users
- that accidentally type CTRL-_ instead of SHIFT-_ get into reverse
- Insert mode, and don't know how to get out. See 'revins'.
- *'ambiwidth'* *'ambw'*
- 'ambiwidth' 'ambw' string (default "single")
- global
- Tells Vim what to do with characters with East Asian Width Class
- Ambiguous (such as Euro, Registered Sign, Copyright Sign, Greek
- letters, Cyrillic letters).
- There are currently two possible values:
- "single": Use the same width as characters in US-ASCII. This is
- expected by most users.
- "double": Use twice the width of ASCII characters.
- *E834* *E835*
- The value "double" cannot be used if 'listchars' or 'fillchars'
- contains a character that would be double width. These errors may
- also be given when calling setcellwidths().
- The values are overruled for characters specified with
- |setcellwidths()|.
- There are a number of CJK fonts for which the width of glyphs for
- those characters are solely based on how many octets they take in
- legacy/traditional CJK encodings. In those encodings, Euro,
- Registered sign, Greek/Cyrillic letters are represented by two octets,
- therefore those fonts have "wide" glyphs for them. This is also
- true of some line drawing characters used to make tables in text
- file. Therefore, when a CJK font is used for GUI Vim or
- Vim is running inside a terminal (emulators) that uses a CJK font
- (or Vim is run inside an xterm invoked with "-cjkwidth" option.),
- this option should be set to "double" to match the width perceived
- by Vim with the width of glyphs in the font. Perhaps it also has
- to be set to "double" under CJK MS-Windows when the system locale is
- set to one of CJK locales. See Unicode Standard Annex #11
- (https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11).
- *'arabic'* *'arab'* *'noarabic'* *'noarab'*
- 'arabic' 'arab' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- This option can be set to start editing Arabic text.
- Setting this option will:
- - Set the 'rightleft' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
- - Set the 'arabicshape' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
- - Set the 'keymap' option to "arabic"; in Insert mode CTRL-^ toggles
- between typing English and Arabic key mapping.
- - Set the 'delcombine' option
- Resetting this option will:
- - Reset the 'rightleft' option.
- - Disable the use of 'keymap' (without changing its value).
- Note that 'arabicshape' and 'delcombine' are not reset (it is a global
- option).
- Also see |arabic.txt|.
- *'arabicshape'* *'arshape'* *'noarabicshape'* *'noarshape'*
- 'arabicshape' 'arshape' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on and 'termbidi' is off, the required visual character
- corrections that need to take place for displaying the Arabic language
- take effect. Shaping, in essence, gets enabled; the term is a broad
- one which encompasses:
- a) the changing/morphing of characters based on their location
- within a word (initial, medial, final and stand-alone).
- b) the enabling of the ability to compose characters
- c) the enabling of the required combining of some characters
- When disabled the display shows each character's true stand-alone
- form.
- Arabic is a complex language which requires other settings, for
- further details see |arabic.txt|.
- *'autochdir'* *'acd'* *'noautochdir'* *'noacd'*
- 'autochdir' 'acd' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on, Vim will change the current working directory whenever you
- open a file, switch buffers, delete a buffer or open/close a window.
- It will change to the directory containing the file which was opened
- or selected. When a buffer has no name it also has no directory, thus
- the current directory won't change when navigating to it.
- Note: When this option is on some plugins may not work.
- *'autoindent'* *'ai'* *'noautoindent'* *'noai'*
- 'autoindent' 'ai' boolean (default on)
- local to buffer
- Copy indent from current line when starting a new line (typing <CR>
- in Insert mode or when using the "o" or "O" command). If you do not
- type anything on the new line except <BS> or CTRL-D and then type
- <Esc>, CTRL-O or <CR>, the indent is deleted again. Moving the cursor
- to another line has the same effect, unless the 'I' flag is included
- in 'cpoptions'.
- When autoindent is on, formatting (with the "gq" command or when you
- reach 'textwidth' in Insert mode) uses the indentation of the first
- line.
- When 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is on the indent is changed in
- a different way.
- *'autoread'* *'ar'* *'noautoread'* *'noar'*
- 'autoread' 'ar' boolean (default on)
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- When a file has been detected to have been changed outside of Vim and
- it has not been changed inside of Vim, automatically read it again.
- When the file has been deleted this is not done, so you have the text
- from before it was deleted. When it appears again then it is read.
- |timestamp|
- If this option has a local value, use this command to switch back to
- using the global value: >vim
- set autoread<
- <
- *'autowrite'* *'aw'* *'noautowrite'* *'noaw'*
- 'autowrite' 'aw' boolean (default off)
- global
- Write the contents of the file, if it has been modified, on each
- `:next`, `:rewind`, `:last`, `:first`, `:previous`, `:stop`,
- `:suspend`, `:tag`, `:!`, `:make`, CTRL-] and CTRL-^ command; and when
- a `:buffer`, CTRL-O, CTRL-I, '{A-Z0-9}, or `{A-Z0-9} command takes one
- to another file.
- A buffer is not written if it becomes hidden, e.g. when 'bufhidden' is
- set to "hide" and `:next` is used.
- Note that for some commands the 'autowrite' option is not used, see
- 'autowriteall' for that.
- Some buffers will not be written, specifically when 'buftype' is
- "nowrite", "nofile", "terminal" or "prompt".
- USE WITH CARE: If you make temporary changes to a buffer that you
- don't want to be saved this option may cause it to be saved anyway.
- Renaming the buffer with ":file {name}" may help avoid this.
- *'autowriteall'* *'awa'* *'noautowriteall'* *'noawa'*
- 'autowriteall' 'awa' boolean (default off)
- global
- Like 'autowrite', but also used for commands ":edit", ":enew", ":quit",
- ":qall", ":exit", ":xit", ":recover" and closing the Vim window.
- Setting this option also implies that Vim behaves like 'autowrite' has
- been set.
- *'background'* *'bg'*
- 'background' 'bg' string (default "dark")
- global
- When set to "dark" or "light", adjusts the default color groups for
- that background type. The |TUI| or other UI sets this on startup
- (triggering |OptionSet|) if it can detect the background color.
- This option does NOT change the background color, it tells Nvim what
- the "inherited" (terminal/GUI) background looks like.
- See |:hi-normal| if you want to set the background color explicitly.
- *g:colors_name*
- When a color scheme is loaded (the "g:colors_name" variable is set)
- changing 'background' will cause the color scheme to be reloaded. If
- the color scheme adjusts to the value of 'background' this will work.
- However, if the color scheme sets 'background' itself the effect may
- be undone. First delete the "g:colors_name" variable when needed.
- Normally this option would be set in the vimrc file. Possibly
- depending on the terminal name. Example: >vim
- if $TERM ==# "xterm"
- set background=dark
- endif
- < When this option is changed, the default settings for the highlight groups
- will change. To use other settings, place ":highlight" commands AFTER
- the setting of the 'background' option.
- *'backspace'* *'bs'*
- 'backspace' 'bs' string (default "indent,eol,start")
- global
- Influences the working of <BS>, <Del>, CTRL-W and CTRL-U in Insert
- mode. This is a list of items, separated by commas. Each item allows
- a way to backspace over something:
- value effect ~
- indent allow backspacing over autoindent
- eol allow backspacing over line breaks (join lines)
- start allow backspacing over the start of insert; CTRL-W and CTRL-U
- stop once at the start of insert.
- nostop like start, except CTRL-W and CTRL-U do not stop at the start of
- insert.
- When the value is empty, Vi compatible backspacing is used, none of
- the ways mentioned for the items above are possible.
- *'backup'* *'bk'* *'nobackup'* *'nobk'*
- 'backup' 'bk' boolean (default off)
- global
- Make a backup before overwriting a file. Leave it around after the
- file has been successfully written. If you do not want to keep the
- backup file, but you do want a backup while the file is being
- written, reset this option and set the 'writebackup' option (this is
- the default). If you do not want a backup file at all reset both
- options (use this if your file system is almost full). See the
- |backup-table| for more explanations.
- When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
- When 'patchmode' is set, the backup may be renamed to become the
- oldest version of a file.
- *'backupcopy'* *'bkc'*
- 'backupcopy' 'bkc' string (default "auto")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- When writing a file and a backup is made, this option tells how it's
- done. This is a comma-separated list of words.
- The main values are:
- "yes" make a copy of the file and overwrite the original one
- "no" rename the file and write a new one
- "auto" one of the previous, what works best
- Extra values that can be combined with the ones above are:
- "breaksymlink" always break symlinks when writing
- "breakhardlink" always break hardlinks when writing
- Making a copy and overwriting the original file:
- - Takes extra time to copy the file.
- + When the file has special attributes, is a (hard/symbolic) link or
- has a resource fork, all this is preserved.
- - When the file is a link the backup will have the name of the link,
- not of the real file.
- Renaming the file and writing a new one:
- + It's fast.
- - Sometimes not all attributes of the file can be copied to the new
- file.
- - When the file is a link the new file will not be a link.
- The "auto" value is the middle way: When Vim sees that renaming the
- file is possible without side effects (the attributes can be passed on
- and the file is not a link) that is used. When problems are expected,
- a copy will be made.
- The "breaksymlink" and "breakhardlink" values can be used in
- combination with any of "yes", "no" and "auto". When included, they
- force Vim to always break either symbolic or hard links by doing
- exactly what the "no" option does, renaming the original file to
- become the backup and writing a new file in its place. This can be
- useful for example in source trees where all the files are symbolic or
- hard links and any changes should stay in the local source tree, not
- be propagated back to the original source.
- *crontab*
- One situation where "no" and "auto" will cause problems: A program
- that opens a file, invokes Vim to edit that file, and then tests if
- the open file was changed (through the file descriptor) will check the
- backup file instead of the newly created file. "crontab -e" is an
- example, as are several |file-watcher| daemons like inotify. In that
- case you probably want to switch this option.
- When a copy is made, the original file is truncated and then filled
- with the new text. This means that protection bits, owner and
- symbolic links of the original file are unmodified. The backup file,
- however, is a new file, owned by the user who edited the file. The
- group of the backup is set to the group of the original file. If this
- fails, the protection bits for the group are made the same as for
- others.
- When the file is renamed, this is the other way around: The backup has
- the same attributes of the original file, and the newly written file
- is owned by the current user. When the file was a (hard/symbolic)
- link, the new file will not! That's why the "auto" value doesn't
- rename when the file is a link. The owner and group of the newly
- written file will be set to the same ones as the original file, but
- the system may refuse to do this. In that case the "auto" value will
- again not rename the file.
- *'backupdir'* *'bdir'*
- 'backupdir' 'bdir' string (default ".,$XDG_STATE_HOME/nvim/backup//")
- global
- List of directories for the backup file, separated with commas.
- - The backup file will be created in the first directory in the list
- where this is possible. If none of the directories exist Nvim will
- attempt to create the last directory in the list.
- - Empty means that no backup file will be created ('patchmode' is
- impossible!). Writing may fail because of this.
- - A directory "." means to put the backup file in the same directory
- as the edited file.
- - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-Windows) means to put
- the backup file relative to where the edited file is. The leading
- "." is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
- ("." inside a directory name has no special meaning).
- - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
- of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
- name, precede it with a backslash.
- - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
- - A directory name may end in an '/'.
- - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//",
- the swap file name will be built from the complete path to the file
- with all path separators changed to percent '%' signs. This will
- ensure file name uniqueness in the backup directory.
- On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a
- separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will
- include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to
- use '//', instead of '\\'.
- - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
- - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
- get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >vim
- set bdir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
- <
- See also 'backup' and 'writebackup' options.
- If you want to hide your backup files on Unix, consider this value: >vim
- set backupdir=./.backup,~/.backup,.,/tmp
- < You must create a ".backup" directory in each directory and in your
- home directory for this to work properly.
- The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
- directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
- uses another default.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'backupext'* *'bex'* *E589*
- 'backupext' 'bex' string (default "~")
- global
- String which is appended to a file name to make the name of the
- backup file. The default is quite unusual, because this avoids
- accidentally overwriting existing files with a backup file. You might
- prefer using ".bak", but make sure that you don't have files with
- ".bak" that you want to keep.
- Only normal file name characters can be used; `/\*?[|<>` are illegal.
- If you like to keep a lot of backups, you could use a BufWritePre
- autocommand to change 'backupext' just before writing the file to
- include a timestamp. >vim
- au BufWritePre * let &bex = '-' .. strftime("%Y%b%d%X") .. '~'
- < Use 'backupdir' to put the backup in a different directory.
- *'backupskip'* *'bsk'*
- 'backupskip' 'bsk' string (default "$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*"
- Unix: "/tmp/*,$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*"
- Mac: "/private/tmp/*,$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*")
- global
- A list of file patterns. When one of the patterns matches with the
- name of the file which is written, no backup file is created. Both
- the specified file name and the full path name of the file are used.
- The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-pattern|.
- Watch out for special characters, see |option-backslash|.
- When $TMPDIR, $TMP or $TEMP is not defined, it is not used for the
- default value. "/tmp/*" is only used for Unix.
- WARNING: Not having a backup file means that when Vim fails to write
- your buffer correctly and then, for whatever reason, Vim exits, you
- lose both the original file and what you were writing. Only disable
- backups if you don't care about losing the file.
- Note that environment variables are not expanded. If you want to use
- $HOME you must expand it explicitly, e.g.: >vim
- let &backupskip = escape(expand('$HOME'), '\') .. '/tmp/*'
- < Note that the default also makes sure that "crontab -e" works (when a
- backup would be made by renaming the original file crontab won't see
- the newly created file). Also see 'backupcopy' and |crontab|.
- *'belloff'* *'bo'*
- 'belloff' 'bo' string (default "all")
- global
- Specifies for which events the bell will not be rung. It is a comma-
- separated list of items. For each item that is present, the bell
- will be silenced. This is most useful to specify specific events in
- insert mode to be silenced.
- You can also make it flash by using 'visualbell'.
- item meaning when present ~
- all All events.
- backspace When hitting <BS> or <Del> and deleting results in an
- error.
- cursor Fail to move around using the cursor keys or
- <PageUp>/<PageDown> in |Insert-mode|.
- complete Error occurred when using |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K| or
- |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|.
- copy Cannot copy char from insert mode using |i_CTRL-Y| or
- |i_CTRL-E|.
- ctrlg Unknown Char after <C-G> in Insert mode.
- error Other Error occurred (e.g. try to join last line)
- (mostly used in |Normal-mode| or |Cmdline-mode|).
- esc hitting <Esc> in |Normal-mode|.
- hangul Ignored.
- lang Calling the beep module for Lua/Mzscheme/TCL.
- mess No output available for |g<|.
- showmatch Error occurred for 'showmatch' function.
- operator Empty region error |cpo-E|.
- register Unknown register after <C-R> in |Insert-mode|.
- shell Bell from shell output |:!|.
- spell Error happened on spell suggest.
- term Bell from |:terminal| output.
- wildmode More matches in |cmdline-completion| available
- (depends on the 'wildmode' setting).
- This is most useful to fine tune when in Insert mode the bell should
- be rung. For Normal mode and Ex commands, the bell is often rung to
- indicate that an error occurred. It can be silenced by adding the
- "error" keyword.
- *'binary'* *'bin'* *'nobinary'* *'nobin'*
- 'binary' 'bin' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- This option should be set before editing a binary file. You can also
- use the |-b| Vim argument. When this option is switched on a few
- options will be changed (also when it already was on):
- 'textwidth' will be set to 0
- 'wrapmargin' will be set to 0
- 'modeline' will be off
- 'expandtab' will be off
- Also, 'fileformat' and 'fileformats' options will not be used, the
- file is read and written like 'fileformat' was "unix" (a single <NL>
- separates lines).
- The 'fileencoding' and 'fileencodings' options will not be used, the
- file is read without conversion.
- NOTE: When you start editing a(nother) file while the 'bin' option is
- on, settings from autocommands may change the settings again (e.g.,
- 'textwidth'), causing trouble when editing. You might want to set
- 'bin' again when the file has been loaded.
- The previous values of these options are remembered and restored when
- 'bin' is switched from on to off. Each buffer has its own set of
- saved option values.
- To edit a file with 'binary' set you can use the |++bin| argument.
- This avoids you have to do ":set bin", which would have effect for all
- files you edit.
- When writing a file the <EOL> for the last line is only written if
- there was one in the original file (normally Vim appends an <EOL> to
- the last line if there is none; this would make the file longer). See
- the 'endofline' option.
- *'bomb'* *'nobomb'*
- 'bomb' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- When writing a file and the following conditions are met, a BOM (Byte
- Order Mark) is prepended to the file:
- - this option is on
- - the 'binary' option is off
- - 'fileencoding' is "utf-8", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" or one of the little/big
- endian variants.
- Some applications use the BOM to recognize the encoding of the file.
- Often used for UCS-2 files on MS-Windows. For other applications it
- causes trouble, for example: "cat file1 file2" makes the BOM of file2
- appear halfway through the resulting file. Gcc doesn't accept a BOM.
- When Vim reads a file and 'fileencodings' starts with "ucs-bom", a
- check for the presence of the BOM is done and 'bomb' set accordingly.
- Unless 'binary' is set, it is removed from the first line, so that you
- don't see it when editing. When you don't change the options, the BOM
- will be restored when writing the file.
- *'breakat'* *'brk'*
- 'breakat' 'brk' string (default " ^I!@*-+;:,./?")
- global
- This option lets you choose which characters might cause a line
- break if 'linebreak' is on. Only works for ASCII characters.
- *'breakindent'* *'bri'* *'nobreakindent'* *'nobri'*
- 'breakindent' 'bri' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- Every wrapped line will continue visually indented (same amount of
- space as the beginning of that line), thus preserving horizontal blocks
- of text.
- *'breakindentopt'* *'briopt'*
- 'breakindentopt' 'briopt' string (default "")
- local to window
- Settings for 'breakindent'. It can consist of the following optional
- items and must be separated by a comma:
- min:{n} Minimum text width that will be kept after
- applying 'breakindent', even if the resulting
- text should normally be narrower. This prevents
- text indented almost to the right window border
- occupying lots of vertical space when broken.
- (default: 20)
- shift:{n} After applying 'breakindent', the wrapped line's
- beginning will be shifted by the given number of
- characters. It permits dynamic French paragraph
- indentation (negative) or emphasizing the line
- continuation (positive).
- (default: 0)
- sbr Display the 'showbreak' value before applying the
- additional indent.
- (default: off)
- list:{n} Adds an additional indent for lines that match a
- numbered or bulleted list (using the
- 'formatlistpat' setting).
- (default: 0)
- list:-1 Uses the width of a match with 'formatlistpat' for
- indentation.
- column:{n} Indent at column {n}. Will overrule the other
- sub-options. Note: an additional indent may be
- added for the 'showbreak' setting.
- (default: off)
- *'bufhidden'* *'bh'*
- 'bufhidden' 'bh' string (default "")
- local to buffer |local-noglobal|
- This option specifies what happens when a buffer is no longer
- displayed in a window:
- <empty> follow the global 'hidden' option
- hide hide the buffer (don't unload it), even if 'hidden' is
- not set
- unload unload the buffer, even if 'hidden' is set; the
- |:hide| command will also unload the buffer
- delete delete the buffer from the buffer list, even if
- 'hidden' is set; the |:hide| command will also delete
- the buffer, making it behave like |:bdelete|
- wipe wipe the buffer from the buffer list, even if
- 'hidden' is set; the |:hide| command will also wipe
- out the buffer, making it behave like |:bwipeout|
- CAREFUL: when "unload", "delete" or "wipe" is used changes in a buffer
- are lost without a warning. Also, these values may break autocommands
- that switch between buffers temporarily.
- This option is used together with 'buftype' and 'swapfile' to specify
- special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
- *'buflisted'* *'bl'* *'nobuflisted'* *'nobl'* *E85*
- 'buflisted' 'bl' boolean (default on)
- local to buffer
- When this option is set, the buffer shows up in the buffer list. If
- it is reset it is not used for ":bnext", "ls", the Buffers menu, etc.
- This option is reset by Vim for buffers that are only used to remember
- a file name or marks. Vim sets it when starting to edit a buffer.
- But not when moving to a buffer with ":buffer".
- *'buftype'* *'bt'* *E382*
- 'buftype' 'bt' string (default "")
- local to buffer |local-noglobal|
- The value of this option specifies the type of a buffer:
- <empty> normal buffer
- acwrite buffer will always be written with |BufWriteCmd|s
- help help buffer (do not set this manually)
- nofile buffer is not related to a file, will not be written
- nowrite buffer will not be written
- quickfix list of errors |:cwindow| or locations |:lwindow|
- terminal |terminal-emulator| buffer
- prompt buffer where only the last line can be edited, meant
- to be used by a plugin, see |prompt-buffer|
- This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'swapfile' to
- specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
- Also see |win_gettype()|, which returns the type of the window.
- Be careful with changing this option, it can have many side effects!
- One such effect is that Vim will not check the timestamp of the file,
- if the file is changed by another program this will not be noticed.
- A "quickfix" buffer is only used for the error list and the location
- list. This value is set by the |:cwindow| and |:lwindow| commands and
- you are not supposed to change it.
- "nofile" and "nowrite" buffers are similar:
- both: The buffer is not to be written to disk, ":w" doesn't
- work (":w filename" does work though).
- both: The buffer is never considered to be |'modified'|.
- There is no warning when the changes will be lost, for
- example when you quit Vim.
- both: A swap file is only created when using too much memory
- (when 'swapfile' has been reset there is never a swap
- file).
- nofile only: The buffer name is fixed, it is not handled like a
- file name. It is not modified in response to a |:cd|
- command.
- both: When using ":e bufname" and already editing "bufname"
- the buffer is made empty and autocommands are
- triggered as usual for |:edit|.
- *E676*
- "acwrite" implies that the buffer name is not related to a file, like
- "nofile", but it will be written. Thus, in contrast to "nofile" and
- "nowrite", ":w" does work and a modified buffer can't be abandoned
- without saving. For writing there must be matching |BufWriteCmd|,
- |FileWriteCmd| or |FileAppendCmd| autocommands.
- *'casemap'* *'cmp'*
- 'casemap' 'cmp' string (default "internal,keepascii")
- global
- Specifies details about changing the case of letters. It may contain
- these words, separated by a comma:
- internal Use internal case mapping functions, the current
- locale does not change the case mapping. When
- "internal" is omitted, the towupper() and towlower()
- system library functions are used when available.
- keepascii For the ASCII characters (0x00 to 0x7f) use the US
- case mapping, the current locale is not effective.
- This probably only matters for Turkish.
- *'cdhome'* *'cdh'* *'nocdhome'* *'nocdh'*
- 'cdhome' 'cdh' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on, |:cd|, |:tcd| and |:lcd| without an argument changes the
- current working directory to the |$HOME| directory like in Unix.
- When off, those commands just print the current directory name.
- On Unix this option has no effect.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'cdpath'* *'cd'* *E344* *E346*
- 'cdpath' 'cd' string (default equivalent to $CDPATH or ",,")
- global
- This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
- |:cd|, |:tcd| and |:lcd| commands, provided that the directory being
- searched for has a relative path, not an absolute part starting with
- "/", "./" or "../", the 'cdpath' option is not used then.
- The 'cdpath' option's value has the same form and semantics as
- |'path'|. Also see |file-searching|.
- The default value is taken from $CDPATH, with a "," prepended to look
- in the current directory first.
- If the default value taken from $CDPATH is not what you want, include
- a modified version of the following command in your vimrc file to
- override it: >vim
- let &cdpath = ',' .. substitute(substitute($CDPATH, '[, ]', '\\\0', 'g'), ':', ',', 'g')
- < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- (parts of 'cdpath' can be passed to the shell to expand file names).
- *'cedit'*
- 'cedit' string (default CTRL-F)
- global
- The key used in Command-line Mode to open the command-line window.
- Only non-printable keys are allowed.
- The key can be specified as a single character, but it is difficult to
- type. The preferred way is to use |key-notation| (e.g. <Up>, <C-F>) or
- a letter preceded with a caret (e.g. `^F` is CTRL-F). Examples: >vim
- set cedit=^Y
- set cedit=<Esc>
- < |Nvi| also has this option, but it only uses the first character.
- See |cmdwin|.
- *'channel'*
- 'channel' number (default 0)
- local to buffer
- |channel| connected to the buffer, or 0 if no channel is connected.
- In a |:terminal| buffer this is the terminal channel.
- Read-only.
- *'charconvert'* *'ccv'* *E202* *E214* *E513*
- 'charconvert' 'ccv' string (default "")
- global
- An expression that is used for character encoding conversion. It is
- evaluated when a file that is to be read or has been written has a
- different encoding from what is desired.
- 'charconvert' is not used when the internal iconv() function is
- supported and is able to do the conversion. Using iconv() is
- preferred, because it is much faster.
- 'charconvert' is not used when reading stdin |--|, because there is no
- file to convert from. You will have to save the text in a file first.
- The expression must return zero, false or an empty string for success,
- non-zero or true for failure.
- See |encoding-names| for possible encoding names.
- Additionally, names given in 'fileencodings' and 'fileencoding' are
- used.
- Conversion between "latin1", "unicode", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" and "utf-8"
- is done internally by Vim, 'charconvert' is not used for this.
- Also used for Unicode conversion.
- Example: >vim
- set charconvert=CharConvert()
- fun CharConvert()
- system("recode "
- \ .. v:charconvert_from .. ".." .. v:charconvert_to
- \ .. " <" .. v:fname_in .. " >" .. v:fname_out)
- return v:shell_error
- endfun
- < The related Vim variables are:
- v:charconvert_from name of the current encoding
- v:charconvert_to name of the desired encoding
- v:fname_in name of the input file
- v:fname_out name of the output file
- Note that v:fname_in and v:fname_out will never be the same.
- The advantage of using a function call without arguments is that it is
- faster, see |expr-option-function|.
- If the 'charconvert' expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is
- replaced with the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >vim
- set charconvert=s:MyConvert()
- set charconvert=<SID>SomeConvert()
- < Otherwise the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
- where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'cindent'* *'cin'* *'nocindent'* *'nocin'*
- 'cindent' 'cin' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- Enables automatic C program indenting. See 'cinkeys' to set the keys
- that trigger reindenting in insert mode and 'cinoptions' to set your
- preferred indent style.
- If 'indentexpr' is not empty, it overrules 'cindent'.
- If 'lisp' is not on and both 'indentexpr' and 'equalprg' are empty,
- the "=" operator indents using this algorithm rather than calling an
- external program.
- See |C-indenting|.
- When you don't like the way 'cindent' works, try the 'smartindent'
- option or 'indentexpr'.
- *'cinkeys'* *'cink'*
- 'cinkeys' 'cink' string (default "0{,0},0),0],:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
- local to buffer
- A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
- the current line. Only used if 'cindent' is on and 'indentexpr' is
- empty.
- For the format of this option see |cinkeys-format|.
- See |C-indenting|.
- *'cinoptions'* *'cino'*
- 'cinoptions' 'cino' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- The 'cinoptions' affect the way 'cindent' reindents lines in a C
- program. See |cinoptions-values| for the values of this option, and
- |C-indenting| for info on C indenting in general.
- *'cinscopedecls'* *'cinsd'*
- 'cinscopedecls' 'cinsd' string (default "public,protected,private")
- local to buffer
- Keywords that are interpreted as a C++ scope declaration by |cino-g|.
- Useful e.g. for working with the Qt framework that defines additional
- scope declarations "signals", "public slots" and "private slots": >vim
- set cinscopedecls+=signals,public\ slots,private\ slots
- <
- *'cinwords'* *'cinw'*
- 'cinwords' 'cinw' string (default "if,else,while,do,for,switch")
- local to buffer
- These keywords start an extra indent in the next line when
- 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is set. For 'cindent' this is only done at
- an appropriate place (inside {}).
- Note that 'ignorecase' isn't used for 'cinwords'. If case doesn't
- matter, include the keyword both the uppercase and lowercase:
- "if,If,IF".
- *'clipboard'* *'cb'*
- 'clipboard' 'cb' string (default "")
- global
- This option is a list of comma-separated names.
- These names are recognized:
- *clipboard-unnamed*
- unnamed When included, Vim will use the clipboard register "*"
- for all yank, delete, change and put operations which
- would normally go to the unnamed register. When a
- register is explicitly specified, it will always be
- used regardless of whether "unnamed" is in 'clipboard'
- or not. The clipboard register can always be
- explicitly accessed using the "* notation. Also see
- |clipboard|.
- *clipboard-unnamedplus*
- unnamedplus A variant of the "unnamed" flag which uses the
- clipboard register "+" (|quoteplus|) instead of
- register "*" for all yank, delete, change and put
- operations which would normally go to the unnamed
- register. When "unnamed" is also included to the
- option, yank and delete operations (but not put)
- will additionally copy the text into register
- "*". See |clipboard|.
- *'cmdheight'* *'ch'*
- 'cmdheight' 'ch' number (default 1)
- global or local to tab page
- Number of screen lines to use for the command-line. Helps avoiding
- |hit-enter| prompts.
- The value of this option is stored with the tab page, so that each tab
- page can have a different value.
- When 'cmdheight' is zero, there is no command-line unless it is being
- used. The command-line will cover the last line of the screen when
- shown.
- WARNING: `cmdheight=0` is EXPERIMENTAL. Expect some unwanted behaviour.
- Some 'shortmess' flags and similar mechanism might fail to take effect,
- causing unwanted hit-enter prompts. Some informative messages, both
- from Nvim itself and plugins, will not be displayed.
- *'cmdwinheight'* *'cwh'*
- 'cmdwinheight' 'cwh' number (default 7)
- global
- Number of screen lines to use for the command-line window. |cmdwin|
- *'colorcolumn'* *'cc'*
- 'colorcolumn' 'cc' string (default "")
- local to window
- 'colorcolumn' is a comma-separated list of screen columns that are
- highlighted with ColorColumn |hl-ColorColumn|. Useful to align
- text. Will make screen redrawing slower.
- The screen column can be an absolute number, or a number preceded with
- '+' or '-', which is added to or subtracted from 'textwidth'. >vim
- set cc=+1 " highlight column after 'textwidth'
- set cc=+1,+2,+3 " highlight three columns after 'textwidth'
- hi ColorColumn ctermbg=lightgrey guibg=lightgrey
- <
- When 'textwidth' is zero then the items with '-' and '+' are not used.
- A maximum of 256 columns are highlighted.
- *'columns'* *'co'* *E594*
- 'columns' 'co' number (default 80 or terminal width)
- global
- Number of columns of the screen. Normally this is set by the terminal
- initialization and does not have to be set by hand.
- When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
- option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
- to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |ginit.vim| file.
- When you set this option and Vim is unable to change the physical
- number of columns of the display, the display may be messed up. For
- the GUI it is always possible and Vim limits the number of columns to
- what fits on the screen. You can use this command to get the widest
- window possible: >vim
- set columns=9999
- < Minimum value is 12, maximum value is 10000.
- *'comments'* *'com'* *E524* *E525*
- 'comments' 'com' string (default "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://,b:#,:%,:XCOMM,n:>,fb:-,fb:•")
- local to buffer
- A comma-separated list of strings that can start a comment line. See
- |format-comments|. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes to
- insert a space.
- *'commentstring'* *'cms'* *E537*
- 'commentstring' 'cms' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- A template for a comment. The "%s" in the value is replaced with the
- comment text, and should be padded with a space when possible.
- Used for |commenting| and to add markers for folding, see |fold-marker|.
- *'complete'* *'cpt'* *E535*
- 'complete' 'cpt' string (default ".,w,b,u,t")
- local to buffer
- This option specifies how keyword completion |ins-completion| works
- when CTRL-P or CTRL-N are used. It is also used for whole-line
- completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L|. It indicates the type of completion
- and the places to scan. It is a comma-separated list of flags:
- . scan the current buffer ('wrapscan' is ignored)
- w scan buffers from other windows
- b scan other loaded buffers that are in the buffer list
- u scan the unloaded buffers that are in the buffer list
- U scan the buffers that are not in the buffer list
- k scan the files given with the 'dictionary' option
- kspell use the currently active spell checking |spell|
- k{dict} scan the file {dict}. Several "k" flags can be given,
- patterns are valid too. For example: >vim
- set cpt=k/usr/dict/*,k~/spanish
- < s scan the files given with the 'thesaurus' option
- s{tsr} scan the file {tsr}. Several "s" flags can be given, patterns
- are valid too.
- i scan current and included files
- d scan current and included files for defined name or macro
- |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D|
- ] tag completion
- t same as "]"
- f scan the buffer names (as opposed to buffer contents)
- Unloaded buffers are not loaded, thus their autocmds |:autocmd| are
- not executed, this may lead to unexpected completions from some files
- (gzipped files for example). Unloaded buffers are not scanned for
- whole-line completion.
- As you can see, CTRL-N and CTRL-P can be used to do any 'iskeyword'-
- based expansion (e.g., dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|, included patterns
- |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I|, tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| and normal expansions).
- *'completefunc'* *'cfu'*
- 'completefunc' 'cfu' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode completion
- with CTRL-X CTRL-U. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|
- See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
- invoked and what it should return. The value can be the name of a
- function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for
- more information.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'completeitemalign'* *'cia'*
- 'completeitemalign' 'cia' string (default "abbr,kind,menu")
- global
- A comma-separated list of |complete-items| that controls the alignment
- and display order of items in the popup menu during Insert mode
- completion. The supported values are abbr, kind, and menu. These
- options allow to customize how the completion items are shown in the
- popup menu. Note: must always contain those three values in any
- order.
- *'completeopt'* *'cot'*
- 'completeopt' 'cot' string (default "menu,preview")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- A comma-separated list of options for Insert mode completion
- |ins-completion|. The supported values are:
- menu Use a popup menu to show the possible completions. The
- menu is only shown when there is more than one match and
- sufficient colors are available. |ins-completion-menu|
- menuone Use the popup menu also when there is only one match.
- Useful when there is additional information about the
- match, e.g., what file it comes from.
- longest Only insert the longest common text of the matches. If
- the menu is displayed you can use CTRL-L to add more
- characters. Whether case is ignored depends on the kind
- of completion. For buffer text the 'ignorecase' option is
- used.
- preview Show extra information about the currently selected
- completion in the preview window. Only works in
- combination with "menu" or "menuone".
- popup Show extra information about the currently selected
- completion in a popup window. Only works in combination
- with "menu" or "menuone". Overrides "preview".
- noinsert Do not insert any text for a match until the user selects
- a match from the menu. Only works in combination with
- "menu" or "menuone". No effect if "longest" is present.
- noselect Same as "noinsert", except that no menu item is
- pre-selected. If both "noinsert" and "noselect" are
- present, "noselect" has precedence.
- fuzzy Enable |fuzzy-matching| for completion candidates. This
- allows for more flexible and intuitive matching, where
- characters can be skipped and matches can be found even
- if the exact sequence is not typed. Only makes a
- difference how completion candidates are reduced from the
- list of alternatives, but not how the candidates are
- collected (using different completion types).
- nosort Disable sorting of completion candidates based on fuzzy
- scores when "fuzzy" is enabled. Candidates will appear
- in their original order.
- preinsert
- Preinsert the portion of the first candidate word that is
- not part of the current completion leader and using the
- |hl-ComplMatchIns| highlight group. Does not work when
- "fuzzy" is also included.
- *'completeslash'* *'csl'*
- 'completeslash' 'csl' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- only modifiable in MS-Windows
- When this option is set it overrules 'shellslash' for completion:
- - When this option is set to "slash", a forward slash is used for path
- completion in insert mode. This is useful when editing HTML tag, or
- Makefile with 'noshellslash' on MS-Windows.
- - When this option is set to "backslash", backslash is used. This is
- useful when editing a batch file with 'shellslash' set on MS-Windows.
- - When this option is empty, same character is used as for
- 'shellslash'.
- For Insert mode completion the buffer-local value is used. For
- command line completion the global value is used.
- *'concealcursor'* *'cocu'*
- 'concealcursor' 'cocu' string (default "")
- local to window
- Sets the modes in which text in the cursor line can also be concealed.
- When the current mode is listed then concealing happens just like in
- other lines.
- n Normal mode
- v Visual mode
- i Insert mode
- c Command line editing, for 'incsearch'
- 'v' applies to all lines in the Visual area, not only the cursor.
- A useful value is "nc". This is used in help files. So long as you
- are moving around text is concealed, but when starting to insert text
- or selecting a Visual area the concealed text is displayed, so that
- you can see what you are doing.
- Keep in mind that the cursor position is not always where it's
- displayed. E.g., when moving vertically it may change column.
- *'conceallevel'* *'cole'*
- 'conceallevel' 'cole' number (default 0)
- local to window
- Determine how text with the "conceal" syntax attribute |:syn-conceal|
- is shown:
- Value Effect ~
- 0 Text is shown normally
- 1 Each block of concealed text is replaced with one
- character. If the syntax item does not have a custom
- replacement character defined (see |:syn-cchar|) the
- character defined in 'listchars' is used.
- It is highlighted with the "Conceal" highlight group.
- 2 Concealed text is completely hidden unless it has a
- custom replacement character defined (see
- |:syn-cchar|).
- 3 Concealed text is completely hidden.
- Note: in the cursor line concealed text is not hidden, so that you can
- edit and copy the text. This can be changed with the 'concealcursor'
- option.
- *'confirm'* *'cf'* *'noconfirm'* *'nocf'*
- 'confirm' 'cf' boolean (default off)
- global
- When 'confirm' is on, certain operations that would normally
- fail because of unsaved changes to a buffer, e.g. ":q" and ":e",
- instead raise a dialog asking if you wish to save the current
- file(s). You can still use a ! to unconditionally |abandon| a buffer.
- If 'confirm' is off you can still activate confirmation for one
- command only (this is most useful in mappings) with the |:confirm|
- command.
- Also see the |confirm()| function and the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'.
- *'copyindent'* *'ci'* *'nocopyindent'* *'noci'*
- 'copyindent' 'ci' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- Copy the structure of the existing lines indent when autoindenting a
- new line. Normally the new indent is reconstructed by a series of
- tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is enabled,
- in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option makes the
- new line copy whatever characters were used for indenting on the
- existing line. 'expandtab' has no effect on these characters, a Tab
- remains a Tab. If the new indent is greater than on the existing
- line, the remaining space is filled in the normal manner.
- See 'preserveindent'.
- *'cpoptions'* *'cpo'* *cpo*
- 'cpoptions' 'cpo' string (default "aABceFs_")
- global
- A sequence of single character flags. When a character is present
- this indicates Vi-compatible behavior. This is used for things where
- not being Vi-compatible is mostly or sometimes preferred.
- 'cpoptions' stands for "compatible-options".
- Commas can be added for readability.
- To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
- "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
- contains behavior ~
- *cpo-a*
- a When included, a ":read" command with a file name
- argument will set the alternate file name for the
- current window.
- *cpo-A*
- A When included, a ":write" command with a file name
- argument will set the alternate file name for the
- current window.
- *cpo-b*
- b "\|" in a ":map" command is recognized as the end of
- the map command. The '\' is included in the mapping,
- the text after the '|' is interpreted as the next
- command. Use a CTRL-V instead of a backslash to
- include the '|' in the mapping. Applies to all
- mapping, abbreviation, menu and autocmd commands.
- See also |map_bar|.
- *cpo-B*
- B A backslash has no special meaning in mappings,
- abbreviations, user commands and the "to" part of the
- menu commands. Remove this flag to be able to use a
- backslash like a CTRL-V. For example, the command
- ":map X \<Esc>" results in X being mapped to:
- 'B' included: "\^[" (^[ is a real <Esc>)
- 'B' excluded: "<Esc>" (5 characters)
- *cpo-c*
- c Searching continues at the end of any match at the
- cursor position, but not further than the start of the
- next line. When not present searching continues
- one character from the cursor position. With 'c'
- "abababababab" only gets three matches when repeating
- "/abab", without 'c' there are five matches.
- *cpo-C*
- C Do not concatenate sourced lines that start with a
- backslash. See |line-continuation|.
- *cpo-d*
- d Using "./" in the 'tags' option doesn't mean to use
- the tags file relative to the current file, but the
- tags file in the current directory.
- *cpo-D*
- D Can't use CTRL-K to enter a digraph after Normal mode
- commands with a character argument, like |r|, |f| and
- |t|.
- *cpo-e*
- e When executing a register with ":@r", always add a
- <CR> to the last line, also when the register is not
- linewise. If this flag is not present, the register
- is not linewise and the last line does not end in a
- <CR>, then the last line is put on the command-line
- and can be edited before hitting <CR>.
- *cpo-E*
- E It is an error when using "y", "d", "c", "g~", "gu" or
- "gU" on an Empty region. The operators only work when
- at least one character is to be operated on. Example:
- This makes "y0" fail in the first column.
- *cpo-f*
- f When included, a ":read" command with a file name
- argument will set the file name for the current buffer,
- if the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet.
- *cpo-F*
- F When included, a ":write" command with a file name
- argument will set the file name for the current
- buffer, if the current buffer doesn't have a file name
- yet. Also see |cpo-P|.
- *cpo-i*
- i When included, interrupting the reading of a file will
- leave it modified.
- *cpo-I*
- I When moving the cursor up or down just after inserting
- indent for 'autoindent', do not delete the indent.
- *cpo-J*
- J A |sentence| has to be followed by two spaces after
- the '.', '!' or '?'. A <Tab> is not recognized as
- white space.
- *cpo-K*
- K Don't wait for a key code to complete when it is
- halfway through a mapping. This breaks mapping
- <F1><F1> when only part of the second <F1> has been
- read. It enables cancelling the mapping by typing
- <F1><Esc>.
- *cpo-l*
- l Backslash in a [] range in a search pattern is taken
- literally, only "\]", "\^", "\-" and "\\" are special.
- See |/[]|
- 'l' included: "/[ \t]" finds <Space>, '\' and 't'
- 'l' excluded: "/[ \t]" finds <Space> and <Tab>
- *cpo-L*
- L When the 'list' option is set, 'wrapmargin',
- 'textwidth', 'softtabstop' and Virtual Replace mode
- (see |gR|) count a <Tab> as two characters, instead of
- the normal behavior of a <Tab>.
- *cpo-m*
- m When included, a showmatch will always wait half a
- second. When not included, a showmatch will wait half
- a second or until a character is typed. |'showmatch'|
- *cpo-M*
- M When excluded, "%" matching will take backslashes into
- account. Thus in "( \( )" and "\( ( \)" the outer
- parenthesis match. When included "%" ignores
- backslashes, which is Vi compatible.
- *cpo-n*
- n When included, the column used for 'number' and
- 'relativenumber' will also be used for text of wrapped
- lines.
- *cpo-o*
- o Line offset to search command is not remembered for
- next search.
- *cpo-O*
- O Don't complain if a file is being overwritten, even
- when it didn't exist when editing it. This is a
- protection against a file unexpectedly created by
- someone else. Vi didn't complain about this.
- *cpo-P*
- P When included, a ":write" command that appends to a
- file will set the file name for the current buffer, if
- the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet and
- the 'F' flag is also included |cpo-F|.
- *cpo-q*
- q When joining multiple lines leave the cursor at the
- position where it would be when joining two lines.
- *cpo-r*
- r Redo ("." command) uses "/" to repeat a search
- command, instead of the actually used search string.
- *cpo-R*
- R Remove marks from filtered lines. Without this flag
- marks are kept like |:keepmarks| was used.
- *cpo-s*
- s Set buffer options when entering the buffer for the
- first time. This is like it is in Vim version 3.0.
- And it is the default. If not present the options are
- set when the buffer is created.
- *cpo-S*
- S Set buffer options always when entering a buffer
- (except 'readonly', 'fileformat', 'filetype' and
- 'syntax'). This is the (most) Vi compatible setting.
- The options are set to the values in the current
- buffer. When you change an option and go to another
- buffer, the value is copied. Effectively makes the
- buffer options global to all buffers.
- 's' 'S' copy buffer options
- no no when buffer created
- yes no when buffer first entered (default)
- X yes each time when buffer entered (vi comp.)
- *cpo-t*
- t Search pattern for the tag command is remembered for
- "n" command. Otherwise Vim only puts the pattern in
- the history for search pattern, but doesn't change the
- last used search pattern.
- *cpo-u*
- u Undo is Vi compatible. See |undo-two-ways|.
- *cpo-v*
- v Backspaced characters remain visible on the screen in
- Insert mode. Without this flag the characters are
- erased from the screen right away. With this flag the
- screen newly typed text overwrites backspaced
- characters.
- *cpo-W*
- W Don't overwrite a readonly file. When omitted, ":w!"
- overwrites a readonly file, if possible.
- *cpo-x*
- x <Esc> on the command-line executes the command-line.
- The default in Vim is to abandon the command-line,
- because <Esc> normally aborts a command. |c_<Esc>|
- *cpo-X*
- X When using a count with "R" the replaced text is
- deleted only once. Also when repeating "R" with "."
- and a count.
- *cpo-y*
- y A yank command can be redone with ".". Think twice if
- you really want to use this, it may break some
- plugins, since most people expect "." to only repeat a
- change.
- *cpo-Z*
- Z When using "w!" while the 'readonly' option is set,
- don't reset 'readonly'.
- *cpo-!*
- ! When redoing a filter command, use the last used
- external command, whatever it was. Otherwise the last
- used -filter- command is used.
- *cpo-$*
- $ When making a change to one line, don't redisplay the
- line, but put a '$' at the end of the changed text.
- The changed text will be overwritten when you type the
- new text. The line is redisplayed if you type any
- command that moves the cursor from the insertion
- point.
- *cpo-%*
- % Vi-compatible matching is done for the "%" command.
- Does not recognize "#if", "#endif", etc.
- Does not recognize "/*" and "*/".
- Parens inside single and double quotes are also
- counted, causing a string that contains a paren to
- disturb the matching. For example, in a line like
- "if (strcmp("foo(", s))" the first paren does not
- match the last one. When this flag is not included,
- parens inside single and double quotes are treated
- specially. When matching a paren outside of quotes,
- everything inside quotes is ignored. When matching a
- paren inside quotes, it will find the matching one (if
- there is one). This works very well for C programs.
- This flag is also used for other features, such as
- C-indenting.
- *cpo-+*
- + When included, a ":write file" command will reset the
- 'modified' flag of the buffer, even though the buffer
- itself may still be different from its file.
- *cpo->*
- > When appending to a register, put a line break before
- the appended text.
- *cpo-;*
- ; When using |,| or |;| to repeat the last |t| search
- and the cursor is right in front of the searched
- character, the cursor won't move. When not included,
- the cursor would skip over it and jump to the
- following occurrence.
- *cpo-_*
- _ When using |cw| on a word, do not include the
- whitespace following the word in the motion.
- *'cursorbind'* *'crb'* *'nocursorbind'* *'nocrb'*
- 'cursorbind' 'crb' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- When this option is set, as the cursor in the current
- window moves other cursorbound windows (windows that also have
- this option set) move their cursors to the corresponding line and
- column. This option is useful for viewing the
- differences between two versions of a file (see 'diff'); in diff mode,
- inserted and deleted lines (though not characters within a line) are
- taken into account.
- *'cursorcolumn'* *'cuc'* *'nocursorcolumn'* *'nocuc'*
- 'cursorcolumn' 'cuc' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- Highlight the screen column of the cursor with CursorColumn
- |hl-CursorColumn|. Useful to align text. Will make screen redrawing
- slower.
- If you only want the highlighting in the current window you can use
- these autocommands: >vim
- au WinLeave * set nocursorline nocursorcolumn
- au WinEnter * set cursorline cursorcolumn
- <
- *'cursorline'* *'cul'* *'nocursorline'* *'nocul'*
- 'cursorline' 'cul' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- Highlight the text line of the cursor with CursorLine |hl-CursorLine|.
- Useful to easily spot the cursor. Will make screen redrawing slower.
- When Visual mode is active the highlighting isn't used to make it
- easier to see the selected text.
- *'cursorlineopt'* *'culopt'*
- 'cursorlineopt' 'culopt' string (default "both")
- local to window
- Comma-separated list of settings for how 'cursorline' is displayed.
- Valid values:
- "line" Highlight the text line of the cursor with
- CursorLine |hl-CursorLine|.
- "screenline" Highlight only the screen line of the cursor with
- CursorLine |hl-CursorLine|.
- "number" Highlight the line number of the cursor with
- CursorLineNr |hl-CursorLineNr|.
- Special value:
- "both" Alias for the values "line,number".
- "line" and "screenline" cannot be used together.
- *'debug'*
- 'debug' string (default "")
- global
- These values can be used:
- msg Error messages that would otherwise be omitted will be given
- anyway.
- throw Error messages that would otherwise be omitted will be given
- anyway and also throw an exception and set |v:errmsg|.
- beep A message will be given when otherwise only a beep would be
- produced.
- The values can be combined, separated by a comma.
- "msg" and "throw" are useful for debugging 'foldexpr', 'formatexpr' or
- 'indentexpr'.
- *'define'* *'def'*
- 'define' 'def' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Pattern to be used to find a macro definition. It is a search
- pattern, just like for the "/" command. This option is used for the
- commands like "[i" and "[d" |include-search|. The 'isident' option is
- used to recognize the defined name after the match: >
- {match with 'define'}{non-ID chars}{defined name}{non-ID char}
- < See |option-backslash| about inserting backslashes to include a space
- or backslash.
- For C++ this value would be useful, to include const type declarations: >
- ^\(#\s*define\|[a-z]*\s*const\s*[a-z]*\)
- < You can also use "\ze" just before the name and continue the pattern
- to check what is following. E.g. for Javascript, if a function is
- defined with `func_name = function(args)`: >
- ^\s*\ze\i\+\s*=\s*function(
- < If the function is defined with `func_name : function() {...`: >
- ^\s*\ze\i\+\s*[:]\s*(*function\s*(
- < When using the ":set" command, you need to double the backslashes!
- To avoid that use `:let` with a single quote string: >vim
- let &l:define = '^\s*\ze\k\+\s*=\s*function('
- <
- *'delcombine'* *'deco'* *'nodelcombine'* *'nodeco'*
- 'delcombine' 'deco' boolean (default off)
- global
- If editing Unicode and this option is set, backspace and Normal mode
- "x" delete each combining character on its own. When it is off (the
- default) the character along with its combining characters are
- deleted.
- Note: When 'delcombine' is set "xx" may work differently from "2x"!
- This is useful for Arabic, Hebrew and many other languages where one
- may have combining characters overtop of base characters, and want
- to remove only the combining ones.
- *'dictionary'* *'dict'*
- 'dictionary' 'dict' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
- for keyword completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|. Each file should
- contain a list of words. This can be one word per line, or several
- words per line, separated by non-keyword characters (white space is
- preferred). Maximum line length is 510 bytes.
- When this option is empty or an entry "spell" is present, and spell
- checking is enabled, words in the word lists for the currently active
- 'spelllang' are used. See |spell|.
- To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
- after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
- name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes.
- This has nothing to do with the |Dictionary| variable type.
- Where to find a list of words?
- - BSD/macOS include the "/usr/share/dict/words" file.
- - Try "apt install spell" to get the "/usr/share/dict/words" file on
- apt-managed systems (Debian/Ubuntu).
- The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
- directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
- uses another default.
- Backticks cannot be used in this option for security reasons.
- *'diff'* *'nodiff'*
- 'diff' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- Join the current window in the group of windows that shows differences
- between files. See |diff-mode|.
- *'diffexpr'* *'dex'*
- 'diffexpr' 'dex' string (default "")
- global
- Expression which is evaluated to obtain a diff file (either ed-style
- or unified-style) from two versions of a file. See |diff-diffexpr|.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'diffopt'* *'dip'*
- 'diffopt' 'dip' string (default "internal,filler,closeoff")
- global
- Option settings for diff mode. It can consist of the following items.
- All are optional. Items must be separated by a comma.
- filler Show filler lines, to keep the text
- synchronized with a window that has inserted
- lines at the same position. Mostly useful
- when windows are side-by-side and 'scrollbind'
- is set.
- context:{n} Use a context of {n} lines between a change
- and a fold that contains unchanged lines.
- When omitted a context of six lines is used.
- When using zero the context is actually one,
- since folds require a line in between, also
- for a deleted line. Set it to a very large
- value (999999) to disable folding completely.
- See |fold-diff|.
- iblank Ignore changes where lines are all blank. Adds
- the "-B" flag to the "diff" command if
- 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
- of the "diff" command for what this does
- exactly.
- NOTE: the diff windows will get out of sync,
- because no differences between blank lines are
- taken into account.
- icase Ignore changes in case of text. "a" and "A"
- are considered the same. Adds the "-i" flag
- to the "diff" command if 'diffexpr' is empty.
- iwhite Ignore changes in amount of white space. Adds
- the "-b" flag to the "diff" command if
- 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
- of the "diff" command for what this does
- exactly. It should ignore adding trailing
- white space, but not leading white space.
- iwhiteall Ignore all white space changes. Adds
- the "-w" flag to the "diff" command if
- 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
- of the "diff" command for what this does
- exactly.
- iwhiteeol Ignore white space changes at end of line.
- Adds the "-Z" flag to the "diff" command if
- 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
- of the "diff" command for what this does
- exactly.
- horizontal Start diff mode with horizontal splits (unless
- explicitly specified otherwise).
- vertical Start diff mode with vertical splits (unless
- explicitly specified otherwise).
- closeoff When a window is closed where 'diff' is set
- and there is only one window remaining in the
- same tab page with 'diff' set, execute
- `:diffoff` in that window. This undoes a
- `:diffsplit` command.
- hiddenoff Do not use diff mode for a buffer when it
- becomes hidden.
- foldcolumn:{n} Set the 'foldcolumn' option to {n} when
- starting diff mode. Without this 2 is used.
- followwrap Follow the 'wrap' option and leave as it is.
- internal Use the internal diff library. This is
- ignored when 'diffexpr' is set. *E960*
- When running out of memory when writing a
- buffer this item will be ignored for diffs
- involving that buffer. Set the 'verbose'
- option to see when this happens.
- indent-heuristic
- Use the indent heuristic for the internal
- diff library.
- linematch:{n} Enable a second stage diff on each generated
- hunk in order to align lines. When the total
- number of lines in a hunk exceeds {n}, the
- second stage diff will not be performed as
- very large hunks can cause noticeable lag. A
- recommended setting is "linematch:60", as this
- will enable alignment for a 2 buffer diff with
- hunks of up to 30 lines each, or a 3 buffer
- diff with hunks of up to 20 lines each.
- algorithm:{text} Use the specified diff algorithm with the
- internal diff engine. Currently supported
- algorithms are:
- myers the default algorithm
- minimal spend extra time to generate the
- smallest possible diff
- patience patience diff algorithm
- histogram histogram diff algorithm
- Examples: >vim
- set diffopt=internal,filler,context:4
- set diffopt=
- set diffopt=internal,filler,foldcolumn:3
- set diffopt-=internal " do NOT use the internal diff parser
- <
- *'digraph'* *'dg'* *'nodigraph'* *'nodg'*
- 'digraph' 'dg' boolean (default off)
- global
- Enable the entering of digraphs in Insert mode with {char1} <BS>
- {char2}. See |digraphs|.
- *'directory'* *'dir'*
- 'directory' 'dir' string (default "$XDG_STATE_HOME/nvim/swap//")
- global
- List of directory names for the swap file, separated with commas.
- Possible items:
- - The swap file will be created in the first directory where this is
- possible. If it is not possible in any directory, but last
- directory listed in the option does not exist, it is created.
- - Empty means that no swap file will be used (recovery is
- impossible!) and no |E303| error will be given.
- - A directory "." means to put the swap file in the same directory as
- the edited file. On Unix, a dot is prepended to the file name, so
- it doesn't show in a directory listing. On MS-Windows the "hidden"
- attribute is set and a dot prepended if possible.
- - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-Windows) means to put
- the swap file relative to where the edited file is. The leading "."
- is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
- - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//",
- the swap file name will be built from the complete path to the file
- with all path separators replaced by percent '%' signs (including
- the colon following the drive letter on Win32). This will ensure
- file name uniqueness in the preserve directory.
- On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a
- separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will
- include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to
- use '//', instead of '\\'.
- - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
- of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
- name, precede it with a backslash.
- - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
- - A directory name may end in an ':' or '/'.
- - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
- - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
- get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >vim
- set dir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
- <
- Editing the same file twice will result in a warning. Using "/tmp" on
- is discouraged: if the system crashes you lose the swap file. And
- others on the computer may be able to see the files.
- Use |:set+=| and |:set-=| when adding or removing directories from the
- list, this avoids problems if the Nvim default is changed.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'display'* *'dy'*
- 'display' 'dy' string (default "lastline")
- global
- Change the way text is displayed. This is a comma-separated list of
- flags:
- lastline When included, as much as possible of the last line
- in a window will be displayed. "@@@" is put in the
- last columns of the last screen line to indicate the
- rest of the line is not displayed.
- truncate Like "lastline", but "@@@" is displayed in the first
- column of the last screen line. Overrules "lastline".
- uhex Show unprintable characters hexadecimal as <xx>
- instead of using ^C and ~C.
- msgsep Obsolete flag. Allowed but takes no effect. |msgsep|
- When neither "lastline" nor "truncate" is included, a last line that
- doesn't fit is replaced with "@" lines.
- The "@" character can be changed by setting the "lastline" item in
- 'fillchars'. The character is highlighted with |hl-NonText|.
- *'eadirection'* *'ead'*
- 'eadirection' 'ead' string (default "both")
- global
- Tells when the 'equalalways' option applies:
- ver vertically, width of windows is not affected
- hor horizontally, height of windows is not affected
- both width and height of windows is affected
- *'emoji'* *'emo'* *'noemoji'* *'noemo'*
- 'emoji' 'emo' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on all Unicode emoji characters are considered to be full width.
- This excludes "text emoji" characters, which are normally displayed as
- single width. However, such "text emoji" are treated as full-width
- emoji if they are followed by the U+FE0F variant selector.
- Unfortunately there is no good specification for this and it has been
- determined on trial-and-error basis. Use the |setcellwidths()|
- function to change the behavior.
- *'encoding'* *'enc'*
- 'encoding' 'enc' string (default "utf-8")
- global
- String-encoding used internally and for |RPC| communication.
- Always UTF-8.
- See 'fileencoding' to control file-content encoding.
- *'endoffile'* *'eof'* *'noendoffile'* *'noeof'*
- 'endoffile' 'eof' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- Indicates that a CTRL-Z character was found at the end of the file
- when reading it. Normally only happens when 'fileformat' is "dos".
- When writing a file and this option is off and the 'binary' option
- is on, or 'fixeol' option is off, no CTRL-Z will be written at the
- end of the file.
- See |eol-and-eof| for example settings.
- *'endofline'* *'eol'* *'noendofline'* *'noeol'*
- 'endofline' 'eol' boolean (default on)
- local to buffer
- When writing a file and this option is off and the 'binary' option
- is on, or 'fixeol' option is off, no <EOL> will be written for the
- last line in the file. This option is automatically set or reset when
- starting to edit a new file, depending on whether file has an <EOL>
- for the last line in the file. Normally you don't have to set or
- reset this option.
- When 'binary' is off and 'fixeol' is on the value is not used when
- writing the file. When 'binary' is on or 'fixeol' is off it is used
- to remember the presence of a <EOL> for the last line in the file, so
- that when you write the file the situation from the original file can
- be kept. But you can change it if you want to.
- See |eol-and-eof| for example settings.
- *'equalalways'* *'ea'* *'noequalalways'* *'noea'*
- 'equalalways' 'ea' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on, all the windows are automatically made the same size after
- splitting or closing a window. This also happens the moment the
- option is switched on. When off, splitting a window will reduce the
- size of the current window and leave the other windows the same. When
- closing a window the extra lines are given to the window next to it
- (depending on 'splitbelow' and 'splitright').
- When mixing vertically and horizontally split windows, a minimal size
- is computed and some windows may be larger if there is room. The
- 'eadirection' option tells in which direction the size is affected.
- Changing the height and width of a window can be avoided by setting
- 'winfixheight' and 'winfixwidth', respectively.
- If a window size is specified when creating a new window sizes are
- currently not equalized (it's complicated, but may be implemented in
- the future).
- *'equalprg'* *'ep'*
- 'equalprg' 'ep' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- External program to use for "=" command. When this option is empty
- the internal formatting functions are used; either 'lisp', 'cindent'
- or 'indentexpr'.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
- about including spaces and backslashes.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'errorbells'* *'eb'* *'noerrorbells'* *'noeb'*
- 'errorbells' 'eb' boolean (default off)
- global
- Ring the bell (beep or screen flash) for error messages. This only
- makes a difference for error messages, the bell will be used always
- for a lot of errors without a message (e.g., hitting <Esc> in Normal
- mode). See 'visualbell' to make the bell behave like a screen flash
- or do nothing. See 'belloff' to finetune when to ring the bell.
- *'errorfile'* *'ef'*
- 'errorfile' 'ef' string (default "errors.err")
- global
- Name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode (see |:cf|).
- When the "-q" command-line argument is used, 'errorfile' is set to the
- following argument. See |-q|.
- NOT used for the ":make" command. See 'makeef' for that.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
- See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'errorformat'* *'efm'*
- 'errorformat' 'efm' string (default is very long)
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Scanf-like description of the format for the lines in the error file
- (see |errorformat|).
- *'eventignore'* *'ei'*
- 'eventignore' 'ei' string (default "")
- global
- A list of autocommand event names, which are to be ignored.
- When set to "all" or when "all" is one of the items, all autocommand
- events are ignored, autocommands will not be executed.
- Otherwise this is a comma-separated list of event names. Example: >vim
- set ei=WinEnter,WinLeave
- <
- *'expandtab'* *'et'* *'noexpandtab'* *'noet'*
- 'expandtab' 'et' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- In Insert mode: Use the appropriate number of spaces to insert a
- <Tab>. Spaces are used in indents with the '>' and '<' commands and
- when 'autoindent' is on. To insert a real tab when 'expandtab' is
- on, use CTRL-V<Tab>. See also |:retab| and |ins-expandtab|.
- *'exrc'* *'ex'* *'noexrc'* *'noex'*
- 'exrc' 'ex' boolean (default off)
- global
- Automatically execute .nvim.lua, .nvimrc, and .exrc files in the
- current directory, if the file is in the |trust| list. Use |:trust| to
- manage trusted files. See also |vim.secure.read()|.
- Compare 'exrc' to |editorconfig|:
- - 'exrc' can execute any code; editorconfig only specifies settings.
- - 'exrc' is Nvim-specific; editorconfig works in other editors.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'fileencoding'* *'fenc'* *E213*
- 'fileencoding' 'fenc' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- File-content encoding for the current buffer. Conversion is done with
- iconv() or as specified with 'charconvert'.
- When 'fileencoding' is not UTF-8, conversion will be done when
- writing the file. For reading see below.
- When 'fileencoding' is empty, the file will be saved with UTF-8
- encoding (no conversion when reading or writing a file).
- WARNING: Conversion to a non-Unicode encoding can cause loss of
- information!
- See |encoding-names| for the possible values. Additionally, values may be
- specified that can be handled by the converter, see
- |mbyte-conversion|.
- When reading a file 'fileencoding' will be set from 'fileencodings'.
- To read a file in a certain encoding it won't work by setting
- 'fileencoding', use the |++enc| argument. One exception: when
- 'fileencodings' is empty the value of 'fileencoding' is used.
- For a new file the global value of 'fileencoding' is used.
- Prepending "8bit-" and "2byte-" has no meaning here, they are ignored.
- When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
- you can set it with uppercase values too. '_' characters are
- replaced with '-'. If a name is recognized from the list at
- |encoding-names|, it is replaced by the standard name. For example
- "ISO8859-2" becomes "iso-8859-2".
- When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
- option is set, because the file would be different when written.
- Keep in mind that changing 'fenc' from a modeline happens
- AFTER the text has been read, thus it applies to when the file will be
- written. If you do set 'fenc' in a modeline, you might want to set
- 'nomodified' to avoid not being able to ":q".
- This option cannot be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
- *'fileencodings'* *'fencs'*
- 'fileencodings' 'fencs' string (default "ucs-bom,utf-8,default,latin1")
- global
- This is a list of character encodings considered when starting to edit
- an existing file. When a file is read, Vim tries to use the first
- mentioned character encoding. If an error is detected, the next one
- in the list is tried. When an encoding is found that works,
- 'fileencoding' is set to it. If all fail, 'fileencoding' is set to
- an empty string, which means that UTF-8 is used.
- WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! You can use
- the |++bad| argument to specify what is done with characters
- that can't be converted.
- For an empty file or a file with only ASCII characters most encodings
- will work and the first entry of 'fileencodings' will be used (except
- "ucs-bom", which requires the BOM to be present). If you prefer
- another encoding use an BufReadPost autocommand event to test if your
- preferred encoding is to be used. Example: >vim
- au BufReadPost * if search('\S', 'w') == 0 |
- \ set fenc=iso-2022-jp | endif
- < This sets 'fileencoding' to "iso-2022-jp" if the file does not contain
- non-blank characters.
- When the |++enc| argument is used then the value of 'fileencodings' is
- not used.
- Note that 'fileencodings' is not used for a new file, the global value
- of 'fileencoding' is used instead. You can set it with: >vim
- setglobal fenc=iso-8859-2
- < This means that a non-existing file may get a different encoding than
- an empty file.
- The special value "ucs-bom" can be used to check for a Unicode BOM
- (Byte Order Mark) at the start of the file. It must not be preceded
- by "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding for this to work properly.
- An entry for an 8-bit encoding (e.g., "latin1") should be the last,
- because Vim cannot detect an error, thus the encoding is always
- accepted.
- The special value "default" can be used for the encoding from the
- environment. It is useful when your environment uses a non-latin1
- encoding, such as Russian.
- When a file contains an illegal UTF-8 byte sequence it won't be
- recognized as "utf-8". You can use the |8g8| command to find the
- illegal byte sequence.
- WRONG VALUES: WHAT'S WRONG:
- latin1,utf-8 "latin1" will always be used
- utf-8,ucs-bom,latin1 BOM won't be recognized in an utf-8
- file
- cp1250,latin1 "cp1250" will always be used
- If 'fileencodings' is empty, 'fileencoding' is not modified.
- See 'fileencoding' for the possible values.
- Setting this option does not have an effect until the next time a file
- is read.
- *'fileformat'* *'ff'*
- 'fileformat' 'ff' string (default Windows: "dos", Unix: "unix")
- local to buffer
- This gives the <EOL> of the current buffer, which is used for
- reading/writing the buffer from/to a file:
- dos <CR><NL>
- unix <NL>
- mac <CR>
- When "dos" is used, CTRL-Z at the end of a file is ignored.
- See |file-formats| and |file-read|.
- For the character encoding of the file see 'fileencoding'.
- When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformat' is ignored, file I/O
- works like it was set to "unix".
- This option is set automatically when starting to edit a file and
- 'fileformats' is not empty and 'binary' is off.
- When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
- option is set, because the file would be different when written.
- This option cannot be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
- *'fileformats'* *'ffs'*
- 'fileformats' 'ffs' string (default Windows: "dos,unix", Unix: "unix,dos")
- global
- This gives the end-of-line (<EOL>) formats that will be tried when
- starting to edit a new buffer and when reading a file into an existing
- buffer:
- - When empty, the format defined with 'fileformat' will be used
- always. It is not set automatically.
- - When set to one name, that format will be used whenever a new buffer
- is opened. 'fileformat' is set accordingly for that buffer. The
- 'fileformats' name will be used when a file is read into an existing
- buffer, no matter what 'fileformat' for that buffer is set to.
- - When more than one name is present, separated by commas, automatic
- <EOL> detection will be done when reading a file. When starting to
- edit a file, a check is done for the <EOL>:
- 1. If all lines end in <CR><NL>, and 'fileformats' includes "dos",
- 'fileformat' is set to "dos".
- 2. If a <NL> is found and 'fileformats' includes "unix", 'fileformat'
- is set to "unix". Note that when a <NL> is found without a
- preceding <CR>, "unix" is preferred over "dos".
- 3. If 'fileformat' has not yet been set, and if a <CR> is found, and
- if 'fileformats' includes "mac", 'fileformat' is set to "mac".
- This means that "mac" is only chosen when:
- "unix" is not present or no <NL> is found in the file, and
- "dos" is not present or no <CR><NL> is found in the file.
- Except: if "unix" was chosen, but there is a <CR> before
- the first <NL>, and there appear to be more <CR>s than <NL>s in
- the first few lines, "mac" is used.
- 4. If 'fileformat' is still not set, the first name from
- 'fileformats' is used.
- When reading a file into an existing buffer, the same is done, but
- this happens like 'fileformat' has been set appropriately for that
- file only, the option is not changed.
- When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformats' is not used.
- When Vim starts up with an empty buffer the first item is used. You
- can overrule this by setting 'fileformat' in your .vimrc.
- For systems with a Dos-like <EOL> (<CR><NL>), when reading files that
- are ":source"ed and for vimrc files, automatic <EOL> detection may be
- done:
- - When 'fileformats' is empty, there is no automatic detection. Dos
- format will be used.
- - When 'fileformats' is set to one or more names, automatic detection
- is done. This is based on the first <NL> in the file: If there is a
- <CR> in front of it, Dos format is used, otherwise Unix format is
- used.
- Also see |file-formats|.
- *'fileignorecase'* *'fic'* *'nofileignorecase'* *'nofic'*
- 'fileignorecase' 'fic' boolean (default on for systems where case in file
- names is normally ignored)
- global
- When set case is ignored when using file names and directories.
- See 'wildignorecase' for only ignoring case when doing completion.
- *'filetype'* *'ft'*
- 'filetype' 'ft' string (default "")
- local to buffer |local-noglobal|
- When this option is set, the FileType autocommand event is triggered.
- All autocommands that match with the value of this option will be
- executed. Thus the value of 'filetype' is used in place of the file
- name.
- Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current file type.
- This option is normally set when the file type is detected. To enable
- this use the ":filetype on" command. |:filetype|
- Setting this option to a different value is most useful in a modeline,
- for a file for which the file type is not automatically recognized.
- Example, for in an IDL file: >c
- /* vim: set filetype=idl : */
- < |FileType| |filetypes|
- When a dot appears in the value then this separates two filetype
- names, it should therefore not be used for a filetype. Example: >c
- /* vim: set filetype=c.doxygen : */
- < This will use the "c" filetype first, then the "doxygen" filetype.
- This works both for filetype plugins and for syntax files. More than
- one dot may appear.
- This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
- 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
- Only alphanumeric characters, '-' and '_' can be used.
- *'fillchars'* *'fcs'*
- 'fillchars' 'fcs' string (default "")
- global or local to window |global-local|
- Characters to fill the statuslines, vertical separators and special
- lines in the window.
- It is a comma-separated list of items. Each item has a name, a colon
- and the value of that item: |E1511|
- item default Used for ~
- stl ' ' statusline of the current window
- stlnc ' ' statusline of the non-current windows
- wbr ' ' window bar
- horiz '─' or '-' horizontal separators |:split|
- horizup '┴' or '-' upwards facing horizontal separator
- horizdown '┬' or '-' downwards facing horizontal separator
- vert '│' or '|' vertical separators |:vsplit|
- vertleft '┤' or '|' left facing vertical separator
- vertright '├' or '|' right facing vertical separator
- verthoriz '┼' or '+' overlapping vertical and horizontal
- separator
- fold '·' or '-' filling 'foldtext'
- foldopen '-' mark the beginning of a fold
- foldclose '+' show a closed fold
- foldsep '│' or '|' open fold middle marker
- diff '-' deleted lines of the 'diff' option
- msgsep ' ' message separator 'display'
- eob '~' empty lines at the end of a buffer
- lastline '@' 'display' contains lastline/truncate
- Any one that is omitted will fall back to the default.
- Note that "horiz", "horizup", "horizdown", "vertleft", "vertright" and
- "verthoriz" are only used when 'laststatus' is 3, since only vertical
- window separators are used otherwise.
- If 'ambiwidth' is "double" then "horiz", "horizup", "horizdown",
- "vert", "vertleft", "vertright", "verthoriz", "foldsep" and "fold"
- default to single-byte alternatives.
- Example: >vim
- set fillchars=stl:\ ,stlnc:\ ,vert:│,fold:·,diff:-
- <
- For the "stl", "stlnc", "foldopen", "foldclose" and "foldsep" items
- single-byte and multibyte characters are supported. But double-width
- characters are not supported. |E1512|
- The highlighting used for these items:
- item highlight group ~
- stl StatusLine |hl-StatusLine|
- stlnc StatusLineNC |hl-StatusLineNC|
- wbr WinBar |hl-WinBar| or |hl-WinBarNC|
- horiz WinSeparator |hl-WinSeparator|
- horizup WinSeparator |hl-WinSeparator|
- horizdown WinSeparator |hl-WinSeparator|
- vert WinSeparator |hl-WinSeparator|
- vertleft WinSeparator |hl-WinSeparator|
- vertright WinSeparator |hl-WinSeparator|
- verthoriz WinSeparator |hl-WinSeparator|
- fold Folded |hl-Folded|
- diff DiffDelete |hl-DiffDelete|
- eob EndOfBuffer |hl-EndOfBuffer|
- lastline NonText |hl-NonText|
- *'findfunc'* *'ffu'* *E1514*
- 'findfunc' 'ffu' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Function that is called to obtain the filename(s) for the |:find|
- command. When this option is empty, the internal |file-searching|
- mechanism is used.
- The value can be the name of a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|.
- See |option-value-function| for more information.
- The function is called with two arguments. The first argument is a
- |String| and is the |:find| command argument. The second argument is
- a |Boolean| and is set to |v:true| when the function is called to get
- a List of command-line completion matches for the |:find| command.
- The function should return a List of strings.
- The function is called only once per |:find| command invocation.
- The function can process all the directories specified in 'path'.
- If a match is found, the function should return a |List| containing
- one or more file names. If a match is not found, the function
- should return an empty List.
- If any errors are encountered during the function invocation, an
- empty List is used as the return value.
- It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
- executing the 'findfunc' |textlock|.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- Examples:
- >vim
- " Use glob()
- func FindFuncGlob(cmdarg, cmdcomplete)
- let pat = a:cmdcomplete ? $'{a:cmdarg}*' : a:cmdarg
- return glob(pat, v:false, v:true)
- endfunc
- set findfunc=FindFuncGlob
- " Use the 'git ls-files' output
- func FindGitFiles(cmdarg, cmdcomplete)
- let fnames = systemlist('git ls-files')
- return fnames->filter('v:val =~? a:cmdarg')
- endfunc
- set findfunc=FindGitFiles
- <
- *'fixendofline'* *'fixeol'* *'nofixendofline'* *'nofixeol'*
- 'fixendofline' 'fixeol' boolean (default on)
- local to buffer
- When writing a file and this option is on, <EOL> at the end of file
- will be restored if missing. Turn this option off if you want to
- preserve the situation from the original file.
- When the 'binary' option is set the value of this option doesn't
- matter.
- See the 'endofline' option.
- See |eol-and-eof| for example settings.
- *'foldclose'* *'fcl'*
- 'foldclose' 'fcl' string (default "")
- global
- When set to "all", a fold is closed when the cursor isn't in it and
- its level is higher than 'foldlevel'. Useful if you want folds to
- automatically close when moving out of them.
- *'foldcolumn'* *'fdc'*
- 'foldcolumn' 'fdc' string (default "0")
- local to window
- When and how to draw the foldcolumn. Valid values are:
- "auto": resize to the minimum amount of folds to display.
- "auto:[1-9]": resize to accommodate multiple folds up to the
- selected level
- "0": to disable foldcolumn
- "[1-9]": to display a fixed number of columns
- See |folding|.
- *'foldenable'* *'fen'* *'nofoldenable'* *'nofen'*
- 'foldenable' 'fen' boolean (default on)
- local to window
- When off, all folds are open. This option can be used to quickly
- switch between showing all text unfolded and viewing the text with
- folds (including manually opened or closed folds). It can be toggled
- with the |zi| command. The 'foldcolumn' will remain blank when
- 'foldenable' is off.
- This option is set by commands that create a new fold or close a fold.
- See |folding|.
- *'foldexpr'* *'fde'*
- 'foldexpr' 'fde' string (default "0")
- local to window
- The expression used for when 'foldmethod' is "expr". It is evaluated
- for each line to obtain its fold level. The context is set to the
- script where 'foldexpr' was set, script-local items can be accessed.
- See |fold-expr| for the usage.
- The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from a
- modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
- This option can't be set from a |modeline| when the 'diff' option is
- on or the 'modelineexpr' option is off.
- It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
- evaluating 'foldexpr' |textlock|.
- *'foldignore'* *'fdi'*
- 'foldignore' 'fdi' string (default "#")
- local to window
- Used only when 'foldmethod' is "indent". Lines starting with
- characters in 'foldignore' will get their fold level from surrounding
- lines. White space is skipped before checking for this character.
- The default "#" works well for C programs. See |fold-indent|.
- *'foldlevel'* *'fdl'*
- 'foldlevel' 'fdl' number (default 0)
- local to window
- Sets the fold level: Folds with a higher level will be closed.
- Setting this option to zero will close all folds. Higher numbers will
- close fewer folds.
- This option is set by commands like |zm|, |zM| and |zR|.
- See |fold-foldlevel|.
- *'foldlevelstart'* *'fdls'*
- 'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' number (default -1)
- global
- Sets 'foldlevel' when starting to edit another buffer in a window.
- Useful to always start editing with all folds closed (value zero),
- some folds closed (one) or no folds closed (99).
- This is done before reading any modeline, thus a setting in a modeline
- overrules this option. Starting to edit a file for |diff-mode| also
- ignores this option and closes all folds.
- It is also done before BufReadPre autocommands, to allow an autocmd to
- overrule the 'foldlevel' value for specific files.
- When the value is negative, it is not used.
- *'foldmarker'* *'fmr'* *E536*
- 'foldmarker' 'fmr' string (default "{{{,}}}")
- local to window
- The start and end marker used when 'foldmethod' is "marker". There
- must be one comma, which separates the start and end marker. The
- marker is a literal string (a regular expression would be too slow).
- See |fold-marker|.
- *'foldmethod'* *'fdm'*
- 'foldmethod' 'fdm' string (default "manual")
- local to window
- The kind of folding used for the current window. Possible values:
- |fold-manual| manual Folds are created manually.
- |fold-indent| indent Lines with equal indent form a fold.
- |fold-expr| expr 'foldexpr' gives the fold level of a line.
- |fold-marker| marker Markers are used to specify folds.
- |fold-syntax| syntax Syntax highlighting items specify folds.
- |fold-diff| diff Fold text that is not changed.
- *'foldminlines'* *'fml'*
- 'foldminlines' 'fml' number (default 1)
- local to window
- Sets the number of screen lines above which a fold can be displayed
- closed. Also for manually closed folds. With the default value of
- one a fold can only be closed if it takes up two or more screen lines.
- Set to zero to be able to close folds of just one screen line.
- Note that this only has an effect on what is displayed. After using
- "zc" to close a fold, which is displayed open because it's smaller
- than 'foldminlines', a following "zc" may close a containing fold.
- *'foldnestmax'* *'fdn'*
- 'foldnestmax' 'fdn' number (default 20)
- local to window
- Sets the maximum nesting of folds for the "indent" and "syntax"
- methods. This avoids that too many folds will be created. Using more
- than 20 doesn't work, because the internal limit is 20.
- *'foldopen'* *'fdo'*
- 'foldopen' 'fdo' string (default "block,hor,mark,percent,quickfix,search,tag,undo")
- global
- Specifies for which type of commands folds will be opened, if the
- command moves the cursor into a closed fold. It is a comma-separated
- list of items.
- NOTE: When the command is part of a mapping this option is not used.
- Add the |zv| command to the mapping to get the same effect.
- (rationale: the mapping may want to control opening folds itself)
- item commands ~
- all any
- block (, {, [[, [{, etc.
- hor horizontal movements: "l", "w", "fx", etc.
- insert any command in Insert mode
- jump far jumps: "G", "gg", etc.
- mark jumping to a mark: "'m", CTRL-O, etc.
- percent "%"
- quickfix ":cn", ":crew", ":make", etc.
- search search for a pattern: "/", "n", "*", "gd", etc.
- (not for a search pattern in a ":" command)
- Also for |[s| and |]s|.
- tag jumping to a tag: ":ta", CTRL-T, etc.
- undo undo or redo: "u" and CTRL-R
- When a movement command is used for an operator (e.g., "dl" or "y%")
- this option is not used. This means the operator will include the
- whole closed fold.
- Note that vertical movements are not here, because it would make it
- very difficult to move onto a closed fold.
- In insert mode the folds containing the cursor will always be open
- when text is inserted.
- To close folds you can re-apply 'foldlevel' with the |zx| command or
- set the 'foldclose' option to "all".
- *'foldtext'* *'fdt'*
- 'foldtext' 'fdt' string (default "foldtext()")
- local to window
- An expression which is used to specify the text displayed for a closed
- fold. The context is set to the script where 'foldexpr' was set,
- script-local items can be accessed. See |fold-foldtext| for the
- usage.
- The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from a
- modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
- evaluating 'foldtext' |textlock|.
- When set to an empty string, foldtext is disabled, and the line
- is displayed normally with highlighting and no line wrapping.
- *'formatexpr'* *'fex'*
- 'formatexpr' 'fex' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- Expression which is evaluated to format a range of lines for the |gq|
- operator or automatic formatting (see 'formatoptions'). When this
- option is empty 'formatprg' is used.
- The |v:lnum| variable holds the first line to be formatted.
- The |v:count| variable holds the number of lines to be formatted.
- The |v:char| variable holds the character that is going to be
- inserted if the expression is being evaluated due to
- automatic formatting. This can be empty. Don't insert
- it yet!
- Example: >vim
- set formatexpr=mylang#Format()
- < This will invoke the mylang#Format() function in the
- autoload/mylang.vim file in 'runtimepath'. |autoload|
- The advantage of using a function call without arguments is that it is
- faster, see |expr-option-function|.
- The expression is also evaluated when 'textwidth' is set and adding
- text beyond that limit. This happens under the same conditions as
- when internal formatting is used. Make sure the cursor is kept in the
- same spot relative to the text then! The |mode()| function will
- return "i" or "R" in this situation.
- When the expression evaluates to non-zero Vim will fall back to using
- the internal format mechanism.
- If the expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is replaced with
- the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >vim
- set formatexpr=s:MyFormatExpr()
- set formatexpr=<SID>SomeFormatExpr()
- < Otherwise, the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
- where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
- The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
- modeline, see |sandbox-option|. That stops the option from working,
- since changing the buffer text is not allowed.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
- *'formatlistpat'* *'flp'*
- 'formatlistpat' 'flp' string (default "^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*")
- local to buffer
- A pattern that is used to recognize a list header. This is used for
- the "n" flag in 'formatoptions'.
- The pattern must match exactly the text that will be the indent for
- the line below it. You can use |/\ze| to mark the end of the match
- while still checking more characters. There must be a character
- following the pattern, when it matches the whole line it is handled
- like there is no match.
- The default recognizes a number, followed by an optional punctuation
- character and white space.
- *'formatoptions'* *'fo'*
- 'formatoptions' 'fo' string (default "tcqj")
- local to buffer
- This is a sequence of letters which describes how automatic
- formatting is to be done.
- See |fo-table| for possible values and |gq| for how to format text.
- Commas can be inserted for readability.
- To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
- "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
- *'formatprg'* *'fp'*
- 'formatprg' 'fp' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- The name of an external program that will be used to format the lines
- selected with the |gq| operator. The program must take the input on
- stdin and produce the output on stdout. The Unix program "fmt" is
- such a program.
- If the 'formatexpr' option is not empty it will be used instead.
- Otherwise, if 'formatprg' option is an empty string, the internal
- format function will be used |C-indenting|.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
- about including spaces and backslashes.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'fsync'* *'fs'* *'nofsync'* *'nofs'*
- 'fsync' 'fs' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on, the OS function fsync() will be called after saving a file
- (|:write|, |writefile()|, …), |swap-file|, |undo-persistence| and |shada-file|.
- This flushes the file to disk, ensuring that it is safely written.
- Slow on some systems: writing buffers, quitting Nvim, and other
- operations may sometimes take a few seconds.
- Files are ALWAYS flushed ('fsync' is ignored) when:
- - |CursorHold| event is triggered
- - |:preserve| is called
- - system signals low battery life
- - Nvim exits abnormally
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'gdefault'* *'gd'* *'nogdefault'* *'nogd'*
- 'gdefault' 'gd' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on, the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on. This means that
- all matches in a line are substituted instead of one. When a 'g' flag
- is given to a ":substitute" command, this will toggle the substitution
- of all or one match. See |complex-change|.
- command 'gdefault' on 'gdefault' off ~
- :s/// subst. all subst. one
- :s///g subst. one subst. all
- :s///gg subst. all subst. one
- NOTE: Setting this option may break plugins that rely on the default
- behavior of the 'g' flag. This will also make the 'g' flag have the
- opposite effect of that documented in |:s_g|.
- *'grepformat'* *'gfm'*
- 'grepformat' 'gfm' string (default "%f:%l:%m,%f:%l%m,%f %l%m")
- global
- Format to recognize for the ":grep" command output.
- This is a scanf-like string that uses the same format as the
- 'errorformat' option: see |errorformat|.
- If ripgrep ('grepprg') is available, this option defaults to `%f:%l:%c:%m`.
- *'grepprg'* *'gp'*
- 'grepprg' 'gp' string (default see below)
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Program to use for the |:grep| command. This option may contain '%'
- and '#' characters, which are expanded like when used in a command-
- line. The placeholder "$*" is allowed to specify where the arguments
- will be included. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See
- |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- Special value: When 'grepprg' is set to "internal" the |:grep| command
- works like |:vimgrep|, |:lgrep| like |:lvimgrep|, |:grepadd| like
- |:vimgrepadd| and |:lgrepadd| like |:lvimgrepadd|.
- See also the section |:make_makeprg|, since most of the comments there
- apply equally to 'grepprg'.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- This option defaults to:
- - `rg --vimgrep -uu ` if ripgrep is available (|:checkhealth|),
- - `grep -HIn $* /dev/null` on Unix,
- - `findstr /n $* nul` on Windows.
- Ripgrep can perform additional filtering such as using .gitignore rules
- and skipping hidden files. This is disabled by default (see the -u option)
- to more closely match the behaviour of standard grep.
- You can make ripgrep match Vim's case handling using the
- -i/--ignore-case and -S/--smart-case options.
- An |OptionSet| autocmd can be used to set it up to match automatically.
- *'guicursor'* *'gcr'* *E545* *E546* *E548* *E549*
- 'guicursor' 'gcr' string (default "n-v-c-sm:block,i-ci-ve:ver25,r-cr-o:hor20,t:block-blinkon500-blinkoff500-TermCursor")
- global
- Configures the cursor style for each mode. Works in the GUI and many
- terminals. See |tui-cursor-shape|.
- To disable cursor-styling, reset the option: >vim
- set guicursor=
- < To enable mode shapes, "Cursor" highlight, and blinking: >vim
- set guicursor=n-v-c:block,i-ci-ve:ver25,r-cr:hor20,o:hor50
- \,a:blinkwait700-blinkoff400-blinkon250-Cursor/lCursor
- \,sm:block-blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175
- < The option is a comma-separated list of parts. Each part consists of a
- mode-list and an argument-list:
- mode-list:argument-list,mode-list:argument-list,..
- The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes:
- n Normal mode
- v Visual mode
- ve Visual mode with 'selection' "exclusive" (same as 'v',
- if not specified)
- o Operator-pending mode
- i Insert mode
- r Replace mode
- c Command-line Normal (append) mode
- ci Command-line Insert mode
- cr Command-line Replace mode
- sm showmatch in Insert mode
- t Terminal mode
- a all modes
- The argument-list is a dash separated list of these arguments:
- hor{N} horizontal bar, {N} percent of the character height
- ver{N} vertical bar, {N} percent of the character width
- block block cursor, fills the whole character
- - Only one of the above three should be present.
- - Default is "block" for each mode.
- blinkwait{N} *cursor-blinking*
- blinkon{N}
- blinkoff{N}
- blink times for cursor: blinkwait is the delay before
- the cursor starts blinking, blinkon is the time that
- the cursor is shown and blinkoff is the time that the
- cursor is not shown. Times are in msec. When one of
- the numbers is zero, there is no blinking. E.g.: >vim
- set guicursor=n:blinkon0
- <
- Default is "blinkon0" for each mode.
- {group-name}
- Highlight group that decides the color and font of the
- cursor.
- In the |TUI|:
- - |inverse|/reverse and no group-name are interpreted
- as "host-terminal default cursor colors" which
- typically means "inverted bg and fg colors".
- - |ctermfg| and |guifg| are ignored.
- {group-name}/{group-name}
- Two highlight group names, the first is used when
- no language mappings are used, the other when they
- are. |language-mapping|
- Examples of parts:
- n-c-v:block-nCursor In Normal, Command-line and Visual mode, use a
- block cursor with colors from the "nCursor"
- highlight group
- n-v-c-sm:block,i-ci-ve:ver25-Cursor,r-cr-o:hor20
- In Normal et al. modes, use a block cursor
- with the default colors defined by the host
- terminal. In Insert-like modes, use
- a vertical bar cursor with colors from
- "Cursor" highlight group. In Replace-like
- modes, use an underline cursor with
- default colors.
- i-ci:ver30-iCursor-blinkwait300-blinkon200-blinkoff150
- In Insert and Command-line Insert mode, use a
- 30% vertical bar cursor with colors from the
- "iCursor" highlight group. Blink a bit
- faster.
- The 'a' mode is different. It will set the given argument-list for
- all modes. It does not reset anything to defaults. This can be used
- to do a common setting for all modes. For example, to switch off
- blinking: "a:blinkon0"
- Examples of cursor highlighting: >vim
- highlight Cursor gui=reverse guifg=NONE guibg=NONE
- highlight Cursor gui=NONE guifg=bg guibg=fg
- <
- *'guifont'* *'gfn'* *E235* *E596*
- 'guifont' 'gfn' string (default "")
- global
- This is a list of fonts which will be used for the GUI version of Vim.
- In its simplest form the value is just one font name. When
- the font cannot be found you will get an error message. To try other
- font names a list can be specified, font names separated with commas.
- The first valid font is used.
- Spaces after a comma are ignored. To include a comma in a font name
- precede it with a backslash. Setting an option requires an extra
- backslash before a space and a backslash. See also
- |option-backslash|. For example: >vim
- set guifont=Screen15,\ 7x13,font\\,with\\,commas
- < will make Vim try to use the font "Screen15" first, and if it fails it
- will try to use "7x13" and then "font,with,commas" instead.
- If none of the fonts can be loaded, Vim will keep the current setting.
- If an empty font list is given, Vim will try using other resource
- settings (for X, it will use the Vim.font resource), and finally it
- will try some builtin default which should always be there ("7x13" in
- the case of X). The font names given should be "normal" fonts. Vim
- will try to find the related bold and italic fonts.
- For Win32 and Mac OS: >vim
- set guifont=*
- < will bring up a font requester, where you can pick the font you want.
- The font name depends on the GUI used.
- For Mac OSX you can use something like this: >vim
- set guifont=Monaco:h10
- < *E236*
- Note that the fonts must be mono-spaced (all characters have the same
- width).
- To preview a font on X11, you might be able to use the "xfontsel"
- program. The "xlsfonts" program gives a list of all available fonts.
- For the Win32 GUI *E244* *E245*
- - takes these options in the font name:
- hXX - height is XX (points, can be floating-point)
- wXX - width is XX (points, can be floating-point)
- b - bold
- i - italic
- u - underline
- s - strikeout
- cXX - character set XX. Valid charsets are: ANSI, ARABIC,
- BALTIC, CHINESEBIG5, DEFAULT, EASTEUROPE, GB2312, GREEK,
- HANGEUL, HEBREW, JOHAB, MAC, OEM, RUSSIAN, SHIFTJIS,
- SYMBOL, THAI, TURKISH, VIETNAMESE ANSI and BALTIC.
- Normally you would use "cDEFAULT".
- Use a ':' to separate the options.
- - A '_' can be used in the place of a space, so you don't need to use
- backslashes to escape the spaces.
- - Examples: >vim
- set guifont=courier_new:h12:w5:b:cRUSSIAN
- set guifont=Andale_Mono:h7.5:w4.5
- <
- *'guifontwide'* *'gfw'* *E231* *E533* *E534*
- 'guifontwide' 'gfw' string (default "")
- global
- Comma-separated list of fonts to be used for double-width characters.
- The first font that can be loaded is used.
- Note: The size of these fonts must be exactly twice as wide as the one
- specified with 'guifont' and the same height.
- When 'guifont' has a valid font and 'guifontwide' is empty Vim will
- attempt to set 'guifontwide' to a matching double-width font.
- *'helpfile'* *'hf'*
- 'helpfile' 'hf' string (default (MS-Windows) "$VIMRUNTIME\doc\help.txt"
- (others) "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt")
- global
- Name of the main help file. All distributed help files should be
- placed together in one directory. Additionally, all "doc" directories
- in 'runtimepath' will be used.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. For example:
- "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt". If $VIMRUNTIME is not set, $VIM is also
- tried. Also see |$VIMRUNTIME| and |option-backslash| about including
- spaces and backslashes.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'helpheight'* *'hh'*
- 'helpheight' 'hh' number (default 20)
- global
- Minimal initial height of the help window when it is opened with the
- ":help" command. The initial height of the help window is half of the
- current window, or (when the 'ea' option is on) the same as other
- windows. When the height is less than 'helpheight', the height is
- set to 'helpheight'. Set to zero to disable.
- *'helplang'* *'hlg'*
- 'helplang' 'hlg' string (default messages language or empty)
- global
- Comma-separated list of languages. Vim will use the first language
- for which the desired help can be found. The English help will always
- be used as a last resort. You can add "en" to prefer English over
- another language, but that will only find tags that exist in that
- language and not in the English help.
- Example: >vim
- set helplang=de,it
- < This will first search German, then Italian and finally English help
- files.
- When using |CTRL-]| and ":help!" in a non-English help file Vim will
- try to find the tag in the current language before using this option.
- See |help-translated|.
- *'hidden'* *'hid'* *'nohidden'* *'nohid'*
- 'hidden' 'hid' boolean (default on)
- global
- When off a buffer is unloaded (including loss of undo information)
- when it is |abandon|ed. When on a buffer becomes hidden when it is
- |abandon|ed. A buffer displayed in another window does not become
- hidden, of course.
- Commands that move through the buffer list sometimes hide a buffer
- although the 'hidden' option is off when these three are true:
- - the buffer is modified
- - 'autowrite' is off or writing is not possible
- - the '!' flag was used
- Also see |windows|.
- To hide a specific buffer use the 'bufhidden' option.
- 'hidden' is set for one command with ":hide {command}" |:hide|.
- *'history'* *'hi'*
- 'history' 'hi' number (default 10000)
- global
- A history of ":" commands, and a history of previous search patterns
- is remembered. This option decides how many entries may be stored in
- each of these histories (see |cmdline-editing| and 'messagesopt' for
- the number of messages to remember).
- The maximum value is 10000.
- *'hlsearch'* *'hls'* *'nohlsearch'* *'nohls'*
- 'hlsearch' 'hls' boolean (default on)
- global
- When there is a previous search pattern, highlight all its matches.
- The |hl-Search| highlight group determines the highlighting for all
- matches not under the cursor while the |hl-CurSearch| highlight group
- (if defined) determines the highlighting for the match under the
- cursor. If |hl-CurSearch| is not defined, then |hl-Search| is used for
- both. Note that only the matching text is highlighted, any offsets
- are not applied.
- See also: 'incsearch' and |:match|.
- When you get bored looking at the highlighted matches, you can turn it
- off with |:nohlsearch|. This does not change the option value, as
- soon as you use a search command, the highlighting comes back.
- 'redrawtime' specifies the maximum time spent on finding matches.
- When the search pattern can match an end-of-line, Vim will try to
- highlight all of the matched text. However, this depends on where the
- search starts. This will be the first line in the window or the first
- line below a closed fold. A match in a previous line which is not
- drawn may not continue in a newly drawn line.
- You can specify whether the highlight status is restored on startup
- with the 'h' flag in 'shada' |shada-h|.
- *'icon'* *'noicon'*
- 'icon' boolean (default off, on when title can be restored)
- global
- When on, the icon text of the window will be set to the value of
- 'iconstring' (if it is not empty), or to the name of the file
- currently being edited. Only the last part of the name is used.
- Overridden by the 'iconstring' option.
- Only works if the terminal supports setting window icons.
- *'iconstring'*
- 'iconstring' string (default "")
- global
- When this option is not empty, it will be used for the icon text of
- the window. This happens only when the 'icon' option is on.
- Only works if the terminal supports setting window icon text
- When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
- expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'. See
- 'titlestring' for example settings.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- *'ignorecase'* *'ic'* *'noignorecase'* *'noic'*
- 'ignorecase' 'ic' boolean (default off)
- global
- Ignore case in search patterns, |cmdline-completion|, when
- searching in the tags file, and |expr-==|.
- Also see 'smartcase' and 'tagcase'.
- Can be overruled by using "\c" or "\C" in the pattern, see
- |/ignorecase|.
- *'iminsert'* *'imi'*
- 'iminsert' 'imi' number (default 0)
- local to buffer
- Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used in
- Insert mode. Valid values:
- 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
- 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
- 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
- To always reset the option to zero when leaving Insert mode with <Esc>
- this can be used: >vim
- inoremap <ESC> <ESC>:set iminsert=0<CR>
- < This makes :lmap and IM turn off automatically when leaving Insert
- mode.
- Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Insert mode
- |i_CTRL-^|.
- The value is set to 1 when setting 'keymap' to a valid keymap name.
- It is also used for the argument of commands like "r" and "f".
- *'imsearch'* *'ims'*
- 'imsearch' 'ims' number (default -1)
- local to buffer
- Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used when
- entering a search pattern. Valid values:
- -1 the value of 'iminsert' is used, makes it look like
- 'iminsert' is also used when typing a search pattern
- 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
- 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
- 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
- Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Command-line mode
- |c_CTRL-^|.
- The value is set to 1 when it is not -1 and setting the 'keymap'
- option to a valid keymap name.
- *'inccommand'* *'icm'*
- 'inccommand' 'icm' string (default "nosplit")
- global
- When nonempty, shows the effects of |:substitute|, |:smagic|,
- |:snomagic| and user commands with the |:command-preview| flag as you
- type.
- Possible values:
- nosplit Shows the effects of a command incrementally in the
- buffer.
- split Like "nosplit", but also shows partial off-screen
- results in a preview window.
- If the preview for built-in commands is too slow (exceeds
- 'redrawtime') then 'inccommand' is automatically disabled until
- |Command-line-mode| is done.
- *'include'* *'inc'*
- 'include' 'inc' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Pattern to be used to find an include command. It is a search
- pattern, just like for the "/" command (See |pattern|). This option
- is used for the commands "[i", "]I", "[d", etc.
- Normally the 'isfname' option is used to recognize the file name that
- comes after the matched pattern. But if "\zs" appears in the pattern
- then the text matched from "\zs" to the end, or until "\ze" if it
- appears, is used as the file name. Use this to include characters
- that are not in 'isfname', such as a space. You can then use
- 'includeexpr' to process the matched text.
- See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- *'includeexpr'* *'inex'*
- 'includeexpr' 'inex' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- Expression to be used to transform the string found with the 'include'
- option to a file name. Mostly useful to change "." to "/" for Java: >vim
- setlocal includeexpr=substitute(v:fname,'\\.','/','g')
- < The "v:fname" variable will be set to the file name that was detected.
- Note the double backslash: the `:set` command first halves them, then
- one remains in the value, where "\." matches a dot literally. For
- simple character replacements `tr()` avoids the need for escaping: >vim
- setlocal includeexpr=tr(v:fname,'.','/')
- <
- Also used for the |gf| command if an unmodified file name can't be
- found. Allows doing "gf" on the name after an 'include' statement.
- Also used for |<cfile>|.
- If the expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is replaced with
- the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >vim
- setlocal includeexpr=s:MyIncludeExpr()
- setlocal includeexpr=<SID>SomeIncludeExpr()
- < Otherwise, the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
- where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
- It is more efficient if the value is just a function call without
- arguments, see |expr-option-function|.
- The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
- modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
- evaluating 'includeexpr' |textlock|.
- *'incsearch'* *'is'* *'noincsearch'* *'nois'*
- 'incsearch' 'is' boolean (default on)
- global
- While typing a search command, show where the pattern, as it was typed
- so far, matches. The matched string is highlighted. If the pattern
- is invalid or not found, nothing is shown. The screen will be updated
- often, this is only useful on fast terminals.
- Note that the match will be shown, but the cursor will return to its
- original position when no match is found and when pressing <Esc>. You
- still need to finish the search command with <Enter> to move the
- cursor to the match.
- You can use the CTRL-G and CTRL-T keys to move to the next and
- previous match. |c_CTRL-G| |c_CTRL-T|
- Vim only searches for about half a second. With a complicated
- pattern and/or a lot of text the match may not be found. This is to
- avoid that Vim hangs while you are typing the pattern.
- The |hl-IncSearch| highlight group determines the highlighting.
- When 'hlsearch' is on, all matched strings are highlighted too while
- typing a search command. See also: 'hlsearch'.
- If you don't want to turn 'hlsearch' on, but want to highlight all
- matches while searching, you can turn on and off 'hlsearch' with
- autocmd. Example: >vim
- augroup vimrc-incsearch-highlight
- autocmd!
- autocmd CmdlineEnter /,\? :set hlsearch
- autocmd CmdlineLeave /,\? :set nohlsearch
- augroup END
- <
- CTRL-L can be used to add one character from after the current match
- to the command line. If 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' are set and the
- command line has no uppercase characters, the added character is
- converted to lowercase.
- CTRL-R CTRL-W can be used to add the word at the end of the current
- match, excluding the characters that were already typed.
- *'indentexpr'* *'inde'*
- 'indentexpr' 'inde' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- Expression which is evaluated to obtain the proper indent for a line.
- It is used when a new line is created, for the |=| operator and
- in Insert mode as specified with the 'indentkeys' option.
- When this option is not empty, it overrules the 'cindent' and
- 'smartindent' indenting. When 'lisp' is set, this option is
- only used when 'lispoptions' contains "expr:1".
- The expression is evaluated with |v:lnum| set to the line number for
- which the indent is to be computed. The cursor is also in this line
- when the expression is evaluated (but it may be moved around).
- If the expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is replaced with
- the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >vim
- set indentexpr=s:MyIndentExpr()
- set indentexpr=<SID>SomeIndentExpr()
- < Otherwise, the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
- where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
- The advantage of using a function call without arguments is that it is
- faster, see |expr-option-function|.
- The expression must return the number of spaces worth of indent. It
- can return "-1" to keep the current indent (this means 'autoindent' is
- used for the indent).
- Functions useful for computing the indent are |indent()|, |cindent()|
- and |lispindent()|.
- The evaluation of the expression must not have side effects! It must
- not change the text, jump to another window, etc. Afterwards the
- cursor position is always restored, thus the cursor may be moved.
- Normally this option would be set to call a function: >vim
- set indentexpr=GetMyIndent()
- < Error messages will be suppressed, unless the 'debug' option contains
- "msg".
- See |indent-expression|.
- The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
- modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
- evaluating 'indentexpr' |textlock|.
- *'indentkeys'* *'indk'*
- 'indentkeys' 'indk' string (default "0{,0},0),0],:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
- local to buffer
- A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
- the current line. Only happens if 'indentexpr' isn't empty.
- The format is identical to 'cinkeys', see |indentkeys-format|.
- See |C-indenting| and |indent-expression|.
- *'infercase'* *'inf'* *'noinfercase'* *'noinf'*
- 'infercase' 'inf' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- When doing keyword completion in insert mode |ins-completion|, and
- 'ignorecase' is also on, the case of the match is adjusted depending
- on the typed text. If the typed text contains a lowercase letter
- where the match has an upper case letter, the completed part is made
- lowercase. If the typed text has no lowercase letters and the match
- has a lowercase letter where the typed text has an uppercase letter,
- and there is a letter before it, the completed part is made uppercase.
- With 'noinfercase' the match is used as-is.
- *'isfname'* *'isf'*
- 'isfname' 'isf' string (default for Windows:
- "@,48-57,/,\,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,{,},[,],@-@,!,~,="
- otherwise: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,=")
- global
- The characters specified by this option are included in file names and
- path names. Filenames are used for commands like "gf", "[i" and in
- the tags file. It is also used for "\f" in a |pattern|.
- Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
- characters up to 255 are specified with this option.
- For UTF-8 the characters 0xa0 to 0xff are included as well.
- Think twice before adding white space to this option. Although a
- space may appear inside a file name, the effect will be that Vim
- doesn't know where a file name starts or ends when doing completion.
- It most likely works better without a space in 'isfname'.
- Note that on systems using a backslash as path separator, Vim tries to
- do its best to make it work as you would expect. That is a bit
- tricky, since Vi originally used the backslash to escape special
- characters. Vim will not remove a backslash in front of a normal file
- name character on these systems, but it will on Unix and alikes. The
- '&' and '^' are not included by default, because these are special for
- cmd.exe.
- The format of this option is a list of parts, separated with commas.
- Each part can be a single character number or a range. A range is two
- character numbers with '-' in between. A character number can be a
- decimal number between 0 and 255 or the ASCII character itself (does
- not work for digits). Example:
- "_,-,128-140,#-43" (include '_' and '-' and the range
- 128 to 140 and '#' to 43)
- If a part starts with '^', the following character number or range
- will be excluded from the option. The option is interpreted from left
- to right. Put the excluded character after the range where it is
- included. To include '^' itself use it as the last character of the
- option or the end of a range. Example:
- "^a-z,#,^" (exclude 'a' to 'z', include '#' and '^')
- If the character is '@', all characters where isalpha() returns TRUE
- are included. Normally these are the characters a to z and A to Z,
- plus accented characters. To include '@' itself use "@-@". Examples:
- "@,^a-z" All alphabetic characters, excluding lower
- case ASCII letters.
- "a-z,A-Z,@-@" All letters plus the '@' character.
- A comma can be included by using it where a character number is
- expected. Example:
- "48-57,,,_" Digits, comma and underscore.
- A comma can be excluded by prepending a '^'. Example:
- " -~,^,,9" All characters from space to '~', excluding
- comma, plus <Tab>.
- See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- *'isident'* *'isi'*
- 'isident' 'isi' string (default for Windows:
- "@,48-57,_,128-167,224-235"
- otherwise: "@,48-57,_,192-255")
- global
- The characters given by this option are included in identifiers.
- Identifiers are used in recognizing environment variables and after a
- match of the 'define' option. It is also used for "\i" in a
- |pattern|. See 'isfname' for a description of the format of this
- option. For '@' only characters up to 255 are used.
- Careful: If you change this option, it might break expanding
- environment variables. E.g., when '/' is included and Vim tries to
- expand "$HOME/.local/state/nvim/shada/main.shada". Maybe you should
- change 'iskeyword' instead.
- *'iskeyword'* *'isk'*
- 'iskeyword' 'isk' string (default "@,48-57,_,192-255")
- local to buffer
- Keywords are used in searching and recognizing with many commands:
- "w", "*", "[i", etc. It is also used for "\k" in a |pattern|. See
- 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option. For '@'
- characters above 255 check the "word" character class (any character
- that is not white space or punctuation).
- For C programs you could use "a-z,A-Z,48-57,_,.,-,>".
- For a help file it is set to all non-blank printable characters except
- "*", '"' and '|' (so that CTRL-] on a command finds the help for that
- command).
- When the 'lisp' option is on the '-' character is always included.
- This option also influences syntax highlighting, unless the syntax
- uses |:syn-iskeyword|.
- *'isprint'* *'isp'*
- 'isprint' 'isp' string (default "@,161-255")
- global
- The characters given by this option are displayed directly on the
- screen. It is also used for "\p" in a |pattern|. The characters from
- space (ASCII 32) to '~' (ASCII 126) are always displayed directly,
- even when they are not included in 'isprint' or excluded. See
- 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option.
- Non-printable characters are displayed with two characters:
- 0 - 31 "^@" - "^_"
- 32 - 126 always single characters
- 127 "^?"
- 128 - 159 "~@" - "~_"
- 160 - 254 "| " - "|~"
- 255 "~?"
- Illegal bytes from 128 to 255 (invalid UTF-8) are
- displayed as <xx>, with the hexadecimal value of the byte.
- When 'display' contains "uhex" all unprintable characters are
- displayed as <xx>.
- The SpecialKey highlighting will be used for unprintable characters.
- |hl-SpecialKey|
- Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
- characters up to 255 are specified with this option. When a character
- is printable but it is not available in the current font, a
- replacement character will be shown.
- Unprintable and zero-width Unicode characters are displayed as <xxxx>.
- There is no option to specify these characters.
- *'joinspaces'* *'js'* *'nojoinspaces'* *'nojs'*
- 'joinspaces' 'js' boolean (default off)
- global
- Insert two spaces after a '.', '?' and '!' with a join command.
- Otherwise only one space is inserted.
- *'jumpoptions'* *'jop'*
- 'jumpoptions' 'jop' string (default "clean")
- global
- List of words that change the behavior of the |jumplist|.
- stack Make the jumplist behave like the tagstack.
- Relative location of entries in the jumplist is
- preserved at the cost of discarding subsequent entries
- when navigating backwards in the jumplist and then
- jumping to a location. |jumplist-stack|
- view When moving through the jumplist, |changelist|,
- |alternate-file| or using |mark-motions| try to
- restore the |mark-view| in which the action occurred.
- clean Remove unloaded buffers from the jumplist.
- EXPERIMENTAL: this flag may change in the future.
- *'keymap'* *'kmp'*
- 'keymap' 'kmp' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- Name of a keyboard mapping. See |mbyte-keymap|.
- Setting this option to a valid keymap name has the side effect of
- setting 'iminsert' to one, so that the keymap becomes effective.
- 'imsearch' is also set to one, unless it was -1
- Only alphanumeric characters, '.', '-' and '_' can be used.
- *'keymodel'* *'km'*
- 'keymodel' 'km' string (default "")
- global
- List of comma-separated words, which enable special things that keys
- can do. These values can be used:
- startsel Using a shifted special key starts selection (either
- Select mode or Visual mode, depending on "key" being
- present in 'selectmode').
- stopsel Using a not-shifted special key stops selection.
- Special keys in this context are the cursor keys, <End>, <Home>,
- <PageUp> and <PageDown>.
- *'keywordprg'* *'kp'*
- 'keywordprg' 'kp' string (default ":Man", Windows: ":help")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Program to use for the |K| command. Environment variables are
- expanded |:set_env|. ":help" may be used to access the Vim internal
- help. (Note that previously setting the global option to the empty
- value did this, which is now deprecated.)
- When the first character is ":", the command is invoked as a Vim
- Ex command prefixed with [count].
- When "man" or "man -s" is used, Vim will automatically translate
- a [count] for the "K" command to a section number.
- See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- Example: >vim
- set keywordprg=man\ -s
- set keywordprg=:Man
- < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'langmap'* *'lmap'* *E357* *E358*
- 'langmap' 'lmap' string (default "")
- global
- This option allows switching your keyboard into a special language
- mode. When you are typing text in Insert mode the characters are
- inserted directly. When in Normal mode the 'langmap' option takes
- care of translating these special characters to the original meaning
- of the key. This means you don't have to change the keyboard mode to
- be able to execute Normal mode commands.
- This is the opposite of the 'keymap' option, where characters are
- mapped in Insert mode.
- Also consider setting 'langremap' to off, to prevent 'langmap' from
- applying to characters resulting from a mapping.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- Example (for Greek, in UTF-8): *greek* >vim
- set langmap=ΑA,ΒB,ΨC,ΔD,ΕE,ΦF,ΓG,ΗH,ΙI,ΞJ,ΚK,ΛL,ΜM,ΝN,ΟO,ΠP,QQ,ΡR,ΣS,ΤT,ΘU,ΩV,WW,ΧX,ΥY,ΖZ,αa,βb,ψc,δd,εe,φf,γg,ηh,ιi,ξj,κk,λl,μm,νn,οo,πp,qq,ρr,σs,τt,θu,ωv,ςw,χx,υy,ζz
- < Example (exchanges meaning of z and y for commands): >vim
- set langmap=zy,yz,ZY,YZ
- <
- The 'langmap' option is a list of parts, separated with commas. Each
- part can be in one of two forms:
- 1. A list of pairs. Each pair is a "from" character immediately
- followed by the "to" character. Examples: "aA", "aAbBcC".
- 2. A list of "from" characters, a semicolon and a list of "to"
- characters. Example: "abc;ABC"
- Example: "aA,fgh;FGH,cCdDeE"
- Special characters need to be preceded with a backslash. These are
- ";", ',', '"', '|' and backslash itself.
- This will allow you to activate vim actions without having to switch
- back and forth between the languages. Your language characters will
- be understood as normal vim English characters (according to the
- langmap mappings) in the following cases:
- o Normal/Visual mode (commands, buffer/register names, user mappings)
- o Insert/Replace Mode: Register names after CTRL-R
- o Insert/Replace Mode: Mappings
- Characters entered in Command-line mode will NOT be affected by
- this option. Note that this option can be changed at any time
- allowing to switch between mappings for different languages/encodings.
- Use a mapping to avoid having to type it each time!
- *'langmenu'* *'lm'*
- 'langmenu' 'lm' string (default "")
- global
- Language to use for menu translation. Tells which file is loaded
- from the "lang" directory in 'runtimepath': >vim
- "lang/menu_" .. &langmenu .. ".vim"
- < (without the spaces). For example, to always use the Dutch menus, no
- matter what $LANG is set to: >vim
- set langmenu=nl_NL.ISO_8859-1
- < When 'langmenu' is empty, |v:lang| is used.
- Only normal file name characters can be used, `/\*?[|<>` are illegal.
- If your $LANG is set to a non-English language but you do want to use
- the English menus: >vim
- set langmenu=none
- < This option must be set before loading menus, switching on filetype
- detection or syntax highlighting. Once the menus are defined setting
- this option has no effect. But you could do this: >vim
- source $VIMRUNTIME/delmenu.vim
- set langmenu=de_DE.ISO_8859-1
- source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim
- < Warning: This deletes all menus that you defined yourself!
- *'langremap'* *'lrm'* *'nolangremap'* *'nolrm'*
- 'langremap' 'lrm' boolean (default off)
- global
- When off, setting 'langmap' does not apply to characters resulting from
- a mapping. If setting 'langmap' disables some of your mappings, make
- sure this option is off.
- *'laststatus'* *'ls'*
- 'laststatus' 'ls' number (default 2)
- global
- The value of this option influences when the last window will have a
- status line:
- 0: never
- 1: only if there are at least two windows
- 2: always
- 3: always and ONLY the last window
- The screen looks nicer with a status line if you have several
- windows, but it takes another screen line. |status-line|
- *'lazyredraw'* *'lz'* *'nolazyredraw'* *'nolz'*
- 'lazyredraw' 'lz' boolean (default off)
- global
- When this option is set, the screen will not be redrawn while
- executing macros, registers and other commands that have not been
- typed. Also, updating the window title is postponed. To force an
- update use |:redraw|.
- This may occasionally cause display errors. It is only meant to be set
- temporarily when performing an operation where redrawing may cause
- flickering or cause a slowdown.
- *'linebreak'* *'lbr'* *'nolinebreak'* *'nolbr'*
- 'linebreak' 'lbr' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- If on, Vim will wrap long lines at a character in 'breakat' rather
- than at the last character that fits on the screen. Unlike
- 'wrapmargin' and 'textwidth', this does not insert <EOL>s in the file,
- it only affects the way the file is displayed, not its contents.
- If 'breakindent' is set, line is visually indented. Then, the value
- of 'showbreak' is used to put in front of wrapped lines. This option
- is not used when the 'wrap' option is off.
- Note that <Tab> characters after an <EOL> are mostly not displayed
- with the right amount of white space.
- *'lines'* *E593*
- 'lines' number (default 24 or terminal height)
- global
- Number of lines of the Vim window.
- Normally you don't need to set this. It is done automatically by the
- terminal initialization code.
- When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
- option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
- to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |gvimrc| file.
- Vim limits the number of lines to what fits on the screen. You can
- use this command to get the tallest window possible: >vim
- set lines=999
- < Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 1000.
- *'linespace'* *'lsp'*
- 'linespace' 'lsp' number (default 0)
- global
- only in the GUI
- Number of pixel lines inserted between characters. Useful if the font
- uses the full character cell height, making lines touch each other.
- When non-zero there is room for underlining.
- With some fonts there can be too much room between lines (to have
- space for ascents and descents). Then it makes sense to set
- 'linespace' to a negative value. This may cause display problems
- though!
- *'lisp'* *'nolisp'*
- 'lisp' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- Lisp mode: When <Enter> is typed in insert mode set the indent for
- the next line to Lisp standards (well, sort of). Also happens with
- "cc" or "S". 'autoindent' must also be on for this to work. The 'p'
- flag in 'cpoptions' changes the method of indenting: Vi compatible or
- better. Also see 'lispwords'.
- The '-' character is included in keyword characters. Redefines the
- "=" operator to use this same indentation algorithm rather than
- calling an external program if 'equalprg' is empty.
- *'lispoptions'* *'lop'*
- 'lispoptions' 'lop' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- Comma-separated list of items that influence the Lisp indenting when
- enabled with the |'lisp'| option. Currently only one item is
- supported:
- expr:1 use 'indentexpr' for Lisp indenting when it is set
- expr:0 do not use 'indentexpr' for Lisp indenting (default)
- Note that when using 'indentexpr' the `=` operator indents all the
- lines, otherwise the first line is not indented (Vi-compatible).
- *'lispwords'* *'lw'*
- 'lispwords' 'lw' string (default is very long)
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Comma-separated list of words that influence the Lisp indenting when
- enabled with the |'lisp'| option.
- *'list'* *'nolist'*
- 'list' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- List mode: By default, show tabs as ">", trailing spaces as "-", and
- non-breakable space characters as "+". Useful to see the difference
- between tabs and spaces and for trailing blanks. Further changed by
- the 'listchars' option.
- When 'listchars' does not contain "tab" field, tabs are shown as "^I"
- or "<09>", like how unprintable characters are displayed.
- The cursor is displayed at the start of the space a Tab character
- occupies, not at the end as usual in Normal mode. To get this cursor
- position while displaying Tabs with spaces, use: >vim
- set list lcs=tab:\ \
- <
- Note that list mode will also affect formatting (set with 'textwidth'
- or 'wrapmargin') when 'cpoptions' includes 'L'. See 'listchars' for
- changing the way tabs are displayed.
- *'listchars'* *'lcs'*
- 'listchars' 'lcs' string (default "tab:> ,trail:-,nbsp:+")
- global or local to window |global-local|
- Strings to use in 'list' mode and for the |:list| command. It is a
- comma-separated list of string settings. *E1511*
- *lcs-eol*
- eol:c Character to show at the end of each line. When
- omitted, there is no extra character at the end of the
- line.
- *lcs-tab*
- tab:xy[z] Two or three characters to be used to show a tab.
- The third character is optional.
- tab:xy The 'x' is always used, then 'y' as many times as will
- fit. Thus "tab:>-" displays: >
- >
- >-
- >--
- etc.
- <
- tab:xyz The 'z' is always used, then 'x' is prepended, and
- then 'y' is used as many times as will fit. Thus
- "tab:<->" displays: >
- >
- <>
- <->
- <-->
- etc.
- <
- When "tab:" is omitted, a tab is shown as ^I.
- *lcs-space*
- space:c Character to show for a space. When omitted, spaces
- are left blank.
- *lcs-multispace*
- multispace:c...
- One or more characters to use cyclically to show for
- multiple consecutive spaces. Overrides the "space"
- setting, except for single spaces. When omitted, the
- "space" setting is used. For example,
- `:set listchars=multispace:---+` shows ten consecutive
- spaces as: >
- ---+---+--
- <
- *lcs-lead*
- lead:c Character to show for leading spaces. When omitted,
- leading spaces are blank. Overrides the "space" and
- "multispace" settings for leading spaces. You can
- combine it with "tab:", for example: >vim
- set listchars+=tab:>-,lead:.
- <
- *lcs-leadmultispace*
- leadmultispace:c...
- Like the |lcs-multispace| value, but for leading
- spaces only. Also overrides |lcs-lead| for leading
- multiple spaces.
- `:set listchars=leadmultispace:---+` shows ten
- consecutive leading spaces as: >
- ---+---+--XXX
- <
- Where "XXX" denotes the first non-blank characters in
- the line.
- *lcs-trail*
- trail:c Character to show for trailing spaces. When omitted,
- trailing spaces are blank. Overrides the "space" and
- "multispace" settings for trailing spaces.
- *lcs-extends*
- extends:c Character to show in the last column, when 'wrap' is
- off and the line continues beyond the right of the
- screen.
- *lcs-precedes*
- precedes:c Character to show in the first visible column of the
- physical line, when there is text preceding the
- character visible in the first column.
- *lcs-conceal*
- conceal:c Character to show in place of concealed text, when
- 'conceallevel' is set to 1. A space when omitted.
- *lcs-nbsp*
- nbsp:c Character to show for a non-breakable space character
- (0xA0 (160 decimal) and U+202F). Left blank when
- omitted.
- The characters ':' and ',' should not be used. UTF-8 characters can
- be used. All characters must be single width. *E1512*
- Each character can be specified as hex: >vim
- set listchars=eol:\\x24
- set listchars=eol:\\u21b5
- set listchars=eol:\\U000021b5
- < Note that a double backslash is used. The number of hex characters
- must be exactly 2 for \\x, 4 for \\u and 8 for \\U.
- Examples: >vim
- set lcs=tab:>-,trail:-
- set lcs=tab:>-,eol:<,nbsp:%
- set lcs=extends:>,precedes:<
- < |hl-NonText| highlighting will be used for "eol", "extends" and
- "precedes". |hl-Whitespace| for "nbsp", "space", "tab", "multispace",
- "lead" and "trail".
- *'loadplugins'* *'lpl'* *'noloadplugins'* *'nolpl'*
- 'loadplugins' 'lpl' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on the plugin scripts are loaded when starting up |load-plugins|.
- This option can be reset in your |vimrc| file to disable the loading
- of plugins.
- Note that using the "-u NONE" and "--noplugin" command line arguments
- reset this option. |-u| |--noplugin|
- *'magic'* *'nomagic'*
- 'magic' boolean (default on)
- global
- Changes the special characters that can be used in search patterns.
- See |pattern|.
- WARNING: Switching this option off most likely breaks plugins! That
- is because many patterns assume it's on and will fail when it's off.
- Only switch it off when working with old Vi scripts. In any other
- situation write patterns that work when 'magic' is on. Include "\M"
- when you want to |/\M|.
- *'makeef'* *'mef'*
- 'makeef' 'mef' string (default "")
- global
- Name of the errorfile for the |:make| command (see |:make_makeprg|)
- and the |:grep| command.
- When it is empty, an internally generated temp file will be used.
- When "##" is included, it is replaced by a number to make the name
- unique. This makes sure that the ":make" command doesn't overwrite an
- existing file.
- NOT used for the ":cf" command. See 'errorfile' for that.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
- See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'makeencoding'* *'menc'*
- 'makeencoding' 'menc' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Encoding used for reading the output of external commands. When empty,
- encoding is not converted.
- This is used for `:make`, `:lmake`, `:grep`, `:lgrep`, `:grepadd`,
- `:lgrepadd`, `:cfile`, `:cgetfile`, `:caddfile`, `:lfile`, `:lgetfile`,
- and `:laddfile`.
- This would be mostly useful when you use MS-Windows. If iconv is
- enabled, setting 'makeencoding' to "char" has the same effect as
- setting to the system locale encoding. Example: >vim
- set makeencoding=char " system locale is used
- <
- *'makeprg'* *'mp'*
- 'makeprg' 'mp' string (default "make")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Program to use for the ":make" command. See |:make_makeprg|.
- This option may contain '%' and '#' characters (see |:_%| and |:_#|),
- which are expanded to the current and alternate file name. Use |::S|
- to escape file names in case they contain special characters.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
- about including spaces and backslashes.
- Note that a '|' must be escaped twice: once for ":set" and once for
- the interpretation of a command. When you use a filter called
- "myfilter" do it like this: >vim
- set makeprg=gmake\ \\\|\ myfilter
- < The placeholder "$*" can be given (even multiple times) to specify
- where the arguments will be included, for example: >vim
- set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
- < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'matchpairs'* *'mps'*
- 'matchpairs' 'mps' string (default "(:),{:},[:]")
- local to buffer
- Characters that form pairs. The |%| command jumps from one to the
- other.
- Only character pairs are allowed that are different, thus you cannot
- jump between two double quotes.
- The characters must be separated by a colon.
- The pairs must be separated by a comma. Example for including '<' and
- '>' (for HTML): >vim
- set mps+=<:>
- < A more exotic example, to jump between the '=' and ';' in an
- assignment, useful for languages like C and Java: >vim
- au FileType c,cpp,java set mps+==:;
- < For a more advanced way of using "%", see the matchit.vim plugin in
- the $VIMRUNTIME/plugin directory. |add-local-help|
- *'matchtime'* *'mat'*
- 'matchtime' 'mat' number (default 5)
- global
- Tenths of a second to show the matching paren, when 'showmatch' is
- set. Note that this is not in milliseconds, like other options that
- set a time. This is to be compatible with Nvi.
- *'maxfuncdepth'* *'mfd'*
- 'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' number (default 100)
- global
- Maximum depth of function calls for user functions. This normally
- catches endless recursion. When using a recursive function with
- more depth, set 'maxfuncdepth' to a bigger number. But this will use
- more memory, there is the danger of failing when memory is exhausted.
- Increasing this limit above 200 also changes the maximum for Ex
- command recursion, see |E169|.
- See also |:function|.
- Also used for maximum depth of callback functions.
- *'maxmapdepth'* *'mmd'* *E223*
- 'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' number (default 1000)
- global
- Maximum number of times a mapping is done without resulting in a
- character to be used. This normally catches endless mappings, like
- ":map x y" with ":map y x". It still does not catch ":map g wg",
- because the 'w' is used before the next mapping is done. See also
- |key-mapping|.
- *'maxmempattern'* *'mmp'*
- 'maxmempattern' 'mmp' number (default 1000)
- global
- Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for pattern matching.
- The maximum value is about 2000000. Use this to work without a limit.
- *E363*
- When Vim runs into the limit it gives an error message and mostly
- behaves like CTRL-C was typed.
- Running into the limit often means that the pattern is very
- inefficient or too complex. This may already happen with the pattern
- "\(.\)*" on a very long line. ".*" works much better.
- Might also happen on redraw, when syntax rules try to match a complex
- text structure.
- Vim may run out of memory before hitting the 'maxmempattern' limit, in
- which case you get an "Out of memory" error instead.
- *'menuitems'* *'mis'*
- 'menuitems' 'mis' number (default 25)
- global
- Maximum number of items to use in a menu. Used for menus that are
- generated from a list of items, e.g., the Buffers menu. Changing this
- option has no direct effect, the menu must be refreshed first.
- *'messagesopt'* *'mopt'*
- 'messagesopt' 'mopt' string (default "hit-enter,history:500")
- global
- Option settings for outputting messages. It can consist of the
- following items. Items must be separated by a comma.
- hit-enter Use a |hit-enter| prompt when the message is longer than
- 'cmdheight' size.
- wait:{n} Instead of using a |hit-enter| prompt, simply wait for
- {n} milliseconds so that the user has a chance to read
- the message. The maximum value of {n} is 10000. Use
- 0 to disable the wait (but then the user may miss an
- important message).
- This item is ignored when "hit-enter" is present, but
- required when "hit-enter" is not present.
- history:{n} Determines how many entries are remembered in the
- |:messages| history. The maximum value is 10000.
- Setting it to zero clears the message history.
- This item must always be present.
- *'mkspellmem'* *'msm'*
- 'mkspellmem' 'msm' string (default "460000,2000,500")
- global
- Parameters for |:mkspell|. This tunes when to start compressing the
- word tree. Compression can be slow when there are many words, but
- it's needed to avoid running out of memory. The amount of memory used
- per word depends very much on how similar the words are, that's why
- this tuning is complicated.
- There are three numbers, separated by commas: >
- {start},{inc},{added}
- <
- For most languages the uncompressed word tree fits in memory. {start}
- gives the amount of memory in Kbyte that can be used before any
- compression is done. It should be a bit smaller than the amount of
- memory that is available to Vim.
- When going over the {start} limit the {inc} number specifies the
- amount of memory in Kbyte that can be allocated before another
- compression is done. A low number means compression is done after
- less words are added, which is slow. A high number means more memory
- will be allocated.
- After doing compression, {added} times 1024 words can be added before
- the {inc} limit is ignored and compression is done when any extra
- amount of memory is needed. A low number means there is a smaller
- chance of hitting the {inc} limit, less memory is used but it's
- slower.
- The languages for which these numbers are important are Italian and
- Hungarian. The default works for when you have about 512 Mbyte. If
- you have 1 Gbyte you could use: >vim
- set mkspellmem=900000,3000,800
- < If you have less than 512 Mbyte |:mkspell| may fail for some
- languages, no matter what you set 'mkspellmem' to.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'modeline'* *'ml'* *'nomodeline'* *'noml'*
- 'modeline' 'ml' boolean (default on (off for root))
- local to buffer
- If 'modeline' is on 'modelines' gives the number of lines that is
- checked for set commands. If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is zero
- no lines are checked. See |modeline|.
- *'modelineexpr'* *'mle'* *'nomodelineexpr'* *'nomle'*
- 'modelineexpr' 'mle' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on allow some options that are an expression to be set in the
- modeline. Check the option for whether it is affected by
- 'modelineexpr'. Also see |modeline|.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'modelines'* *'mls'*
- 'modelines' 'mls' number (default 5)
- global
- If 'modeline' is on 'modelines' gives the number of lines that is
- checked for set commands. If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is zero
- no lines are checked. See |modeline|.
- *'modifiable'* *'ma'* *'nomodifiable'* *'noma'* *E21*
- 'modifiable' 'ma' boolean (default on)
- local to buffer
- When off the buffer contents cannot be changed. The 'fileformat' and
- 'fileencoding' options also can't be changed.
- Can be reset on startup with the |-M| command line argument.
- *'modified'* *'mod'* *'nomodified'* *'nomod'*
- 'modified' 'mod' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer |local-noglobal|
- When on, the buffer is considered to be modified. This option is set
- when:
- 1. A change was made to the text since it was last written. Using the
- |undo| command to go back to the original text will reset the
- option. But undoing changes that were made before writing the
- buffer will set the option again, since the text is different from
- when it was written.
- 2. 'fileformat' or 'fileencoding' is different from its original
- value. The original value is set when the buffer is read or
- written. A ":set nomodified" command also resets the original
- values to the current values and the 'modified' option will be
- reset.
- Similarly for 'eol' and 'bomb'.
- This option is not set when a change is made to the buffer as the
- result of a BufNewFile, BufRead/BufReadPost, BufWritePost,
- FileAppendPost or VimLeave autocommand event. See |gzip-example| for
- an explanation.
- When 'buftype' is "nowrite" or "nofile" this option may be set, but
- will be ignored.
- Note that the text may actually be the same, e.g. 'modified' is set
- when using "rA" on an "A".
- *'more'* *'nomore'*
- 'more' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on, listings pause when the whole screen is filled. You will get
- the |more-prompt|. When this option is off there are no pauses, the
- listing continues until finished.
- *'mouse'*
- 'mouse' string (default "nvi")
- global
- Enables mouse support. For example, to enable the mouse in Normal mode
- and Visual mode: >vim
- set mouse=nv
- <
- To temporarily disable mouse support, hold the shift key while using
- the mouse.
- Mouse support can be enabled for different modes:
- n Normal mode
- v Visual mode
- i Insert mode
- c Command-line mode
- h all previous modes when editing a help file
- a all previous modes
- r for |hit-enter| and |more-prompt| prompt
- Left-click anywhere in a text buffer to place the cursor there. This
- works with operators too, e.g. type |d| then left-click to delete text
- from the current cursor position to the position where you clicked.
- Drag the |status-line| or vertical separator of a window to resize it.
- If enabled for "v" (Visual mode) then double-click selects word-wise,
- triple-click makes it line-wise, and quadruple-click makes it
- rectangular block-wise.
- For scrolling with a mouse wheel see |scroll-mouse-wheel|.
- Note: When enabling the mouse in a terminal, copy/paste will use the
- "* register if possible. See also 'clipboard'.
- Related options:
- 'mousefocus' window focus follows mouse pointer
- 'mousemodel' what mouse button does which action
- 'mousehide' hide mouse pointer while typing text
- 'selectmode' whether to start Select mode or Visual mode
- *'mousefocus'* *'mousef'* *'nomousefocus'* *'nomousef'*
- 'mousefocus' 'mousef' boolean (default off)
- global
- The window that the mouse pointer is on is automatically activated.
- When changing the window layout or window focus in another way, the
- mouse pointer is moved to the window with keyboard focus. Off is the
- default because it makes using the pull down menus a little goofy, as
- a pointer transit may activate a window unintentionally.
- *'mousehide'* *'mh'* *'nomousehide'* *'nomh'*
- 'mousehide' 'mh' boolean (default on)
- global
- only in the GUI
- When on, the mouse pointer is hidden when characters are typed.
- The mouse pointer is restored when the mouse is moved.
- *'mousemodel'* *'mousem'*
- 'mousemodel' 'mousem' string (default "popup_setpos")
- global
- Sets the model to use for the mouse. The name mostly specifies what
- the right mouse button is used for:
- extend Right mouse button extends a selection. This works
- like in an xterm.
- popup Right mouse button pops up a menu. The shifted left
- mouse button extends a selection. This works like
- with Microsoft Windows.
- popup_setpos Like "popup", but the cursor will be moved to the
- position where the mouse was clicked, and thus the
- selected operation will act upon the clicked object.
- If clicking inside a selection, that selection will
- be acted upon, i.e. no cursor move. This implies of
- course, that right clicking outside a selection will
- end Visual mode.
- Overview of what button does what for each model:
- mouse extend popup(_setpos) ~
- left click place cursor place cursor
- left drag start selection start selection
- shift-left search word extend selection
- right click extend selection popup menu (place cursor)
- right drag extend selection -
- middle click paste paste
- In the "popup" model the right mouse button produces a pop-up menu.
- Nvim creates a default |popup-menu| but you can redefine it.
- Note that you can further refine the meaning of buttons with mappings.
- See |mouse-overview|. But mappings are NOT used for modeless selection.
- Example: >vim
- map <S-LeftMouse> <RightMouse>
- map <S-LeftDrag> <RightDrag>
- map <S-LeftRelease> <RightRelease>
- map <2-S-LeftMouse> <2-RightMouse>
- map <2-S-LeftDrag> <2-RightDrag>
- map <2-S-LeftRelease> <2-RightRelease>
- map <3-S-LeftMouse> <3-RightMouse>
- map <3-S-LeftDrag> <3-RightDrag>
- map <3-S-LeftRelease> <3-RightRelease>
- map <4-S-LeftMouse> <4-RightMouse>
- map <4-S-LeftDrag> <4-RightDrag>
- map <4-S-LeftRelease> <4-RightRelease>
- <
- Mouse commands requiring the CTRL modifier can be simulated by typing
- the "g" key before using the mouse:
- "g<LeftMouse>" is "<C-LeftMouse> (jump to tag under mouse click)
- "g<RightMouse>" is "<C-RightMouse> ("CTRL-T")
- *'mousemoveevent'* *'mousemev'* *'nomousemoveevent'* *'nomousemev'*
- 'mousemoveevent' 'mousemev' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on, mouse move events are delivered to the input queue and are
- available for mapping. The default, off, avoids the mouse movement
- overhead except when needed.
- Warning: Setting this option can make pending mappings to be aborted
- when the mouse is moved.
- *'mousescroll'* *E5080*
- 'mousescroll' string (default "ver:3,hor:6")
- global
- This option controls the number of lines / columns to scroll by when
- scrolling with a mouse wheel (|scroll-mouse-wheel|). The option is
- a comma-separated list. Each part consists of a direction and a count
- as follows:
- direction:count,direction:count
- Direction is one of either "hor" or "ver". "hor" controls horizontal
- scrolling and "ver" controls vertical scrolling. Count sets the amount
- to scroll by for the given direction, it should be a non negative
- integer. Each direction should be set at most once. If a direction
- is omitted, a default value is used (6 for horizontal scrolling and 3
- for vertical scrolling). You can disable mouse scrolling by using
- a count of 0.
- Example: >vim
- set mousescroll=ver:5,hor:2
- < Will make Nvim scroll 5 lines at a time when scrolling vertically, and
- scroll 2 columns at a time when scrolling horizontally.
- *'mousetime'* *'mouset'*
- 'mousetime' 'mouset' number (default 500)
- global
- Defines the maximum time in msec between two mouse clicks for the
- second click to be recognized as a multi click.
- *'nrformats'* *'nf'*
- 'nrformats' 'nf' string (default "bin,hex")
- local to buffer
- This defines what bases Vim will consider for numbers when using the
- CTRL-A and CTRL-X commands for adding to and subtracting from a number
- respectively; see |CTRL-A| for more info on these commands.
- alpha If included, single alphabetical characters will be
- incremented or decremented. This is useful for a list with a
- letter index a), b), etc. *octal-nrformats*
- octal If included, numbers that start with a zero will be considered
- to be octal. Example: Using CTRL-A on "007" results in "010".
- hex If included, numbers starting with "0x" or "0X" will be
- considered to be hexadecimal. Example: Using CTRL-X on
- "0x100" results in "0x0ff".
- bin If included, numbers starting with "0b" or "0B" will be
- considered to be binary. Example: Using CTRL-X on
- "0b1000" subtracts one, resulting in "0b0111".
- unsigned If included, numbers are recognized as unsigned. Thus a
- leading dash or negative sign won't be considered as part of
- the number. Examples:
- Using CTRL-X on "2020" in "9-2020" results in "9-2019"
- (without "unsigned" it would become "9-2021").
- Using CTRL-A on "2020" in "9-2020" results in "9-2021"
- (without "unsigned" it would become "9-2019").
- Using CTRL-X on "0" or CTRL-A on "18446744073709551615"
- (2^64 - 1) has no effect, overflow is prevented.
- blank If included, treat numbers as signed or unsigned based on
- preceding whitespace. If a number with a leading dash has its
- dash immediately preceded by a non-whitespace character (i.e.,
- not a tab or a " "), the negative sign won't be considered as
- part of the number. For example:
- Using CTRL-A on "14" in "Carbon-14" results in "Carbon-15"
- (without "blank" it would become "Carbon-13").
- Using CTRL-X on "8" in "Carbon -8" results in "Carbon -9"
- (because -8 is preceded by whitespace. If "unsigned" was
- set, it would result in "Carbon -7").
- If this format is included, overflow is prevented as if
- "unsigned" were set. If both this format and "unsigned" are
- included, "unsigned" will take precedence.
- Numbers which simply begin with a digit in the range 1-9 are always
- considered decimal. This also happens for numbers that are not
- recognized as octal or hex.
- *'number'* *'nu'* *'nonumber'* *'nonu'*
- 'number' 'nu' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- Print the line number in front of each line. When the 'n' option is
- excluded from 'cpoptions' a wrapped line will not use the column of
- line numbers.
- Use the 'numberwidth' option to adjust the room for the line number.
- When a long, wrapped line doesn't start with the first character, '-'
- characters are put before the number.
- For highlighting see |hl-LineNr|, |hl-CursorLineNr|, and the
- |:sign-define| "numhl" argument.
- *number_relativenumber*
- The 'relativenumber' option changes the displayed number to be
- relative to the cursor. Together with 'number' there are these
- four combinations (cursor in line 3):
- 'nonu' 'nu' 'nonu' 'nu'
- 'nornu' 'nornu' 'rnu' 'rnu'
- >
- |apple | 1 apple | 2 apple | 2 apple
- |pear | 2 pear | 1 pear | 1 pear
- |nobody | 3 nobody | 0 nobody |3 nobody
- |there | 4 there | 1 there | 1 there
- <
- *'numberwidth'* *'nuw'*
- 'numberwidth' 'nuw' number (default 4)
- local to window
- Minimal number of columns to use for the line number. Only relevant
- when the 'number' or 'relativenumber' option is set or printing lines
- with a line number. Since one space is always between the number and
- the text, there is one less character for the number itself.
- The value is the minimum width. A bigger width is used when needed to
- fit the highest line number in the buffer respectively the number of
- rows in the window, depending on whether 'number' or 'relativenumber'
- is set. Thus with the Vim default of 4 there is room for a line number
- up to 999. When the buffer has 1000 lines five columns will be used.
- The minimum value is 1, the maximum value is 20.
- *'omnifunc'* *'ofu'*
- 'omnifunc' 'ofu' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode omni
- completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
- See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
- invoked and what it should return. The value can be the name of a
- function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for
- more information.
- This option is usually set by a filetype plugin:
- |:filetype-plugin-on|
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'operatorfunc'* *'opfunc'*
- 'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' string (default "")
- global
- This option specifies a function to be called by the |g@| operator.
- See |:map-operator| for more info and an example. The value can be
- the name of a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See
- |option-value-function| for more information.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'packpath'* *'pp'*
- 'packpath' 'pp' string (default see 'runtimepath')
- global
- Directories used to find packages.
- See |packages| and |packages-runtimepath|.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'paragraphs'* *'para'*
- 'paragraphs' 'para' string (default "IPLPPPQPP TPHPLIPpLpItpplpipbp")
- global
- Specifies the nroff macros that separate paragraphs. These are pairs
- of two letters (see |object-motions|).
- *'patchexpr'* *'pex'*
- 'patchexpr' 'pex' string (default "")
- global
- Expression which is evaluated to apply a patch to a file and generate
- the resulting new version of the file. See |diff-patchexpr|.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'patchmode'* *'pm'* *E205* *E206*
- 'patchmode' 'pm' string (default "")
- global
- When non-empty the oldest version of a file is kept. This can be used
- to keep the original version of a file if you are changing files in a
- source distribution. Only the first time that a file is written a
- copy of the original file will be kept. The name of the copy is the
- name of the original file with the string in the 'patchmode' option
- appended. This option should start with a dot. Use a string like
- ".orig" or ".org". 'backupdir' must not be empty for this to work
- (Detail: The backup file is renamed to the patchmode file after the
- new file has been successfully written, that's why it must be possible
- to write a backup file). If there was no file to be backed up, an
- empty file is created.
- When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a patchmode file is not made.
- Using 'patchmode' for compressed files appends the extension at the
- end (e.g., "file.gz.orig"), thus the resulting name isn't always
- recognized as a compressed file.
- Only normal file name characters can be used, `/\*?[|<>` are illegal.
- *'path'* *'pa'* *E343* *E345* *E347* *E854*
- 'path' 'pa' string (default ".,,")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
- |gf|, [f, ]f, ^Wf, |:find|, |:sfind|, |:tabfind| and other commands,
- provided that the file being searched for has a relative path (not
- starting with "/", "./" or "../"). The directories in the 'path'
- option may be relative or absolute.
- - Use commas to separate directory names: >vim
- set path=.,/usr/local/include,/usr/include
- < - Spaces can also be used to separate directory names. To have a
- space in a directory name, precede it with an extra backslash, and
- escape the space: >vim
- set path=.,/dir/with\\\ space
- < - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with an extra
- backslash: >vim
- set path=.,/dir/with\\,comma
- < - To search relative to the directory of the current file, use: >vim
- set path=.
- < - To search in the current directory use an empty string between two
- commas: >vim
- set path=,,
- < - A directory name may end in a ':' or '/'.
- - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
- - When using |netrw.vim| URLs can be used. For example, adding
- "https://www.vim.org" will make ":find index.html" work.
- - Search upwards and downwards in a directory tree using "*", "**" and
- ";". See |file-searching| for info and syntax.
- - Careful with '\' characters, type two to get one in the option: >vim
- set path=.,c:\\include
- < Or just use '/' instead: >vim
- set path=.,c:/include
- < Don't forget "." or files won't even be found in the same directory as
- the file!
- The maximum length is limited. How much depends on the system, mostly
- it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
- You can check if all the include files are found, using the value of
- 'path', see |:checkpath|.
- The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
- directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
- uses another default. To remove the current directory use: >vim
- set path-=
- < To add the current directory use: >vim
- set path+=
- < To use an environment variable, you probably need to replace the
- separator. Here is an example to append $INCL, in which directory
- names are separated with a semicolon: >vim
- let &path = &path .. "," .. substitute($INCL, ';', ',', 'g')
- < Replace the ';' with a ':' or whatever separator is used. Note that
- this doesn't work when $INCL contains a comma or white space.
- *'preserveindent'* *'pi'* *'nopreserveindent'* *'nopi'*
- 'preserveindent' 'pi' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- When changing the indent of the current line, preserve as much of the
- indent structure as possible. Normally the indent is replaced by a
- series of tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is
- enabled, in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option
- means the indent will preserve as many existing characters as possible
- for indenting, and only add additional tabs or spaces as required.
- 'expandtab' does not apply to the preserved white space, a Tab remains
- a Tab.
- NOTE: When using ">>" multiple times the resulting indent is a mix of
- tabs and spaces. You might not like this.
- Also see 'copyindent'.
- Use |:retab| to clean up white space.
- *'previewheight'* *'pvh'*
- 'previewheight' 'pvh' number (default 12)
- global
- Default height for a preview window. Used for |:ptag| and associated
- commands. Used for |CTRL-W_}| when no count is given.
- *'previewwindow'* *'pvw'* *'nopreviewwindow'* *'nopvw'* *E590*
- 'previewwindow' 'pvw' boolean (default off)
- local to window |local-noglobal|
- Identifies the preview window. Only one window can have this option
- set. It's normally not set directly, but by using one of the commands
- |:ptag|, |:pedit|, etc.
- *'pumblend'* *'pb'*
- 'pumblend' 'pb' number (default 0)
- global
- Enables pseudo-transparency for the |popup-menu|. Valid values are in
- the range of 0 for fully opaque popupmenu (disabled) to 100 for fully
- transparent background. Values between 0-30 are typically most useful.
- It is possible to override the level for individual highlights within
- the popupmenu using |highlight-blend|. For instance, to enable
- transparency but force the current selected element to be fully opaque: >vim
- set pumblend=15
- hi PmenuSel blend=0
- <
- UI-dependent. Works best with RGB colors. 'termguicolors'
- *'pumheight'* *'ph'*
- 'pumheight' 'ph' number (default 0)
- global
- Maximum number of items to show in the popup menu
- (|ins-completion-menu|). Zero means "use available screen space".
- *'pumwidth'* *'pw'*
- 'pumwidth' 'pw' number (default 15)
- global
- Minimum width for the popup menu (|ins-completion-menu|). If the
- cursor column + 'pumwidth' exceeds screen width, the popup menu is
- nudged to fit on the screen.
- *'pyxversion'* *'pyx'*
- 'pyxversion' 'pyx' number (default 3)
- global
- Specifies the python version used for pyx* functions and commands
- |python_x|. As only Python 3 is supported, this always has the value
- `3`. Setting any other value is an error.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'quickfixtextfunc'* *'qftf'*
- 'quickfixtextfunc' 'qftf' string (default "")
- global
- This option specifies a function to be used to get the text to display
- in the quickfix and location list windows. This can be used to
- customize the information displayed in the quickfix or location window
- for each entry in the corresponding quickfix or location list. See
- |quickfix-window-function| for an explanation of how to write the
- function and an example. The value can be the name of a function, a
- |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for more
- information.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'quoteescape'* *'qe'*
- 'quoteescape' 'qe' string (default "\")
- local to buffer
- The characters that are used to escape quotes in a string. Used for
- objects like a', a" and a` |a'|.
- When one of the characters in this option is found inside a string,
- the following character will be skipped. The default value makes the
- text "foo\"bar\\" considered to be one string.
- *'readonly'* *'ro'* *'noreadonly'* *'noro'*
- 'readonly' 'ro' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer |local-noglobal|
- If on, writes fail unless you use a '!'. Protects you from
- accidentally overwriting a file. Default on when Vim is started
- in read-only mode ("vim -R") or when the executable is called "view".
- When using ":w!" the 'readonly' option is reset for the current
- buffer, unless the 'Z' flag is in 'cpoptions'.
- When using the ":view" command the 'readonly' option is set for the
- newly edited buffer.
- See 'modifiable' for disallowing changes to the buffer.
- *'redrawdebug'* *'rdb'*
- 'redrawdebug' 'rdb' string (default "")
- global
- Flags to change the way redrawing works, for debugging purposes.
- Most useful with 'writedelay' set to some reasonable value.
- Supports the following flags:
- compositor Indicate each redraw event handled by the compositor
- by briefly flashing the redrawn regions in colors
- indicating the redraw type. These are the highlight
- groups used (and their default colors):
- RedrawDebugNormal gui=reverse normal redraw passed through
- RedrawDebugClear guibg=Yellow clear event passed through
- RedrawDebugComposed guibg=Green redraw event modified by the
- compositor (due to
- overlapping grids, etc)
- RedrawDebugRecompose guibg=Red redraw generated by the
- compositor itself, due to a
- grid being moved or deleted.
- line introduce a delay after each line drawn on the screen.
- When using the TUI or another single-grid UI, "compositor"
- gives more information and should be preferred (every
- line is processed as a separate event by the compositor)
- flush introduce a delay after each "flush" event.
- nothrottle Turn off throttling of the message grid. This is an
- optimization that joins many small scrolls to one
- larger scroll when drawing the message area (with
- 'display' msgsep flag active).
- invalid Enable stricter checking (abort) of inconsistencies
- of the internal screen state. This is mostly
- useful when running nvim inside a debugger (and
- the test suite).
- nodelta Send all internally redrawn cells to the UI, even if
- they are unchanged from the already displayed state.
- *'redrawtime'* *'rdt'*
- 'redrawtime' 'rdt' number (default 2000)
- global
- Time in milliseconds for redrawing the display. Applies to
- 'hlsearch', 'inccommand', |:match| highlighting, syntax highlighting,
- and async |LanguageTree:parse()|.
- When redrawing takes more than this many milliseconds no further
- matches will be highlighted.
- For syntax highlighting the time applies per window. When over the
- limit syntax highlighting is disabled until |CTRL-L| is used.
- This is used to avoid that Vim hangs when using a very complicated
- pattern.
- *'regexpengine'* *'re'*
- 'regexpengine' 're' number (default 0)
- global
- This selects the default regexp engine. |two-engines|
- The possible values are:
- 0 automatic selection
- 1 old engine
- 2 NFA engine
- Note that when using the NFA engine and the pattern contains something
- that is not supported the pattern will not match. This is only useful
- for debugging the regexp engine.
- Using automatic selection enables Vim to switch the engine, if the
- default engine becomes too costly. E.g., when the NFA engine uses too
- many states. This should prevent Vim from hanging on a combination of
- a complex pattern with long text.
- *'relativenumber'* *'rnu'* *'norelativenumber'* *'nornu'*
- 'relativenumber' 'rnu' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- Show the line number relative to the line with the cursor in front of
- each line. Relative line numbers help you use the |count| you can
- precede some vertical motion commands (e.g. j k + -) with, without
- having to calculate it yourself. Especially useful in combination with
- other commands (e.g. y d c < > gq gw =).
- When the 'n' option is excluded from 'cpoptions' a wrapped
- line will not use the column of line numbers.
- The 'numberwidth' option can be used to set the room used for the line
- number.
- When a long, wrapped line doesn't start with the first character, '-'
- characters are put before the number.
- See |hl-LineNr| and |hl-CursorLineNr| for the highlighting used for
- the number.
- The number in front of the cursor line also depends on the value of
- 'number', see |number_relativenumber| for all combinations of the two
- options.
- *'report'*
- 'report' number (default 2)
- global
- Threshold for reporting number of lines changed. When the number of
- changed lines is more than 'report' a message will be given for most
- ":" commands. If you want it always, set 'report' to 0.
- For the ":substitute" command the number of substitutions is used
- instead of the number of lines.
- *'revins'* *'ri'* *'norevins'* *'nori'*
- 'revins' 'ri' boolean (default off)
- global
- Inserting characters in Insert mode will work backwards. See "typing
- backwards" |ins-reverse|. This option can be toggled with the CTRL-_
- command in Insert mode, when 'allowrevins' is set.
- *'rightleft'* *'rl'* *'norightleft'* *'norl'*
- 'rightleft' 'rl' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- When on, display orientation becomes right-to-left, i.e., characters
- that are stored in the file appear from the right to the left.
- Using this option, it is possible to edit files for languages that
- are written from the right to the left such as Hebrew and Arabic.
- This option is per window, so it is possible to edit mixed files
- simultaneously, or to view the same file in both ways (this is
- useful whenever you have a mixed text file with both right-to-left
- and left-to-right strings so that both sets are displayed properly
- in different windows). Also see |rileft.txt|.
- *'rightleftcmd'* *'rlc'*
- 'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' string (default "search")
- local to window
- Each word in this option enables the command line editing to work in
- right-to-left mode for a group of commands:
- search "/" and "?" commands
- This is useful for languages such as Hebrew, Arabic and Farsi.
- The 'rightleft' option must be set for 'rightleftcmd' to take effect.
- *'ruler'* *'ru'* *'noruler'* *'noru'*
- 'ruler' 'ru' boolean (default on)
- global
- Show the line and column number of the cursor position, separated by a
- comma. When there is room, the relative position of the displayed
- text in the file is shown on the far right:
- Top first line is visible
- Bot last line is visible
- All first and last line are visible
- 45% relative position in the file
- If 'rulerformat' is set, it will determine the contents of the ruler.
- Each window has its own ruler. If a window has a status line, the
- ruler is shown there. If a window doesn't have a status line and
- 'cmdheight' is zero, the ruler is not shown. Otherwise it is shown in
- the last line of the screen. If the statusline is given by
- 'statusline' (i.e. not empty), this option takes precedence over
- 'ruler' and 'rulerformat'.
- If the number of characters displayed is different from the number of
- bytes in the text (e.g., for a TAB or a multibyte character), both
- the text column (byte number) and the screen column are shown,
- separated with a dash.
- For an empty line "0-1" is shown.
- For an empty buffer the line number will also be zero: "0,0-1".
- If you don't want to see the ruler all the time but want to know where
- you are, use "g CTRL-G" |g_CTRL-G|.
- *'rulerformat'* *'ruf'*
- 'rulerformat' 'ruf' string (default "")
- global
- When this option is not empty, it determines the content of the ruler
- string, as displayed for the 'ruler' option.
- The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- The default ruler width is 17 characters. To make the ruler 15
- characters wide, put "%15(" at the start and "%)" at the end.
- Example: >vim
- set rulerformat=%15(%c%V\ %p%%%)
- <
- *'runtimepath'* *'rtp'* *vimfiles*
- 'runtimepath' 'rtp' string (default "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim,
- $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS[1]/nvim,
- $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS[2]/nvim,
- …
- $XDG_DATA_HOME/nvim[-data]/site,
- $XDG_DATA_DIRS[1]/nvim/site,
- $XDG_DATA_DIRS[2]/nvim/site,
- …
- $VIMRUNTIME,
- …
- $XDG_DATA_DIRS[2]/nvim/site/after,
- $XDG_DATA_DIRS[1]/nvim/site/after,
- $XDG_DATA_HOME/nvim[-data]/site/after,
- …
- $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS[2]/nvim/after,
- $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS[1]/nvim/after,
- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/after")
- global
- List of directories to be searched for these runtime files:
- filetype.lua filetypes |new-filetype|
- autoload/ automatically loaded scripts |autoload-functions|
- colors/ color scheme files |:colorscheme|
- compiler/ compiler files |:compiler|
- doc/ documentation |write-local-help|
- ftplugin/ filetype plugins |write-filetype-plugin|
- indent/ indent scripts |indent-expression|
- keymap/ key mapping files |mbyte-keymap|
- lang/ menu translations |:menutrans|
- lsp/ LSP client configurations |lsp-config|
- lua/ |Lua| plugins
- menu.vim GUI menus |menu.vim|
- pack/ packages |:packadd|
- parser/ |treesitter| syntax parsers
- plugin/ plugin scripts |write-plugin|
- queries/ |treesitter| queries
- rplugin/ |remote-plugin| scripts
- spell/ spell checking files |spell|
- syntax/ syntax files |mysyntaxfile|
- tutor/ tutorial files |:Tutor|
- And any other file searched for with the |:runtime| command.
- Defaults are setup to search these locations:
- 1. Your home directory, for personal preferences.
- Given by `stdpath("config")`. |$XDG_CONFIG_HOME|
- 2. Directories which must contain configuration files according to
- |xdg| ($XDG_CONFIG_DIRS, defaults to /etc/xdg). This also contains
- preferences from system administrator.
- 3. Data home directory, for plugins installed by user.
- Given by `stdpath("data")/site`. |$XDG_DATA_HOME|
- 4. nvim/site subdirectories for each directory in $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
- This is for plugins which were installed by system administrator,
- but are not part of the Nvim distribution. XDG_DATA_DIRS defaults
- to /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/, so system administrators are
- expected to install site plugins to /usr/share/nvim/site.
- 5. Session state directory, for state data such as swap, backupdir,
- viewdir, undodir, etc.
- Given by `stdpath("state")`. |$XDG_STATE_HOME|
- 6. $VIMRUNTIME, for files distributed with Nvim.
- *after-directory*
- 7, 8, 9, 10. In after/ subdirectories of 1, 2, 3 and 4, with reverse
- ordering. This is for preferences to overrule or add to the
- distributed defaults or system-wide settings (rarely needed).
- *packages-runtimepath*
- "start" packages will also be searched (|runtime-search-path|) for
- runtime files after these, though such packages are not explicitly
- reported in &runtimepath. But "opt" packages are explicitly added to
- &runtimepath by |:packadd|.
- Note that, unlike 'path', no wildcards like "**" are allowed. Normal
- wildcards are allowed, but can significantly slow down searching for
- runtime files. For speed, use as few items as possible and avoid
- wildcards.
- See |:runtime|.
- Example: >vim
- set runtimepath=~/vimruntime,/mygroup/vim,$VIMRUNTIME
- < This will use the directory "~/vimruntime" first (containing your
- personal Nvim runtime files), then "/mygroup/vim", and finally
- "$VIMRUNTIME" (the default runtime files).
- You can put a directory before $VIMRUNTIME to find files which replace
- distributed runtime files. You can put a directory after $VIMRUNTIME
- to find files which add to distributed runtime files.
- With |--clean| the home directory entries are not included.
- *'scroll'* *'scr'*
- 'scroll' 'scr' number (default half the window height)
- local to window |local-noglobal|
- Number of lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D commands. Will be
- set to half the number of lines in the window when the window size
- changes. This may happen when enabling the |status-line| or
- 'tabline' option after setting the 'scroll' option.
- If you give a count to the CTRL-U or CTRL-D command it will
- be used as the new value for 'scroll'. Reset to half the window
- height with ":set scroll=0".
- *'scrollback'* *'scbk'*
- 'scrollback' 'scbk' number (default 10000)
- local to buffer
- Maximum number of lines kept beyond the visible screen. Lines at the
- top are deleted if new lines exceed this limit.
- Minimum is 1, maximum is 100000.
- Only in |terminal| buffers.
- Note: Lines that are not visible and kept in scrollback are not
- reflown when the terminal buffer is resized horizontally.
- *'scrollbind'* *'scb'* *'noscrollbind'* *'noscb'*
- 'scrollbind' 'scb' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- See also |scroll-binding|. When this option is set, scrolling the
- current window also scrolls other scrollbind windows (windows that
- also have this option set). This option is useful for viewing the
- differences between two versions of a file, see 'diff'.
- See |'scrollopt'| for options that determine how this option should be
- interpreted.
- This option is mostly reset when splitting a window to edit another
- file. This means that ":split | edit file" results in two windows
- with scroll-binding, but ":split file" does not.
- *'scrolljump'* *'sj'*
- 'scrolljump' 'sj' number (default 1)
- global
- Minimal number of lines to scroll when the cursor gets off the
- screen (e.g., with "j"). Not used for scroll commands (e.g., CTRL-E,
- CTRL-D). Useful if your terminal scrolls very slowly.
- When set to a negative number from -1 to -100 this is used as the
- percentage of the window height. Thus -50 scrolls half the window
- height.
- *'scrolloff'* *'so'*
- 'scrolloff' 'so' number (default 0)
- global or local to window |global-local|
- Minimal number of screen lines to keep above and below the cursor.
- This will make some context visible around where you are working. If
- you set it to a very large value (999) the cursor line will always be
- in the middle of the window (except at the start or end of the file or
- when long lines wrap).
- After using the local value, go back the global value with one of
- these two: >vim
- setlocal scrolloff<
- setlocal scrolloff=-1
- < For scrolling horizontally see 'sidescrolloff'.
- *'scrollopt'* *'sbo'*
- 'scrollopt' 'sbo' string (default "ver,jump")
- global
- This is a comma-separated list of words that specifies how
- 'scrollbind' windows should behave. 'sbo' stands for ScrollBind
- Options.
- The following words are available:
- ver Bind vertical scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
- hor Bind horizontal scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
- jump Applies to the offset between two windows for vertical
- scrolling. This offset is the difference in the first
- displayed line of the bound windows. When moving
- around in a window, another 'scrollbind' window may
- reach a position before the start or after the end of
- the buffer. The offset is not changed though, when
- moving back the 'scrollbind' window will try to scroll
- to the desired position when possible.
- When now making that window the current one, two
- things can be done with the relative offset:
- 1. When "jump" is not included, the relative offset is
- adjusted for the scroll position in the new current
- window. When going back to the other window, the
- new relative offset will be used.
- 2. When "jump" is included, the other windows are
- scrolled to keep the same relative offset. When
- going back to the other window, it still uses the
- same relative offset.
- Also see |scroll-binding|.
- When 'diff' mode is active there always is vertical scroll binding,
- even when "ver" isn't there.
- *'sections'* *'sect'*
- 'sections' 'sect' string (default "SHNHH HUnhsh")
- global
- Specifies the nroff macros that separate sections. These are pairs of
- two letters (See |object-motions|). The default makes a section start
- at the nroff macros ".SH", ".NH", ".H", ".HU", ".nh" and ".sh".
- *'selection'* *'sel'*
- 'selection' 'sel' string (default "inclusive")
- global
- This option defines the behavior of the selection. It is only used
- in Visual and Select mode.
- Possible values:
- value past line inclusive ~
- old no yes
- inclusive yes yes
- exclusive yes no
- "past line" means that the cursor is allowed to be positioned one
- character past the line.
- "inclusive" means that the last character of the selection is included
- in an operation. For example, when "x" is used to delete the
- selection.
- When "old" is used and 'virtualedit' allows the cursor to move past
- the end of line the line break still isn't included.
- When "exclusive" is used, cursor position in visual mode will be
- adjusted for inclusive motions |inclusive-motion-selection-exclusive|.
- Note that when "exclusive" is used and selecting from the end
- backwards, you cannot include the last character of a line, when
- starting in Normal mode and 'virtualedit' empty.
- *'selectmode'* *'slm'*
- 'selectmode' 'slm' string (default "")
- global
- This is a comma-separated list of words, which specifies when to start
- Select mode instead of Visual mode, when a selection is started.
- Possible values:
- mouse when using the mouse
- key when using shifted special keys
- cmd when using "v", "V" or CTRL-V
- See |Select-mode|.
- *'sessionoptions'* *'ssop'*
- 'sessionoptions' 'ssop' string (default "blank,buffers,curdir,folds,help,tabpages,winsize,terminal")
- global
- Changes the effect of the |:mksession| command. It is a comma-
- separated list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring
- something:
- word save and restore ~
- blank empty windows
- buffers hidden and unloaded buffers, not just those in windows
- curdir the current directory
- folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
- fold options
- globals global variables that start with an uppercase letter
- and contain at least one lowercase letter. Only
- String and Number types are stored.
- help the help window
- localoptions options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
- global values for local options)
- options all options and mappings (also global values for local
- options)
- skiprtp exclude 'runtimepath' and 'packpath' from the options
- resize size of the Vim window: 'lines' and 'columns'
- sesdir the directory in which the session file is located
- will become the current directory (useful with
- projects accessed over a network from different
- systems)
- tabpages all tab pages; without this only the current tab page
- is restored, so that you can make a session for each
- tab page separately
- terminal include terminal windows where the command can be
- restored
- winpos position of the whole Vim window
- winsize window sizes
- slash |deprecated| Always enabled. Uses "/" in filenames.
- unix |deprecated| Always enabled. Uses "\n" line endings.
- Don't include both "curdir" and "sesdir". When neither is included
- filenames are stored as absolute paths.
- If you leave out "options" many things won't work well after restoring
- the session.
- *'shada'* *'sd'* *E526* *E527* *E528*
- 'shada' 'sd' string (default for
- Win32: !,'100,<50,s10,h,rA:,rB:
- others: !,'100,<50,s10,h)
- global
- When non-empty, the shada file is read upon startup and written
- when exiting Vim (see |shada-file|). The string should be a comma-
- separated list of parameters, each consisting of a single character
- identifying the particular parameter, followed by a number or string
- which specifies the value of that parameter. If a particular
- character is left out, then the default value is used for that
- parameter. The following is a list of the identifying characters and
- the effect of their value.
- CHAR VALUE ~
- *shada-!*
- ! When included, save and restore global variables that start
- with an uppercase letter, and don't contain a lowercase
- letter. Thus "KEEPTHIS and "K_L_M" are stored, but "KeepThis"
- and "_K_L_M" are not. Nested List and Dict items may not be
- read back correctly, you end up with an empty item.
- *shada-quote*
- " Maximum number of lines saved for each register. Old name of
- the '<' item, with the disadvantage that you need to put a
- backslash before the ", otherwise it will be recognized as the
- start of a comment!
- *shada-%*
- % When included, save and restore the buffer list. If Vim is
- started with a file name argument, the buffer list is not
- restored. If Vim is started without a file name argument, the
- buffer list is restored from the shada file. Quickfix
- ('buftype'), unlisted ('buflisted'), unnamed and buffers on
- removable media (|shada-r|) are not saved.
- When followed by a number, the number specifies the maximum
- number of buffers that are stored. Without a number all
- buffers are stored.
- *shada-'*
- ' Maximum number of previously edited files for which the marks
- are remembered. This parameter must always be included when
- 'shada' is non-empty.
- Including this item also means that the |jumplist| and the
- |changelist| are stored in the shada file.
- *shada-/*
- / Maximum number of items in the search pattern history to be
- saved. If non-zero, then the previous search and substitute
- patterns are also saved. When not included, the value of
- 'history' is used.
- *shada-:*
- : Maximum number of items in the command-line history to be
- saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
- *shada-<*
- < Maximum number of lines saved for each register. If zero then
- registers are not saved. When not included, all lines are
- saved. '"' is the old name for this item.
- Also see the 's' item below: limit specified in KiB.
- *shada-@*
- @ Maximum number of items in the input-line history to be
- saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
- *shada-c*
- c Dummy option, kept for compatibility reasons. Has no actual
- effect: ShaDa always uses UTF-8 and 'encoding' value is fixed
- to UTF-8 as well.
- *shada-f*
- f Whether file marks need to be stored. If zero, file marks ('0
- to '9, 'A to 'Z) are not stored. When not present or when
- non-zero, they are all stored. '0 is used for the current
- cursor position (when exiting or when doing |:wshada|).
- *shada-h*
- h Disable the effect of 'hlsearch' when loading the shada
- file. When not included, it depends on whether ":nohlsearch"
- has been used since the last search command.
- *shada-n*
- n Name of the shada file. The name must immediately follow
- the 'n'. Must be at the end of the option! If the
- 'shadafile' option is set, that file name overrides the one
- given here with 'shada'. Environment variables are
- expanded when opening the file, not when setting the option.
- *shada-r*
- r Removable media. The argument is a string (up to the next
- ','). This parameter can be given several times. Each
- specifies the start of a path for which no marks will be
- stored. This is to avoid removable media. For Windows you
- could use "ra:,rb:". You can also use it for temp files,
- e.g., for Unix: "r/tmp". Case is ignored.
- *shada-s*
- s Maximum size of an item contents in KiB. If zero then nothing
- is saved. Unlike Vim this applies to all items, except for
- the buffer list and header. Full item size is off by three
- unsigned integers: with `s10` maximum item size may be 1 byte
- (type: 7-bit integer) + 9 bytes (timestamp: up to 64-bit
- integer) + 3 bytes (item size: up to 16-bit integer because
- 2^8 < 10240 < 2^16) + 10240 bytes (requested maximum item
- contents size) = 10253 bytes.
- Example: >vim
- set shada='50,<1000,s100,:0,n~/nvim/shada
- <
- '50 Marks will be remembered for the last 50 files you
- edited.
- <1000 Contents of registers (up to 1000 lines each) will be
- remembered.
- s100 Items with contents occupying more then 100 KiB are
- skipped.
- :0 Command-line history will not be saved.
- n~/nvim/shada The name of the file to use is "~/nvim/shada".
- no / Since '/' is not specified, the default will be used,
- that is, save all of the search history, and also the
- previous search and substitute patterns.
- no % The buffer list will not be saved nor read back.
- no h 'hlsearch' highlighting will be restored.
- When setting 'shada' from an empty value you can use |:rshada| to
- load the contents of the file, this is not done automatically.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shadafile'* *'sdf'*
- 'shadafile' 'sdf' string (default "")
- global
- When non-empty, overrides the file name used for |shada| (viminfo).
- When equal to "NONE" no shada file will be read or written.
- This option can be set with the |-i| command line flag. The |--clean|
- command line flag sets it to "NONE".
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shell'* *'sh'* *E91*
- 'shell' 'sh' string (default $SHELL or "sh", Win32: "cmd.exe")
- global
- Name of the shell to use for ! and :! commands. When changing the
- value also check these options: 'shellpipe', 'shellslash'
- 'shellredir', 'shellquote', 'shellxquote' and 'shellcmdflag'.
- It is allowed to give an argument to the command, e.g. "csh -f".
- See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
- If the name of the shell contains a space, you need to enclose it in
- quotes. Example with quotes: >vim
- set shell=\"c:\program\ files\unix\sh.exe\"\ -f
- < Note the backslash before each quote (to avoid starting a comment) and
- each space (to avoid ending the option value), so better use |:let-&|
- like this: >vim
- let &shell='"C:\Program Files\unix\sh.exe" -f'
- < Also note that the "-f" is not inside the quotes, because it is not
- part of the command name.
- *shell-unquoting*
- Rules regarding quotes:
- 1. Option is split on space and tab characters that are not inside
- quotes: "abc def" runs shell named "abc" with additional argument
- "def", '"abc def"' runs shell named "abc def" with no additional
- arguments (here and below: additional means “additional to
- 'shellcmdflag'”).
- 2. Quotes in option may be present in any position and any number:
- '"abc"', '"a"bc', 'a"b"c', 'ab"c"' and '"a"b"c"' are all equivalent
- to just "abc".
- 3. Inside quotes backslash preceding backslash means one backslash.
- Backslash preceding quote means one quote. Backslash preceding
- anything else means backslash and next character literally:
- '"a\\b"' is the same as "a\b", '"a\\"b"' runs shell named literally
- 'a"b', '"a\b"' is the same as "a\b" again.
- 4. Outside of quotes backslash always means itself, it cannot be used
- to escape quote: 'a\"b"' is the same as "a\b".
- Note that such processing is done after |:set| did its own round of
- unescaping, so to keep yourself sane use |:let-&| like shown above.
- *shell-powershell*
- To use PowerShell: >vim
- let &shell = executable('pwsh') ? 'pwsh' : 'powershell'
- let &shellcmdflag = '-NoLogo -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Command [Console]::InputEncoding=[Console]::OutputEncoding=[System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new();$PSDefaultParameterValues[''Out-File:Encoding'']=''utf8'';$PSStyle.OutputRendering=''plaintext'';Remove-Alias -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue tee;'
- let &shellredir = '2>&1 | %%{ "$_" } | Out-File %s; exit $LastExitCode'
- let &shellpipe = '2>&1 | %%{ "$_" } | tee %s; exit $LastExitCode'
- set shellquote= shellxquote=
- < This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shellcmdflag'* *'shcf'*
- 'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' string (default "-c"; Windows: "/s /c")
- global
- Flag passed to the shell to execute "!" and ":!" commands; e.g.,
- `bash.exe -c ls` or `cmd.exe /s /c "dir"`. For MS-Windows, the
- default is set according to the value of 'shell', to reduce the need
- to set this option by the user.
- On Unix it can have more than one flag. Each white space separated
- part is passed as an argument to the shell command.
- See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
- See |shell-unquoting| which talks about separating this option into
- multiple arguments.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shellpipe'* *'sp'*
- 'shellpipe' 'sp' string (default ">", "| tee", "|& tee" or "2>&1| tee")
- global
- String to be used to put the output of the ":make" command in the
- error file. See also |:make_makeprg|. See |option-backslash| about
- including spaces and backslashes.
- The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
- (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
- of this option).
- For MS-Windows the default is "2>&1| tee". The stdout and stderr are
- saved in a file and echoed to the screen.
- For Unix the default is "| tee". The stdout of the compiler is saved
- in a file and echoed to the screen. If the 'shell' option is "csh" or
- "tcsh" after initializations, the default becomes "|& tee". If the
- 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh", "mksh", "pdksh", "zsh", "zsh-beta",
- "bash", "fish", "ash" or "dash" the default becomes "2>&1| tee". This
- means that stderr is also included. Before using the 'shell' option a
- path is removed, thus "/bin/sh" uses "sh".
- The initialization of this option is done after reading the vimrc
- and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
- there, the 'shellpipe' option changes automatically, unless it was
- explicitly set before.
- When 'shellpipe' is set to an empty string, no redirection of the
- ":make" output will be done. This is useful if you use a 'makeprg'
- that writes to 'makeef' by itself. If you want no piping, but do
- want to include the 'makeef', set 'shellpipe' to a single space.
- Don't forget to precede the space with a backslash: ":set sp=\ ".
- In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
- become obsolete (at least for Unix).
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shellquote'* *'shq'*
- 'shellquote' 'shq' string (default ""; Windows, when 'shell'
- contains "sh" somewhere: "\"")
- global
- Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
- the "!" and ":!" commands. The redirection is kept outside of the
- quoting. See 'shellxquote' to include the redirection. It's
- probably not useful to set both options.
- This is an empty string by default. Only known to be useful for
- third-party shells on Windows systems, such as the MKS Korn Shell
- or bash, where it should be "\"". The default is adjusted according
- the value of 'shell', to reduce the need to set this option by the
- user.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shellredir'* *'srr'*
- 'shellredir' 'srr' string (default ">", ">&" or ">%s 2>&1")
- global
- String to be used to put the output of a filter command in a temporary
- file. See also |:!|. See |option-backslash| about including spaces
- and backslashes.
- The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
- (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
- of this option).
- The default is ">". For Unix, if the 'shell' option is "csh" or
- "tcsh" during initializations, the default becomes ">&". If the
- 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh", "mksh", "pdksh", "zsh", "zsh-beta",
- "bash" or "fish", the default becomes ">%s 2>&1". This means that
- stderr is also included. For Win32, the Unix checks are done and
- additionally "cmd" is checked for, which makes the default ">%s 2>&1".
- Also, the same names with ".exe" appended are checked for.
- The initialization of this option is done after reading the vimrc
- and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
- there, the 'shellredir' option changes automatically unless it was
- explicitly set before.
- In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
- become obsolete (at least for Unix).
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shellslash'* *'ssl'* *'noshellslash'* *'nossl'*
- 'shellslash' 'ssl' boolean (default on, Windows: off)
- global
- only modifiable in MS-Windows
- When set, a forward slash is used when expanding file names. This is
- useful when a Unix-like shell is used instead of cmd.exe. Backward
- slashes can still be typed, but they are changed to forward slashes by
- Vim.
- Note that setting or resetting this option has no effect for some
- existing file names, thus this option needs to be set before opening
- any file for best results. This might change in the future.
- 'shellslash' only works when a backslash can be used as a path
- separator. To test if this is so use: >vim
- if exists('+shellslash')
- < Also see 'completeslash'.
- *'shelltemp'* *'stmp'* *'noshelltemp'* *'nostmp'*
- 'shelltemp' 'stmp' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on, use temp files for shell commands. When off use a pipe.
- When using a pipe is not possible temp files are used anyway.
- The advantage of using a pipe is that nobody can read the temp file
- and the 'shell' command does not need to support redirection.
- The advantage of using a temp file is that the file type and encoding
- can be detected.
- The |FilterReadPre|, |FilterReadPost| and |FilterWritePre|,
- |FilterWritePost| autocommands event are not triggered when
- 'shelltemp' is off.
- |system()| does not respect this option, it always uses pipes.
- *'shellxescape'* *'sxe'*
- 'shellxescape' 'sxe' string (default "")
- global
- When 'shellxquote' is set to "(" then the characters listed in this
- option will be escaped with a '^' character. This makes it possible
- to execute most external commands with cmd.exe.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shellxquote'* *'sxq'*
- 'shellxquote' 'sxq' string (default "", Windows: "\"")
- global
- Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
- the "!" and ":!" commands. Includes the redirection. See
- 'shellquote' to exclude the redirection. It's probably not useful
- to set both options.
- When the value is '(' then ')' is appended. When the value is '"('
- then ')"' is appended.
- When the value is '(' then also see 'shellxescape'.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'shiftround'* *'sr'* *'noshiftround'* *'nosr'*
- 'shiftround' 'sr' boolean (default off)
- global
- Round indent to multiple of 'shiftwidth'. Applies to > and <
- commands. CTRL-T and CTRL-D in Insert mode always round the indent to
- a multiple of 'shiftwidth' (this is Vi compatible).
- *'shiftwidth'* *'sw'*
- 'shiftwidth' 'sw' number (default 8)
- local to buffer
- Number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent. Used for
- |'cindent'|, |>>|, |<<|, etc.
- When zero the 'tabstop' value will be used. Use the |shiftwidth()|
- function to get the effective shiftwidth value.
- *'shortmess'* *'shm'* *E1336*
- 'shortmess' 'shm' string (default "ltToOCF")
- global
- This option helps to avoid all the |hit-enter| prompts caused by file
- messages, for example with CTRL-G, and to avoid some other messages.
- It is a list of flags:
- flag meaning when present ~
- l use "999L, 888B" instead of "999 lines, 888 bytes" *shm-l*
- m use "[+]" instead of "[Modified]" *shm-m*
- r use "[RO]" instead of "[readonly]" *shm-r*
- w use "[w]" instead of "written" for file write message *shm-w*
- and "[a]" instead of "appended" for ':w >> file' command
- a all of the above abbreviations *shm-a*
- o overwrite message for writing a file with subsequent *shm-o*
- message for reading a file (useful for ":wn" or when
- 'autowrite' on)
- O message for reading a file overwrites any previous *shm-O*
- message; also for quickfix message (e.g., ":cn")
- s don't give "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" or *shm-s*
- "search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM" messages; when using
- the search count do not show "W" before the count message
- (see |shm-S| below)
- t truncate file message at the start if it is too long *shm-t*
- to fit on the command-line, "<" will appear in the left most
- column; ignored in Ex mode
- T truncate other messages in the middle if they are too *shm-T*
- long to fit on the command line; "..." will appear in the
- middle; ignored in Ex mode
- W don't give "written" or "[w]" when writing a file *shm-W*
- A don't give the "ATTENTION" message when an existing *shm-A*
- swap file is found
- I don't give the intro message when starting Vim, *shm-I*
- see |:intro|
- c don't give |ins-completion-menu| messages; for *shm-c*
- example, "-- XXX completion (YYY)", "match 1 of 2", "The only
- match", "Pattern not found", "Back at original", etc.
- C don't give messages while scanning for ins-completion *shm-C*
- items, for instance "scanning tags"
- q do not show "recording @a" when recording a macro *shm-q*
- F don't give the file info when editing a file, like *shm-F*
- `:silent` was used for the command; note that this also
- affects messages from 'autoread' reloading
- S do not show search count message when searching, e.g. *shm-S*
- "[1/5]". When the "S" flag is not present (e.g. search count
- is shown), the "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" and
- "search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM" messages are only
- indicated by a "W" (Mnemonic: Wrapped) letter before the
- search count statistics.
- This gives you the opportunity to avoid that a change between buffers
- requires you to hit <Enter>, but still gives as useful a message as
- possible for the space available. To get the whole message that you
- would have got with 'shm' empty, use ":file!"
- Useful values:
- shm= No abbreviation of message.
- shm=a Abbreviation, but no loss of information.
- shm=at Abbreviation, and truncate message when necessary.
- *'showbreak'* *'sbr'* *E595*
- 'showbreak' 'sbr' string (default "")
- global or local to window |global-local|
- String to put at the start of lines that have been wrapped. Useful
- values are "> " or "+++ ": >vim
- let &showbreak = "> "
- let &showbreak = '+++ '
- < Only printable single-cell characters are allowed, excluding <Tab> and
- comma (in a future version the comma might be used to separate the
- part that is shown at the end and at the start of a line).
- The |hl-NonText| highlight group determines the highlighting.
- Note that tabs after the showbreak will be displayed differently.
- If you want the 'showbreak' to appear in between line numbers, add the
- "n" flag to 'cpoptions'.
- A window-local value overrules a global value. If the global value is
- set and you want no value in the current window use NONE: >vim
- setlocal showbreak=NONE
- <
- *'showcmd'* *'sc'* *'noshowcmd'* *'nosc'*
- 'showcmd' 'sc' boolean (default on)
- global
- Show (partial) command in the last line of the screen. Set this
- option off if your terminal is slow.
- In Visual mode the size of the selected area is shown:
- - When selecting characters within a line, the number of characters.
- If the number of bytes is different it is also displayed: "2-6"
- means two characters and six bytes.
- - When selecting more than one line, the number of lines.
- - When selecting a block, the size in screen characters:
- {lines}x{columns}.
- This information can be displayed in an alternative location using the
- 'showcmdloc' option, useful when 'cmdheight' is 0.
- *'showcmdloc'* *'sloc'*
- 'showcmdloc' 'sloc' string (default "last")
- global
- This option can be used to display the (partially) entered command in
- another location. Possible values are:
- last Last line of the screen (default).
- statusline Status line of the current window.
- tabline First line of the screen if 'showtabline' is enabled.
- Setting this option to "statusline" or "tabline" means that these will
- be redrawn whenever the command changes, which can be on every key
- pressed.
- The %S 'statusline' item can be used in 'statusline' or 'tabline' to
- place the text. Without a custom 'statusline' or 'tabline' it will be
- displayed in a convenient location.
- *'showfulltag'* *'sft'* *'noshowfulltag'* *'nosft'*
- 'showfulltag' 'sft' boolean (default off)
- global
- When completing a word in insert mode (see |ins-completion|) from the
- tags file, show both the tag name and a tidied-up form of the search
- pattern (if there is one) as possible matches. Thus, if you have
- matched a C function, you can see a template for what arguments are
- required (coding style permitting).
- Note that this doesn't work well together with having "longest" in
- 'completeopt', because the completion from the search pattern may not
- match the typed text.
- *'showmatch'* *'sm'* *'noshowmatch'* *'nosm'*
- 'showmatch' 'sm' boolean (default off)
- global
- When a bracket is inserted, briefly jump to the matching one. The
- jump is only done if the match can be seen on the screen. The time to
- show the match can be set with 'matchtime'.
- A Beep is given if there is no match (no matter if the match can be
- seen or not).
- When the 'm' flag is not included in 'cpoptions', typing a character
- will immediately move the cursor back to where it belongs.
- See the "sm" field in 'guicursor' for setting the cursor shape and
- blinking when showing the match.
- The 'matchpairs' option can be used to specify the characters to show
- matches for. 'rightleft' and 'revins' are used to look for opposite
- matches.
- Also see the matchparen plugin for highlighting the match when moving
- around |pi_paren.txt|.
- Note: Use of the short form is rated PG.
- *'showmode'* *'smd'* *'noshowmode'* *'nosmd'*
- 'showmode' 'smd' boolean (default on)
- global
- If in Insert, Replace or Visual mode put a message on the last line.
- The |hl-ModeMsg| highlight group determines the highlighting.
- The option has no effect when 'cmdheight' is zero.
- *'showtabline'* *'stal'*
- 'showtabline' 'stal' number (default 1)
- global
- The value of this option specifies when the line with tab page labels
- will be displayed:
- 0: never
- 1: only if there are at least two tab pages
- 2: always
- This is both for the GUI and non-GUI implementation of the tab pages
- line.
- See |tab-page| for more information about tab pages.
- *'sidescroll'* *'ss'*
- 'sidescroll' 'ss' number (default 1)
- global
- The minimal number of columns to scroll horizontally. Used only when
- the 'wrap' option is off and the cursor is moved off of the screen.
- When it is zero the cursor will be put in the middle of the screen.
- When using a slow terminal set it to a large number or 0. Not used
- for "zh" and "zl" commands.
- *'sidescrolloff'* *'siso'*
- 'sidescrolloff' 'siso' number (default 0)
- global or local to window |global-local|
- The minimal number of screen columns to keep to the left and to the
- right of the cursor if 'nowrap' is set. Setting this option to a
- value greater than 0 while having |'sidescroll'| also at a non-zero
- value makes some context visible in the line you are scrolling in
- horizontally (except at beginning of the line). Setting this option
- to a large value (like 999) has the effect of keeping the cursor
- horizontally centered in the window, as long as one does not come too
- close to the beginning of the line.
- After using the local value, go back the global value with one of
- these two: >vim
- setlocal sidescrolloff<
- setlocal sidescrolloff=-1
- <
- Example: Try this together with 'sidescroll' and 'listchars' as
- in the following example to never allow the cursor to move
- onto the "extends" character: >vim
- set nowrap sidescroll=1 listchars=extends:>,precedes:<
- set sidescrolloff=1
- <
- *'signcolumn'* *'scl'*
- 'signcolumn' 'scl' string (default "auto")
- local to window
- When and how to draw the signcolumn. Valid values are:
- "auto" only when there is a sign to display
- "auto:[1-9]" resize to accommodate multiple signs up to the
- given number (maximum 9), e.g. "auto:4"
- "auto:[1-8]-[2-9]"
- resize to accommodate multiple signs up to the
- given maximum number (maximum 9) while keeping
- at least the given minimum (maximum 8) fixed
- space. The minimum number should always be less
- than the maximum number, e.g. "auto:2-5"
- "no" never
- "yes" always
- "yes:[1-9]" always, with fixed space for signs up to the given
- number (maximum 9), e.g. "yes:3"
- "number" display signs in the 'number' column. If the number
- column is not present, then behaves like "auto".
- *'smartcase'* *'scs'* *'nosmartcase'* *'noscs'*
- 'smartcase' 'scs' boolean (default off)
- global
- Override the 'ignorecase' option if the search pattern contains upper
- case characters. Only used when the search pattern is typed and
- 'ignorecase' option is on. Used for the commands "/", "?", "n", "N",
- ":g" and ":s". Not used for "*", "#", "gd", tag search, etc. After
- "*" and "#" you can make 'smartcase' used by doing a "/" command,
- recalling the search pattern from history and hitting <Enter>.
- *'smartindent'* *'si'* *'nosmartindent'* *'nosi'*
- 'smartindent' 'si' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- Do smart autoindenting when starting a new line. Works for C-like
- programs, but can also be used for other languages. 'cindent' does
- something like this, works better in most cases, but is more strict,
- see |C-indenting|. When 'cindent' is on or 'indentexpr' is set,
- setting 'si' has no effect. 'indentexpr' is a more advanced
- alternative.
- Normally 'autoindent' should also be on when using 'smartindent'.
- An indent is automatically inserted:
- - After a line ending in "{".
- - After a line starting with a keyword from 'cinwords'.
- - Before a line starting with "}" (only with the "O" command).
- When typing '}' as the first character in a new line, that line is
- given the same indent as the matching "{".
- When typing '#' as the first character in a new line, the indent for
- that line is removed, the '#' is put in the first column. The indent
- is restored for the next line. If you don't want this, use this
- mapping: ":inoremap # X^H#", where ^H is entered with CTRL-V CTRL-H.
- When using the ">>" command, lines starting with '#' are not shifted
- right.
- *'smarttab'* *'sta'* *'nosmarttab'* *'nosta'*
- 'smarttab' 'sta' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on, a <Tab> in front of a line inserts blanks according to
- 'shiftwidth'. 'tabstop' or 'softtabstop' is used in other places. A
- <BS> will delete a 'shiftwidth' worth of space at the start of the
- line.
- When off, a <Tab> always inserts blanks according to 'tabstop' or
- 'softtabstop'. 'shiftwidth' is only used for shifting text left or
- right |shift-left-right|.
- What gets inserted (a <Tab> or spaces) depends on the 'expandtab'
- option. Also see |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the
- number of spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
- *'smoothscroll'* *'sms'* *'nosmoothscroll'* *'nosms'*
- 'smoothscroll' 'sms' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- Scrolling works with screen lines. When 'wrap' is set and the first
- line in the window wraps part of it may not be visible, as if it is
- above the window. "<<<" is displayed at the start of the first line,
- highlighted with |hl-NonText|.
- You may also want to add "lastline" to the 'display' option to show as
- much of the last line as possible.
- NOTE: partly implemented, doesn't work yet for |gj| and |gk|.
- *'softtabstop'* *'sts'*
- 'softtabstop' 'sts' number (default 0)
- local to buffer
- Number of spaces that a <Tab> counts for while performing editing
- operations, like inserting a <Tab> or using <BS>. It "feels" like
- <Tab>s are being inserted, while in fact a mix of spaces and <Tab>s is
- used. This is useful to keep the 'ts' setting at its standard value
- of 8, while being able to edit like it is set to 'sts'. However,
- commands like "x" still work on the actual characters.
- When 'sts' is zero, this feature is off.
- When 'sts' is negative, the value of 'shiftwidth' is used.
- See also |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the number of
- spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
- The 'L' flag in 'cpoptions' changes how tabs are used when 'list' is
- set.
- The value of 'softtabstop' will be ignored if |'varsofttabstop'| is set
- to anything other than an empty string.
- *'spell'* *'nospell'*
- 'spell' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- When on spell checking will be done. See |spell|.
- The languages are specified with 'spelllang'.
- *'spellcapcheck'* *'spc'*
- 'spellcapcheck' 'spc' string (default "[.?!]\_[\])'"\t ]\+")
- local to buffer
- Pattern to locate the end of a sentence. The following word will be
- checked to start with a capital letter. If not then it is highlighted
- with SpellCap |hl-SpellCap| (unless the word is also badly spelled).
- When this check is not wanted make this option empty.
- Only used when 'spell' is set.
- Be careful with special characters, see |option-backslash| about
- including spaces and backslashes.
- To set this option automatically depending on the language, see
- |set-spc-auto|.
- *'spellfile'* *'spf'*
- 'spellfile' 'spf' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- Name of the word list file where words are added for the |zg| and |zw|
- commands. It must end in ".{encoding}.add". You need to include the
- path, otherwise the file is placed in the current directory.
- The path may include characters from 'isfname', ' ', ',', '@' and ':'.
- *E765*
- It may also be a comma-separated list of names. A count before the
- |zg| and |zw| commands can be used to access each. This allows using
- a personal word list file and a project word list file.
- When a word is added while this option is empty Vim will set it for
- you: Using the first directory in 'runtimepath' that is writable. If
- there is no "spell" directory yet it will be created. For the file
- name the first language name that appears in 'spelllang' is used,
- ignoring the region.
- The resulting ".spl" file will be used for spell checking, it does not
- have to appear in 'spelllang'.
- Normally one file is used for all regions, but you can add the region
- name if you want to. However, it will then only be used when
- 'spellfile' is set to it, for entries in 'spelllang' only files
- without region name will be found.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'spelllang'* *'spl'*
- 'spelllang' 'spl' string (default "en")
- local to buffer
- A comma-separated list of word list names. When the 'spell' option is
- on spellchecking will be done for these languages. Example: >vim
- set spelllang=en_us,nl,medical
- < This means US English, Dutch and medical words are recognized. Words
- that are not recognized will be highlighted.
- The word list name must consist of alphanumeric characters, a dash or
- an underscore. It should not include a comma or dot. Using a dash is
- recommended to separate the two letter language name from a
- specification. Thus "en-rare" is used for rare English words.
- A region name must come last and have the form "_xx", where "xx" is
- the two-letter, lower case region name. You can use more than one
- region by listing them: "en_us,en_ca" supports both US and Canadian
- English, but not words specific for Australia, New Zealand or Great
- Britain. (Note: currently en_au and en_nz dictionaries are older than
- en_ca, en_gb and en_us).
- If the name "cjk" is included East Asian characters are excluded from
- spell checking. This is useful when editing text that also has Asian
- words.
- Note that the "medical" dictionary does not exist, it is just an
- example of a longer name.
- *E757*
- As a special case the name of a .spl file can be given as-is. The
- first "_xx" in the name is removed and used as the region name
- (_xx is an underscore, two letters and followed by a non-letter).
- This is mainly for testing purposes. You must make sure the correct
- encoding is used, Vim doesn't check it.
- How the related spell files are found is explained here: |spell-load|.
- If the |spellfile.vim| plugin is active and you use a language name
- for which Vim cannot find the .spl file in 'runtimepath' the plugin
- will ask you if you want to download the file.
- After this option has been set successfully, Vim will source the files
- "spell/LANG.vim" in 'runtimepath'. "LANG" is the value of 'spelllang'
- up to the first character that is not an ASCII letter or number and
- not a dash. Also see |set-spc-auto|.
- *'spelloptions'* *'spo'*
- 'spelloptions' 'spo' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- A comma-separated list of options for spell checking:
- camel When a word is CamelCased, assume "Cased" is a
- separate word: every upper-case character in a word
- that comes after a lower case character indicates the
- start of a new word.
- noplainbuffer Only spellcheck a buffer when 'syntax' is enabled,
- or when extmarks are set within the buffer. Only
- designated regions of the buffer are spellchecked in
- this case.
- *'spellsuggest'* *'sps'*
- 'spellsuggest' 'sps' string (default "best")
- global
- Methods used for spelling suggestions. Both for the |z=| command and
- the |spellsuggest()| function. This is a comma-separated list of
- items:
- best Internal method that works best for English. Finds
- changes like "fast" and uses a bit of sound-a-like
- scoring to improve the ordering.
- double Internal method that uses two methods and mixes the
- results. The first method is "fast", the other method
- computes how much the suggestion sounds like the bad
- word. That only works when the language specifies
- sound folding. Can be slow and doesn't always give
- better results.
- fast Internal method that only checks for simple changes:
- character inserts/deletes/swaps. Works well for
- simple typing mistakes.
- {number} The maximum number of suggestions listed for |z=|.
- Not used for |spellsuggest()|. The number of
- suggestions is never more than the value of 'lines'
- minus two.
- timeout:{millisec} Limit the time searching for suggestions to
- {millisec} milliseconds. Applies to the following
- methods. When omitted the limit is 5000. When
- negative there is no limit.
- file:{filename} Read file {filename}, which must have two columns,
- separated by a slash. The first column contains the
- bad word, the second column the suggested good word.
- Example:
- theribal/terrible ~
- Use this for common mistakes that do not appear at the
- top of the suggestion list with the internal methods.
- Lines without a slash are ignored, use this for
- comments.
- The word in the second column must be correct,
- otherwise it will not be used. Add the word to an
- ".add" file if it is currently flagged as a spelling
- mistake.
- The file is used for all languages.
- expr:{expr} Evaluate expression {expr}. Use a function to avoid
- trouble with spaces. Best is to call a function
- without arguments, see |expr-option-function|.
- |v:val| holds the badly spelled word. The expression
- must evaluate to a List of Lists, each with a
- suggestion and a score.
- Example:
- [['the', 33], ['that', 44]] ~
- Set 'verbose' and use |z=| to see the scores that the
- internal methods use. A lower score is better.
- This may invoke |spellsuggest()| if you temporarily
- set 'spellsuggest' to exclude the "expr:" part.
- Errors are silently ignored, unless you set the
- 'verbose' option to a non-zero value.
- Only one of "best", "double" or "fast" may be used. The others may
- appear several times in any order. Example: >vim
- set sps=file:~/.config/nvim/sugg,best,expr:MySuggest()
- <
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'splitbelow'* *'sb'* *'nosplitbelow'* *'nosb'*
- 'splitbelow' 'sb' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on, splitting a window will put the new window below the current
- one. |:split|
- *'splitkeep'* *'spk'*
- 'splitkeep' 'spk' string (default "cursor")
- global
- The value of this option determines the scroll behavior when opening,
- closing or resizing horizontal splits.
- Possible values are:
- cursor Keep the same relative cursor position.
- screen Keep the text on the same screen line.
- topline Keep the topline the same.
- For the "screen" and "topline" values, the cursor position will be
- changed when necessary. In this case, the jumplist will be populated
- with the previous cursor position. For "screen", the text cannot always
- be kept on the same screen line when 'wrap' is enabled.
- *'splitright'* *'spr'* *'nosplitright'* *'nospr'*
- 'splitright' 'spr' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on, splitting a window will put the new window right of the
- current one. |:vsplit|
- *'startofline'* *'sol'* *'nostartofline'* *'nosol'*
- 'startofline' 'sol' boolean (default off)
- global
- When "on" the commands listed below move the cursor to the first
- non-blank of the line. When off the cursor is kept in the same column
- (if possible). This applies to the commands:
- - CTRL-D, CTRL-U, CTRL-B, CTRL-F, "G", "H", "M", "L", "gg"
- - "d", "<<", "==" and ">>" with a linewise operator
- (|operator-resulting-pos|)
- - "%" with a count
- - buffer changing commands (CTRL-^, :bnext, :bNext, etc.)
- - Ex commands that only have a line number, e.g., ":25" or ":+".
- In case of buffer changing commands the cursor is placed at the column
- where it was the last time the buffer was edited.
- *'statuscolumn'* *'stc'*
- 'statuscolumn' 'stc' string (default "")
- local to window
- When non-empty, this option determines the content of the area to the
- side of a window, normally containing the fold, sign and number columns.
- The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
- Some of the items from the 'statusline' format are different for
- 'statuscolumn':
- %l line number column for currently drawn line
- %s sign column for currently drawn line
- %C fold column for currently drawn line
- The 'statuscolumn' width follows that of the default columns and
- adapts to the |'numberwidth'|, |'signcolumn'| and |'foldcolumn'| option
- values (regardless of whether the sign and fold items are present).
- Additionally, the 'statuscolumn' grows with the size of the evaluated
- format string, up to a point (following the maximum size of the default
- fold, sign and number columns). Shrinking only happens when the number
- of lines in a buffer changes, or the 'statuscolumn' option is set.
- The |v:lnum| variable holds the line number to be drawn.
- The |v:relnum| variable holds the relative line number to be drawn.
- The |v:virtnum| variable is negative when drawing virtual lines, zero
- when drawing the actual buffer line, and positive when
- drawing the wrapped part of a buffer line.
- When using |v:relnum|, keep in mind that cursor movement by itself will
- not cause the 'statuscolumn' to update unless |'relativenumber'| is set.
- NOTE: The %@ click execute function item is supported as well but the
- specified function will be the same for each row in the same column.
- It cannot be switched out through a dynamic 'statuscolumn' format, the
- handler should be written with this in mind.
- Examples: >vim
- " Line number with bar separator and click handlers:
- set statuscolumn=%@SignCb@%s%=%T%@NumCb@%l│%T
- " Line numbers in hexadecimal for non wrapped part of lines:
- let &stc='%=%{v:virtnum>0?"":printf("%x",v:lnum)} '
- " Human readable line numbers with thousands separator:
- let &stc='%{substitute(v:lnum,"\\d\\zs\\ze\\'
- . '%(\\d\\d\\d\\)\\+$",",","g")}'
- " Both relative and absolute line numbers with different
- " highlighting for odd and even relative numbers:
- let &stc='%#NonText#%{&nu?v:lnum:""}' .
- '%=%{&rnu&&(v:lnum%2)?"\ ".v:relnum:""}' .
- '%#LineNr#%{&rnu&&!(v:lnum%2)?"\ ".v:relnum:""}'
- < WARNING: this expression is evaluated for each screen line so defining
- an expensive expression can negatively affect render performance.
- *'statusline'* *'stl'* *E540* *E542*
- 'statusline' 'stl' string (default "")
- global or local to window |global-local|
- When non-empty, this option determines the content of the status line.
- Also see |status-line|.
- The option consists of printf style '%' items interspersed with
- normal text. Each status line item is of the form:
- %-0{minwid}.{maxwid}{item}
- All fields except the {item} are optional. A single percent sign can
- be given as "%%".
- *stl-%!*
- When the option starts with "%!" then it is used as an expression,
- evaluated and the result is used as the option value. Example: >vim
- set statusline=%!MyStatusLine()
- < The *g:statusline_winid* variable will be set to the |window-ID| of the
- window that the status line belongs to.
- The result can contain %{} items that will be evaluated too.
- Note that the "%!" expression is evaluated in the context of the
- current window and buffer, while %{} items are evaluated in the
- context of the window that the statusline belongs to.
- When there is error while evaluating the option then it will be made
- empty to avoid further errors. Otherwise screen updating would loop.
- When the result contains unprintable characters the result is
- unpredictable.
- Note that the only effect of 'ruler' when this option is set (and
- 'laststatus' is 2 or 3) is controlling the output of |CTRL-G|.
- field meaning ~
- - Left justify the item. The default is right justified
- when minwid is larger than the length of the item.
- 0 Leading zeroes in numeric items. Overridden by "-".
- minwid Minimum width of the item, padding as set by "-" & "0".
- Value must be 50 or less.
- maxwid Maximum width of the item. Truncation occurs with a "<"
- on the left for text items. Numeric items will be
- shifted down to maxwid-2 digits followed by ">"number
- where number is the amount of missing digits, much like
- an exponential notation.
- item A one letter code as described below.
- Following is a description of the possible statusline items. The
- second character in "item" is the type:
- N for number
- S for string
- F for flags as described below
- - not applicable
- item meaning ~
- f S Path to the file in the buffer, as typed or relative to current
- directory.
- F S Full path to the file in the buffer.
- t S File name (tail) of file in the buffer.
- m F Modified flag, text is "[+]"; "[-]" if 'modifiable' is off.
- M F Modified flag, text is ",+" or ",-".
- r F Readonly flag, text is "[RO]".
- R F Readonly flag, text is ",RO".
- h F Help buffer flag, text is "[help]".
- H F Help buffer flag, text is ",HLP".
- w F Preview window flag, text is "[Preview]".
- W F Preview window flag, text is ",PRV".
- y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., "[vim]". See 'filetype'.
- Y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., ",VIM". See 'filetype'.
- q S "[Quickfix List]", "[Location List]" or empty.
- k S Value of "b:keymap_name" or 'keymap' when |:lmap| mappings are
- being used: "<keymap>"
- n N Buffer number.
- b N Value of character under cursor.
- B N As above, in hexadecimal.
- o N Byte number in file of byte under cursor, first byte is 1.
- Mnemonic: Offset from start of file (with one added)
- O N As above, in hexadecimal.
- l N Line number.
- L N Number of lines in buffer.
- c N Column number (byte index).
- v N Virtual column number (screen column).
- V N Virtual column number as -{num}. Not displayed if equal to 'c'.
- p N Percentage through file in lines as in |CTRL-G|.
- P S Percentage through file of displayed window. This is like the
- percentage described for 'ruler'. Always 3 in length, unless
- translated.
- S S 'showcmd' content, see 'showcmdloc'.
- a S Argument list status as in default title. ({current} of {max})
- Empty if the argument file count is zero or one.
- { NF Evaluate expression between "%{" and "}" and substitute result.
- Note that there is no "%" before the closing "}". The
- expression cannot contain a "}" character, call a function to
- work around that. See |stl-%{| below.
- `{%` - This is almost same as "{" except the result of the expression is
- re-evaluated as a statusline format string. Thus if the
- return value of expr contains "%" items they will get expanded.
- The expression can contain the "}" character, the end of
- expression is denoted by "%}".
- For example: >vim
- func! Stl_filename() abort
- return "%t"
- endfunc
- < `stl=%{Stl_filename()}` results in `"%t"`
- `stl=%{%Stl_filename()%}` results in `"Name of current file"`
- %} - End of "{%" expression
- ( - Start of item group. Can be used for setting the width and
- alignment of a section. Must be followed by %) somewhere.
- ) - End of item group. No width fields allowed.
- T N For 'tabline': start of tab page N label. Use %T or %X to end
- the label. Clicking this label with left mouse button switches
- to the specified tab page, while clicking it with middle mouse
- button closes the specified tab page.
- X N For 'tabline': start of close tab N label. Use %X or %T to end
- the label, e.g.: %3Xclose%X. Use %999X for a "close current
- tab" label. Clicking this label with left mouse button closes
- the specified tab page.
- @ N Start of execute function label. Use %X or %T to end the label,
- e.g.: %10@SwitchBuffer@foo.c%X. Clicking this label runs the
- specified function: in the example when clicking once using left
- mouse button on "foo.c", a `SwitchBuffer(10, 1, 'l', ' ')`
- expression will be run. The specified function receives the
- following arguments in order:
- 1. minwid field value or zero if no N was specified
- 2. number of mouse clicks to detect multiple clicks
- 3. mouse button used: "l", "r" or "m" for left, right or middle
- button respectively; one should not rely on third argument
- being only "l", "r" or "m": any other non-empty string value
- that contains only ASCII lower case letters may be expected
- for other mouse buttons
- 4. modifiers pressed: string which contains "s" if shift
- modifier was pressed, "c" for control, "a" for alt and "m"
- for meta; currently if modifier is not pressed string
- contains space instead, but one should not rely on presence
- of spaces or specific order of modifiers: use |stridx()| to
- test whether some modifier is present; string is guaranteed
- to contain only ASCII letters and spaces, one letter per
- modifier; "?" modifier may also be present, but its presence
- is a bug that denotes that new mouse button recognition was
- added without modifying code that reacts on mouse clicks on
- this label.
- Use |getmousepos()|.winid in the specified function to get the
- corresponding window id of the clicked item.
- < - Where to truncate line if too long. Default is at the start.
- No width fields allowed.
- = - Separation point between alignment sections. Each section will
- be separated by an equal number of spaces. With one %= what
- comes after it will be right-aligned. With two %= there is a
- middle part, with white space left and right of it.
- No width fields allowed.
- # - Set highlight group. The name must follow and then a # again.
- Thus use %#HLname# for highlight group HLname. The same
- highlighting is used, also for the statusline of non-current
- windows.
- * - Set highlight group to User{N}, where {N} is taken from the
- minwid field, e.g. %1*. Restore normal highlight with %* or %0*.
- The difference between User{N} and StatusLine will be applied to
- StatusLineNC for the statusline of non-current windows.
- The number N must be between 1 and 9. See |hl-User1..9|
- When displaying a flag, Vim removes the leading comma, if any, when
- that flag comes right after plaintext. This will make a nice display
- when flags are used like in the examples below.
- When all items in a group becomes an empty string (i.e. flags that are
- not set) and a minwid is not set for the group, the whole group will
- become empty. This will make a group like the following disappear
- completely from the statusline when none of the flags are set. >vim
- set statusline=...%(\ [%M%R%H]%)...
- < Beware that an expression is evaluated each and every time the status
- line is displayed.
- *stl-%{* *g:actual_curbuf* *g:actual_curwin*
- While evaluating %{} the current buffer and current window will be set
- temporarily to that of the window (and buffer) whose statusline is
- currently being drawn. The expression will evaluate in this context.
- The variable "g:actual_curbuf" is set to the `bufnr()` number of the
- real current buffer and "g:actual_curwin" to the |window-ID| of the
- real current window. These values are strings.
- The 'statusline' option will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from
- a modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
- evaluating 'statusline' |textlock|.
- If the statusline is not updated when you want it (e.g., after setting
- a variable that's used in an expression), you can force an update by
- using `:redrawstatus`.
- A result of all digits is regarded a number for display purposes.
- Otherwise the result is taken as flag text and applied to the rules
- described above.
- Watch out for errors in expressions. They may render Vim unusable!
- If you are stuck, hold down ':' or 'Q' to get a prompt, then quit and
- edit your vimrc or whatever with "vim --clean" to get it right.
- Examples:
- Emulate standard status line with 'ruler' set >vim
- set statusline=%<%f\ %h%w%m%r%=%-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %P
- < Similar, but add ASCII value of char under the cursor (like "ga") >vim
- set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%b\ 0x%B\ \ %l,%c%V\ %P
- < Display byte count and byte value, modified flag in red. >vim
- set statusline=%<%f%=\ [%1*%M%*%n%R%H]\ %-19(%3l,%02c%03V%)%O'%02b'
- hi User1 term=inverse,bold cterm=inverse,bold ctermfg=red
- < Display a ,GZ flag if a compressed file is loaded >vim
- set statusline=...%r%{VarExists('b:gzflag','\ [GZ]')}%h...
- < In the |:autocmd|'s: >vim
- let b:gzflag = 1
- < And: >vim
- unlet b:gzflag
- < And define this function: >vim
- function VarExists(var, val)
- if exists(a:var) | return a:val | else | return '' | endif
- endfunction
- <
- *'suffixes'* *'su'*
- 'suffixes' 'su' string (default ".bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj")
- global
- Files with these suffixes get a lower priority when multiple files
- match a wildcard. See |suffixes|. Commas can be used to separate the
- suffixes. Spaces after the comma are ignored. A dot is also seen as
- the start of a suffix. To avoid a dot or comma being recognized as a
- separator, precede it with a backslash (see |option-backslash| about
- including spaces and backslashes).
- See 'wildignore' for completely ignoring files.
- The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
- suffixes from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
- uses another default.
- *'suffixesadd'* *'sua'*
- 'suffixesadd' 'sua' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- Comma-separated list of suffixes, which are used when searching for a
- file for the "gf", "[I", etc. commands. Example: >vim
- set suffixesadd=.java
- <
- *'swapfile'* *'swf'* *'noswapfile'* *'noswf'*
- 'swapfile' 'swf' boolean (default on)
- local to buffer
- Use a swapfile for the buffer. This option can be reset when a
- swapfile is not wanted for a specific buffer. For example, with
- confidential information that even root must not be able to access.
- Careful: All text will be in memory:
- - Don't use this for big files.
- - Recovery will be impossible!
- A swapfile will only be present when |'updatecount'| is non-zero and
- 'swapfile' is set.
- When 'swapfile' is reset, the swap file for the current buffer is
- immediately deleted. When 'swapfile' is set, and 'updatecount' is
- non-zero, a swap file is immediately created.
- Also see |swap-file|.
- If you want to open a new buffer without creating a swap file for it,
- use the |:noswapfile| modifier.
- See 'directory' for where the swap file is created.
- This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'buftype' to
- specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
- *'switchbuf'* *'swb'*
- 'switchbuf' 'swb' string (default "uselast")
- global
- This option controls the behavior when switching between buffers.
- This option is checked, when
- - jumping to errors with the |quickfix| commands (|:cc|, |:cn|, |:cp|,
- etc.).
- - jumping to a tag using the |:stag| command.
- - opening a file using the |CTRL-W_f| or |CTRL-W_F| command.
- - jumping to a buffer using a buffer split command (e.g. |:sbuffer|,
- |:sbnext|, or |:sbrewind|).
- Possible values (comma-separated list):
- useopen If included, jump to the first open window in the
- current tab page that contains the specified buffer
- (if there is one). Otherwise: Do not examine other
- windows.
- usetab Like "useopen", but also consider windows in other tab
- pages.
- split If included, split the current window before loading
- a buffer for a |quickfix| command that display errors.
- Otherwise: do not split, use current window (when used
- in the quickfix window: the previously used window or
- split if there is no other window).
- vsplit Just like "split" but split vertically.
- newtab Like "split", but open a new tab page. Overrules
- "split" when both are present.
- uselast If included, jump to the previously used window when
- jumping to errors with |quickfix| commands.
- If a window has 'winfixbuf' enabled, 'switchbuf' is currently not
- applied to the split window.
- *'synmaxcol'* *'smc'*
- 'synmaxcol' 'smc' number (default 3000)
- local to buffer
- Maximum column in which to search for syntax items. In long lines the
- text after this column is not highlighted and following lines may not
- be highlighted correctly, because the syntax state is cleared.
- This helps to avoid very slow redrawing for an XML file that is one
- long line.
- Set to zero to remove the limit.
- *'syntax'* *'syn'*
- 'syntax' 'syn' string (default "")
- local to buffer |local-noglobal|
- When this option is set, the syntax with this name is loaded, unless
- syntax highlighting has been switched off with ":syntax off".
- Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current syntax (the
- b:current_syntax variable does).
- This option is most useful in a modeline, for a file which syntax is
- not automatically recognized. Example, in an IDL file: >c
- /* vim: set syntax=idl : */
- < When a dot appears in the value then this separates two filetype
- names. Example: >c
- /* vim: set syntax=c.doxygen : */
- < This will use the "c" syntax first, then the "doxygen" syntax.
- Note that the second one must be prepared to be loaded as an addition,
- otherwise it will be skipped. More than one dot may appear.
- To switch off syntax highlighting for the current file, use: >vim
- set syntax=OFF
- < To switch syntax highlighting on according to the current value of the
- 'filetype' option: >vim
- set syntax=ON
- < What actually happens when setting the 'syntax' option is that the
- Syntax autocommand event is triggered with the value as argument.
- This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
- 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
- Only alphanumeric characters, '.', '-' and '_' can be used.
- *'tabclose'* *'tcl'*
- 'tabclose' 'tcl' string (default "")
- global
- This option controls the behavior when closing tab pages (e.g., using
- |:tabclose|). When empty Vim goes to the next (right) tab page.
- Possible values (comma-separated list):
- left If included, go to the previous tab page instead of
- the next one.
- uselast If included, go to the previously used tab page if
- possible. This option takes precedence over the
- others.
- *'tabline'* *'tal'*
- 'tabline' 'tal' string (default "")
- global
- When non-empty, this option determines the content of the tab pages
- line at the top of the Vim window. When empty Vim will use a default
- tab pages line. See |setting-tabline| for more info.
- The tab pages line only appears as specified with the 'showtabline'
- option and only when there is no GUI tab line. When 'e' is in
- 'guioptions' and the GUI supports a tab line 'guitablabel' is used
- instead. Note that the two tab pages lines are very different.
- The value is evaluated like with 'statusline'. You can use
- |tabpagenr()|, |tabpagewinnr()| and |tabpagebuflist()| to figure out
- the text to be displayed. Use "%1T" for the first label, "%2T" for
- the second one, etc. Use "%X" items for closing labels.
- When changing something that is used in 'tabline' that does not
- trigger it to be updated, use |:redrawtabline|.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- Keep in mind that only one of the tab pages is the current one, others
- are invisible and you can't jump to their windows.
- *'tabpagemax'* *'tpm'*
- 'tabpagemax' 'tpm' number (default 50)
- global
- Maximum number of tab pages to be opened by the |-p| command line
- argument or the ":tab all" command. |tabpage|
- *'tabstop'* *'ts'*
- 'tabstop' 'ts' number (default 8)
- local to buffer
- Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for. Also see
- the |:retab| command, and the 'softtabstop' option.
- Note: Setting 'tabstop' to any other value than 8 can make your file
- appear wrong in many places.
- The value must be more than 0 and less than 10000.
- There are five main ways to use tabs in Vim:
- 1. Always keep 'tabstop' at 8, set 'softtabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to 4
- (or 3 or whatever you prefer) and use 'noexpandtab'. Then Vim
- will use a mix of tabs and spaces, but typing <Tab> and <BS> will
- behave like a tab appears every 4 (or 3) characters.
- This is the recommended way, the file will look the same with other
- tools and when listing it in a terminal.
- 2. Set 'softtabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use
- 'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The
- formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed (leave
- it at 8 just in case). The file will be a bit larger.
- You do need to check if no Tabs exist in the file. You can get rid
- of them by first setting 'expandtab' and using `%retab!`, making
- sure the value of 'tabstop' is set correctly.
- 3. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use
- 'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The
- formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed.
- You do need to check if no Tabs exist in the file, just like in the
- item just above.
- 4. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use a
- |modeline| to set these values when editing the file again. Only
- works when using Vim to edit the file, other tools assume a tabstop
- is worth 8 spaces.
- 5. Always set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to the same value, and
- 'noexpandtab'. This should then work (for initial indents only)
- for any tabstop setting that people use. It might be nice to have
- tabs after the first non-blank inserted as spaces if you do this
- though. Otherwise aligned comments will be wrong when 'tabstop' is
- changed.
- The value of 'tabstop' will be ignored if |'vartabstop'| is set to
- anything other than an empty string.
- *'tagbsearch'* *'tbs'* *'notagbsearch'* *'notbs'*
- 'tagbsearch' 'tbs' boolean (default on)
- global
- When searching for a tag (e.g., for the |:ta| command), Vim can either
- use a binary search or a linear search in a tags file. Binary
- searching makes searching for a tag a LOT faster, but a linear search
- will find more tags if the tags file wasn't properly sorted.
- Vim normally assumes that your tags files are sorted, or indicate that
- they are not sorted. Only when this is not the case does the
- 'tagbsearch' option need to be switched off.
- When 'tagbsearch' is on, binary searching is first used in the tags
- files. In certain situations, Vim will do a linear search instead for
- certain files, or retry all files with a linear search. When
- 'tagbsearch' is off, only a linear search is done.
- Linear searching is done anyway, for one file, when Vim finds a line
- at the start of the file indicating that it's not sorted: >
- !_TAG_FILE_SORTED 0 /some comment/
- < [The whitespace before and after the '0' must be a single <Tab>]
- When a binary search was done and no match was found in any of the
- files listed in 'tags', and case is ignored or a pattern is used
- instead of a normal tag name, a retry is done with a linear search.
- Tags in unsorted tags files, and matches with different case will only
- be found in the retry.
- If a tag file indicates that it is case-fold sorted, the second,
- linear search can be avoided when case is ignored. Use a value of '2'
- in the "!_TAG_FILE_SORTED" line for this. A tag file can be case-fold
- sorted with the -f switch to "sort" in most unices, as in the command:
- "sort -f -o tags tags". For Universal ctags and Exuberant ctags
- version 5.x or higher (at least 5.5) the --sort=foldcase switch can be
- used for this as well. Note that case must be folded to uppercase for
- this to work.
- By default, tag searches are case-sensitive. Case is ignored when
- 'ignorecase' is set and 'tagcase' is "followic", or when 'tagcase' is
- "ignore".
- Also when 'tagcase' is "followscs" and 'smartcase' is set, or
- 'tagcase' is "smart", and the pattern contains only lowercase
- characters.
- When 'tagbsearch' is off, tags searching is slower when a full match
- exists, but faster when no full match exists. Tags in unsorted tags
- files may only be found with 'tagbsearch' off.
- When the tags file is not sorted, or sorted in a wrong way (not on
- ASCII byte value), 'tagbsearch' should be off, or the line given above
- must be included in the tags file.
- This option doesn't affect commands that find all matching tags (e.g.,
- command-line completion and ":help").
- *'tagcase'* *'tc'*
- 'tagcase' 'tc' string (default "followic")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- This option specifies how case is handled when searching the tags
- file:
- followic Follow the 'ignorecase' option
- followscs Follow the 'smartcase' and 'ignorecase' options
- ignore Ignore case
- match Match case
- smart Ignore case unless an upper case letter is used
- *'tagfunc'* *'tfu'*
- 'tagfunc' 'tfu' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- This option specifies a function to be used to perform tag searches.
- The function gets the tag pattern and should return a List of matching
- tags. See |tag-function| for an explanation of how to write the
- function and an example. The value can be the name of a function, a
- |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for more
- information.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'taglength'* *'tl'*
- 'taglength' 'tl' number (default 0)
- global
- If non-zero, tags are significant up to this number of characters.
- *'tagrelative'* *'tr'* *'notagrelative'* *'notr'*
- 'tagrelative' 'tr' boolean (default on)
- global
- If on and using a tags file in another directory, file names in that
- tags file are relative to the directory where the tags file is.
- *'tags'* *'tag'* *E433*
- 'tags' 'tag' string (default "./tags;,tags")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Filenames for the tag command, separated by spaces or commas. To
- include a space or comma in a file name, precede it with backslashes
- (see |option-backslash| about including spaces/commas and backslashes).
- When a file name starts with "./", the '.' is replaced with the path
- of the current file. But only when the 'd' flag is not included in
- 'cpoptions'. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. Also see
- |tags-option|.
- "*", "**" and other wildcards can be used to search for tags files in
- a directory tree. See |file-searching|. E.g., "/lib/**/tags" will
- find all files named "tags" below "/lib". The filename itself cannot
- contain wildcards, it is used as-is. E.g., "/lib/**/tags?" will find
- files called "tags?".
- The |tagfiles()| function can be used to get a list of the file names
- actually used.
- The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
- file names from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
- uses another default.
- *'tagstack'* *'tgst'* *'notagstack'* *'notgst'*
- 'tagstack' 'tgst' boolean (default on)
- global
- When on, the |tagstack| is used normally. When off, a ":tag" or
- ":tselect" command with an argument will not push the tag onto the
- tagstack. A following ":tag" without an argument, a ":pop" command or
- any other command that uses the tagstack will use the unmodified
- tagstack, but does change the pointer to the active entry.
- Resetting this option is useful when using a ":tag" command in a
- mapping which should not change the tagstack.
- *'termbidi'* *'tbidi'* *'notermbidi'* *'notbidi'*
- 'termbidi' 'tbidi' boolean (default off)
- global
- The terminal is in charge of Bi-directionality of text (as specified
- by Unicode). The terminal is also expected to do the required shaping
- that some languages (such as Arabic) require.
- Setting this option implies that 'rightleft' will not be set when
- 'arabic' is set and the value of 'arabicshape' will be ignored.
- Note that setting 'termbidi' has the immediate effect that
- 'arabicshape' is ignored, but 'rightleft' isn't changed automatically.
- For further details see |arabic.txt|.
- *'termguicolors'* *'tgc'* *'notermguicolors'* *'notgc'*
- 'termguicolors' 'tgc' boolean (default off)
- global
- Enables 24-bit RGB color in the |TUI|. Uses "gui" |:highlight|
- attributes instead of "cterm" attributes. |guifg|
- Requires an ISO-8613-3 compatible terminal.
- Nvim will automatically attempt to determine if the host terminal
- supports 24-bit color and will enable this option if it does
- (unless explicitly disabled by the user).
- *'termpastefilter'* *'tpf'*
- 'termpastefilter' 'tpf' string (default "BS,HT,ESC,DEL")
- global
- A comma-separated list of options for specifying control characters
- to be removed from the text pasted into the terminal window. The
- supported values are:
- BS Backspace
- HT TAB
- FF Form feed
- ESC Escape
- DEL DEL
- C0 Other control characters, excluding Line feed and
- Carriage return < ' '
- C1 Control characters 0x80...0x9F
- *'termsync'* *'notermsync'*
- 'termsync' boolean (default on)
- global
- If the host terminal supports it, buffer all screen updates
- made during a redraw cycle so that each screen is displayed in
- the terminal all at once. This can prevent tearing or flickering
- when the terminal updates faster than Nvim can redraw.
- *'textwidth'* *'tw'*
- 'textwidth' 'tw' number (default 0)
- local to buffer
- Maximum width of text that is being inserted. A longer line will be
- broken after white space to get this width. A zero value disables
- this.
- When 'textwidth' is zero, 'wrapmargin' may be used. See also
- 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|.
- When 'formatexpr' is set it will be used to break the line.
- *'thesaurus'* *'tsr'*
- 'thesaurus' 'tsr' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
- for thesaurus completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|. See
- |compl-thesaurus|.
- This option is not used if 'thesaurusfunc' is set, either for the
- buffer or globally.
- To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
- after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
- name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes. The use of
- |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing directories
- from the list. This avoids problems when a future version uses
- another default. Backticks cannot be used in this option for security
- reasons.
- *'thesaurusfunc'* *'tsrfu'*
- 'thesaurusfunc' 'tsrfu' string (default "")
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- This option specifies a function to be used for thesaurus completion
- with CTRL-X CTRL-T. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T| See |compl-thesaurusfunc|.
- The value can be the name of a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|.
- See |option-value-function| for more information.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'tildeop'* *'top'* *'notildeop'* *'notop'*
- 'tildeop' 'top' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on: The tilde command "~" behaves like an operator.
- *'timeout'* *'to'* *'notimeout'* *'noto'*
- 'timeout' 'to' boolean (default on)
- global
- This option and 'timeoutlen' determine the behavior when part of a
- mapped key sequence has been received. For example, if <c-f> is
- pressed and 'timeout' is set, Nvim will wait 'timeoutlen' milliseconds
- for any key that can follow <c-f> in a mapping.
- *'timeoutlen'* *'tm'*
- 'timeoutlen' 'tm' number (default 1000)
- global
- Time in milliseconds to wait for a mapped sequence to complete.
- *'title'* *'notitle'*
- 'title' boolean (default off)
- global
- When on, the title of the window will be set to the value of
- 'titlestring' (if it is not empty), or to:
- filename [+=-] (path) - Nvim
- Where:
- filename the name of the file being edited
- - indicates the file cannot be modified, 'ma' off
- + indicates the file was modified
- = indicates the file is read-only
- =+ indicates the file is read-only and modified
- (path) is the path of the file being edited
- - Nvim the server name |v:servername| or "Nvim"
- *'titlelen'*
- 'titlelen' number (default 85)
- global
- Gives the percentage of 'columns' to use for the length of the window
- title. When the title is longer, only the end of the path name is
- shown. A '<' character before the path name is used to indicate this.
- Using a percentage makes this adapt to the width of the window. But
- it won't work perfectly, because the actual number of characters
- available also depends on the font used and other things in the title
- bar. When 'titlelen' is zero the full path is used. Otherwise,
- values from 1 to 30000 percent can be used.
- 'titlelen' is also used for the 'titlestring' option.
- *'titleold'*
- 'titleold' string (default "")
- global
- If not empty, this option will be used to set the window title when
- exiting. Only if 'title' is enabled.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'titlestring'*
- 'titlestring' string (default "")
- global
- When this option is not empty, it will be used for the title of the
- window. This happens only when the 'title' option is on.
- When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
- expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'. If it contains
- an invalid '%' format, the value is used as-is and no error or warning
- will be given when the value is set.
- The default behaviour is equivalent to: >vim
- set titlestring=%t%(\ %M%)%(\ \(%{expand(\"%:~:h\")}\)%)%a\ -\ Nvim
- <
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- Example: >vim
- auto BufEnter * let &titlestring = hostname() .. "/" .. expand("%:p")
- set title titlestring=%<%F%=%l/%L-%P titlelen=70
- < The value of 'titlelen' is used to align items in the middle or right
- of the available space.
- Some people prefer to have the file name first: >vim
- set titlestring=%t%(\ %M%)%(\ (%{expand(\"%:~:.:h\")})%)%(\ %a%)
- < Note the use of "%{ }" and an expression to get the path of the file,
- without the file name. The "%( %)" constructs are used to add a
- separating space only when needed.
- NOTE: Use of special characters in 'titlestring' may cause the display
- to be garbled (e.g., when it contains a CR or NL character).
- *'ttimeout'* *'nottimeout'*
- 'ttimeout' boolean (default on)
- global
- This option and 'ttimeoutlen' determine the behavior when part of a
- key code sequence has been received by the |TUI|.
- For example if <Esc> (the \x1b byte) is received and 'ttimeout' is
- set, Nvim waits 'ttimeoutlen' milliseconds for the terminal to
- complete a key code sequence. If no input arrives before the timeout,
- a single <Esc> is assumed. Many TUI cursor key codes start with <Esc>.
- On very slow systems this may fail, causing cursor keys not to work
- sometimes. If you discover this problem you can ":set ttimeoutlen=9999".
- Nvim will wait for the next character to arrive after an <Esc>.
- *'ttimeoutlen'* *'ttm'*
- 'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' number (default 50)
- global
- Time in milliseconds to wait for a key code sequence to complete. Also
- used for CTRL-\ CTRL-N and CTRL-\ CTRL-G when part of a command has
- been typed.
- *'undodir'* *'udir'* *E5003*
- 'undodir' 'udir' string (default "$XDG_STATE_HOME/nvim/undo//")
- global
- List of directory names for undo files, separated with commas.
- See 'backupdir' for details of the format.
- "." means using the directory of the file. The undo file name for
- "file.txt" is ".file.txt.un~".
- For other directories the file name is the full path of the edited
- file, with path separators replaced with "%".
- When writing: The first directory that exists is used. "." always
- works, no directories after "." will be used for writing. If none of
- the directories exist Nvim will attempt to create the last directory in
- the list.
- When reading all entries are tried to find an undo file. The first
- undo file that exists is used. When it cannot be read an error is
- given, no further entry is used.
- See |undo-persistence|.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- Note that unlike 'directory' and 'backupdir', 'undodir' always acts as
- though the trailing slashes are present (see 'backupdir' for what this
- means).
- *'undofile'* *'udf'* *'noundofile'* *'noudf'*
- 'undofile' 'udf' boolean (default off)
- local to buffer
- When on, Vim automatically saves undo history to an undo file when
- writing a buffer to a file, and restores undo history from the same
- file on buffer read.
- The directory where the undo file is stored is specified by 'undodir'.
- For more information about this feature see |undo-persistence|.
- The undo file is not read when 'undoreload' causes the buffer from
- before a reload to be saved for undo.
- When 'undofile' is turned off the undo file is NOT deleted.
- *'undolevels'* *'ul'*
- 'undolevels' 'ul' number (default 1000)
- global or local to buffer |global-local|
- Maximum number of changes that can be undone. Since undo information
- is kept in memory, higher numbers will cause more memory to be used.
- Nevertheless, a single change can already use a large amount of memory.
- Set to 0 for Vi compatibility: One level of undo and "u" undoes
- itself: >vim
- set ul=0
- < But you can also get Vi compatibility by including the 'u' flag in
- 'cpoptions', and still be able to use CTRL-R to repeat undo.
- Also see |undo-two-ways|.
- Set to -1 for no undo at all. You might want to do this only for the
- current buffer: >vim
- setlocal ul=-1
- < This helps when you run out of memory for a single change.
- The local value is set to -123456 when the global value is to be used.
- Also see |clear-undo|.
- *'undoreload'* *'ur'*
- 'undoreload' 'ur' number (default 10000)
- global
- Save the whole buffer for undo when reloading it. This applies to the
- ":e!" command and reloading for when the buffer changed outside of
- Vim. |FileChangedShell|
- The save only happens when this option is negative or when the number
- of lines is smaller than the value of this option.
- Set this option to zero to disable undo for a reload.
- When saving undo for a reload, any undo file is not read.
- Note that this causes the whole buffer to be stored in memory. Set
- this option to a lower value if you run out of memory.
- *'updatecount'* *'uc'*
- 'updatecount' 'uc' number (default 200)
- global
- After typing this many characters the swap file will be written to
- disk. When zero, no swap file will be created at all (see chapter on
- recovery |crash-recovery|). 'updatecount' is set to zero by starting
- Vim with the "-n" option, see |startup|. When editing in readonly
- mode this option will be initialized to 10000.
- The swapfile can be disabled per buffer with |'swapfile'|.
- When 'updatecount' is set from zero to non-zero, swap files are
- created for all buffers that have 'swapfile' set. When 'updatecount'
- is set to zero, existing swap files are not deleted.
- This option has no meaning in buffers where |'buftype'| is "nofile"
- or "nowrite".
- *'updatetime'* *'ut'*
- 'updatetime' 'ut' number (default 4000)
- global
- If this many milliseconds nothing is typed the swap file will be
- written to disk (see |crash-recovery|). Also used for the
- |CursorHold| autocommand event.
- *'varsofttabstop'* *'vsts'*
- 'varsofttabstop' 'vsts' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- A list of the number of spaces that a <Tab> counts for while editing,
- such as inserting a <Tab> or using <BS>. It "feels" like variable-
- width <Tab>s are being inserted, while in fact a mixture of spaces
- and <Tab>s is used. Tab widths are separated with commas, with the
- final value applying to all subsequent tabs.
- For example, when editing assembly language files where statements
- start in the 9th column and comments in the 41st, it may be useful
- to use the following: >vim
- set varsofttabstop=8,32,8
- < This will set soft tabstops with 8 and 8 + 32 spaces, and 8 more
- for every column thereafter.
- Note that the value of |'softtabstop'| will be ignored while
- 'varsofttabstop' is set.
- *'vartabstop'* *'vts'*
- 'vartabstop' 'vts' string (default "")
- local to buffer
- A list of the number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for,
- separated by commas. Each value corresponds to one tab, with the
- final value applying to all subsequent tabs. For example: >vim
- set vartabstop=4,20,10,8
- < This will make the first tab 4 spaces wide, the second 20 spaces,
- the third 10 spaces, and all following tabs 8 spaces.
- Note that the value of |'tabstop'| will be ignored while 'vartabstop'
- is set.
- *'verbose'* *'vbs'*
- 'verbose' 'vbs' number (default 0)
- global
- Sets the verbosity level. Also set by |-V| and |:verbose|.
- Tracing of assignments to options, mappings, etc. in Lua scripts is
- enabled at level 1; Lua scripts are not traced when 'verbose' is 0,
- for performance.
- If greater than or equal to a given level, Nvim produces the following
- messages:
- Level Messages ~
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1 Enables Lua tracing (see above). Does not produce messages.
- 2 When a file is ":source"'ed, or |shada| file is read or written.
- 3 UI info, terminal capabilities.
- 4 Shell commands.
- 5 Every searched tags file and include file.
- 8 Files for which a group of autocommands is executed.
- 9 Executed autocommands.
- 11 Finding items in a path.
- 12 Vimscript function calls.
- 13 When an exception is thrown, caught, finished, or discarded.
- 14 Anything pending in a ":finally" clause.
- 15 Ex commands from a script (truncated at 200 characters).
- 16 Ex commands.
- If 'verbosefile' is set then the verbose messages are not displayed.
- *'verbosefile'* *'vfile'*
- 'verbosefile' 'vfile' string (default "")
- global
- When not empty all messages are written in a file with this name.
- When the file exists messages are appended.
- Writing to the file ends when Vim exits or when 'verbosefile' is made
- empty. Writes are buffered, thus may not show up for some time.
- Setting 'verbosefile' to a new value is like making it empty first.
- The difference with |:redir| is that verbose messages are not
- displayed when 'verbosefile' is set.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'viewdir'* *'vdir'*
- 'viewdir' 'vdir' string (default "$XDG_STATE_HOME/nvim/view//")
- global
- Name of the directory where to store files for |:mkview|.
- This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
- security reasons.
- *'viewoptions'* *'vop'*
- 'viewoptions' 'vop' string (default "folds,cursor,curdir")
- global
- Changes the effect of the |:mkview| command. It is a comma-separated
- list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring something:
- word save and restore ~
- cursor cursor position in file and in window
- curdir local current directory, if set with |:lcd|
- folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
- fold options
- options options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
- global values for local options)
- localoptions same as "options"
- slash |deprecated| Always enabled. Uses "/" in filenames.
- unix |deprecated| Always enabled. Uses "\n" line endings.
- *'virtualedit'* *'ve'*
- 'virtualedit' 've' string (default "")
- global or local to window |global-local|
- A comma-separated list of these words:
- block Allow virtual editing in Visual block mode.
- insert Allow virtual editing in Insert mode.
- all Allow virtual editing in all modes.
- onemore Allow the cursor to move just past the end of the line
- none When used as the local value, do not allow virtual
- editing even when the global value is set. When used
- as the global value, "none" is the same as "".
- NONE Alternative spelling of "none".
- Virtual editing means that the cursor can be positioned where there is
- no actual character. This can be halfway into a tab or beyond the end
- of the line. Useful for selecting a rectangle in Visual mode and
- editing a table.
- "onemore" is not the same, it will only allow moving the cursor just
- after the last character of the line. This makes some commands more
- consistent. Previously the cursor was always past the end of the line
- if the line was empty. But it is far from Vi compatible. It may also
- break some plugins or Vim scripts. For example because |l| can move
- the cursor after the last character. Use with care!
- Using the `$` command will move to the last character in the line, not
- past it. This may actually move the cursor to the left!
- The `g$` command will move to the end of the screen line.
- It doesn't make sense to combine "all" with "onemore", but you will
- not get a warning for it.
- When combined with other words, "none" is ignored.
- *'visualbell'* *'vb'* *'novisualbell'* *'novb'*
- 'visualbell' 'vb' boolean (default off)
- global
- Use visual bell instead of beeping. Also see 'errorbells'.
- *'warn'* *'nowarn'*
- 'warn' boolean (default on)
- global
- Give a warning message when a shell command is used while the buffer
- has been changed.
- *'whichwrap'* *'ww'*
- 'whichwrap' 'ww' string (default "b,s")
- global
- Allow specified keys that move the cursor left/right to move to the
- previous/next line when the cursor is on the first/last character in
- the line. Concatenate characters to allow this for these keys:
- char key mode ~
- b <BS> Normal and Visual
- s <Space> Normal and Visual
- h "h" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
- l "l" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
- < <Left> Normal and Visual
- > <Right> Normal and Visual
- ~ "~" Normal
- [ <Left> Insert and Replace
- ] <Right> Insert and Replace
- For example: >vim
- set ww=<,>,[,]
- < allows wrap only when cursor keys are used.
- When the movement keys are used in combination with a delete or change
- operator, the <EOL> also counts for a character. This makes "3h"
- different from "3dh" when the cursor crosses the end of a line. This
- is also true for "x" and "X", because they do the same as "dl" and
- "dh". If you use this, you may also want to use the mapping
- ":map <BS> X" to make backspace delete the character in front of the
- cursor.
- When 'l' is included and it is used after an operator at the end of a
- line (not an empty line) then it will not move to the next line. This
- makes "dl", "cl", "yl" etc. work normally.
- *'wildchar'* *'wc'*
- 'wildchar' 'wc' number (default <Tab>)
- global
- Character you have to type to start wildcard expansion in the
- command-line, as specified with 'wildmode'.
- More info here: |cmdline-completion|.
- The character is not recognized when used inside a macro. See
- 'wildcharm' for that.
- Some keys will not work, such as CTRL-C, <CR> and Enter.
- <Esc> can be used, but hitting it twice in a row will still exit
- command-line as a failsafe measure.
- Although 'wc' is a number option, it can be specified as a number, a
- single character, a |key-notation| (e.g. <Up>, <C-F>) or a letter
- preceded with a caret (e.g. `^F` is CTRL-F): >vim
- :set wc=27
- :set wc=X
- :set wc=^I
- set wc=<Tab>
- <
- *'wildcharm'* *'wcm'*
- 'wildcharm' 'wcm' number (default 0)
- global
- 'wildcharm' works exactly like 'wildchar', except that it is
- recognized when used inside a macro. You can find "spare" command-line
- keys suitable for this option by looking at |ex-edit-index|. Normally
- you'll never actually type 'wildcharm', just use it in mappings that
- automatically invoke completion mode, e.g.: >vim
- set wcm=<C-Z>
- cnoremap ss so $vim/sessions/*.vim<C-Z>
- < Then after typing :ss you can use CTRL-P & CTRL-N.
- *'wildignore'* *'wig'*
- 'wildignore' 'wig' string (default "")
- global
- A list of file patterns. A file that matches with one of these
- patterns is ignored when expanding |wildcards|, completing file or
- directory names, and influences the result of |expand()|, |glob()| and
- |globpath()| unless a flag is passed to disable this.
- The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-pattern|.
- Also see 'suffixes'.
- Example: >vim
- set wildignore=*.o,*.obj
- < The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
- a pattern from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
- uses another default.
- *'wildignorecase'* *'wic'* *'nowildignorecase'* *'nowic'*
- 'wildignorecase' 'wic' boolean (default off)
- global
- When set case is ignored when completing file names and directories.
- Has no effect when 'fileignorecase' is set.
- Does not apply when the shell is used to expand wildcards, which
- happens when there are special characters.
- *'wildmenu'* *'wmnu'* *'nowildmenu'* *'nowmnu'*
- 'wildmenu' 'wmnu' boolean (default on)
- global
- When 'wildmenu' is on, command-line completion operates in an enhanced
- mode. On pressing 'wildchar' (usually <Tab>) to invoke completion,
- the possible matches are shown.
- When 'wildoptions' contains "pum", then the completion matches are
- shown in a popup menu. Otherwise they are displayed just above the
- command line, with the first match highlighted (overwriting the status
- line, if there is one).
- Keys that show the previous/next match, such as <Tab> or
- CTRL-P/CTRL-N, cause the highlight to move to the appropriate match.
- 'wildmode' must specify "full": "longest" and "list" do not start
- 'wildmenu' mode. You can check the current mode with |wildmenumode()|.
- The menu is cancelled when a key is hit that is not used for selecting
- a completion.
- While the menu is active these keys have special meanings:
- CTRL-P - go to the previous entry
- CTRL-N - go to the next entry
- <Left> <Right> - select previous/next match (like CTRL-P/CTRL-N)
- <PageUp> - select a match several entries back
- <PageDown> - select a match several entries further
- <Up> - in filename/menu name completion: move up into
- parent directory or parent menu.
- <Down> - in filename/menu name completion: move into a
- subdirectory or submenu.
- <CR> - in menu completion, when the cursor is just after a
- dot: move into a submenu.
- CTRL-E - end completion, go back to what was there before
- selecting a match.
- CTRL-Y - accept the currently selected match and stop
- completion.
- If you want <Left> and <Right> to move the cursor instead of selecting
- a different match, use this: >vim
- cnoremap <Left> <Space><BS><Left>
- cnoremap <Right> <Space><BS><Right>
- <
- |hl-WildMenu| highlights the current match.
- *'wildmode'* *'wim'*
- 'wildmode' 'wim' string (default "full")
- global
- Completion mode that is used for the character specified with
- 'wildchar'. It is a comma-separated list of up to four parts. Each
- part specifies what to do for each consecutive use of 'wildchar'. The
- first part specifies the behavior for the first use of 'wildchar',
- The second part for the second use, etc.
- Each part consists of a colon separated list consisting of the
- following possible values:
- "" Complete only the first match.
- "full" Complete the next full match. After the last match,
- the original string is used and then the first match
- again. Will also start 'wildmenu' if it is enabled.
- "longest" Complete till longest common string. If this doesn't
- result in a longer string, use the next part.
- "list" When more than one match, list all matches.
- "lastused" When completing buffer names and more than one buffer
- matches, sort buffers by time last used (other than
- the current buffer).
- When there is only a single match, it is fully completed in all cases.
- Examples of useful colon-separated values:
- "longest:full" Like "longest", but also start 'wildmenu' if it is
- enabled. Will not complete to the next full match.
- "list:full" When more than one match, list all matches and
- complete first match.
- "list:longest" When more than one match, list all matches and
- complete till longest common string.
- "list:lastused" When more than one buffer matches, list all matches
- and sort buffers by time last used (other than the
- current buffer).
- Examples: >vim
- set wildmode=full
- < Complete first full match, next match, etc. (the default) >vim
- set wildmode=longest,full
- < Complete longest common string, then each full match >vim
- set wildmode=list:full
- < List all matches and complete each full match >vim
- set wildmode=list,full
- < List all matches without completing, then each full match >vim
- set wildmode=longest,list
- < Complete longest common string, then list alternatives.
- More info here: |cmdline-completion|.
- *'wildoptions'* *'wop'*
- 'wildoptions' 'wop' string (default "pum,tagfile")
- global
- A list of words that change how |cmdline-completion| is done.
- The following values are supported:
- fuzzy Use |fuzzy-matching| to find completion matches. When
- this value is specified, wildcard expansion will not
- be used for completion. The matches will be sorted by
- the "best match" rather than alphabetically sorted.
- This will find more matches than the wildcard
- expansion. Currently fuzzy matching based completion
- is not supported for file and directory names and
- instead wildcard expansion is used.
- pum Display the completion matches using the popup menu
- in the same style as the |ins-completion-menu|.
- tagfile When using CTRL-D to list matching tags, the kind of
- tag and the file of the tag is listed. Only one match
- is displayed per line. Often used tag kinds are:
- d #define
- f function
- *'winaltkeys'* *'wak'*
- 'winaltkeys' 'wak' string (default "menu")
- global
- only used in Win32
- Some GUI versions allow the access to menu entries by using the ALT
- key in combination with a character that appears underlined in the
- menu. This conflicts with the use of the ALT key for mappings and
- entering special characters. This option tells what to do:
- no Don't use ALT keys for menus. ALT key combinations can be
- mapped, but there is no automatic handling.
- yes ALT key handling is done by the windowing system. ALT key
- combinations cannot be mapped.
- menu Using ALT in combination with a character that is a menu
- shortcut key, will be handled by the windowing system. Other
- keys can be mapped.
- If the menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', the ALT
- key is never used for the menu.
- This option is not used for <F10>; on Win32.
- *'winbar'* *'wbr'*
- 'winbar' 'wbr' string (default "")
- global or local to window |global-local|
- When non-empty, this option enables the window bar and determines its
- contents. The window bar is a bar that's shown at the top of every
- window with it enabled. The value of 'winbar' is evaluated like with
- 'statusline'.
- When changing something that is used in 'winbar' that does not trigger
- it to be updated, use |:redrawstatus|.
- Floating windows do not use the global value of 'winbar'. The
- window-local value of 'winbar' must be set for a floating window to
- have a window bar.
- This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
- *'winblend'* *'winbl'*
- 'winblend' 'winbl' number (default 0)
- local to window
- Enables pseudo-transparency for a floating window. Valid values are in
- the range of 0 for fully opaque window (disabled) to 100 for fully
- transparent background. Values between 0-30 are typically most useful.
- UI-dependent. Works best with RGB colors. 'termguicolors'
- *'window'* *'wi'*
- 'window' 'wi' number (default screen height - 1)
- global
- Window height used for |CTRL-F| and |CTRL-B| when there is only one
- window and the value is smaller than 'lines' minus one. The screen
- will scroll 'window' minus two lines, with a minimum of one.
- When 'window' is equal to 'lines' minus one CTRL-F and CTRL-B scroll
- in a much smarter way, taking care of wrapping lines.
- When resizing the Vim window, and the value is smaller than 1 or more
- than or equal to 'lines' it will be set to 'lines' minus 1.
- Note: Do not confuse this with the height of the Vim window, use
- 'lines' for that.
- *'winfixbuf'* *'wfb'* *'nowinfixbuf'* *'nowfb'*
- 'winfixbuf' 'wfb' boolean (default off)
- local to window
- If enabled, the window and the buffer it is displaying are paired.
- For example, attempting to change the buffer with |:edit| will fail.
- Other commands which change a window's buffer such as |:cnext| will
- also skip any window with 'winfixbuf' enabled. However if an Ex
- command has a "!" modifier, it can force switching buffers.
- *'winfixheight'* *'wfh'* *'nowinfixheight'* *'nowfh'*
- 'winfixheight' 'wfh' boolean (default off)
- local to window |local-noglobal|
- Keep the window height when windows are opened or closed and
- 'equalalways' is set. Also for |CTRL-W_=|. Set by default for the
- |preview-window| and |quickfix-window|.
- The height may be changed anyway when running out of room.
- *'winfixwidth'* *'wfw'* *'nowinfixwidth'* *'nowfw'*
- 'winfixwidth' 'wfw' boolean (default off)
- local to window |local-noglobal|
- Keep the window width when windows are opened or closed and
- 'equalalways' is set. Also for |CTRL-W_=|.
- The width may be changed anyway when running out of room.
- *'winheight'* *'wh'* *E591*
- 'winheight' 'wh' number (default 1)
- global
- Minimal number of lines for the current window. This is not a hard
- minimum, Vim will use fewer lines if there is not enough room. If the
- focus goes to a window that is smaller, its size is increased, at the
- cost of the height of other windows.
- Set 'winheight' to a small number for normal editing.
- Set it to 999 to make the current window fill most of the screen.
- Other windows will be only 'winminheight' high. This has the drawback
- that ":all" will create only two windows. To avoid "vim -o 1 2 3 4"
- to create only two windows, set the option after startup is done,
- using the |VimEnter| event: >vim
- au VimEnter * set winheight=999
- < Minimum value is 1.
- The height is not adjusted after one of the commands that change the
- height of the current window.
- 'winheight' applies to the current window. Use 'winminheight' to set
- the minimal height for other windows.
- *'winhighlight'* *'winhl'*
- 'winhighlight' 'winhl' string (default "")
- local to window
- Window-local highlights. Comma-delimited list of highlight
- |group-name| pairs "{hl-from}:{hl-to},..." where each {hl-from} is
- a |highlight-groups| item to be overridden by {hl-to} group in
- the window.
- Note: highlight namespaces take precedence over 'winhighlight'.
- See |nvim_win_set_hl_ns()| and |nvim_set_hl()|.
- Highlights of vertical separators are determined by the window to the
- left of the separator. The 'tabline' highlight of a tabpage is
- decided by the last-focused window of the tabpage. Highlights of
- the popupmenu are determined by the current window. Highlights in the
- message area cannot be overridden.
- Example: show a different color for non-current windows: >vim
- set winhighlight=Normal:MyNormal,NormalNC:MyNormalNC
- <
- *'winminheight'* *'wmh'*
- 'winminheight' 'wmh' number (default 1)
- global
- The minimal height of a window, when it's not the current window.
- This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
- When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero lines (i.e. just a
- status bar) if necessary. They will return to at least one line when
- they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere to go.)
- Use 'winheight' to set the minimal height of the current window.
- This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
- large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
- windows. A value of 0 to 3 is reasonable.
- *'winminwidth'* *'wmw'*
- 'winminwidth' 'wmw' number (default 1)
- global
- The minimal width of a window, when it's not the current window.
- This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
- When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero columns (i.e. just
- a vertical separator) if necessary. They will return to at least one
- line when they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere
- to go.)
- Use 'winwidth' to set the minimal width of the current window.
- This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
- large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
- windows. A value of 0 to 12 is reasonable.
- *'winwidth'* *'wiw'* *E592*
- 'winwidth' 'wiw' number (default 20)
- global
- Minimal number of columns for the current window. This is not a hard
- minimum, Vim will use fewer columns if there is not enough room. If
- the current window is smaller, its size is increased, at the cost of
- the width of other windows. Set it to 999 to make the current window
- always fill the screen. Set it to a small number for normal editing.
- The width is not adjusted after one of the commands to change the
- width of the current window.
- 'winwidth' applies to the current window. Use 'winminwidth' to set
- the minimal width for other windows.
- *'wrap'* *'nowrap'*
- 'wrap' boolean (default on)
- local to window
- This option changes how text is displayed. It doesn't change the text
- in the buffer, see 'textwidth' for that.
- When on, lines longer than the width of the window will wrap and
- displaying continues on the next line. When off lines will not wrap
- and only part of long lines will be displayed. When the cursor is
- moved to a part that is not shown, the screen will scroll
- horizontally.
- The line will be broken in the middle of a word if necessary. See
- 'linebreak' to get the break at a word boundary.
- To make scrolling horizontally a bit more useful, try this: >vim
- set sidescroll=5
- set listchars+=precedes:<,extends:>
- < See 'sidescroll', 'listchars' and |wrap-off|.
- This option can't be set from a |modeline| when the 'diff' option is
- on.
- *'wrapmargin'* *'wm'*
- 'wrapmargin' 'wm' number (default 0)
- local to buffer
- Number of characters from the right window border where wrapping
- starts. When typing text beyond this limit, an <EOL> will be inserted
- and inserting continues on the next line.
- Options that add a margin, such as 'number' and 'foldcolumn', cause
- the text width to be further reduced.
- When 'textwidth' is non-zero, this option is not used.
- See also 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|.
- *'wrapscan'* *'ws'* *'nowrapscan'* *'nows'* *E384* *E385*
- 'wrapscan' 'ws' boolean (default on)
- global
- Searches wrap around the end of the file. Also applies to |]s| and
- |[s|, searching for spelling mistakes.
- *'write'* *'nowrite'*
- 'write' boolean (default on)
- global
- Allows writing files. When not set, writing a file is not allowed.
- Can be used for a view-only mode, where modifications to the text are
- still allowed. Can be reset with the |-m| or |-M| command line
- argument. Filtering text is still possible, even though this requires
- writing a temporary file.
- *'writeany'* *'wa'* *'nowriteany'* *'nowa'*
- 'writeany' 'wa' boolean (default off)
- global
- Allows writing to any file with no need for "!" override.
- *'writebackup'* *'wb'* *'nowritebackup'* *'nowb'*
- 'writebackup' 'wb' boolean (default on)
- global
- Make a backup before overwriting a file. The backup is removed after
- the file was successfully written, unless the 'backup' option is
- also on.
- WARNING: Switching this option off means that when Vim fails to write
- your buffer correctly and then, for whatever reason, Vim exits, you
- lose both the original file and what you were writing. Only reset
- this option if your file system is almost full and it makes the write
- fail (and make sure not to exit Vim until the write was successful).
- See |backup-table| for another explanation.
- When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
- Depending on 'backupcopy' the backup is a new file or the original
- file renamed (and a new file is written).
- *'writedelay'* *'wd'*
- 'writedelay' 'wd' number (default 0)
- global
- Only takes effect together with 'redrawdebug'.
- The number of milliseconds to wait after each line or each flush
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