Dec 20, 2016 · Both GVim and Vim are the same, the difference is that Gvim offers an interface that doesn't run in a terminal window. Basically, Gvim has GUI-like menus and toolbar. Here are quotes from Quora that provide more information: VIM is designed for using the keyboard efficiently and not for using the mouse.

Mar 19, 2014 · On some systems, gvim is just vim -g: you can edit a file in a GVim window from your shell with $ vim -g filename or simply $ gvim filename. On other systems, like RedHat IIRC, vim and gvim are two different executables built at the same time with the same features: you can edit a file in a GVim window from your shell with $ gvim filename.

Apr 27, 2017 · Determine the current font settings in an open gvim instance: set guifont? ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ guifont=DejaVu Sans Mono 12 Use this information to write the settings (modifying the size as desired) in the gVim configuration file, escaping the spaces with backslashes, and not using : before the size.

Apr 1, 2009 · There are two simple ways to highlight multiple words in vim editor. Go to search mode i.e. type '/' and then type \v followed by the words you want to search separated by '|' (pipe).

Use \r instead of \n.. Substituting by \n inserts a null character into the text. To get a newline, use \r.When searching for a newline, you’d still use \n, however.

Nov 5, 2009 · Put your cursor on the first # character, press CtrlV (or CtrlQ for gVim), and go down until the last commented line and press x, that will delete all the # characters vertically. For commenting a block of text is almost the same: First, go to the first line you want to comment, press CtrlV. This will put the editor in the VISUAL BLOCK mode.

Nov 3, 2017 · GVIM also reads your ~/.vimrc; most of the configuration belongs there, and only there. Only configuration exclusive to the GUI should be placed in the ~/.gvimrc. This usually is just :set guifont=... and maybe :winpos positioning. If your configuration from ~/.vimrc isn't used in GVIM, check the :scriptnames output for clues.

Oct 17, 2017 · At present i can search for text /text and then delete line using dd and if i don't want to delete i can go for next match with n. But is there any more fast way to do that! This command below

Dec 8, 2008 · From here this will remove adjacent and non-adjacent duplicates without sorting::%!awk '\!a[$0]++' This technically uses something outside of vim, but is called from within vim (and therefore only works in linux which has awk).

Mar 1, 2018 · For the first one remove the spaces. Whitespace matters for the set command. set guifont=Monaco:h20 For the second one it should be (the h specifies the height)