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- *message.txt* Nvim
- VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
- This file contains an alphabetical list of messages and error messages that
- Vim produces. You can use this if you don't understand what the message
- means. It is not complete though.
- Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
- ==============================================================================
- 1. Old messages *:messages* *:mes* *message-history*
- The ":messages" command can be used to view previously given messages. This
- is especially useful when messages have been overwritten or truncated. This
- depends on the 'shortmess' option.
- :mes[sages] Show all messages.
- :{count}mes[sages] Show the {count} most recent messages.
- :mes[sages] clear Clear all messages.
- :{count}mes[sages] clear
- Clear messages, keeping only the {count} most
- recent ones.
- The number of remembered messages is fixed at 200.
- *g<*
- The "g<" command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
- This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
- prompt. You are then back at the hit-enter prompt and can then scroll further
- back.
- Note: If the output has been stopped with "q" at the more prompt, it will only
- be displayed up to this point.
- The previous command output is cleared when another command produces output.
- The "g<" output is not redirected.
- If you want to find help on a specific (error) message, use the ID at the
- start of the message. For example, to get help on the message: >
- E72: Close error on swap file
- or (translated): >
- E72: Errore durante chiusura swap file
- Use: >
- :help E72
- If you are lazy, it also works without the shift key: >
- :help e72
- ==============================================================================
- 2. Error messages *error-messages* *errors*
- When an error message is displayed, but it is removed before you could read
- it, you can see it again with: >
- :echo v:errmsg
- Or view a list of recent messages with: >
- :messages
- See `:messages` above.
- LIST OF MESSAGES
- *E222* *E228* *E232* *E293* *E298* *E304* *E317*
- *E318* *E356* *E438* *E439* *E440* *E316* *E320* *E322*
- *E323* *E341* *E473* *E570* *E685* *E292* >
- Add to read buffer
- makemap: Illegal mode
- Cannot create BalloonEval with both message and callback
- Hangul automata ERROR
- block was not locked
- Didn't get block nr {N}?
- ml_upd_block0(): Didn't get block 0??
- pointer block id wrong {N}
- Updated too many blocks?
- get_varp ERROR
- u_undo: line numbers wrong
- undo list corrupt
- undo line missing
- ml_get: cannot find line {N}
- cannot find line {N}
- line number out of range: {N} past the end
- line count wrong in block {N}
- Internal error
- Internal error: {function}
- fatal error in cs_manage_matches
- Invalid count for del_bytes(): {N}
- This is an internal error. If you can reproduce it, please send in a bug
- report. |bugs|
- >
- ATTENTION
- Found a swap file by the name ...
- See |ATTENTION|.
- *E92* >
- Buffer {N} not found
- The buffer you requested does not exist. This can also happen when you have
- wiped out a buffer which contains a mark or is referenced in another way.
- |:bwipeout|
- *E95* >
- Buffer with this name already exists
- You cannot have two buffers with exactly the same name. This includes the
- path leading to the file.
- *E72* >
- Close error on swap file
- The |swap-file|, that is used to keep a copy of the edited text, could not be
- closed properly. Mostly harmless.
- *E169* >
- Command too recursive
- This happens when an Ex command executes an Ex command that executes an Ex
- command, etc. The limit is 200 or the value of 'maxfuncdepth', whatever is
- larger. When it's more there probably is an endless loop. Probably a
- |:execute| or |:source| command is involved.
- *E254* >
- Cannot allocate color {name}
- The color name {name} is unknown. See |gui-colors| for a list of colors that
- are available on most systems.
- *E458* >
- Cannot allocate colormap entry, some colors may be incorrect
- This means that there are not enough colors available for Vim. It will still
- run, but some of the colors will not appear in the specified color. Try
- stopping other applications that use many colors, or start them after starting
- gvim.
- Browsers are known to consume a lot of colors. You can avoid this with
- netscape by telling it to use its own colormap: >
- netscape -install
- Or tell it to limit to a certain number of colors (64 should work well): >
- netscape -ncols 64
- This can also be done with a line in your Xdefaults file: >
- Netscape*installColormap: Yes
- or >
- Netscape*maxImageColors: 64
- <
- *E79* >
- Cannot expand wildcards
- A filename contains a strange combination of characters, which causes Vim to
- attempt expanding wildcards but this fails. This does NOT mean that no
- matching file names could be found, but that the pattern was illegal.
- *E459* >
- Cannot go back to previous directory
- While expanding a file name, Vim failed to go back to the previously used
- directory. All file names being used may be invalid now! You need to have
- execute permission on the current directory.
- *E190* *E212* >
- Cannot open "{filename}" for writing
- Can't open file for writing
- For some reason the file you are writing to cannot be created or overwritten.
- The reason could be that you do not have permission to write in the directory
- or the file name is not valid.
- *E166* >
- Can't open linked file for writing
- You are trying to write to a file which can't be overwritten, and the file is
- a link (either a hard link or a symbolic link). Writing might still be
- possible if the directory that contains the link or the file is writable, but
- Vim now doesn't know if you want to delete the link and write the file in its
- place, or if you want to delete the file itself and write the new file in its
- place. If you really want to write the file under this name, you have to
- manually delete the link or the file, or change the permissions so that Vim
- can overwrite.
- *E46* >
- Cannot change read-only variable "{name}"
- You are trying to assign a value to an argument of a function |a:var| or a Vim
- internal variable |v:var| which is read-only.
- *E90* >
- Cannot unload last buffer
- Vim always requires one buffer to be loaded, otherwise there would be nothing
- to display in the window.
- *E40* >
- Can't open errorfile <filename>
- When using the ":make" or ":grep" commands: The file used to save the error
- messages or grep output cannot be opened. This can have several causes:
- - 'shellredir' has a wrong value.
- - The shell changes directory, causing the error file to be written in another
- directory. This could be fixed by changing 'makeef', but then the make
- command is still executed in the wrong directory.
- - 'makeef' has a wrong value.
- - The 'grepprg' or 'makeprg' could not be executed. This cannot always be
- detected (especially on MS-Windows). Check your $PATH.
- >
- Can't open file C:\TEMP\VIoD243.TMP
- On MS-Windows, this message appears when the output of an external command was
- to be read, but the command didn't run successfully. This can be caused by
- many things. Check the 'shell', 'shellquote', 'shellxquote', 'shellslash' and
- related options. It might also be that the external command was not found,
- there is no different error message for that.
- *E12* >
- Command not allowed from exrc/vimrc in current dir or tag search
- Some commands are not allowed for security reasons. These commands mostly
- come from a .exrc or .nvimrc file in the current directory, or from a tags
- file. Also see 'secure'.
- *E74* >
- Command too complex
- A mapping resulted in a very long command string. Could be caused by a
- mapping that indirectly calls itself.
- >
- CONVERSION ERROR
- When writing a file and the text "CONVERSION ERROR" appears, this means that
- some bits were lost when converting text from the internally used UTF-8 to the
- format of the file. The file will not be marked unmodified. If you care
- about the loss of information, set the 'fileencoding' option to another value
- that can handle the characters in the buffer and write again. If you don't
- care, you can abandon the buffer or reset the 'modified' option.
- If there is a backup file, when 'writebackup' or 'backup' is set, it will not
- be deleted, so you can move it back into place if you want to discard the
- changes.
- *E302* >
- Could not rename swap file
- When the file name changes, Vim tries to rename the |swap-file| as well.
- This failed and the old swap file is now still used. Mostly harmless.
- *E43* *E44* >
- Damaged match string
- Corrupted regexp program
- Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a corrupted regexp. If you
- know how to reproduce this problem, please report it. |bugs|
- *E208* *E209* *E210* >
- Error writing to "{filename}"
- Error closing "{filename}"
- Error reading "{filename}"
- This occurs when Vim is trying to rename a file, but a simple change of file
- name doesn't work. Then the file will be copied, but somehow this failed.
- The result may be that both the original file and the destination file exist
- and the destination file may be incomplete.
- >
- Vim: Error reading input, exiting...
- This occurs when Vim cannot read typed characters while input is required.
- Vim got stuck, the only thing it can do is exit. This can happen when both
- stdin and stderr are redirected and executing a script that doesn't exit Vim.
- *E47* >
- Error while reading errorfile
- Reading the error file was not possible. This is NOT caused by an error
- message that was not recognized.
- *E80* >
- Error while writing
- Writing a file was not completed successfully. The file is probably
- incomplete.
- *E13* *E189* >
- File exists (add ! to override)
- "{filename}" exists (add ! to override)
- You are protected from accidentally overwriting a file. When you want to
- write anyway, use the same command, but add a "!" just after the command.
- Example: >
- :w /tmp/test
- changes to: >
- :w! /tmp/test
- <
- *E768* >
- Swap file exists: {filename} (:silent! overrides)
- You are protected from overwriting a file that is being edited by Vim. This
- happens when you use ":w! filename" and a swapfile is found.
- - If the swapfile was left over from an old crashed edit session you may want
- to delete the swapfile. Edit {filename} to find out information about the
- swapfile.
- - If you want to write anyway prepend ":silent!" to the command. For example: >
- :silent! w! /tmp/test
- < The special command is needed, since you already added the ! for overwriting
- an existing file.
- *E139* >
- File is loaded in another buffer
- You are trying to write a file under a name which is also used in another
- buffer. This would result in two versions of the same file.
- *E142* >
- File not written: Writing is disabled by 'write' option
- The 'write' option is off. This makes all commands that try to write a file
- generate this message. This could be caused by a |-m| commandline argument.
- You can switch the 'write' option on with ":set write".
- *E25* >
- Nvim does not have a built-in GUI
- Neovim does not have a built in GUI, so `:gvim` and `:gui` don't work.
- *E49* >
- Invalid scroll size
- This is caused by setting an invalid value for the 'scroll', 'scrolljump' or
- 'scrolloff' options.
- *E17* >
- "{filename}" is a directory
- You tried to write a file with the name of a directory. This is not possible.
- You probably need to append a file name.
- *E19* >
- Mark has invalid line number
- You are using a mark that has a line number that doesn't exist. This can
- happen when you have a mark in another file, and some other program has
- deleted lines from it.
- *E219* *E220* >
- Missing {.
- Missing }.
- Using a {} construct in a file name, but there is a { without a matching } or
- the other way around. It should be used like this: {foo,bar}. This matches
- "foo" and "bar".
- *E315* >
- ml_get: invalid lnum: {number}
- This is an internal Vim error. Please try to find out how it can be
- reproduced, and submit a |bug-report|.
- *E173* >
- {number} more files to edit
- You are trying to exit, while the last item in the argument list has not been
- edited. This protects you from accidentally exiting when you still have more
- files to work on. See |argument-list|. If you do want to exit, just do it
- again and it will work.
- *E23* *E194* >
- No alternate file
- No alternate file name to substitute for '#'
- The alternate file is not defined yet. See |alternate-file|.
- *E32* >
- No file name
- The current buffer has no name. To write it, use ":w fname". Or give the
- buffer a name with ":file fname".
- *E141* >
- No file name for buffer {number}
- One of the buffers that was changed does not have a file name. Therefore it
- cannot be written. You need to give the buffer a file name: >
- :buffer {number}
- :file {filename}
- <
- *E33* >
- No previous substitute regular expression
- When using the '~' character in a pattern, it is replaced with the previously
- used pattern in a ":substitute" command. This fails when no such command has
- been used yet. See |/~|. This also happens when using ":s/pat/%/", where the
- "%" stands for the previous substitute string.
- *E35* >
- No previous regular expression
- When using an empty search pattern, the previous search pattern is used. But
- that is not possible if there was no previous search.
- *E24* >
- No such abbreviation
- You have used an ":unabbreviate" command with an argument which is not an
- existing abbreviation. All variations of this command give the same message:
- ":cunabbrev", ":iunabbrev", etc. Check for trailing white space.
- *E31* >
- No such mapping
- You have used an ":unmap" command with an argument which is not an existing
- mapping. All variations of this command give the same message: ":cunmap",
- ":unmap!", etc. A few hints:
- - Check for trailing white space.
- - If the mapping is buffer-local you need to use ":unmap <buffer>".
- |:map-<buffer>|
- *E37* *E89* >
- No write since last change (add ! to override)
- No write since last change for buffer {N} (add ! to override)
- You are trying to |abandon| a file that has changes. Vim protects you from
- losing your work. You can either write the changed file with ":w", or, if you
- are sure, |abandon| it anyway, and lose all the changes. This can be done by
- adding a '!' character just after the command you used. Example: >
- :e other_file
- changes to: >
- :e! other_file
- <
- *E162* >
- No write since last change for buffer "{name}"
- This appears when you try to exit Vim while some buffers are changed. You
- will either have to write the changed buffer (with |:w|), or use a command to
- abandon the buffer forcefully, e.g., with ":qa!". Careful, make sure you
- don't throw away changes you really want to keep. You might have forgotten
- about a buffer, especially when 'hidden' is set.
- >
- [No write since last change]
- This appears when executing a shell command while at least one buffer was
- changed. To avoid the message reset the 'warn' option.
- *E38* >
- Null argument
- Something inside Vim went wrong and resulted in a NULL pointer. If you know
- how to reproduce this problem, please report it. |bugs|
- *E41* *E82* *E83* *E342* >
- Out of memory!
- Out of memory! (allocating {number} bytes)
- Cannot allocate any buffer, exiting...
- Cannot allocate buffer, using other one...
- Oh, oh. You must have been doing something complicated, or some other program
- is consuming your memory. Be careful! Vim is not completely prepared for an
- out-of-memory situation. First make sure that any changes are saved. Then
- try to solve the memory shortage. To stay on the safe side, exit Vim and
- start again.
- Buffers are only partly kept in memory, thus editing a very large file is
- unlikely to cause an out-of-memory situation. Undo information is completely
- in memory, you can reduce that with these options:
- - 'undolevels' Set to a low value, or to -1 to disable undo completely. This
- helps for a change that affects all lines.
- - 'undoreload' Set to zero to disable.
- *E339* >
- Pattern too long
- This happens on systems with 16 bit ints: The compiled regexp pattern is
- longer than about 65000 characters. Try using a shorter pattern.
- It also happens when the offset of a rule doesn't fit in the space available.
- Try simplifying the pattern.
- *E45* >
- 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override)
- You are trying to write a file that was marked as read-only. To write the
- file anyway, either reset the 'readonly' option, or add a '!' character just
- after the command you used. Example: >
- :w
- changes to: >
- :w!
- <
- *E294* *E295* *E301* >
- Read error in swap file
- Seek error in swap file read
- Oops, lost the swap file!!!
- Vim tried to read text from the |swap-file|, but something went wrong. The
- text in the related buffer may now be corrupted! Check carefully before you
- write a buffer. You may want to write it in another file and check for
- differences.
- *E192* >
- Recursive use of :normal too deep
- You are using a ":normal" command, whose argument again uses a ":normal"
- command in a recursive way. This is restricted to 'maxmapdepth' levels. This
- example illustrates how to get this message: >
- :map gq :normal gq<CR>
- If you type "gq", it will execute this mapping, which will call "gq" again.
- *E22* >
- Scripts nested too deep
- Scripts can be read with the "-s" command-line argument and with the
- `:source!` command. The script can then again read another script. This can
- continue for about 14 levels. When more nesting is done, Vim assumes that
- there is a recursive loop and stops with this error message.
- *E300* >
- Swap file already exists (symlink attack?)
- This message appears when Vim is trying to open a swap file and finds it
- already exists or finds a symbolic link in its place. This shouldn't happen,
- because Vim already checked that the file doesn't exist. Either someone else
- opened the same file at exactly the same moment (very unlikely) or someone is
- attempting a symlink attack (could happen when editing a file in /tmp or when
- 'directory' starts with "/tmp", which is a bad choice).
- *E432* >
- Tags file not sorted: {file name}
- Vim (and Vi) expect tags files to be sorted in ASCII order. Binary searching
- can then be used, which is a lot faster than a linear search. If your tags
- files are not properly sorted, reset the |'tagbsearch'| option.
- This message is only given when Vim detects a problem when searching for a
- tag. Sometimes this message is not given, even though the tags file is not
- properly sorted.
- *E424* >
- Too many different highlighting attributes in use
- Vim can only handle about 223 different kinds of highlighting. If you run
- into this limit, you have used too many |:highlight| commands with different
- arguments. A ":highlight link" is not counted.
- *E77* >
- Too many file names
- When expanding file names, more than one match was found. Only one match is
- allowed for the command that was used.
- *E303* >
- Unable to open swap file for "{filename}", recovery impossible
- Vim was not able to create a swap file. You can still edit the file, but if
- Vim unexpectedly exits the changes will be lost. And Vim may consume a lot of
- memory when editing a big file. You may want to change the 'directory' option
- to avoid this error. This error is not given when 'directory' is empty. See
- |swap-file|.
- *E140* >
- Use ! to write partial buffer
- When using a range to write part of a buffer, it is unusual to overwrite the
- original file. It is probably a mistake (e.g., when Visual mode was active
- when using ":w"), therefore Vim requires using a ! after the command, e.g.:
- ":3,10w!".
- >
- Warning: Cannot convert string "<Key>Escape,_Key_Cancel" to type
- VirtualBinding
- Messages like this appear when starting up. This is not a Vim problem, your
- X11 configuration is wrong.
- *W10* >
- Warning: Changing a readonly file
- The file is read-only and you are making a change to it anyway. You can use
- the |FileChangedRO| autocommand event to avoid this message (the autocommand
- must reset the 'readonly' option). See 'modifiable' to completely disallow
- making changes to a file.
- This message is only given for the first change after 'readonly' has been set.
- *W13* >
- Warning: File "{filename}" has been created after editing started
- You are editing a file in Vim when it didn't exist, but it does exist now.
- You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in Vim or the newly
- created file. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
- *W11* >
- Warning: File "{filename}" has changed since editing started
- The file which you have started editing has got another timestamp and the
- contents changed (more precisely: When reading the file again with the current
- option settings and autocommands you would end up with different text). This
- probably means that some other program changed the file. You will have to
- find out what happened, and decide which version of the file you want to keep.
- Set the 'autoread' option if you want to do this automatically.
- This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
- There is one situation where you get this message even though there is nothing
- wrong: If you save a file in Windows on the day the daylight saving time
- starts. It can be fixed in one of these ways:
- - Add this line in your autoexec.bat: >
- SET TZ=-1
- < Adjust the "-1" for your time zone.
- - Disable "automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes".
- - Just write the file again the next day. Or set your clock to the next day,
- write the file twice and set the clock back.
- If you get W11 all the time, you may need to disable "Acronis Active
- Protection" or register Vim as a trusted service/application.
- *W12* >
- Warning: File "{filename}" has changed and the buffer was changed in Vim as well
- Like the above, and the buffer for the file was changed in this Vim as well.
- You will have to decide if you want to keep the version in this Vim or the one
- on disk. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
- *W16* >
- Warning: Mode of file "{filename}" has changed since editing started
- When the timestamp for a buffer was changed and the contents are still the
- same but the mode (permissions) have changed. This usually occurs when
- checking out a file from a version control system, which causes the read-only
- bit to be reset. It should be safe to reload the file. Set 'autoread' to
- automatically reload the file.
- *E211* >
- File "{filename}" no longer available
- The file which you have started editing has disappeared, or is no longer
- accessible. Make sure you write the buffer somewhere to avoid losing
- changes. This message is not given when 'buftype' is not empty.
- *W14* >
- Warning: List of file names overflow
- You must be using an awful lot of buffers. It's now possible that two buffers
- have the same number, which causes various problems. You might want to exit
- Vim and restart it.
- *E931* >
- Buffer cannot be registered
- Out of memory or a duplicate buffer number. May happen after W14. Looking up
- a buffer will not always work, better restart Vim.
- *E296* *E297* >
- Seek error in swap file write
- Write error in swap file
- This mostly happens when the disk is full. Vim could not write text into the
- |swap-file|. It's not directly harmful, but when Vim unexpectedly exits some
- text may be lost without recovery being possible. Vim might run out of memory
- when this problem persists.
- *E10* >
- \\ should be followed by /, ? or &
- A command line started with a backslash or the range of a command contained a
- backslash in a wrong place. This is often caused by command-line continuation
- being disabled. Remove the 'C' flag from the 'cpoptions' option to enable it.
- *E471* >
- Argument required
- Ex command was executed without a mandatory argument(s).
- *E474* *E475* *E983* >
- Invalid argument
- Invalid argument: {arg}
- Duplicate argument: {arg}
- Ex command or function was given an invalid argument. Or |jobstart()| or
- |system()| was given a non-executable command.
- *E488* >
- Trailing characters
- An argument was given to an Ex command that does not permit one.
- Or the argument has invalid characters and has not been recognized.
- *E477* *E478* >
- No ! allowed
- Don't panic!
- You have added a "!" after an Ex command that doesn't permit one.
- *E481* >
- No range allowed
- A range was specified for an Ex command that doesn't permit one. See
- |cmdline-ranges|.
- *E482* *E483* >
- Can't create file {filename}
- Can't get temp file name
- Vim cannot create a temporary file.
- *E484* *E485* >
- Can't open file {filename}
- Can't read file {filename}
- Vim cannot read a temporary file. Especially on Windows, this can be caused
- by wrong escaping of special characters for cmd.exe; the approach was
- changed with patch 7.3.443. Try using |shellescape()| for all shell arguments
- given to |system()|, or explicitly add escaping with ^. Also see
- 'shellxquote' and 'shellxescape'.
- *E464* >
- Ambiguous use of user-defined command
- There are two user-defined commands with a common name prefix, and you used
- Command-line completion to execute one of them. |user-cmd-ambiguous|
- Example: >
- :command MyCommand1 echo "one"
- :command MyCommand2 echo "two"
- :MyCommand
- <
- *E492* >
- Not an editor command
- You tried to execute a command that is neither an Ex command nor
- a user-defined command.
- *E905* >
- Cannot set this option after startup
- You tried to set an option after startup that only allows changes during
- startup.
- *E943* >
- Command table needs to be updated, run 'make'
- This can only happen when changing the source code, after adding a command in
- src/ex_cmds.lua. Update the lookup table by re-running the build. >
- ==============================================================================
- 3. Messages *messages*
- This is an (incomplete) overview of various messages that Vim gives:
- *hit-enter* *press-enter* *hit-return*
- *press-return* *hit-enter-prompt*
- Press ENTER or type command to continue
- This message is given when there is something on the screen for you to read,
- and the screen is about to be redrawn:
- - After executing an external command (e.g., ":!ls" and "=").
- - Something is displayed on the status line that is longer than the width of
- the window, or runs into the 'showcmd' or 'ruler' output.
- -> Press <Enter> or <Space> to redraw the screen and continue, without that
- key being used otherwise.
- -> Press ':' or any other Normal mode command character to start that command.
- Note that after an external command some special keys, such as the cursor
- keys, may not work normally, because the terminal is still set to a state
- for executing the external command.
- -> Press 'k', <Up>, 'u', 'b' or 'g' to scroll back in the messages. This
- works the same way as at the |more-prompt|. Only works when 'more' is on.
- -> Pressing 'j', 'f', 'd' or <Down> is ignored when messages scrolled off the
- top of the screen and 'more' is on, to avoid that typing one 'j' or 'f' too
- many causes the messages to disappear.
- -> Press <C-Y> to copy (yank) a modeless selection to the clipboard register.
- -> Use a menu. The characters defined for Cmdline-mode are used.
- -> When 'mouse' contains the 'r' flag, clicking the left mouse button works
- like pressing <Space>. This makes it impossible to select text though.
- -> For the GUI clicking the left mouse button in the last line works like
- pressing <Space>.
- If you accidentally hit <Enter> or <Space> and you want to see the displayed
- text then use |g<|. This only works when 'more' is set.
- To reduce the number of hit-enter prompts:
- - Set 'cmdheight' to 2 or higher.
- - Add flags to 'shortmess'.
- - Reset 'showcmd' and/or 'ruler'.
- - Make sure `:echo` text is within |v:echospace| screen cells.
- If your script causes the hit-enter prompt and you don't know why, you may
- find the |v:scrollstart| variable useful.
- Also see 'mouse'. The hit-enter message is highlighted with the |hl-Question|
- group.
- *more-prompt* *pager* >
- -- More --
- -- More -- SPACE/d/j: screen/page/line down, b/u/k: up, q: quit
- This message is given when the screen is filled with messages. It is only
- given when the 'more' option is on. It is highlighted with the |hl-MoreMsg|
- group.
- Type effect ~
- <CR> or <NL> or j or <Down> one more line
- d down a page (half a screen)
- <Space> or f or <PageDown> down a screen
- G down all the way, until the hit-enter
- prompt
- <BS> or k or <Up> one line back
- u up a page (half a screen)
- b or <PageUp> back a screen
- g back to the start
- q, <Esc> or CTRL-C stop the listing
- : stop the listing and enter a
- command-line
- <C-Y> yank (copy) a modeless selection to
- the clipboard ("* and "+ registers)
- {menu-entry} what the menu is defined to in
- Cmdline-mode.
- <LeftMouse> (*) next page
- Any other key causes the meaning of the keys to be displayed.
- (*) Clicking the left mouse button only works:
- - For the GUI: in the last line of the screen.
- - When 'r' is included in 'mouse' (but then selecting text won't work).
- Note: The typed key is directly obtained from the terminal, it is not mapped
- and typeahead is ignored.
- The |g<| command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
- This is especially useful if you accidentally typed <Space> at the hit-enter
- prompt.
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