Questions Tagged With vi

vim indentation

Phenom — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:47:24 -0400

I'm using vim to edit files that use a programming language where the end of line is not marked with ;. This causes problems when I try to fix indentation in vim. If I put a ; at the end then vim is able to correctly fix the indentation, but since this programming language doesn't have a ; at the end of a statement the indentation isn't correct after vim tries to fix it. How can vim be modified so that it works correctly with this programming language?

What is your text editor of choice?

Andy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:54:09 -0400

I was curious to know what is the editor of choice for my fellow Linux users. For years it has been a vi vs. emacs debate but it appears there many more. Please reply with your favorite editor. I personally prefer vim.

How do you comment out several lines in vi at once?

Joehillen — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:47:27 -0400

Lets say I have a block of text:

def blarg_func:
    blarg = 1
    return blarg

and I want to comment it all out in vi

#def blarg_func:
#    blarg = 1
#    return blarg

What I usually do is go to the first line and hit "^i" and then enter "#". next I arrow down to the next line and hit "." and then repeat until all the lines are commented.

If I hit "2" then "." it will give me.

#def blarg_func:
##    blarg = 1
    return blarg

I know I can do this with numbered lines, like

:1,3s/^/#/

but I want to be able to do this without having to enter line numbers.

Keep in mind I am using vi not vim, so "^v" will not work.