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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7Options *options*
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91. Setting options |set-option|
102. Automatically setting options |auto-setting|
113. Options summary |option-summary|
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13For an overview of options see help.txt |option-list|.
14
15Vim has a number of internal variables and switches which can be set to
16achieve special effects. These options come in three forms:
17 boolean can only be on or off *boolean* *toggle*
18 number has a numeric value
19 string has a string value
20
21==============================================================================
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +0000221. Setting options *set-option* *E764*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023
24 *:se* *:set*
25:se[t] Show all options that differ from their default value.
26
27:se[t] all Show all but terminal options.
28
29:se[t] termcap Show all terminal options. Note that in the GUI the
30 key codes are not shown, because they are generated
31 internally and can't be changed. Changing the terminal
32 codes in the GUI is not useful either...
33
34 *E518* *E519*
35:se[t] {option}? Show value of {option}.
36
37:se[t] {option} Toggle option: set, switch it on.
38 Number option: show value.
39 String option: show value.
40
41:se[t] no{option} Toggle option: Reset, switch it off.
42
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +020043 *:set-!* *:set-inv*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044:se[t] {option}! or
45:se[t] inv{option} Toggle option: Invert value. {not in Vi}
46
47 *:set-default* *:set-&* *:set-&vi* *:set-&vim*
48:se[t] {option}& Reset option to its default value. May depend on the
49 current value of 'compatible'. {not in Vi}
50:se[t] {option}&vi Reset option to its Vi default value. {not in Vi}
51:se[t] {option}&vim Reset option to its Vim default value. {not in Vi}
52
53:se[t] all& Set all options, except terminal options, to their
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000054 default value. The values of 'term', 'lines' and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055 'columns' are not changed. {not in Vi}
56
57 *:set-args* *E487* *E521*
58:se[t] {option}={value} or
59:se[t] {option}:{value}
60 Set string or number option to {value}.
61 For numeric options the value can be given in decimal,
Bram Moolenaar18400e62015-01-27 15:58:40 +010062 hex (preceded with 0x) or octal (preceded with '0').
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000063 The old value can be inserted by typing 'wildchar' (by
64 default this is a <Tab> or CTRL-E if 'compatible' is
65 set). See |cmdline-completion|.
66 White space between {option} and '=' is allowed and
67 will be ignored. White space between '=' and {value}
68 is not allowed.
69 See |option-backslash| for using white space and
70 backslashes in {value}.
71
72:se[t] {option}+={value} *:set+=*
73 Add the {value} to a number option, or append the
74 {value} to a string option. When the option is a
75 comma separated list, a comma is added, unless the
76 value was empty.
77 If the option is a list of flags, superfluous flags
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000078 are removed. When adding a flag that was already
79 present the option value doesn't change.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +000080 Also see |:set-args| above.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000081 {not in Vi}
82
83:se[t] {option}^={value} *:set^=*
84 Multiply the {value} to a number option, or prepend
85 the {value} to a string option. When the option is a
86 comma separated list, a comma is added, unless the
87 value was empty.
88 Also see |:set-args| above.
89 {not in Vi}
90
91:se[t] {option}-={value} *:set-=*
92 Subtract the {value} from a number option, or remove
93 the {value} from a string option, if it is there.
94 If the {value} is not found in a string option, there
95 is no error or warning. When the option is a comma
96 separated list, a comma is deleted, unless the option
97 becomes empty.
98 When the option is a list of flags, {value} must be
99 exactly as they appear in the option. Remove flags
100 one by one to avoid problems.
101 Also see |:set-args| above.
102 {not in Vi}
103
104The {option} arguments to ":set" may be repeated. For example: >
105 :set ai nosi sw=3 ts=3
106If you make an error in one of the arguments, an error message will be given
107and the following arguments will be ignored.
108
109 *:set-verbose*
110When 'verbose' is non-zero, displaying an option value will also tell where it
111was last set. Example: >
112 :verbose set shiftwidth cindent?
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000113< shiftwidth=4 ~
114 Last set from modeline ~
115 cindent ~
116 Last set from /usr/local/share/vim/vim60/ftplugin/c.vim ~
117This is only done when specific option values are requested, not for ":verbose
118set all" or ":verbose set" without an argument.
119When the option was set by hand there is no "Last set" message.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000120When the option was set while executing a function, user command or
121autocommand, the script in which it was defined is reported.
122Note that an option may also have been set as a side effect of setting
123'compatible'.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000124A few special texts:
125 Last set from modeline ~
126 Option was set in a |modeline|.
127 Last set from --cmd argument ~
128 Option was set with command line argument |--cmd| or +.
129 Last set from -c argument ~
130 Option was set with command line argument |-c|, +, |-S| or
131 |-q|.
132 Last set from environment variable ~
133 Option was set from an environment variable, $VIMINIT,
134 $GVIMINIT or $EXINIT.
135 Last set from error handler ~
136 Option was cleared when evaluating it resulted in an error.
137
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200138{not available when compiled without the |+eval| feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000139
140 *:set-termcap* *E522*
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000141For {option} the form "t_xx" may be used to set a terminal option. This will
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000142override the value from the termcap. You can then use it in a mapping. If
143the "xx" part contains special characters, use the <t_xx> form: >
144 :set <t_#4>=^[Ot
145This can also be used to translate a special code for a normal key. For
146example, if Alt-b produces <Esc>b, use this: >
147 :set <M-b>=^[b
148(the ^[ is a real <Esc> here, use CTRL-V <Esc> to enter it)
149The advantage over a mapping is that it works in all situations.
150
Bram Moolenaar0b2f94d2011-03-22 14:35:05 +0100151You can define any key codes, e.g.: >
152 :set t_xy=^[foo;
153There is no warning for using a name that isn't recognized. You can map these
154codes as you like: >
155 :map <t_xy> something
156< *E846*
157When a key code is not set, it's like it does not exist. Trying to get its
158value will result in an error: >
159 :set t_kb=
160 :set t_kb
161 E846: Key code not set: t_kb
162
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000163The t_xx options cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
164security reasons.
165
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000166The listing from ":set" looks different from Vi. Long string options are put
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000167at the end of the list. The number of options is quite large. The output of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000168"set all" probably does not fit on the screen, causing Vim to give the
169|more-prompt|.
170
171 *option-backslash*
172To include white space in a string option value it has to be preceded with a
173backslash. To include a backslash you have to use two. Effectively this
174means that the number of backslashes in an option value is halved (rounded
175down).
176A few examples: >
177 :set tags=tags\ /usr/tags results in "tags /usr/tags"
178 :set tags=tags\\,file results in "tags\,file"
179 :set tags=tags\\\ file results in "tags\ file"
180
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000181The "|" character separates a ":set" command from a following command. To
182include the "|" in the option value, use "\|" instead. This example sets the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000183'titlestring' option to "hi|there": >
184 :set titlestring=hi\|there
185This sets the 'titlestring' option to "hi" and 'iconstring' to "there": >
186 :set titlestring=hi|set iconstring=there
187
Bram Moolenaar7df351e2006-01-23 22:30:28 +0000188Similarly, the double quote character starts a comment. To include the '"' in
189the option value, use '\"' instead. This example sets the 'titlestring'
190option to 'hi "there"': >
191 :set titlestring=hi\ \"there\"
192
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000193For MS-DOS and WIN32 backslashes in file names are mostly not removed. More
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000194precise: For options that expect a file name (those where environment
195variables are expanded) a backslash before a normal file name character is not
196removed. But a backslash before a special character (space, backslash, comma,
197etc.) is used like explained above.
198There is one special situation, when the value starts with "\\": >
199 :set dir=\\machine\path results in "\\machine\path"
200 :set dir=\\\\machine\\path results in "\\machine\path"
201 :set dir=\\path\\file results in "\\path\file" (wrong!)
202For the first one the start is kept, but for the second one the backslashes
203are halved. This makes sure it works both when you expect backslashes to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000204halved and when you expect the backslashes to be kept. The third gives a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000205result which is probably not what you want. Avoid it.
206
207 *add-option-flags* *remove-option-flags*
208 *E539* *E550* *E551* *E552*
209Some options are a list of flags. When you want to add a flag to such an
210option, without changing the existing ones, you can do it like this: >
211 :set guioptions+=a
212Remove a flag from an option like this: >
213 :set guioptions-=a
214This removes the 'a' flag from 'guioptions'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000215Note that you should add or remove one flag at a time. If 'guioptions' has
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000216the value "ab", using "set guioptions-=ba" won't work, because the string "ba"
217doesn't appear.
218
219 *:set_env* *expand-env* *expand-environment-var*
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000220Environment variables in specific string options will be expanded. If the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000221environment variable exists the '$' and the following environment variable
222name is replaced with its value. If it does not exist the '$' and the name
223are not modified. Any non-id character (not a letter, digit or '_') may
224follow the environment variable name. That character and what follows is
225appended to the value of the environment variable. Examples: >
226 :set term=$TERM.new
227 :set path=/usr/$INCLUDE,$HOME/include,.
228When adding or removing a string from an option with ":set opt-=val" or ":set
229opt+=val" the expansion is done before the adding or removing.
230
231
232Handling of local options *local-options*
233
234Some of the options only apply to a window or buffer. Each window or buffer
235has its own copy of this option, thus can each have their own value. This
236allows you to set 'list' in one window but not in another. And set
237'shiftwidth' to 3 in one buffer and 4 in another.
238
239The following explains what happens to these local options in specific
240situations. You don't really need to know all of this, since Vim mostly uses
241the option values you would expect. Unfortunately, doing what the user
242expects is a bit complicated...
243
244When splitting a window, the local options are copied to the new window. Thus
245right after the split the contents of the two windows look the same.
246
247When editing a new buffer, its local option values must be initialized. Since
248the local options of the current buffer might be specifically for that buffer,
249these are not used. Instead, for each buffer-local option there also is a
250global value, which is used for new buffers. With ":set" both the local and
251global value is changed. With "setlocal" only the local value is changed,
252thus this value is not used when editing a new buffer.
253
254When editing a buffer that has been edited before, the last used window
255options are used again. If this buffer has been edited in this window, the
256values from back then are used. Otherwise the values from the window where
257the buffer was edited last are used.
258
259It's possible to set a local window option specifically for a type of buffer.
260When you edit another buffer in the same window, you don't want to keep
261using these local window options. Therefore Vim keeps a global value of the
262local window options, which is used when editing another buffer. Each window
263has its own copy of these values. Thus these are local to the window, but
264global to all buffers in the window. With this you can do: >
265 :e one
266 :set list
267 :e two
268Now the 'list' option will also be set in "two", since with the ":set list"
269command you have also set the global value. >
270 :set nolist
271 :e one
272 :setlocal list
273 :e two
274Now the 'list' option is not set, because ":set nolist" resets the global
275value, ":setlocal list" only changes the local value and ":e two" gets the
276global value. Note that if you do this next: >
277 :e one
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +0200278You will get back the 'list' value as it was the last time you edited "one".
279The options local to a window are remembered for each buffer. This also
280happens when the buffer is not loaded, but they are lost when the buffer is
281wiped out |:bwipe|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000282
283 *:setl* *:setlocal*
284:setl[ocal] ... Like ":set" but set only the value local to the
285 current buffer or window. Not all options have a
286 local value. If the option does not have a local
287 value the global value is set.
Bram Moolenaarc3301872010-07-25 20:53:06 +0200288 With the "all" argument: display local values for all
289 local options.
290 Without argument: Display local values for all local
291 options which are different from the default.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000292 When displaying a specific local option, show the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000293 local value. For a global/local boolean option, when
294 the global value is being used, "--" is displayed
295 before the option name.
296 For a global option the global value is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000297 shown (but that might change in the future).
298 {not in Vi}
299
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +0000300:setl[ocal] {option}< Set the local value of {option} to its global value by
301 copying the value.
302 {not in Vi}
303
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +0100304:se[t] {option}< For |global-local| options: Remove the local value of
305 {option}, so that the global value will be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000306 {not in Vi}
307
308 *:setg* *:setglobal*
309:setg[lobal] ... Like ":set" but set only the global value for a local
310 option without changing the local value.
311 When displaying an option, the global value is shown.
Bram Moolenaarc3301872010-07-25 20:53:06 +0200312 With the "all" argument: display global values for all
313 local options.
314 Without argument: display global values for all local
315 options which are different from the default.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000316 {not in Vi}
317
318For buffer-local and window-local options:
319 Command global value local value ~
320 :set option=value set set
321 :setlocal option=value - set
322:setglobal option=value set -
323 :set option? - display
324 :setlocal option? - display
325:setglobal option? display -
326
327
328Global options with a local value *global-local*
329
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000330Options are global when you mostly use one value for all buffers and windows.
331For some global options it's useful to sometimes have a different local value.
332You can set the local value with ":setlocal". That buffer or window will then
333use the local value, while other buffers and windows continue using the global
334value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000335
336For example, you have two windows, both on C source code. They use the global
337'makeprg' option. If you do this in one of the two windows: >
338 :set makeprg=gmake
339then the other window will switch to the same value. There is no need to set
340the 'makeprg' option in the other C source window too.
341However, if you start editing a Perl file in a new window, you want to use
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +0000342another 'makeprg' for it, without changing the value used for the C source
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000343files. You use this command: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000344 :setlocal makeprg=perlmake
345You can switch back to using the global value by making the local value empty: >
346 :setlocal makeprg=
347This only works for a string option. For a boolean option you need to use the
348"<" flag, like this: >
349 :setlocal autoread<
350Note that for non-boolean options using "<" copies the global value to the
351local value, it doesn't switch back to using the global value (that matters
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +0000352when the global value changes later). You can also use: >
353 :set path<
354This will make the local value of 'path' empty, so that the global value is
355used. Thus it does the same as: >
356 :setlocal path=
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000357Note: In the future more global options can be made global-local. Using
358":setlocal" on a global option might work differently then.
359
360
361Setting the filetype
362
363:setf[iletype] {filetype} *:setf* *:setfiletype*
364 Set the 'filetype' option to {filetype}, but only if
365 not done yet in a sequence of (nested) autocommands.
366 This is short for: >
367 :if !did_filetype()
368 : setlocal filetype={filetype}
369 :endif
370< This command is used in a filetype.vim file to avoid
371 setting the 'filetype' option twice, causing different
372 settings and syntax files to be loaded.
373 {not in Vi}
374
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +0100375 *option-window* *optwin*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000376:bro[wse] se[t] *:set-browse* *:browse-set* *:opt* *:options*
377:opt[ions] Open a window for viewing and setting all options.
378 Options are grouped by function.
379 Offers short help for each option. Hit <CR> on the
380 short help to open a help window with more help for
381 the option.
382 Modify the value of the option and hit <CR> on the
383 "set" line to set the new value. For window and
384 buffer specific options, the last accessed window is
385 used to set the option value in, unless this is a help
386 window, in which case the window below help window is
387 used (skipping the option-window).
388 {not available when compiled without the |+eval| or
389 |+autocmd| features}
390
391 *$HOME*
392Using "~" is like using "$HOME", but it is only recognized at the start of an
393option and after a space or comma.
394
395On Unix systems "~user" can be used too. It is replaced by the home directory
396of user "user". Example: >
397 :set path=~mool/include,/usr/include,.
398
399On Unix systems the form "${HOME}" can be used too. The name between {} can
400contain non-id characters then. Note that if you want to use this for the
401"gf" command, you need to add the '{' and '}' characters to 'isfname'.
402
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +0100403On MS-Windows, if $HOME is not defined as an environment variable, then
404at runtime Vim will set it to the expansion of $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH.
405
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000406NOTE: expanding environment variables and "~/" is only done with the ":set"
407command, not when assigning a value to an option with ":let".
408
409
410Note the maximum length of an expanded option is limited. How much depends on
411the system, mostly it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
412
413 *:fix* *:fixdel*
414:fix[del] Set the value of 't_kD':
415 't_kb' is 't_kD' becomes ~
416 CTRL-? CTRL-H
417 not CTRL-? CTRL-?
418
419 (CTRL-? is 0177 octal, 0x7f hex) {not in Vi}
420
421 If your delete key terminal code is wrong, but the
422 code for backspace is alright, you can put this in
423 your .vimrc: >
424 :fixdel
425< This works no matter what the actual code for
426 backspace is.
427
428 If the backspace key terminal code is wrong you can
429 use this: >
430 :if &term == "termname"
431 : set t_kb=^V<BS>
432 : fixdel
433 :endif
434< Where "^V" is CTRL-V and "<BS>" is the backspace key
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000435 (don't type four characters!). Replace "termname"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000436 with your terminal name.
437
438 If your <Delete> key sends a strange key sequence (not
439 CTRL-? or CTRL-H) you cannot use ":fixdel". Then use: >
440 :if &term == "termname"
441 : set t_kD=^V<Delete>
442 :endif
443< Where "^V" is CTRL-V and "<Delete>" is the delete key
444 (don't type eight characters!). Replace "termname"
445 with your terminal name.
446
447 *Linux-backspace*
448 Note about Linux: By default the backspace key
449 produces CTRL-?, which is wrong. You can fix it by
450 putting this line in your rc.local: >
451 echo "keycode 14 = BackSpace" | loadkeys
452<
453 *NetBSD-backspace*
454 Note about NetBSD: If your backspace doesn't produce
455 the right code, try this: >
456 xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
457< If this works, add this in your .Xmodmap file: >
458 keysym 22 = BackSpace
459< You need to restart for this to take effect.
460
461==============================================================================
4622. Automatically setting options *auto-setting*
463
464Besides changing options with the ":set" command, there are three alternatives
465to set options automatically for one or more files:
466
4671. When starting Vim initializations are read from various places. See
468 |initialization|. Most of them are performed for all editing sessions,
469 and some of them depend on the directory where Vim is started.
470 You can create an initialization file with |:mkvimrc|, |:mkview| and
471 |:mksession|.
4722. If you start editing a new file, the automatic commands are executed.
473 This can be used to set options for files matching a particular pattern and
474 many other things. See |autocommand|.
4753. If you start editing a new file, and the 'modeline' option is on, a
476 number of lines at the beginning and end of the file are checked for
477 modelines. This is explained here.
478
479 *modeline* *vim:* *vi:* *ex:* *E520*
480There are two forms of modelines. The first form:
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200481 [text]{white}{vi:|vim:|ex:}[white]{options}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000482
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200483[text] any text or empty
484{white} at least one blank character (<Space> or <Tab>)
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200485{vi:|vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:" or "ex:"
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200486[white] optional white space
487{options} a list of option settings, separated with white space
488 or ':', where each part between ':' is the argument
489 for a ":set" command (can be empty)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000490
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200491Examples:
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000492 vi:noai:sw=3 ts=6 ~
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200493 vim: tw=77 ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000494
495The second form (this is compatible with some versions of Vi):
496
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200497 [text]{white}{vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:}[white]se[t] {options}:[text]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000498
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200499[text] any text or empty
500{white} at least one blank character (<Space> or <Tab>)
501{vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:", "Vim:" or "ex:"
502[white] optional white space
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200503se[t] the string "set " or "se " (note the space); When
504 "Vim" is used it must be "set".
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200505{options} a list of options, separated with white space, which
506 is the argument for a ":set" command
507: a colon
508[text] any text or empty
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000509
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200510Examples:
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000511 /* vim: set ai tw=75: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200512 /* Vim: set ai tw=75: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000513
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200514The white space before {vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:} is required. This minimizes the
515chance that a normal word like "lex:" is caught. There is one exception:
516"vi:" and "vim:" can also be at the start of the line (for compatibility with
517version 3.0). Using "ex:" at the start of the line will be ignored (this
518could be short for "example:").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000519
520 *modeline-local*
521The options are set like with ":setlocal": The new value only applies to the
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000522buffer and window that contain the file. Although it's possible to set global
523options from a modeline, this is unusual. If you have two windows open and
524the files in it set the same global option to a different value, the result
525depends on which one was opened last.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000526
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000527When editing a file that was already loaded, only the window-local options
528from the modeline are used. Thus if you manually changed a buffer-local
529option after opening the file, it won't be changed if you edit the same buffer
530in another window. But window-local options will be set.
531
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000532 *modeline-version*
533If the modeline is only to be used for some versions of Vim, the version
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200534number can be specified where "vim:" or "Vim:" is used:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000535 vim{vers}: version {vers} or later
536 vim<{vers}: version before {vers}
537 vim={vers}: version {vers}
538 vim>{vers}: version after {vers}
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +0100539{vers} is 700 for Vim 7.0 (hundred times the major version plus minor).
540For example, to use a modeline only for Vim 7.0:
541 /* vim700: set foldmethod=marker */ ~
542To use a modeline for Vim after version 7.2:
543 /* vim>702: set cole=2: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000544There can be no blanks between "vim" and the ":".
545
546
547The number of lines that are checked can be set with the 'modelines' option.
548If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is 0 no lines are checked.
549
550Note that for the first form all of the rest of the line is used, thus a line
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000551like:
552 /* vi:ts=4: */ ~
553will give an error message for the trailing "*/". This line is OK:
554 /* vi:set ts=4: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000555
556If an error is detected the rest of the line is skipped.
557
558If you want to include a ':' in a set command precede it with a '\'. The
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000559backslash in front of the ':' will be removed. Example:
560 /* vi:set dir=c\:\tmp: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000561This sets the 'dir' option to "c:\tmp". Only a single backslash before the
562':' is removed. Thus to include "\:" you have to specify "\\:".
563
564No other commands than "set" are supported, for security reasons (somebody
Bram Moolenaar8243a792007-05-01 17:05:03 +0000565might create a Trojan horse text file with modelines). And not all options
566can be set. For some options a flag is set, so that when it's used the
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +0000567|sandbox| is effective. Still, there is always a small risk that a modeline
Bram Moolenaar8243a792007-05-01 17:05:03 +0000568causes trouble. E.g., when some joker sets 'textwidth' to 5 all your lines
569are wrapped unexpectedly. So disable modelines before editing untrusted text.
570The mail ftplugin does this, for example.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000571
572Hint: If you would like to do something else than setting an option, you could
573define an autocommand that checks the file for a specific string. For
574example: >
575 au BufReadPost * if getline(1) =~ "VAR" | call SetVar() | endif
576And define a function SetVar() that does something with the line containing
577"VAR".
578
579==============================================================================
5803. Options summary *option-summary*
581
582In the list below all the options are mentioned with their full name and with
583an abbreviation if there is one. Both forms may be used.
584
585In this document when a boolean option is "set" that means that ":set option"
586is entered. When an option is "reset", ":set nooption" is used.
587
588For some options there are two default values: The "Vim default", which is
589used when 'compatible' is not set, and the "Vi default", which is used when
590'compatible' is set.
591
592Most options are the same in all windows and buffers. There are a few that
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000593are specific to how the text is presented in a window. These can be set to a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000594different value in each window. For example the 'list' option can be set in
595one window and reset in another for the same text, giving both types of view
596at the same time. There are a few options that are specific to a certain
597file. These can have a different value for each file or buffer. For example
598the 'textwidth' option can be 78 for a normal text file and 0 for a C
599program.
600
601 global one option for all buffers and windows
602 local to window each window has its own copy of this option
603 local to buffer each buffer has its own copy of this option
604
605When creating a new window the option values from the currently active window
606are used as a default value for the window-specific options. For the
607buffer-specific options this depends on the 's' and 'S' flags in the
608'cpoptions' option. If 's' is included (which is the default) the values for
609buffer options are copied from the currently active buffer when a buffer is
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000610first entered. If 'S' is present the options are copied each time the buffer
611is entered, this is almost like having global options. If 's' and 'S' are not
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000612present, the options are copied from the currently active buffer when the
613buffer is created.
614
Bram Moolenaar578b49e2005-09-10 19:22:57 +0000615Hidden options *hidden-options*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000616
Bram Moolenaar578b49e2005-09-10 19:22:57 +0000617Not all options are supported in all versions. This depends on the supported
618features and sometimes on the system. A remark about this is in curly braces
619below. When an option is not supported it may still be set without getting an
620error, this is called a hidden option. You can't get the value of a hidden
621option though, it is not stored.
622
623To test if option "foo" can be used with ":set" use something like this: >
624 if exists('&foo')
625This also returns true for a hidden option. To test if option "foo" is really
626supported use something like this: >
627 if exists('+foo')
628<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000629 *E355*
630A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
631
632 *'aleph'* *'al'* *aleph* *Aleph*
633'aleph' 'al' number (default 128 for MS-DOS, 224 otherwise)
634 global
635 {not in Vi}
636 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
637 feature}
638 The ASCII code for the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The
639 routine that maps the keyboard in Hebrew mode, both in Insert mode
640 (when hkmap is set) and on the command-line (when hitting CTRL-_)
641 outputs the Hebrew characters in the range [aleph..aleph+26].
642 aleph=128 applies to PC code, and aleph=224 applies to ISO 8859-8.
643 See |rileft.txt|.
644
645 *'allowrevins'* *'ari'* *'noallowrevins'* *'noari'*
646'allowrevins' 'ari' boolean (default off)
647 global
648 {not in Vi}
649 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
650 feature}
651 Allow CTRL-_ in Insert and Command-line mode. This is default off, to
652 avoid that users that accidentally type CTRL-_ instead of SHIFT-_ get
653 into reverse Insert mode, and don't know how to get out. See
654 'revins'.
655 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
656
657 *'altkeymap'* *'akm'* *'noaltkeymap'* *'noakm'*
658'altkeymap' 'akm' boolean (default off)
659 global
660 {not in Vi}
661 {only available when compiled with the |+farsi|
662 feature}
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000663 When on, the second language is Farsi. In editing mode CTRL-_ toggles
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000664 the keyboard map between Farsi and English, when 'allowrevins' set.
665
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000666 When off, the keyboard map toggles between Hebrew and English. This
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000667 is useful to start the Vim in native mode i.e. English (left-to-right
668 mode) and have default second language Farsi or Hebrew (right-to-left
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000669 mode). See |farsi.txt|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000670
671 *'ambiwidth'* *'ambw'*
672'ambiwidth' 'ambw' string (default: "single")
673 global
674 {not in Vi}
675 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
676 feature}
677 Only effective when 'encoding' is "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding.
678 Tells Vim what to do with characters with East Asian Width Class
679 Ambiguous (such as Euro, Registered Sign, Copyright Sign, Greek
680 letters, Cyrillic letters).
681
682 There are currently two possible values:
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000683 "single": Use the same width as characters in US-ASCII. This is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000684 expected by most users.
685 "double": Use twice the width of ASCII characters.
Bram Moolenaar5c3bd0a2010-08-04 20:55:44 +0200686 *E834* *E835*
687 The value "double" cannot be used if 'listchars' or 'fillchars'
688 contains a character that would be double width.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000689
690 There are a number of CJK fonts for which the width of glyphs for
691 those characters are solely based on how many octets they take in
692 legacy/traditional CJK encodings. In those encodings, Euro,
693 Registered sign, Greek/Cyrillic letters are represented by two octets,
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000694 therefore those fonts have "wide" glyphs for them. This is also
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000695 true of some line drawing characters used to make tables in text
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000696 file. Therefore, when a CJK font is used for GUI Vim or
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000697 Vim is running inside a terminal (emulators) that uses a CJK font
698 (or Vim is run inside an xterm invoked with "-cjkwidth" option.),
699 this option should be set to "double" to match the width perceived
700 by Vim with the width of glyphs in the font. Perhaps it also has
701 to be set to "double" under CJK Windows 9x/ME or Windows 2k/XP
702 when the system locale is set to one of CJK locales. See Unicode
703 Standard Annex #11 (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11).
704
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +0100705 Vim may set this option automatically at startup time when Vim is
706 compiled with the |+termresponse| feature and if |t_u7| is set to the
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +0200707 escape sequence to request cursor position report.
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +0100708
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000709 *'antialias'* *'anti'* *'noantialias'* *'noanti'*
710'antialias' 'anti' boolean (default: off)
711 global
712 {not in Vi}
713 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled
714 on Mac OS X}
715 This option only has an effect in the GUI version of Vim on Mac OS X
716 v10.2 or later. When on, Vim will use smooth ("antialiased") fonts,
717 which can be easier to read at certain sizes on certain displays.
718 Setting this option can sometimes cause problems if 'guifont' is set
719 to its default (empty string).
720
721 *'autochdir'* *'acd'* *'noautochdir'* *'noacd'*
722'autochdir' 'acd' boolean (default off)
723 global
724 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +0200725 {only available when compiled with it, use
726 exists("+autochdir") to check}
Bram Moolenaard8c00872005-07-22 21:52:15 +0000727 When on, Vim will change the current working directory whenever you
728 open a file, switch buffers, delete a buffer or open/close a window.
729 It will change to the directory containing the file which was opened
730 or selected.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000731 Note: When this option is on some plugins may not work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000732
733 *'arabic'* *'arab'* *'noarabic'* *'noarab'*
734'arabic' 'arab' boolean (default off)
735 local to window
736 {not in Vi}
737 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
738 feature}
739 This option can be set to start editing Arabic text.
740 Setting this option will:
741 - Set the 'rightleft' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
742 - Set the 'arabicshape' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
743 - Set the 'keymap' option to "arabic"; in Insert mode CTRL-^ toggles
744 between typing English and Arabic key mapping.
745 - Set the 'delcombine' option
746 Note that 'encoding' must be "utf-8" for working with Arabic text.
747
748 Resetting this option will:
749 - Reset the 'rightleft' option.
750 - Disable the use of 'keymap' (without changing its value).
751 Note that 'arabicshape' and 'delcombine' are not reset (it is a global
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +0200752 option).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000753 Also see |arabic.txt|.
754
755 *'arabicshape'* *'arshape'*
756 *'noarabicshape'* *'noarshape'*
757'arabicshape' 'arshape' boolean (default on)
758 global
759 {not in Vi}
760 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
761 feature}
762 When on and 'termbidi' is off, the required visual character
763 corrections that need to take place for displaying the Arabic language
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200764 take effect. Shaping, in essence, gets enabled; the term is a broad
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000765 one which encompasses:
766 a) the changing/morphing of characters based on their location
767 within a word (initial, medial, final and stand-alone).
768 b) the enabling of the ability to compose characters
769 c) the enabling of the required combining of some characters
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100770 When disabled the display shows each character's true stand-alone
771 form.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000772 Arabic is a complex language which requires other settings, for
773 further details see |arabic.txt|.
774
775 *'autoindent'* *'ai'* *'noautoindent'* *'noai'*
776'autoindent' 'ai' boolean (default off)
777 local to buffer
778 Copy indent from current line when starting a new line (typing <CR>
779 in Insert mode or when using the "o" or "O" command). If you do not
780 type anything on the new line except <BS> or CTRL-D and then type
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +0000781 <Esc>, CTRL-O or <CR>, the indent is deleted again. Moving the cursor
782 to another line has the same effect, unless the 'I' flag is included
783 in 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000784 When autoindent is on, formatting (with the "gq" command or when you
785 reach 'textwidth' in Insert mode) uses the indentation of the first
786 line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000787 When 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is on the indent is changed in
788 a different way.
789 The 'autoindent' option is reset when the 'paste' option is set.
790 {small difference from Vi: After the indent is deleted when typing
791 <Esc> or <CR>, the cursor position when moving up or down is after the
792 deleted indent; Vi puts the cursor somewhere in the deleted indent}.
793
794 *'autoread'* *'ar'* *'noautoread'* *'noar'*
795'autoread' 'ar' boolean (default off)
796 global or local to buffer |global-local|
797 {not in Vi}
798 When a file has been detected to have been changed outside of Vim and
799 it has not been changed inside of Vim, automatically read it again.
800 When the file has been deleted this is not done. |timestamp|
801 If this option has a local value, use this command to switch back to
802 using the global value: >
803 :set autoread<
804<
805 *'autowrite'* *'aw'* *'noautowrite'* *'noaw'*
806'autowrite' 'aw' boolean (default off)
807 global
808 Write the contents of the file, if it has been modified, on each
809 :next, :rewind, :last, :first, :previous, :stop, :suspend, :tag, :!,
Bram Moolenaar14716812006-05-04 21:54:08 +0000810 :make, CTRL-] and CTRL-^ command; and when a :buffer, CTRL-O, CTRL-I,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000811 '{A-Z0-9}, or `{A-Z0-9} command takes one to another file.
812 Note that for some commands the 'autowrite' option is not used, see
813 'autowriteall' for that.
814
815 *'autowriteall'* *'awa'* *'noautowriteall'* *'noawa'*
816'autowriteall' 'awa' boolean (default off)
817 global
818 {not in Vi}
819 Like 'autowrite', but also used for commands ":edit", ":enew", ":quit",
820 ":qall", ":exit", ":xit", ":recover" and closing the Vim window.
821 Setting this option also implies that Vim behaves like 'autowrite' has
822 been set.
823
824 *'background'* *'bg'*
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +0200825'background' 'bg' string (default "dark" or "light", see below)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000826 global
827 {not in Vi}
828 When set to "dark", Vim will try to use colors that look good on a
829 dark background. When set to "light", Vim will try to use colors that
830 look good on a light background. Any other value is illegal.
831 Vim tries to set the default value according to the terminal used.
832 This will not always be correct.
833 Setting this option does not change the background color, it tells Vim
834 what the background color looks like. For changing the background
835 color, see |:hi-normal|.
836
837 When 'background' is set Vim will adjust the default color groups for
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000838 the new value. But the colors used for syntax highlighting will not
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000839 change. *g:colors_name*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100840 When a color scheme is loaded (the "g:colors_name" variable is set)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000841 setting 'background' will cause the color scheme to be reloaded. If
842 the color scheme adjusts to the value of 'background' this will work.
843 However, if the color scheme sets 'background' itself the effect may
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100844 be undone. First delete the "g:colors_name" variable when needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000845
846 When setting 'background' to the default value with: >
847 :set background&
848< Vim will guess the value. In the GUI this should work correctly,
849 in other cases Vim might not be able to guess the right value.
850
851 When starting the GUI, the default value for 'background' will be
852 "light". When the value is not set in the .gvimrc, and Vim detects
853 that the background is actually quite dark, 'background' is set to
854 "dark". But this happens only AFTER the .gvimrc file has been read
855 (because the window needs to be opened to find the actual background
856 color). To get around this, force the GUI window to be opened by
857 putting a ":gui" command in the .gvimrc file, before where the value
858 of 'background' is used (e.g., before ":syntax on").
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +0200859
860 For MS-DOS, Windows and OS/2 the default is "dark".
861 For other systems "dark" is used when 'term' is "linux",
862 "screen.linux", "cygwin" or "putty", or $COLORFGBG suggests a dark
863 background. Otherwise the default is "light".
864
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000865 Normally this option would be set in the .vimrc file. Possibly
866 depending on the terminal name. Example: >
867 :if &term == "pcterm"
868 : set background=dark
869 :endif
870< When this option is set, the default settings for the highlight groups
871 will change. To use other settings, place ":highlight" commands AFTER
872 the setting of the 'background' option.
873 This option is also used in the "$VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim" file
874 to select the colors for syntax highlighting. After changing this
875 option, you must load syntax.vim again to see the result. This can be
876 done with ":syntax on".
877
878 *'backspace'* *'bs'*
879'backspace' 'bs' string (default "")
880 global
881 {not in Vi}
882 Influences the working of <BS>, <Del>, CTRL-W and CTRL-U in Insert
883 mode. This is a list of items, separated by commas. Each item allows
884 a way to backspace over something:
885 value effect ~
886 indent allow backspacing over autoindent
887 eol allow backspacing over line breaks (join lines)
888 start allow backspacing over the start of insert; CTRL-W and CTRL-U
889 stop once at the start of insert.
890
891 When the value is empty, Vi compatible backspacing is used.
892
893 For backwards compatibility with version 5.4 and earlier:
894 value effect ~
895 0 same as ":set backspace=" (Vi compatible)
896 1 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol"
897 2 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol,start"
898
899 See |:fixdel| if your <BS> or <Del> key does not do what you want.
900 NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
901
902 *'backup'* *'bk'* *'nobackup'* *'nobk'*
903'backup' 'bk' boolean (default off)
904 global
905 {not in Vi}
906 Make a backup before overwriting a file. Leave it around after the
907 file has been successfully written. If you do not want to keep the
908 backup file, but you do want a backup while the file is being
909 written, reset this option and set the 'writebackup' option (this is
910 the default). If you do not want a backup file at all reset both
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000911 options (use this if your file system is almost full). See the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000912 |backup-table| for more explanations.
913 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
914 When 'patchmode' is set, the backup may be renamed to become the
915 oldest version of a file.
916 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
917
918 *'backupcopy'* *'bkc'*
919'backupcopy' 'bkc' string (Vi default for Unix: "yes", otherwise: "auto")
Bram Moolenaarb8ee25a2014-09-23 15:45:08 +0200920 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000921 {not in Vi}
922 When writing a file and a backup is made, this option tells how it's
923 done. This is a comma separated list of words.
924
925 The main values are:
926 "yes" make a copy of the file and overwrite the original one
927 "no" rename the file and write a new one
928 "auto" one of the previous, what works best
929
930 Extra values that can be combined with the ones above are:
931 "breaksymlink" always break symlinks when writing
932 "breakhardlink" always break hardlinks when writing
933
934 Making a copy and overwriting the original file:
935 - Takes extra time to copy the file.
936 + When the file has special attributes, is a (hard/symbolic) link or
937 has a resource fork, all this is preserved.
938 - When the file is a link the backup will have the name of the link,
939 not of the real file.
940
941 Renaming the file and writing a new one:
942 + It's fast.
943 - Sometimes not all attributes of the file can be copied to the new
944 file.
945 - When the file is a link the new file will not be a link.
946
947 The "auto" value is the middle way: When Vim sees that renaming file
948 is possible without side effects (the attributes can be passed on and
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +0000949 the file is not a link) that is used. When problems are expected, a
950 copy will be made.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000951
952 The "breaksymlink" and "breakhardlink" values can be used in
953 combination with any of "yes", "no" and "auto". When included, they
954 force Vim to always break either symbolic or hard links by doing
955 exactly what the "no" option does, renaming the original file to
956 become the backup and writing a new file in its place. This can be
957 useful for example in source trees where all the files are symbolic or
958 hard links and any changes should stay in the local source tree, not
959 be propagated back to the original source.
960 *crontab*
961 One situation where "no" and "auto" will cause problems: A program
962 that opens a file, invokes Vim to edit that file, and then tests if
963 the open file was changed (through the file descriptor) will check the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000964 backup file instead of the newly created file. "crontab -e" is an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000965 example.
966
967 When a copy is made, the original file is truncated and then filled
968 with the new text. This means that protection bits, owner and
969 symbolic links of the original file are unmodified. The backup file
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000970 however, is a new file, owned by the user who edited the file. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000971 group of the backup is set to the group of the original file. If this
972 fails, the protection bits for the group are made the same as for
973 others.
974
975 When the file is renamed this is the other way around: The backup has
976 the same attributes of the original file, and the newly written file
977 is owned by the current user. When the file was a (hard/symbolic)
978 link, the new file will not! That's why the "auto" value doesn't
979 rename when the file is a link. The owner and group of the newly
980 written file will be set to the same ones as the original file, but
981 the system may refuse to do this. In that case the "auto" value will
982 again not rename the file.
983
984 *'backupdir'* *'bdir'*
985'backupdir' 'bdir' string (default for Amiga: ".,t:",
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +0100986 for MS-DOS and Win32: ".,$TEMP,c:/tmp,c:/temp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000987 for Unix: ".,~/tmp,~/")
988 global
989 {not in Vi}
990 List of directories for the backup file, separated with commas.
991 - The backup file will be created in the first directory in the list
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100992 where this is possible. The directory must exist, Vim will not
993 create it for you.
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +0100994 - Empty means that no backup file will be created ( 'patchmode' is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000995 impossible!). Writing may fail because of this.
996 - A directory "." means to put the backup file in the same directory
997 as the edited file.
Bram Moolenaar009b2592004-10-24 19:18:58 +0000998 - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-DOS et al.) means to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000999 put the backup file relative to where the edited file is. The
1000 leading "." is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
1001 ("." inside a directory name has no special meaning).
1002 - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
1003 of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
1004 name, precede it with a backslash.
1005 - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
1006 - A directory name may end in an '/'.
1007 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
1008 - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
1009 get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
1010 :set bdir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
1011< - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
1012 of the option is removed.
1013 See also 'backup' and 'writebackup' options.
1014 If you want to hide your backup files on Unix, consider this value: >
1015 :set backupdir=./.backup,~/.backup,.,/tmp
1016< You must create a ".backup" directory in each directory and in your
1017 home directory for this to work properly.
1018 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
1019 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
1020 uses another default.
1021 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1022 security reasons.
1023
1024 *'backupext'* *'bex'* *E589*
1025'backupext' 'bex' string (default "~", for VMS: "_")
1026 global
1027 {not in Vi}
1028 String which is appended to a file name to make the name of the
1029 backup file. The default is quite unusual, because this avoids
1030 accidentally overwriting existing files with a backup file. You might
1031 prefer using ".bak", but make sure that you don't have files with
1032 ".bak" that you want to keep.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001033 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001034
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00001035 If you like to keep a lot of backups, you could use a BufWritePre
1036 autocommand to change 'backupext' just before writing the file to
1037 include a timestamp. >
1038 :au BufWritePre * let &bex = '-' . strftime("%Y%b%d%X") . '~'
1039< Use 'backupdir' to put the backup in a different directory.
1040
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001041 *'backupskip'* *'bsk'*
1042'backupskip' 'bsk' string (default: "/tmp/*,$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*")
1043 global
1044 {not in Vi}
1045 {not available when compiled without the |+wildignore|
1046 feature}
1047 A list of file patterns. When one of the patterns matches with the
1048 name of the file which is written, no backup file is created. Both
1049 the specified file name and the full path name of the file are used.
1050 The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-patterns|.
1051 Watch out for special characters, see |option-backslash|.
1052 When $TMPDIR, $TMP or $TEMP is not defined, it is not used for the
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00001053 default value. "/tmp/*" is only used for Unix.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001054
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001055 WARNING: Not having a backup file means that when Vim fails to write
1056 your buffer correctly and then, for whatever reason, Vim exits, you
1057 lose both the original file and what you were writing. Only disable
1058 backups if you don't care about losing the file.
1059
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001060 Note that environment variables are not expanded. If you want to use
1061 $HOME you must expand it explicitly, e.g.: >
1062 :let backupskip = escape(expand('$HOME'), '\') . '/tmp/*'
1063
1064< Note that the default also makes sure that "crontab -e" works (when a
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00001065 backup would be made by renaming the original file crontab won't see
1066 the newly created file). Also see 'backupcopy' and |crontab|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001067
1068 *'balloondelay'* *'bdlay'*
1069'balloondelay' 'bdlay' number (default: 600)
1070 global
1071 {not in Vi}
1072 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
1073 feature}
1074 Delay in milliseconds before a balloon may pop up. See |balloon-eval|.
1075
1076 *'ballooneval'* *'beval'* *'noballooneval'* *'nobeval'*
1077'ballooneval' 'beval' boolean (default off)
1078 global
1079 {not in Vi}
1080 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001081 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001082 Switch on the |balloon-eval| functionality.
1083
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001084 *'balloonexpr'* *'bexpr'*
1085'balloonexpr' 'bexpr' string (default "")
Bram Moolenaar9b2200a2006-03-20 21:55:45 +00001086 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001087 {not in Vi}
1088 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
1089 feature}
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00001090 Expression for text to show in evaluation balloon. It is only used
1091 when 'ballooneval' is on. These variables can be used:
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001092
1093 v:beval_bufnr number of the buffer in which balloon is going to show
1094 v:beval_winnr number of the window
1095 v:beval_lnum line number
1096 v:beval_col column number (byte index)
1097 v:beval_text word under or after the mouse pointer
1098
1099 The evaluation of the expression must not have side effects!
1100 Example: >
1101 function! MyBalloonExpr()
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00001102 return 'Cursor is at line ' . v:beval_lnum .
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001103 \', column ' . v:beval_col .
1104 \ ' of file ' . bufname(v:beval_bufnr) .
1105 \ ' on word "' . v:beval_text . '"'
1106 endfunction
1107 set bexpr=MyBalloonExpr()
1108 set ballooneval
1109<
1110 NOTE: The balloon is displayed only if the cursor is on a text
1111 character. If the result of evaluating 'balloonexpr' is not empty,
1112 Vim does not try to send a message to an external debugger (Netbeans
1113 or Sun Workshop).
1114
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001115 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
1116 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00001117
1118 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
1119 evaluating 'balloonexpr' |textlock|.
1120
Bram Moolenaar87e25fd2005-07-27 21:13:01 +00001121 To check whether line breaks in the balloon text work use this check: >
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00001122 if has("balloon_multiline")
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00001123< When they are supported "\n" characters will start a new line. If the
1124 expression evaluates to a |List| this is equal to using each List item
1125 as a string and putting "\n" in between them.
1126
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001127 *'binary'* *'bin'* *'nobinary'* *'nobin'*
1128'binary' 'bin' boolean (default off)
1129 local to buffer
1130 {not in Vi}
1131 This option should be set before editing a binary file. You can also
1132 use the |-b| Vim argument. When this option is switched on a few
1133 options will be changed (also when it already was on):
1134 'textwidth' will be set to 0
1135 'wrapmargin' will be set to 0
1136 'modeline' will be off
1137 'expandtab' will be off
1138 Also, 'fileformat' and 'fileformats' options will not be used, the
1139 file is read and written like 'fileformat' was "unix" (a single <NL>
1140 separates lines).
1141 The 'fileencoding' and 'fileencodings' options will not be used, the
1142 file is read without conversion.
1143 NOTE: When you start editing a(nother) file while the 'bin' option is
1144 on, settings from autocommands may change the settings again (e.g.,
1145 'textwidth'), causing trouble when editing. You might want to set
1146 'bin' again when the file has been loaded.
1147 The previous values of these options are remembered and restored when
1148 'bin' is switched from on to off. Each buffer has its own set of
1149 saved option values.
1150 To edit a file with 'binary' set you can use the |++bin| argument.
1151 This avoids you have to do ":set bin", which would have effect for all
1152 files you edit.
1153 When writing a file the <EOL> for the last line is only written if
1154 there was one in the original file (normally Vim appends an <EOL> to
1155 the last line if there is none; this would make the file longer). See
1156 the 'endofline' option.
1157
1158 *'bioskey'* *'biosk'* *'nobioskey'* *'nobiosk'*
1159'bioskey' 'biosk' boolean (default on)
1160 global
1161 {not in Vi} {only for MS-DOS}
Bram Moolenaar87e25fd2005-07-27 21:13:01 +00001162 When on the BIOS is called to obtain a keyboard character. This works
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001163 better to detect CTRL-C, but only works for the console. When using a
1164 terminal over a serial port reset this option.
1165 Also see |'conskey'|.
1166
1167 *'bomb'* *'nobomb'*
1168'bomb' boolean (default off)
1169 local to buffer
1170 {not in Vi}
1171 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
1172 feature}
1173 When writing a file and the following conditions are met, a BOM (Byte
1174 Order Mark) is prepended to the file:
1175 - this option is on
1176 - the 'binary' option is off
1177 - 'fileencoding' is "utf-8", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" or one of the little/big
1178 endian variants.
1179 Some applications use the BOM to recognize the encoding of the file.
1180 Often used for UCS-2 files on MS-Windows. For other applications it
1181 causes trouble, for example: "cat file1 file2" makes the BOM of file2
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001182 appear halfway the resulting file. Gcc doesn't accept a BOM.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001183 When Vim reads a file and 'fileencodings' starts with "ucs-bom", a
1184 check for the presence of the BOM is done and 'bomb' set accordingly.
1185 Unless 'binary' is set, it is removed from the first line, so that you
1186 don't see it when editing. When you don't change the options, the BOM
1187 will be restored when writing the file.
1188
1189 *'breakat'* *'brk'*
1190'breakat' 'brk' string (default " ^I!@*-+;:,./?")
1191 global
1192 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02001193 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001194 feature}
1195 This option lets you choose which characters might cause a line
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00001196 break if 'linebreak' is on. Only works for ASCII and also for 8-bit
1197 characters when 'encoding' is an 8-bit encoding.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001198
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001199 *'breakindent'* *'bri'*
1200'breakindent' 'bri' boolean (default off)
1201 local to window
1202 {not in Vi}
1203 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
1204 feature}
1205 Every wrapped line will continue visually indented (same amount of
1206 space as the beginning of that line), thus preserving horizontal blocks
1207 of text.
1208
1209 *'breakindentopt'* *'briopt'*
1210'breakindentopt' 'briopt' string (default empty)
1211 local to window
1212 {not in Vi}
1213 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
1214 feature}
1215 Settings for 'breakindent'. It can consist of the following optional
Bram Moolenaar86b17e92014-07-02 20:00:47 +02001216 items and must be separated by a comma:
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001217 min:{n} Minimum text width that will be kept after
1218 applying 'breakindent', even if the resulting
1219 text should normally be narrower. This prevents
1220 text indented almost to the right window border
1221 occupying lot of vertical space when broken.
Bram Moolenaar86b17e92014-07-02 20:00:47 +02001222 shift:{n} After applying 'breakindent', the wrapped line's
1223 beginning will be shifted by the given number of
1224 characters. It permits dynamic French paragraph
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001225 indentation (negative) or emphasizing the line
1226 continuation (positive).
1227 sbr Display the 'showbreak' value before applying the
1228 additional indent.
1229 The default value for min is 20 and shift is 0.
1230
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001231 *'browsedir'* *'bsdir'*
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00001232'browsedir' 'bsdir' string (default: "last")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001233 global
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001234 {not in Vi} {only for Motif, Athena, GTK, Mac and
1235 Win32 GUI}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001236 Which directory to use for the file browser:
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001237 last Use same directory as with last file browser, where a
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02001238 file was opened or saved.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001239 buffer Use the directory of the related buffer.
1240 current Use the current directory.
1241 {path} Use the specified directory
1242
1243 *'bufhidden'* *'bh'*
1244'bufhidden' 'bh' string (default: "")
1245 local to buffer
1246 {not in Vi}
1247 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
1248 feature}
1249 This option specifies what happens when a buffer is no longer
1250 displayed in a window:
1251 <empty> follow the global 'hidden' option
1252 hide hide the buffer (don't unload it), also when 'hidden'
1253 is not set
1254 unload unload the buffer, also when 'hidden' is set or using
1255 |:hide|
1256 delete delete the buffer from the buffer list, also when
1257 'hidden' is set or using |:hide|, like using
1258 |:bdelete|
1259 wipe wipe out the buffer from the buffer list, also when
1260 'hidden' is set or using |:hide|, like using
1261 |:bwipeout|
1262
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00001263 CAREFUL: when "unload", "delete" or "wipe" is used changes in a buffer
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001264 are lost without a warning. Also, these values may break autocommands
1265 that switch between buffers temporarily.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001266 This option is used together with 'buftype' and 'swapfile' to specify
1267 special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
1268
1269 *'buflisted'* *'bl'* *'nobuflisted'* *'nobl'* *E85*
1270'buflisted' 'bl' boolean (default: on)
1271 local to buffer
1272 {not in Vi}
1273 When this option is set, the buffer shows up in the buffer list. If
1274 it is reset it is not used for ":bnext", "ls", the Buffers menu, etc.
1275 This option is reset by Vim for buffers that are only used to remember
1276 a file name or marks. Vim sets it when starting to edit a buffer.
1277 But not when moving to a buffer with ":buffer".
1278
1279 *'buftype'* *'bt'* *E382*
1280'buftype' 'bt' string (default: "")
1281 local to buffer
1282 {not in Vi}
1283 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
1284 feature}
1285 The value of this option specifies the type of a buffer:
1286 <empty> normal buffer
1287 nofile buffer which is not related to a file and will not be
1288 written
1289 nowrite buffer which will not be written
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00001290 acwrite buffer which will always be written with BufWriteCmd
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00001291 autocommands. {not available when compiled without the
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00001292 |+autocmd| feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001293 quickfix quickfix buffer, contains list of errors |:cwindow|
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00001294 or list of locations |:lwindow|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001295 help help buffer (you are not supposed to set this
1296 manually)
1297
1298 This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'swapfile' to
1299 specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
1300
1301 Be careful with changing this option, it can have many side effects!
1302
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00001303 A "quickfix" buffer is only used for the error list and the location
1304 list. This value is set by the |:cwindow| and |:lwindow| commands and
1305 you are not supposed to change it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001306
1307 "nofile" and "nowrite" buffers are similar:
1308 both: The buffer is not to be written to disk, ":w" doesn't
1309 work (":w filename" does work though).
1310 both: The buffer is never considered to be |'modified'|.
1311 There is no warning when the changes will be lost, for
1312 example when you quit Vim.
1313 both: A swap file is only created when using too much memory
1314 (when 'swapfile' has been reset there is never a swap
1315 file).
1316 nofile only: The buffer name is fixed, it is not handled like a
1317 file name. It is not modified in response to a |:cd|
1318 command.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001319 both: When using ":e bufname" and already editing "bufname"
1320 the buffer is made empty and autocommands are
1321 triggered as usual for |:edit|.
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00001322 *E676*
1323 "acwrite" implies that the buffer name is not related to a file, like
1324 "nofile", but it will be written. Thus, in contrast to "nofile" and
1325 "nowrite", ":w" does work and a modified buffer can't be abandoned
1326 without saving. For writing there must be matching |BufWriteCmd|,
1327 |FileWriteCmd| or |FileAppendCmd| autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001328
1329 *'casemap'* *'cmp'*
1330'casemap' 'cmp' string (default: "internal,keepascii")
1331 global
1332 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar2217cae2006-03-25 21:55:52 +00001333 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
1334 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001335 Specifies details about changing the case of letters. It may contain
1336 these words, separated by a comma:
1337 internal Use internal case mapping functions, the current
1338 locale does not change the case mapping. This only
Bram Moolenaar6f16eb82005-08-23 21:02:42 +00001339 matters when 'encoding' is a Unicode encoding,
1340 "latin1" or "iso-8859-15". When "internal" is
1341 omitted, the towupper() and towlower() system library
1342 functions are used when available.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001343 keepascii For the ASCII characters (0x00 to 0x7f) use the US
1344 case mapping, the current locale is not effective.
1345 This probably only matters for Turkish.
1346
1347 *'cdpath'* *'cd'* *E344* *E346*
1348'cdpath' 'cd' string (default: equivalent to $CDPATH or ",,")
1349 global
1350 {not in Vi}
1351 {not available when compiled without the
1352 |+file_in_path| feature}
1353 This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
1354 |:cd| and |:lcd| commands, provided that the directory being searched
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00001355 for has a relative path, not an absolute part starting with "/", "./"
1356 or "../", the 'cdpath' option is not used then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001357 The 'cdpath' option's value has the same form and semantics as
1358 |'path'|. Also see |file-searching|.
1359 The default value is taken from $CDPATH, with a "," prepended to look
1360 in the current directory first.
1361 If the default value taken from $CDPATH is not what you want, include
1362 a modified version of the following command in your vimrc file to
1363 override it: >
1364 :let &cdpath = ',' . substitute(substitute($CDPATH, '[, ]', '\\\0', 'g'), ':', ',', 'g')
1365< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1366 security reasons.
1367 (parts of 'cdpath' can be passed to the shell to expand file names).
1368
1369 *'cedit'*
1370'cedit' string (Vi default: "", Vim default: CTRL-F)
1371 global
1372 {not in Vi}
1373 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
1374 feature}
1375 The key used in Command-line Mode to open the command-line window.
1376 The default is CTRL-F when 'compatible' is off.
1377 Only non-printable keys are allowed.
1378 The key can be specified as a single character, but it is difficult to
1379 type. The preferred way is to use the <> notation. Examples: >
1380 :set cedit=<C-Y>
1381 :set cedit=<Esc>
1382< |Nvi| also has this option, but it only uses the first character.
1383 See |cmdwin|.
1384
1385 *'charconvert'* *'ccv'* *E202* *E214* *E513*
1386'charconvert' 'ccv' string (default "")
1387 global
1388 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02001389 and |+eval| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001390 {not in Vi}
1391 An expression that is used for character encoding conversion. It is
1392 evaluated when a file that is to be read or has been written has a
1393 different encoding from what is desired.
1394 'charconvert' is not used when the internal iconv() function is
1395 supported and is able to do the conversion. Using iconv() is
1396 preferred, because it is much faster.
1397 'charconvert' is not used when reading stdin |--|, because there is no
1398 file to convert from. You will have to save the text in a file first.
1399 The expression must return zero or an empty string for success,
1400 non-zero for failure.
1401 The possible encoding names encountered are in 'encoding'.
1402 Additionally, names given in 'fileencodings' and 'fileencoding' are
1403 used.
1404 Conversion between "latin1", "unicode", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" and "utf-8"
1405 is done internally by Vim, 'charconvert' is not used for this.
1406 'charconvert' is also used to convert the viminfo file, if the 'c'
1407 flag is present in 'viminfo'. Also used for Unicode conversion.
1408 Example: >
1409 set charconvert=CharConvert()
1410 fun CharConvert()
1411 system("recode "
1412 \ . v:charconvert_from . ".." . v:charconvert_to
1413 \ . " <" . v:fname_in . " >" v:fname_out)
1414 return v:shell_error
1415 endfun
1416< The related Vim variables are:
1417 v:charconvert_from name of the current encoding
1418 v:charconvert_to name of the desired encoding
1419 v:fname_in name of the input file
1420 v:fname_out name of the output file
1421 Note that v:fname_in and v:fname_out will never be the same.
1422 Note that v:charconvert_from and v:charconvert_to may be different
1423 from 'encoding'. Vim internally uses UTF-8 instead of UCS-2 or UCS-4.
1424 Encryption is not done by Vim when using 'charconvert'. If you want
1425 to encrypt the file after conversion, 'charconvert' should take care
1426 of this.
1427 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1428 security reasons.
1429
1430 *'cindent'* *'cin'* *'nocindent'* *'nocin'*
1431'cindent' 'cin' boolean (default off)
1432 local to buffer
1433 {not in Vi}
1434 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
1435 feature}
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001436 Enables automatic C program indenting. See 'cinkeys' to set the keys
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001437 that trigger reindenting in insert mode and 'cinoptions' to set your
1438 preferred indent style.
1439 If 'indentexpr' is not empty, it overrules 'cindent'.
1440 If 'lisp' is not on and both 'indentexpr' and 'equalprg' are empty,
1441 the "=" operator indents using this algorithm rather than calling an
1442 external program.
1443 See |C-indenting|.
1444 When you don't like the way 'cindent' works, try the 'smartindent'
1445 option or 'indentexpr'.
1446 This option is not used when 'paste' is set.
1447 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
1448
1449 *'cinkeys'* *'cink'*
1450'cinkeys' 'cink' string (default "0{,0},0),:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
1451 local to buffer
1452 {not in Vi}
1453 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
1454 feature}
1455 A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
1456 the current line. Only used if 'cindent' is on and 'indentexpr' is
1457 empty.
1458 For the format of this option see |cinkeys-format|.
1459 See |C-indenting|.
1460
1461 *'cinoptions'* *'cino'*
1462'cinoptions' 'cino' string (default "")
1463 local to buffer
1464 {not in Vi}
1465 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
1466 feature}
1467 The 'cinoptions' affect the way 'cindent' reindents lines in a C
1468 program. See |cinoptions-values| for the values of this option, and
1469 |C-indenting| for info on C indenting in general.
1470
1471
1472 *'cinwords'* *'cinw'*
1473'cinwords' 'cinw' string (default "if,else,while,do,for,switch")
1474 local to buffer
1475 {not in Vi}
1476 {not available when compiled without both the
1477 |+cindent| and the |+smartindent| features}
1478 These keywords start an extra indent in the next line when
1479 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is set. For 'cindent' this is only done at
1480 an appropriate place (inside {}).
1481 Note that 'ignorecase' isn't used for 'cinwords'. If case doesn't
1482 matter, include the keyword both the uppercase and lowercase:
1483 "if,If,IF".
1484
1485 *'clipboard'* *'cb'*
1486'clipboard' 'cb' string (default "autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux"
1487 for X-windows, "" otherwise)
1488 global
1489 {not in Vi}
1490 {only in GUI versions or when the |+xterm_clipboard|
1491 feature is included}
1492 This option is a list of comma separated names.
1493 These names are recognized:
1494
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001495 *clipboard-unnamed*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001496 unnamed When included, Vim will use the clipboard register '*'
1497 for all yank, delete, change and put operations which
1498 would normally go to the unnamed register. When a
1499 register is explicitly specified, it will always be
1500 used regardless of whether "unnamed" is in 'clipboard'
1501 or not. The clipboard register can always be
1502 explicitly accessed using the "* notation. Also see
1503 |gui-clipboard|.
1504
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001505 *clipboard-unnamedplus*
Bram Moolenaar00154502013-02-13 16:15:55 +01001506 unnamedplus A variant of the "unnamed" flag which uses the
1507 clipboard register '+' (|quoteplus|) instead of
1508 register '*' for all yank, delete, change and put
1509 operations which would normally go to the unnamed
1510 register. When "unnamed" is also included to the
1511 option, yank operations (but not delete, change or
1512 put) will additionally copy the text into register
1513 '*'.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01001514 Only available with the |+X11| feature.
Bram Moolenaarbf9680e2010-12-02 21:43:16 +01001515 Availability can be checked with: >
1516 if has('unnamedplus')
1517<
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001518 *clipboard-autoselect*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001519 autoselect Works like the 'a' flag in 'guioptions': If present,
1520 then whenever Visual mode is started, or the Visual
1521 area extended, Vim tries to become the owner of the
1522 windowing system's global selection or put the
1523 selected text on the clipboard used by the selection
1524 register "*. See |guioptions_a| and |quotestar| for
1525 details. When the GUI is active, the 'a' flag in
1526 'guioptions' is used, when the GUI is not active, this
1527 "autoselect" flag is used.
1528 Also applies to the modeless selection.
1529
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001530 *clipboard-autoselectplus*
1531 autoselectplus Like "autoselect" but using the + register instead of
1532 the * register. Compare to the 'P' flag in
1533 'guioptions'.
1534
1535 *clipboard-autoselectml*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001536 autoselectml Like "autoselect", but for the modeless selection
1537 only. Compare to the 'A' flag in 'guioptions'.
1538
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001539 *clipboard-html*
Bram Moolenaar3a6eaa52009-06-16 13:23:06 +00001540 html When the clipboard contains HTML, use this when
1541 pasting. When putting text on the clipboard, mark it
1542 as HTML. This works to copy rendered HTML from
1543 Firefox, paste it as raw HTML in Vim, select the HTML
1544 in Vim and paste it in a rich edit box in Firefox.
Bram Moolenaar20a825a2010-05-31 21:27:30 +02001545 You probably want to add this only temporarily,
1546 possibly use BufEnter autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar3a6eaa52009-06-16 13:23:06 +00001547 Only supported for GTK version 2 and later.
1548 Only available with the |+multi_byte| feature.
1549
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001550 *clipboard-exclude*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001551 exclude:{pattern}
1552 Defines a pattern that is matched against the name of
1553 the terminal 'term'. If there is a match, no
1554 connection will be made to the X server. This is
1555 useful in this situation:
1556 - Running Vim in a console.
1557 - $DISPLAY is set to start applications on another
1558 display.
1559 - You do not want to connect to the X server in the
1560 console, but do want this in a terminal emulator.
1561 To never connect to the X server use: >
1562 exclude:.*
1563< This has the same effect as using the |-X| argument.
1564 Note that when there is no connection to the X server
1565 the window title won't be restored and the clipboard
1566 cannot be accessed.
1567 The value of 'magic' is ignored, {pattern} is
1568 interpreted as if 'magic' was on.
1569 The rest of the option value will be used for
1570 {pattern}, this must be the last entry.
1571
1572 *'cmdheight'* *'ch'*
1573'cmdheight' 'ch' number (default 1)
1574 global
1575 {not in Vi}
1576 Number of screen lines to use for the command-line. Helps avoiding
1577 |hit-enter| prompts.
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +00001578 The value of this option is stored with the tab page, so that each tab
1579 page can have a different value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001580
1581 *'cmdwinheight'* *'cwh'*
1582'cmdwinheight' 'cwh' number (default 7)
1583 global
1584 {not in Vi}
1585 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
1586 feature}
1587 Number of screen lines to use for the command-line window. |cmdwin|
1588
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001589 *'colorcolumn'* *'cc'*
1590'colorcolumn' 'cc' string (default "")
1591 local to window
1592 {not in Vi}
1593 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
1594 feature}
1595 'colorcolumn' is a comma separated list of screen columns that are
1596 highlighted with ColorColumn |hl-ColorColumn|. Useful to align
1597 text. Will make screen redrawing slower.
1598 The screen column can be an absolute number, or a number preceded with
1599 '+' or '-', which is added to or subtracted from 'textwidth'. >
1600
1601 :set cc=+1 " highlight column after 'textwidth'
1602 :set cc=+1,+2,+3 " highlight three columns after 'textwidth'
1603 :hi ColorColumn ctermbg=lightgrey guibg=lightgrey
1604<
1605 When 'textwidth' is zero then the items with '-' and '+' are not used.
1606 A maximum of 256 columns are highlighted.
1607
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001608 *'columns'* *'co'* *E594*
1609'columns' 'co' number (default 80 or terminal width)
1610 global
1611 {not in Vi}
1612 Number of columns of the screen. Normally this is set by the terminal
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00001613 initialization and does not have to be set by hand. Also see
1614 |posix-screen-size|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001615 When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
1616 option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
1617 to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |gvimrc| file.
1618 When you set this option and Vim is unable to change the physical
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001619 number of columns of the display, the display may be messed up. For
1620 the GUI it is always possible and Vim limits the number of columns to
1621 what fits on the screen. You can use this command to get the widest
1622 window possible: >
1623 :set columns=9999
1624< Minimum value is 12, maximum value is 10000.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001625
1626 *'comments'* *'com'* *E524* *E525*
1627'comments' 'com' string (default
1628 "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://,b:#,:%,:XCOMM,n:>,fb:-")
1629 local to buffer
1630 {not in Vi}
1631 {not available when compiled without the |+comments|
1632 feature}
1633 A comma separated list of strings that can start a comment line. See
1634 |format-comments|. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes to
1635 insert a space.
1636
1637 *'commentstring'* *'cms'* *E537*
1638'commentstring' 'cms' string (default "/*%s*/")
1639 local to buffer
1640 {not in Vi}
1641 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
1642 feature}
1643 A template for a comment. The "%s" in the value is replaced with the
1644 comment text. Currently only used to add markers for folding, see
1645 |fold-marker|.
1646
1647 *'compatible'* *'cp'* *'nocompatible'* *'nocp'*
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001648'compatible' 'cp' boolean (default on, off when a |vimrc| or |gvimrc|
1649 file is found)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001650 global
1651 {not in Vi}
1652 This option has the effect of making Vim either more Vi-compatible, or
1653 make Vim behave in a more useful way.
1654 This is a special kind of option, because when it's set or reset,
1655 other options are also changed as a side effect. CAREFUL: Setting or
1656 resetting this option can have a lot of unexpected effects: Mappings
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001657 are interpreted in another way, undo behaves differently, etc. If you
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001658 set this option in your vimrc file, you should probably put it at the
1659 very start.
1660 By default this option is on and the Vi defaults are used for the
1661 options. This default was chosen for those people who want to use Vim
1662 just like Vi, and don't even (want to) know about the 'compatible'
1663 option.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001664 When a |vimrc| or |gvimrc| file is found while Vim is starting up,
Bram Moolenaard042c562005-06-30 22:04:15 +00001665 this option is switched off, and all options that have not been
1666 modified will be set to the Vim defaults. Effectively, this means
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001667 that when a |vimrc| or |gvimrc| file exists, Vim will use the Vim
Bram Moolenaard042c562005-06-30 22:04:15 +00001668 defaults, otherwise it will use the Vi defaults. (Note: This doesn't
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001669 happen for the system-wide vimrc or gvimrc file, nor for a file given
1670 with the |-u| argument). Also see |compatible-default| and
1671 |posix-compliance|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001672 You can also set this option with the "-C" argument, and reset it with
1673 "-N". See |-C| and |-N|.
1674 Switching this option off makes the Vim defaults be used for options
1675 that have a different Vi and Vim default value. See the options
1676 marked with a '+' below. Other options are not modified.
1677 At the moment this option is set, several other options will be set
1678 or reset to make Vim as Vi-compatible as possible. See the table
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001679 below. This can be used if you want to revert to Vi compatible
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001680 editing.
1681 See also 'cpoptions'.
1682
1683 option + set value effect ~
1684
1685 'allowrevins' off no CTRL-_ command
1686 'backupcopy' Unix: "yes" backup file is a copy
1687 others: "auto" copy or rename backup file
1688 'backspace' "" normal backspace
1689 'backup' off no backup file
1690 'cindent' off no C code indentation
1691 'cedit' + "" no key to open the |cmdwin|
1692 'cpoptions' + (all flags) Vi-compatible flags
1693 'cscopetag' off don't use cscope for ":tag"
1694 'cscopetagorder' 0 see |cscopetagorder|
1695 'cscopeverbose' off see |cscopeverbose|
1696 'digraph' off no digraphs
1697 'esckeys' + off no <Esc>-keys in Insert mode
1698 'expandtab' off tabs not expanded to spaces
1699 'fileformats' + "" no automatic file format detection,
1700 "dos,unix" except for DOS, Windows and OS/2
1701 'formatoptions' + "vt" Vi compatible formatting
1702 'gdefault' off no default 'g' flag for ":s"
1703 'history' + 0 no commandline history
1704 'hkmap' off no Hebrew keyboard mapping
1705 'hkmapp' off no phonetic Hebrew keyboard mapping
1706 'hlsearch' off no highlighting of search matches
1707 'incsearch' off no incremental searching
1708 'indentexpr' "" no indenting by expression
1709 'insertmode' off do not start in Insert mode
1710 'iskeyword' + "@,48-57,_" keywords contain alphanumeric
1711 characters and '_'
1712 'joinspaces' on insert 2 spaces after period
1713 'modeline' + off no modelines
1714 'more' + off no pauses in listings
1715 'revins' off no reverse insert
1716 'ruler' off no ruler
1717 'scrolljump' 1 no jump scroll
1718 'scrolloff' 0 no scroll offset
1719 'shiftround' off indent not rounded to shiftwidth
1720 'shortmess' + "" no shortening of messages
1721 'showcmd' + off command characters not shown
1722 'showmode' + off current mode not shown
1723 'smartcase' off no automatic ignore case switch
1724 'smartindent' off no smart indentation
1725 'smarttab' off no smart tab size
1726 'softtabstop' 0 tabs are always 'tabstop' positions
1727 'startofline' on goto startofline with some commands
1728 'tagrelative' + off tag file names are not relative
1729 'textauto' + off no automatic textmode detection
1730 'textwidth' 0 no automatic line wrap
1731 'tildeop' off tilde is not an operator
1732 'ttimeout' off no terminal timeout
1733 'whichwrap' + "" left-right movements don't wrap
1734 'wildchar' + CTRL-E only when the current value is <Tab>
1735 use CTRL-E for cmdline completion
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02001736 'writebackup' on or off depends on the |+writebackup| feature
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001737
1738 *'complete'* *'cpt'* *E535*
1739'complete' 'cpt' string (default: ".,w,b,u,t,i")
1740 local to buffer
1741 {not in Vi}
1742 This option specifies how keyword completion |ins-completion| works
1743 when CTRL-P or CTRL-N are used. It is also used for whole-line
1744 completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L|. It indicates the type of completion
1745 and the places to scan. It is a comma separated list of flags:
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001746 . scan the current buffer ( 'wrapscan' is ignored)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001747 w scan buffers from other windows
1748 b scan other loaded buffers that are in the buffer list
1749 u scan the unloaded buffers that are in the buffer list
1750 U scan the buffers that are not in the buffer list
1751 k scan the files given with the 'dictionary' option
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00001752 kspell use the currently active spell checking |spell|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001753 k{dict} scan the file {dict}. Several "k" flags can be given,
1754 patterns are valid too. For example: >
1755 :set cpt=k/usr/dict/*,k~/spanish
1756< s scan the files given with the 'thesaurus' option
1757 s{tsr} scan the file {tsr}. Several "s" flags can be given, patterns
1758 are valid too.
1759 i scan current and included files
1760 d scan current and included files for defined name or macro
1761 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D|
1762 ] tag completion
1763 t same as "]"
1764
1765 Unloaded buffers are not loaded, thus their autocmds |:autocmd| are
1766 not executed, this may lead to unexpected completions from some files
1767 (gzipped files for example). Unloaded buffers are not scanned for
1768 whole-line completion.
1769
1770 The default is ".,w,b,u,t,i", which means to scan:
1771 1. the current buffer
1772 2. buffers in other windows
1773 3. other loaded buffers
1774 4. unloaded buffers
1775 5. tags
1776 6. included files
1777
1778 As you can see, CTRL-N and CTRL-P can be used to do any 'iskeyword'-
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00001779 based expansion (e.g., dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|, included patterns
1780 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I|, tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| and normal expansions).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001781
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00001782 *'completefunc'* *'cfu'*
1783'completefunc' 'cfu' string (default: empty)
1784 local to buffer
1785 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02001786 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
1787 or |+insert_expand| features}
Bram Moolenaarc7486e02005-12-29 22:48:26 +00001788 This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode completion
1789 with CTRL-X CTRL-U. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00001790 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
1791 invoked and what it should return.
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001792 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1793 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00001794
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00001795 *'completeopt'* *'cot'*
Bram Moolenaar96d2c5b2006-03-11 21:27:59 +00001796'completeopt' 'cot' string (default: "menu,preview")
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00001797 global
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00001798 {not available when compiled without the
1799 |+insert_expand| feature}
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00001800 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarc7453f52006-02-10 23:20:28 +00001801 A comma separated list of options for Insert mode completion
1802 |ins-completion|. The supported values are:
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00001803
1804 menu Use a popup menu to show the possible completions. The
1805 menu is only shown when there is more than one match and
1806 sufficient colors are available. |ins-completion-menu|
1807
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00001808 menuone Use the popup menu also when there is only one match.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00001809 Useful when there is additional information about the
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00001810 match, e.g., what file it comes from.
1811
Bram Moolenaarc1e37902006-04-18 21:55:01 +00001812 longest Only insert the longest common text of the matches. If
1813 the menu is displayed you can use CTRL-L to add more
1814 characters. Whether case is ignored depends on the kind
1815 of completion. For buffer text the 'ignorecase' option is
1816 used.
Bram Moolenaarc7453f52006-02-10 23:20:28 +00001817
Bram Moolenaar96d2c5b2006-03-11 21:27:59 +00001818 preview Show extra information about the currently selected
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001819 completion in the preview window. Only works in
1820 combination with "menu" or "menuone".
1821
Bram Moolenaar96d2c5b2006-03-11 21:27:59 +00001822
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02001823 *'concealcursor'* *'cocu'*
1824'concealcursor' 'cocu' string (default: "")
1825 local to window
1826 {not in Vi}
1827 {not available when compiled without the |+conceal|
1828 feature}
1829 Sets the modes in which text in the cursor line can also be concealed.
1830 When the current mode is listed then concealing happens just like in
1831 other lines.
1832 n Normal mode
1833 v Visual mode
1834 i Insert mode
Bram Moolenaarca8c9862010-07-24 15:00:38 +02001835 c Command line editing, for 'incsearch'
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02001836
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +02001837 'v' applies to all lines in the Visual area, not only the cursor.
Bram Moolenaarca8c9862010-07-24 15:00:38 +02001838 A useful value is "nc". This is used in help files. So long as you
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02001839 are moving around text is concealed, but when starting to insert text
1840 or selecting a Visual area the concealed text is displayed, so that
1841 you can see what you are doing.
Bram Moolenaarf70e3d62010-07-24 13:15:07 +02001842 Keep in mind that the cursor position is not always where it's
1843 displayed. E.g., when moving vertically it may change column.
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02001844
1845
1846'conceallevel' 'cole' *'conceallevel'* *'cole'*
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02001847 number (default 0)
1848 local to window
1849 {not in Vi}
1850 {not available when compiled without the |+conceal|
1851 feature}
Bram Moolenaar6df6f472010-07-18 18:04:50 +02001852 Determine how text with the "conceal" syntax attribute |:syn-conceal|
1853 is shown:
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02001854
Bram Moolenaar6df6f472010-07-18 18:04:50 +02001855 Value Effect ~
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02001856 0 Text is shown normally
Bram Moolenaar477db062010-07-28 18:17:41 +02001857 1 Each block of concealed text is replaced with one
1858 character. If the syntax item does not have a custom
1859 replacement character defined (see |:syn-cchar|) the
1860 character defined in 'listchars' is used (default is a
1861 space).
1862 It is highlighted with the "Conceal" highlight group.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02001863 2 Concealed text is completely hidden unless it has a
1864 custom replacement character defined (see
Bram Moolenaar477db062010-07-28 18:17:41 +02001865 |:syn-cchar|).
Bram Moolenaara7781e02010-07-19 20:13:22 +02001866 3 Concealed text is completely hidden.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02001867
Bram Moolenaara7781e02010-07-19 20:13:22 +02001868 Note: in the cursor line concealed text is not hidden, so that you can
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02001869 edit and copy the text. This can be changed with the 'concealcursor'
1870 option.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02001871
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001872 *'confirm'* *'cf'* *'noconfirm'* *'nocf'*
1873'confirm' 'cf' boolean (default off)
1874 global
1875 {not in Vi}
1876 When 'confirm' is on, certain operations that would normally
1877 fail because of unsaved changes to a buffer, e.g. ":q" and ":e",
1878 instead raise a |dialog| asking if you wish to save the current
1879 file(s). You can still use a ! to unconditionally |abandon| a buffer.
1880 If 'confirm' is off you can still activate confirmation for one
1881 command only (this is most useful in mappings) with the |:confirm|
1882 command.
1883 Also see the |confirm()| function and the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'.
1884
1885 *'conskey'* *'consk'* *'noconskey'* *'noconsk'*
1886'conskey' 'consk' boolean (default off)
1887 global
1888 {not in Vi} {only for MS-DOS}
1889 When on direct console I/O is used to obtain a keyboard character.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001890 This should work in most cases. Also see |'bioskey'|. Together,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001891 three methods of console input are available:
1892 'conskey' 'bioskey' action ~
1893 on on or off direct console input
1894 off on BIOS
1895 off off STDIN
1896
1897 *'copyindent'* *'ci'* *'nocopyindent'* *'noci'*
1898'copyindent' 'ci' boolean (default off)
1899 local to buffer
1900 {not in Vi}
1901 Copy the structure of the existing lines indent when autoindenting a
1902 new line. Normally the new indent is reconstructed by a series of
1903 tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is enabled,
1904 in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option makes the
1905 new line copy whatever characters were used for indenting on the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001906 existing line. 'expandtab' has no effect on these characters, a Tab
1907 remains a Tab. If the new indent is greater than on the existing
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001908 line, the remaining space is filled in the normal manner.
1909 NOTE: 'copyindent' is reset when 'compatible' is set.
1910 Also see 'preserveindent'.
1911
1912 *'cpoptions'* *'cpo'*
1913'cpoptions' 'cpo' string (Vim default: "aABceFs",
1914 Vi default: all flags)
1915 global
1916 {not in Vi}
1917 A sequence of single character flags. When a character is present
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001918 this indicates Vi-compatible behavior. This is used for things where
1919 not being Vi-compatible is mostly or sometimes preferred.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001920 'cpoptions' stands for "compatible-options".
1921 Commas can be added for readability.
1922 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
1923 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
1924 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
1925 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00001926 NOTE: This option is set to the POSIX default value at startup when
1927 the Vi default value would be used and the $VIM_POSIX environment
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001928 variable exists |posix|. This means Vim tries to behave like the
1929 POSIX specification.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001930
1931 contains behavior ~
1932 *cpo-a*
1933 a When included, a ":read" command with a file name
1934 argument will set the alternate file name for the
1935 current window.
1936 *cpo-A*
1937 A When included, a ":write" command with a file name
1938 argument will set the alternate file name for the
1939 current window.
1940 *cpo-b*
1941 b "\|" in a ":map" command is recognized as the end of
1942 the map command. The '\' is included in the mapping,
1943 the text after the '|' is interpreted as the next
1944 command. Use a CTRL-V instead of a backslash to
1945 include the '|' in the mapping. Applies to all
1946 mapping, abbreviation, menu and autocmd commands.
1947 See also |map_bar|.
1948 *cpo-B*
1949 B A backslash has no special meaning in mappings,
1950 abbreviations and the "to" part of the menu commands.
1951 Remove this flag to be able to use a backslash like a
1952 CTRL-V. For example, the command ":map X \<Esc>"
1953 results in X being mapped to:
1954 'B' included: "\^[" (^[ is a real <Esc>)
1955 'B' excluded: "<Esc>" (5 characters)
1956 ('<' excluded in both cases)
1957 *cpo-c*
1958 c Searching continues at the end of any match at the
1959 cursor position, but not further than the start of the
1960 next line. When not present searching continues
1961 one character from the cursor position. With 'c'
1962 "abababababab" only gets three matches when repeating
1963 "/abab", without 'c' there are five matches.
1964 *cpo-C*
1965 C Do not concatenate sourced lines that start with a
1966 backslash. See |line-continuation|.
1967 *cpo-d*
1968 d Using "./" in the 'tags' option doesn't mean to use
1969 the tags file relative to the current file, but the
1970 tags file in the current directory.
1971 *cpo-D*
1972 D Can't use CTRL-K to enter a digraph after Normal mode
1973 commands with a character argument, like |r|, |f| and
1974 |t|.
1975 *cpo-e*
1976 e When executing a register with ":@r", always add a
1977 <CR> to the last line, also when the register is not
1978 linewise. If this flag is not present, the register
1979 is not linewise and the last line does not end in a
1980 <CR>, then the last line is put on the command-line
1981 and can be edited before hitting <CR>.
1982 *cpo-E*
1983 E It is an error when using "y", "d", "c", "g~", "gu" or
1984 "gU" on an Empty region. The operators only work when
1985 at least one character is to be operate on. Example:
1986 This makes "y0" fail in the first column.
1987 *cpo-f*
1988 f When included, a ":read" command with a file name
1989 argument will set the file name for the current buffer,
1990 if the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet.
1991 *cpo-F*
1992 F When included, a ":write" command with a file name
1993 argument will set the file name for the current
1994 buffer, if the current buffer doesn't have a file name
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00001995 yet. Also see |cpo-P|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001996 *cpo-g*
1997 g Goto line 1 when using ":edit" without argument.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00001998 *cpo-H*
1999 H When using "I" on a line with only blanks, insert
2000 before the last blank. Without this flag insert after
2001 the last blank.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002002 *cpo-i*
2003 i When included, interrupting the reading of a file will
2004 leave it modified.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002005 *cpo-I*
2006 I When moving the cursor up or down just after inserting
2007 indent for 'autoindent', do not delete the indent.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002008 *cpo-j*
2009 j When joining lines, only add two spaces after a '.',
2010 not after '!' or '?'. Also see 'joinspaces'.
2011 *cpo-J*
2012 J A |sentence| has to be followed by two spaces after
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00002013 the '.', '!' or '?'. A <Tab> is not recognized as
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002014 white space.
2015 *cpo-k*
2016 k Disable the recognition of raw key codes in
2017 mappings, abbreviations, and the "to" part of menu
2018 commands. For example, if <Key> sends ^[OA (where ^[
2019 is <Esc>), the command ":map X ^[OA" results in X
2020 being mapped to:
2021 'k' included: "^[OA" (3 characters)
2022 'k' excluded: "<Key>" (one key code)
2023 Also see the '<' flag below.
2024 *cpo-K*
2025 K Don't wait for a key code to complete when it is
2026 halfway a mapping. This breaks mapping <F1><F1> when
2027 only part of the second <F1> has been read. It
2028 enables cancelling the mapping by typing <F1><Esc>.
2029 *cpo-l*
2030 l Backslash in a [] range in a search pattern is taken
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002031 literally, only "\]", "\^", "\-" and "\\" are special.
2032 See |/[]|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002033 'l' included: "/[ \t]" finds <Space>, '\' and 't'
2034 'l' excluded: "/[ \t]" finds <Space> and <Tab>
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002035 Also see |cpo-\|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002036 *cpo-L*
2037 L When the 'list' option is set, 'wrapmargin',
2038 'textwidth', 'softtabstop' and Virtual Replace mode
2039 (see |gR|) count a <Tab> as two characters, instead of
2040 the normal behavior of a <Tab>.
2041 *cpo-m*
2042 m When included, a showmatch will always wait half a
2043 second. When not included, a showmatch will wait half
2044 a second or until a character is typed. |'showmatch'|
2045 *cpo-M*
2046 M When excluded, "%" matching will take backslashes into
2047 account. Thus in "( \( )" and "\( ( \)" the outer
2048 parenthesis match. When included "%" ignores
2049 backslashes, which is Vi compatible.
2050 *cpo-n*
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02002051 n When included, the column used for 'number' and
2052 'relativenumber' will also be used for text of wrapped
2053 lines.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002054 *cpo-o*
2055 o Line offset to search command is not remembered for
2056 next search.
2057 *cpo-O*
2058 O Don't complain if a file is being overwritten, even
2059 when it didn't exist when editing it. This is a
2060 protection against a file unexpectedly created by
2061 someone else. Vi didn't complain about this.
2062 *cpo-p*
2063 p Vi compatible Lisp indenting. When not present, a
2064 slightly better algorithm is used.
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00002065 *cpo-P*
2066 P When included, a ":write" command that appends to a
2067 file will set the file name for the current buffer, if
2068 the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet and
2069 the 'F' flag is also included |cpo-F|.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002070 *cpo-q*
2071 q When joining multiple lines leave the cursor at the
2072 position where it would be when joining two lines.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002073 *cpo-r*
2074 r Redo ("." command) uses "/" to repeat a search
2075 command, instead of the actually used search string.
2076 *cpo-R*
2077 R Remove marks from filtered lines. Without this flag
2078 marks are kept like |:keepmarks| was used.
2079 *cpo-s*
2080 s Set buffer options when entering the buffer for the
2081 first time. This is like it is in Vim version 3.0.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002082 And it is the default. If not present the options are
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002083 set when the buffer is created.
2084 *cpo-S*
2085 S Set buffer options always when entering a buffer
2086 (except 'readonly', 'fileformat', 'filetype' and
2087 'syntax'). This is the (most) Vi compatible setting.
2088 The options are set to the values in the current
2089 buffer. When you change an option and go to another
2090 buffer, the value is copied. Effectively makes the
2091 buffer options global to all buffers.
2092
2093 's' 'S' copy buffer options
2094 no no when buffer created
2095 yes no when buffer first entered (default)
2096 X yes each time when buffer entered (vi comp.)
2097 *cpo-t*
2098 t Search pattern for the tag command is remembered for
2099 "n" command. Otherwise Vim only puts the pattern in
2100 the history for search pattern, but doesn't change the
2101 last used search pattern.
2102 *cpo-u*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002103 u Undo is Vi compatible. See |undo-two-ways|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002104 *cpo-v*
2105 v Backspaced characters remain visible on the screen in
2106 Insert mode. Without this flag the characters are
2107 erased from the screen right away. With this flag the
2108 screen newly typed text overwrites backspaced
2109 characters.
2110 *cpo-w*
2111 w When using "cw" on a blank character, only change one
2112 character and not all blanks until the start of the
2113 next word.
2114 *cpo-W*
2115 W Don't overwrite a readonly file. When omitted, ":w!"
2116 overwrites a readonly file, if possible.
2117 *cpo-x*
2118 x <Esc> on the command-line executes the command-line.
2119 The default in Vim is to abandon the command-line,
2120 because <Esc> normally aborts a command. |c_<Esc>|
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002121 *cpo-X*
2122 X When using a count with "R" the replaced text is
2123 deleted only once. Also when repeating "R" with "."
2124 and a count.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002125 *cpo-y*
2126 y A yank command can be redone with ".".
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002127 *cpo-Z*
2128 Z When using "w!" while the 'readonly' option is set,
2129 don't reset 'readonly'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002130 *cpo-!*
2131 ! When redoing a filter command, use the last used
2132 external command, whatever it was. Otherwise the last
2133 used -filter- command is used.
2134 *cpo-$*
2135 $ When making a change to one line, don't redisplay the
2136 line, but put a '$' at the end of the changed text.
2137 The changed text will be overwritten when you type the
2138 new text. The line is redisplayed if you type any
2139 command that moves the cursor from the insertion
2140 point.
2141 *cpo-%*
2142 % Vi-compatible matching is done for the "%" command.
2143 Does not recognize "#if", "#endif", etc.
2144 Does not recognize "/*" and "*/".
2145 Parens inside single and double quotes are also
2146 counted, causing a string that contains a paren to
2147 disturb the matching. For example, in a line like
2148 "if (strcmp("foo(", s))" the first paren does not
2149 match the last one. When this flag is not included,
2150 parens inside single and double quotes are treated
2151 specially. When matching a paren outside of quotes,
2152 everything inside quotes is ignored. When matching a
2153 paren inside quotes, it will find the matching one (if
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002154 there is one). This works very well for C programs.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00002155 This flag is also used for other features, such as
2156 C-indenting.
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00002157 *cpo--*
2158 - When included, a vertical movement command fails when
Bram Moolenaar8ada17c2006-01-19 22:16:24 +00002159 it would go above the first line or below the last
2160 line. Without it the cursor moves to the first or
2161 last line, unless it already was in that line.
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00002162 Applies to the commands "-", "k", CTRL-P, "+", "j",
Bram Moolenaar8ada17c2006-01-19 22:16:24 +00002163 CTRL-N, CTRL-J and ":1234".
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00002164 *cpo-+*
2165 + When included, a ":write file" command will reset the
2166 'modified' flag of the buffer, even though the buffer
2167 itself may still be different from its file.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00002168 *cpo-star*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002169 * Use ":*" in the same way as ":@". When not included,
2170 ":*" is an alias for ":'<,'>", select the Visual area.
2171 *cpo-<*
2172 < Disable the recognition of special key codes in |<>|
2173 form in mappings, abbreviations, and the "to" part of
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002174 menu commands. For example, the command
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002175 ":map X <Tab>" results in X being mapped to:
2176 '<' included: "<Tab>" (5 characters)
2177 '<' excluded: "^I" (^I is a real <Tab>)
2178 Also see the 'k' flag above.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002179 *cpo->*
2180 > When appending to a register, put a line break before
2181 the appended text.
Bram Moolenaar8b3e0332011-06-26 05:36:34 +02002182 *cpo-;*
2183 ; When using |,| or |;| to repeat the last |t| search
2184 and the cursor is right in front of the searched
2185 character, the cursor won't move. When not included,
2186 the cursor would skip over it and jump to the
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02002187 following occurrence.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002188
2189 POSIX flags. These are not included in the Vi default value, except
2190 when $VIM_POSIX was set on startup. |posix|
2191
2192 contains behavior ~
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00002193 *cpo-#*
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002194 # A count before "D", "o" and "O" has no effect.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002195 *cpo-&*
2196 & When ":preserve" was used keep the swap file when
2197 exiting normally while this buffer is still loaded.
2198 This flag is tested when exiting.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002199 *cpo-\*
2200 \ Backslash in a [] range in a search pattern is taken
2201 literally, only "\]" is special See |/[]|
Bram Moolenaar90915b52005-08-21 22:17:52 +00002202 '\' included: "/[ \-]" finds <Space>, '\' and '-'
2203 '\' excluded: "/[ \-]" finds <Space> and '-'
2204 Also see |cpo-l|.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002205 *cpo-/*
2206 / When "%" is used as the replacement string in a |:s|
2207 command, use the previous replacement string. |:s%|
2208 *cpo-{*
2209 { The |{| and |}| commands also stop at a "{" character
2210 at the start of a line.
2211 *cpo-.*
2212 . The ":chdir" and ":cd" commands fail if the current
2213 buffer is modified, unless ! is used. Vim doesn't
2214 need this, since it remembers the full path of an
2215 opened file.
2216 *cpo-bar*
2217 | The value of the $LINES and $COLUMNS environment
2218 variables overrule the terminal size values obtained
2219 with system specific functions.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002220
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002221
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002222 *'cryptmethod'* *'cm'*
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01002223'cryptmethod' 'cm' string (default "zip")
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002224 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002225 {not in Vi}
2226 Method used for encryption when the buffer is written to a file:
Bram Moolenaar0bbabe82010-05-17 20:32:55 +02002227 *pkzip*
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002228 zip PkZip compatible method. A weak kind of encryption.
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002229 Backwards compatible with Vim 7.2 and older.
Bram Moolenaar0bbabe82010-05-17 20:32:55 +02002230 *blowfish*
Bram Moolenaar8f4ac012014-08-10 13:38:34 +02002231 blowfish Blowfish method. Medium strong encryption but it has
2232 an implementation flaw. Requires Vim 7.3 or later,
2233 files can NOT be read by Vim 7.2 and older. This adds
2234 a "seed" to the file, every time you write the file
2235 the encrypted bytes will be different.
2236 *blowfish2*
2237 blowfish2 Blowfish method. Medium strong encryption. Requires
2238 Vim 7.4.399 or later, files can NOT be read by Vim 7.3
2239 and older. This adds a "seed" to the file, every time
2240 you write the file the encrypted bytes will be
2241 different. The whole undo file is encrypted, not just
2242 the pieces of text.
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002243
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002244 When reading an encrypted file 'cryptmethod' will be set automatically
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002245 to the detected method of the file being read. Thus if you write it
2246 without changing 'cryptmethod' the same method will be used.
2247 Changing 'cryptmethod' does not mark the file as modified, you have to
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002248 explicitly write it, you don't get a warning unless there are other
2249 modifications. Also see |:X|.
2250
2251 When setting the global value to an empty string, it will end up with
2252 the value "zip". When setting the local value to an empty string the
2253 buffer will use the global value.
2254
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002255 When a new encryption method is added in a later version of Vim, and
2256 the current version does not recognize it, you will get *E821* .
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002257 You need to edit this file with the later version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002258
2259
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002260 *'cscopepathcomp'* *'cspc'*
2261'cscopepathcomp' 'cspc' number (default 0)
2262 global
2263 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2264 feature}
2265 {not in Vi}
2266 Determines how many components of the path to show in a list of tags.
2267 See |cscopepathcomp|.
2268
2269 *'cscopeprg'* *'csprg'*
2270'cscopeprg' 'csprg' string (default "cscope")
2271 global
2272 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2273 feature}
2274 {not in Vi}
2275 Specifies the command to execute cscope. See |cscopeprg|.
2276 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2277 security reasons.
2278
2279 *'cscopequickfix'* *'csqf'*
2280'cscopequickfix' 'csqf' string (default "")
2281 global
2282 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2283 or |+quickfix| features}
2284 {not in Vi}
2285 Specifies whether to use quickfix window to show cscope results.
2286 See |cscopequickfix|.
2287
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002288 *'cscoperelative'* *'csre'* *'nocscoperelative'* *'nocsre'*
Bram Moolenaar2f982e42011-06-12 20:42:22 +02002289'cscoperelative' 'csre' boolean (default off)
2290 global
2291 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2292 feature}
2293 {not in Vi}
2294 In the absence of a prefix (-P) for cscope. setting this option enables
2295 to use the basename of cscope.out path as the prefix.
2296 See |cscoperelative|.
2297
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002298 *'cscopetag'* *'cst'* *'nocscopetag'* *'nocst'*
2299'cscopetag' 'cst' boolean (default off)
2300 global
2301 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2302 feature}
2303 {not in Vi}
2304 Use cscope for tag commands. See |cscope-options|.
2305 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
2306
2307 *'cscopetagorder'* *'csto'*
2308'cscopetagorder' 'csto' number (default 0)
2309 global
2310 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2311 feature}
2312 {not in Vi}
2313 Determines the order in which ":cstag" performs a search. See
2314 |cscopetagorder|.
2315 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
2316
2317 *'cscopeverbose'* *'csverb'*
2318 *'nocscopeverbose'* *'nocsverb'*
2319'cscopeverbose' 'csverb' boolean (default off)
2320 global
2321 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2322 feature}
2323 {not in Vi}
2324 Give messages when adding a cscope database. See |cscopeverbose|.
2325 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
2326
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002327 *'cursorbind'* *'crb'* *'nocursorbind'* *'nocrb'*
2328'cursorbind' 'crb' boolean (default off)
2329 local to window
2330 {not in Vi}
2331 {not available when compiled without the |+cursorbind|
2332 feature}
2333 When this option is set, as the cursor in the current
2334 window moves other cursorbound windows (windows that also have
2335 this option set) move their cursors to the corresponding line and
2336 column. This option is useful for viewing the
2337 differences between two versions of a file (see 'diff'); in diff mode,
2338 inserted and deleted lines (though not characters within a line) are
Bram Moolenaar1a384422010-07-14 19:53:30 +02002339 taken into account.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002340
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002341
2342 *'cursorcolumn'* *'cuc'* *'nocursorcolumn'* *'nocuc'*
2343'cursorcolumn' 'cuc' boolean (default off)
2344 local to window
2345 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02002346 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002347 feature}
2348 Highlight the screen column of the cursor with CursorColumn
2349 |hl-CursorColumn|. Useful to align text. Will make screen redrawing
2350 slower.
Bram Moolenaar4c3f5362006-04-11 21:38:50 +00002351 If you only want the highlighting in the current window you can use
2352 these autocommands: >
2353 au WinLeave * set nocursorline nocursorcolumn
2354 au WinEnter * set cursorline cursorcolumn
2355<
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002356
2357 *'cursorline'* *'cul'* *'nocursorline'* *'nocul'*
2358'cursorline' 'cul' boolean (default off)
2359 local to window
2360 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02002361 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002362 feature}
2363 Highlight the screen line of the cursor with CursorLine
2364 |hl-CursorLine|. Useful to easily spot the cursor. Will make screen
2365 redrawing slower.
Bram Moolenaare2f98b92006-03-29 21:18:24 +00002366 When Visual mode is active the highlighting isn't used to make it
Bram Moolenaar779b74b2006-04-10 14:55:34 +00002367 easier to see the selected text.
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002368
2369
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002370 *'debug'*
2371'debug' string (default "")
2372 global
2373 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00002374 These values can be used:
2375 msg Error messages that would otherwise be omitted will be given
2376 anyway.
2377 throw Error messages that would otherwise be omitted will be given
2378 anyway and also throw an exception and set |v:errmsg|.
2379 beep A message will be given when otherwise only a beep would be
2380 produced.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002381 The values can be combined, separated by a comma.
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00002382 "msg" and "throw" are useful for debugging 'foldexpr', 'formatexpr' or
2383 'indentexpr'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002384
2385 *'define'* *'def'*
2386'define' 'def' string (default "^\s*#\s*define")
2387 global or local to buffer |global-local|
2388 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002389 Pattern to be used to find a macro definition. It is a search
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002390 pattern, just like for the "/" command. This option is used for the
2391 commands like "[i" and "[d" |include-search|. The 'isident' option is
2392 used to recognize the defined name after the match:
2393 {match with 'define'}{non-ID chars}{defined name}{non-ID char}
2394 See |option-backslash| about inserting backslashes to include a space
2395 or backslash.
2396 The default value is for C programs. For C++ this value would be
2397 useful, to include const type declarations: >
2398 ^\(#\s*define\|[a-z]*\s*const\s*[a-z]*\)
2399< When using the ":set" command, you need to double the backslashes!
2400
2401 *'delcombine'* *'deco'* *'nodelcombine'* *'nodeco'*
2402'delcombine' 'deco' boolean (default off)
2403 global
2404 {not in Vi}
2405 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
2406 feature}
2407 If editing Unicode and this option is set, backspace and Normal mode
2408 "x" delete each combining character on its own. When it is off (the
2409 default) the character along with its combining characters are
2410 deleted.
2411 Note: When 'delcombine' is set "xx" may work different from "2x"!
2412
2413 This is useful for Arabic, Hebrew and many other languages where one
2414 may have combining characters overtop of base characters, and want
2415 to remove only the combining ones.
2416
2417 *'dictionary'* *'dict'*
2418'dictionary' 'dict' string (default "")
2419 global or local to buffer |global-local|
2420 {not in Vi}
2421 List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
2422 for keyword completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|. Each file should
2423 contain a list of words. This can be one word per line, or several
2424 words per line, separated by non-keyword characters (white space is
2425 preferred). Maximum line length is 510 bytes.
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00002426 When this option is empty, or an entry "spell" is present, spell
2427 checking is enabled the currently active spelling is used. |spell|
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002428 To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002429 after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
2430 name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00002431 This has nothing to do with the |Dictionary| variable type.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002432 Where to find a list of words?
2433 - On FreeBSD, there is the file "/usr/share/dict/words".
2434 - In the Simtel archive, look in the "msdos/linguist" directory.
2435 - In "miscfiles" of the GNU collection.
2436 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
2437 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
2438 uses another default.
2439 Backticks cannot be used in this option for security reasons.
2440
2441 *'diff'* *'nodiff'*
2442'diff' boolean (default off)
2443 local to window
2444 {not in Vi}
2445 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
2446 feature}
2447 Join the current window in the group of windows that shows differences
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002448 between files. See |vimdiff|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002449
2450 *'dex'* *'diffexpr'*
2451'diffexpr' 'dex' string (default "")
2452 global
2453 {not in Vi}
2454 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
2455 feature}
2456 Expression which is evaluated to obtain an ed-style diff file from two
2457 versions of a file. See |diff-diffexpr|.
2458 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2459 security reasons.
2460
2461 *'dip'* *'diffopt'*
2462'diffopt' 'dip' string (default "filler")
2463 global
2464 {not in Vi}
2465 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
2466 feature}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002467 Option settings for diff mode. It can consist of the following items.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002468 All are optional. Items must be separated by a comma.
2469
2470 filler Show filler lines, to keep the text
2471 synchronized with a window that has inserted
2472 lines at the same position. Mostly useful
2473 when windows are side-by-side and 'scrollbind'
2474 is set.
2475
2476 context:{n} Use a context of {n} lines between a change
2477 and a fold that contains unchanged lines.
2478 When omitted a context of six lines is used.
2479 See |fold-diff|.
2480
2481 icase Ignore changes in case of text. "a" and "A"
2482 are considered the same. Adds the "-i" flag
2483 to the "diff" command if 'diffexpr' is empty.
2484
2485 iwhite Ignore changes in amount of white space. Adds
2486 the "-b" flag to the "diff" command if
2487 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
2488 of the "diff" command for what this does
2489 exactly. It should ignore adding trailing
2490 white space, but not leading white space.
2491
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00002492 horizontal Start diff mode with horizontal splits (unless
2493 explicitly specified otherwise).
2494
2495 vertical Start diff mode with vertical splits (unless
2496 explicitly specified otherwise).
2497
2498 foldcolumn:{n} Set the 'foldcolumn' option to {n} when
2499 starting diff mode. Without this 2 is used.
2500
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002501 Examples: >
2502
2503 :set diffopt=filler,context:4
2504 :set diffopt=
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00002505 :set diffopt=filler,foldcolumn:3
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002506<
2507 *'digraph'* *'dg'* *'nodigraph'* *'nodg'*
2508'digraph' 'dg' boolean (default off)
2509 global
2510 {not in Vi}
2511 {not available when compiled without the |+digraphs|
2512 feature}
2513 Enable the entering of digraphs in Insert mode with {char1} <BS>
2514 {char2}. See |digraphs|.
2515 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
2516
2517 *'directory'* *'dir'*
2518'directory' 'dir' string (default for Amiga: ".,t:",
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01002519 for MS-DOS and Win32: ".,$TEMP,c:\tmp,c:\temp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002520 for Unix: ".,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp")
2521 global
2522 List of directory names for the swap file, separated with commas.
2523 - The swap file will be created in the first directory where this is
2524 possible.
2525 - Empty means that no swap file will be used (recovery is
2526 impossible!).
2527 - A directory "." means to put the swap file in the same directory as
2528 the edited file. On Unix, a dot is prepended to the file name, so
2529 it doesn't show in a directory listing. On MS-Windows the "hidden"
2530 attribute is set and a dot prepended if possible.
Bram Moolenaar009b2592004-10-24 19:18:58 +00002531 - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-DOS et al.) means to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002532 put the swap file relative to where the edited file is. The leading
2533 "." is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
Bram Moolenaar83bab712005-08-01 21:58:57 +00002534 - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//"
2535 or "\\", the swap file name will be built from the complete path to
2536 the file with all path separators substituted to percent '%' signs.
2537 This will ensure file name uniqueness in the preserve directory.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002538 On Win32, when a separating comma is following, you must use "//",
2539 since "\\" will include the comma in the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002540 - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
2541 of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
2542 name, precede it with a backslash.
2543 - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
2544 - A directory name may end in an ':' or '/'.
2545 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
2546 - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
2547 get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
2548 :set dir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
2549< - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
2550 of the option is removed.
2551 Using "." first in the list is recommended. This means that editing
2552 the same file twice will result in a warning. Using "/tmp" on Unix is
2553 discouraged: When the system crashes you lose the swap file.
2554 "/var/tmp" is often not cleared when rebooting, thus is a better
2555 choice than "/tmp". But it can contain a lot of files, your swap
2556 files get lost in the crowd. That is why a "tmp" directory in your
2557 home directory is tried first.
2558 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
2559 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
2560 uses another default.
2561 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2562 security reasons.
2563 {Vi: directory to put temp file in, defaults to "/tmp"}
2564
2565 *'display'* *'dy'*
2566'display' 'dy' string (default "")
2567 global
2568 {not in Vi}
2569 Change the way text is displayed. This is comma separated list of
2570 flags:
2571 lastline When included, as much as possible of the last line
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002572 in a window will be displayed. When not included, a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002573 last line that doesn't fit is replaced with "@" lines.
2574 uhex Show unprintable characters hexadecimal as <xx>
2575 instead of using ^C and ~C.
2576
2577 *'eadirection'* *'ead'*
2578'eadirection' 'ead' string (default "both")
2579 global
2580 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02002581 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002582 feature}
2583 Tells when the 'equalalways' option applies:
2584 ver vertically, width of windows is not affected
2585 hor horizontally, height of windows is not affected
2586 both width and height of windows is affected
2587
2588 *'ed'* *'edcompatible'* *'noed'* *'noedcompatible'*
2589'edcompatible' 'ed' boolean (default off)
2590 global
2591 Makes the 'g' and 'c' flags of the ":substitute" command to be
2592 toggled each time the flag is given. See |complex-change|. See
2593 also 'gdefault' option.
2594 Switching this option on is discouraged!
2595
2596 *'encoding'* *'enc'* *E543*
2597'encoding' 'enc' string (default: "latin1" or value from $LANG)
2598 global
2599 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
2600 feature}
2601 {not in Vi}
2602 Sets the character encoding used inside Vim. It applies to text in
2603 the buffers, registers, Strings in expressions, text stored in the
2604 viminfo file, etc. It sets the kind of characters which Vim can work
2605 with. See |encoding-names| for the possible values.
2606
2607 NOTE: Changing this option will not change the encoding of the
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00002608 existing text in Vim. It may cause non-ASCII text to become invalid.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002609 It should normally be kept at its default value, or set when Vim
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00002610 starts up. See |multibyte|. To reload the menus see |:menutrans|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002611
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02002612 This option cannot be set from a |modeline|. It would most likely
2613 corrupt the text.
2614
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002615 NOTE: For GTK+ 2 it is highly recommended to set 'encoding' to
2616 "utf-8". Although care has been taken to allow different values of
2617 'encoding', "utf-8" is the natural choice for the environment and
2618 avoids unnecessary conversion overhead. "utf-8" has not been made
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002619 the default to prevent different behavior of the GUI and terminal
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002620 versions, and to avoid changing the encoding of newly created files
2621 without your knowledge (in case 'fileencodings' is empty).
2622
2623 The character encoding of files can be different from 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002624 This is specified with 'fileencoding'. The conversion is done with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002625 iconv() or as specified with 'charconvert'.
2626
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002627 If you need to know whether 'encoding' is a multi-byte encoding, you
2628 can use: >
2629 if has("multi_byte_encoding")
2630<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002631 Normally 'encoding' will be equal to your current locale. This will
2632 be the default if Vim recognizes your environment settings. If
2633 'encoding' is not set to the current locale, 'termencoding' must be
2634 set to convert typed and displayed text. See |encoding-table|.
2635
2636 When you set this option, it fires the |EncodingChanged| autocommand
2637 event so that you can set up fonts if necessary.
2638
2639 When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
2640 you can set it with uppercase values too. Underscores are translated
2641 to '-' signs.
2642 When the encoding is recognized, it is changed to the standard name.
2643 For example "Latin-1" becomes "latin1", "ISO_88592" becomes
2644 "iso-8859-2" and "utf8" becomes "utf-8".
2645
2646 Note: "latin1" is also used when the encoding could not be detected.
2647 This only works when editing files in the same encoding! When the
2648 actual character set is not latin1, make sure 'fileencoding' and
2649 'fileencodings' are empty. When conversion is needed, switch to using
2650 utf-8.
2651
2652 When "unicode", "ucs-2" or "ucs-4" is used, Vim internally uses utf-8.
2653 You don't notice this while editing, but it does matter for the
2654 |viminfo-file|. And Vim expects the terminal to use utf-8 too. Thus
2655 setting 'encoding' to one of these values instead of utf-8 only has
2656 effect for encoding used for files when 'fileencoding' is empty.
2657
Bram Moolenaar661b1822005-07-28 22:36:45 +00002658 When 'encoding' is set to a Unicode encoding, and 'fileencodings' was
2659 not set yet, the default for 'fileencodings' is changed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002660
2661 *'endofline'* *'eol'* *'noendofline'* *'noeol'*
2662'endofline' 'eol' boolean (default on)
2663 local to buffer
2664 {not in Vi}
2665 When writing a file and this option is off and the 'binary' option
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002666 is on, no <EOL> will be written for the last line in the file. This
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002667 option is automatically set when starting to edit a new file, unless
2668 the file does not have an <EOL> for the last line in the file, in
2669 which case it is reset. Normally you don't have to set or reset this
2670 option. When 'binary' is off the value is not used when writing the
2671 file. When 'binary' is on it is used to remember the presence of a
2672 <EOL> for the last line in the file, so that when you write the file
2673 the situation from the original file can be kept. But you can change
2674 it if you want to.
2675
2676 *'equalalways'* *'ea'* *'noequalalways'* *'noea'*
2677'equalalways' 'ea' boolean (default on)
2678 global
2679 {not in Vi}
2680 When on, all the windows are automatically made the same size after
Bram Moolenaar009b2592004-10-24 19:18:58 +00002681 splitting or closing a window. This also happens the moment the
2682 option is switched on. When off, splitting a window will reduce the
2683 size of the current window and leave the other windows the same. When
2684 closing a window the extra lines are given to the window next to it
2685 (depending on 'splitbelow' and 'splitright').
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002686 When mixing vertically and horizontally split windows, a minimal size
2687 is computed and some windows may be larger if there is room. The
2688 'eadirection' option tells in which direction the size is affected.
Bram Moolenaar67f71312007-08-12 14:55:56 +00002689 Changing the height and width of a window can be avoided by setting
2690 'winfixheight' and 'winfixwidth', respectively.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002691 If a window size is specified when creating a new window sizes are
2692 currently not equalized (it's complicated, but may be implemented in
2693 the future).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002694
2695 *'equalprg'* *'ep'*
2696'equalprg' 'ep' string (default "")
2697 global or local to buffer |global-local|
2698 {not in Vi}
2699 External program to use for "=" command. When this option is empty
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002700 the internal formatting functions are used; either 'lisp', 'cindent'
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002701 or 'indentexpr'. When Vim was compiled without internal formatting,
2702 the "indent" program is used.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002703 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002704 about including spaces and backslashes.
2705 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2706 security reasons.
2707
2708 *'errorbells'* *'eb'* *'noerrorbells'* *'noeb'*
2709'errorbells' 'eb' boolean (default off)
2710 global
2711 Ring the bell (beep or screen flash) for error messages. This only
2712 makes a difference for error messages, the bell will be used always
2713 for a lot of errors without a message (e.g., hitting <Esc> in Normal
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002714 mode). See 'visualbell' on how to make the bell behave like a beep,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002715 screen flash or do nothing.
2716
2717 *'errorfile'* *'ef'*
2718'errorfile' 'ef' string (Amiga default: "AztecC.Err",
2719 others: "errors.err")
2720 global
2721 {not in Vi}
2722 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
2723 feature}
2724 Name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode (see |:cf|).
2725 When the "-q" command-line argument is used, 'errorfile' is set to the
2726 following argument. See |-q|.
2727 NOT used for the ":make" command. See 'makeef' for that.
2728 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
2729 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
2730 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2731 security reasons.
2732
2733 *'errorformat'* *'efm'*
2734'errorformat' 'efm' string (default is very long)
2735 global or local to buffer |global-local|
2736 {not in Vi}
2737 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
2738 feature}
2739 Scanf-like description of the format for the lines in the error file
2740 (see |errorformat|).
2741
2742 *'esckeys'* *'ek'* *'noesckeys'* *'noek'*
2743'esckeys' 'ek' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
2744 global
2745 {not in Vi}
2746 Function keys that start with an <Esc> are recognized in Insert
2747 mode. When this option is off, the cursor and function keys cannot be
2748 used in Insert mode if they start with an <Esc>. The advantage of
2749 this is that the single <Esc> is recognized immediately, instead of
2750 after one second. Instead of resetting this option, you might want to
2751 try changing the values for 'timeoutlen' and 'ttimeoutlen'. Note that
2752 when 'esckeys' is off, you can still map anything, but the cursor keys
2753 won't work by default.
2754 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
2755 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
2756
2757 *'eventignore'* *'ei'*
2758'eventignore' 'ei' string (default "")
2759 global
2760 {not in Vi}
2761 {not available when compiled without the |+autocmd|
2762 feature}
2763 A list of autocommand event names, which are to be ignored.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +00002764 When set to "all" or when "all" is one of the items, all autocommand
2765 events are ignored, autocommands will not be executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002766 Otherwise this is a comma separated list of event names. Example: >
2767 :set ei=WinEnter,WinLeave
2768<
2769 *'expandtab'* *'et'* *'noexpandtab'* *'noet'*
2770'expandtab' 'et' boolean (default off)
2771 local to buffer
2772 {not in Vi}
2773 In Insert mode: Use the appropriate number of spaces to insert a
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002774 <Tab>. Spaces are used in indents with the '>' and '<' commands and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002775 when 'autoindent' is on. To insert a real tab when 'expandtab' is
2776 on, use CTRL-V<Tab>. See also |:retab| and |ins-expandtab|.
2777 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
2778
2779 *'exrc'* *'ex'* *'noexrc'* *'noex'*
2780'exrc' 'ex' boolean (default off)
2781 global
2782 {not in Vi}
2783 Enables the reading of .vimrc, .exrc and .gvimrc in the current
2784 directory. If you switch this option on you should also consider
2785 setting the 'secure' option (see |initialization|). Using a local
2786 .exrc, .vimrc or .gvimrc is a potential security leak, use with care!
2787 also see |.vimrc| and |gui-init|.
2788 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2789 security reasons.
2790
2791 *'fileencoding'* *'fenc'* *E213*
2792'fileencoding' 'fenc' string (default: "")
2793 local to buffer
2794 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
2795 feature}
2796 {not in Vi}
2797 Sets the character encoding for the file of this buffer.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02002798
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002799 When 'fileencoding' is different from 'encoding', conversion will be
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002800 done when writing the file. For reading see below.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002801 When 'fileencoding' is empty, the same value as 'encoding' will be
2802 used (no conversion when reading or writing a file).
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002803 Conversion will also be done when 'encoding' and 'fileencoding' are
2804 both a Unicode encoding and 'fileencoding' is not utf-8. That's
2805 because internally Unicode is always stored as utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002806 WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002807 'encoding' is "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding, conversion
2808 is most likely done in a way that the reverse conversion
2809 results in the same text. When 'encoding' is not "utf-8" some
2810 characters may be lost!
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02002811
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002812 See 'encoding' for the possible values. Additionally, values may be
2813 specified that can be handled by the converter, see
2814 |mbyte-conversion|.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02002815
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002816 When reading a file 'fileencoding' will be set from 'fileencodings'.
2817 To read a file in a certain encoding it won't work by setting
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00002818 'fileencoding', use the |++enc| argument. One exception: when
2819 'fileencodings' is empty the value of 'fileencoding' is used.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00002820 For a new file the global value of 'fileencoding' is used.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02002821
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002822 Prepending "8bit-" and "2byte-" has no meaning here, they are ignored.
2823 When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
2824 you can set it with uppercase values too. '_' characters are
2825 replaced with '-'. If a name is recognized from the list for
2826 'encoding', it is replaced by the standard name. For example
2827 "ISO8859-2" becomes "iso-8859-2".
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02002828
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002829 When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
2830 option is set, because the file would be different when written.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02002831
2832 Keep in mind that changing 'fenc' from a modeline happens
2833 AFTER the text has been read, thus it applies to when the file will be
2834 written. If you do set 'fenc' in a modeline, you might want to set
2835 'nomodified' to avoid not being able to ":q".
2836
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002837 This option can not be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
2838
2839 *'fe'*
2840 NOTE: Before version 6.0 this option specified the encoding for the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002841 whole of Vim, this was a mistake. Now use 'encoding' instead. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002842 old short name was 'fe', which is no longer used.
2843
2844 *'fileencodings'* *'fencs'*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00002845'fileencodings' 'fencs' string (default: "ucs-bom",
2846 "ucs-bom,utf-8,default,latin1" when
2847 'encoding' is set to a Unicode value)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002848 global
2849 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
2850 feature}
2851 {not in Vi}
2852 This is a list of character encodings considered when starting to edit
2853 an existing file. When a file is read, Vim tries to use the first
2854 mentioned character encoding. If an error is detected, the next one
2855 in the list is tried. When an encoding is found that works,
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002856 'fileencoding' is set to it. If all fail, 'fileencoding' is set to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002857 an empty string, which means the value of 'encoding' is used.
2858 WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
2859 'encoding' is "utf-8" (or one of the other Unicode variants)
2860 conversion is most likely done in a way that the reverse
2861 conversion results in the same text. When 'encoding' is not
Bram Moolenaarc6d8db72005-12-13 20:04:55 +00002862 "utf-8" some non-ASCII characters may be lost! You can use
2863 the |++bad| argument to specify what is done with characters
2864 that can't be converted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002865 For an empty file or a file with only ASCII characters most encodings
2866 will work and the first entry of 'fileencodings' will be used (except
2867 "ucs-bom", which requires the BOM to be present). If you prefer
2868 another encoding use an BufReadPost autocommand event to test if your
2869 preferred encoding is to be used. Example: >
2870 au BufReadPost * if search('\S', 'w') == 0 |
2871 \ set fenc=iso-2022-jp | endif
2872< This sets 'fileencoding' to "iso-2022-jp" if the file does not contain
2873 non-blank characters.
Bram Moolenaarc6d8db72005-12-13 20:04:55 +00002874 When the |++enc| argument is used then the value of 'fileencodings' is
2875 not used.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00002876 Note that 'fileencodings' is not used for a new file, the global value
2877 of 'fileencoding' is used instead. You can set it with: >
2878 :setglobal fenc=iso-8859-2
2879< This means that a non-existing file may get a different encoding than
2880 an empty file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002881 The special value "ucs-bom" can be used to check for a Unicode BOM
2882 (Byte Order Mark) at the start of the file. It must not be preceded
2883 by "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding for this to work properly.
2884 An entry for an 8-bit encoding (e.g., "latin1") should be the last,
2885 because Vim cannot detect an error, thus the encoding is always
2886 accepted.
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00002887 The special value "default" can be used for the encoding from the
2888 environment. This is the default value for 'encoding'. It is useful
2889 when 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" and your environment uses a
2890 non-latin1 encoding, such as Russian.
Bram Moolenaarca003e12006-03-17 23:19:38 +00002891 When 'encoding' is "utf-8" and a file contains an illegal byte
2892 sequence it won't be recognized as UTF-8. You can use the |8g8|
2893 command to find the illegal byte sequence.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002894 WRONG VALUES: WHAT'S WRONG:
2895 latin1,utf-8 "latin1" will always be used
2896 utf-8,ucs-bom,latin1 BOM won't be recognized in an utf-8
2897 file
2898 cp1250,latin1 "cp1250" will always be used
2899 If 'fileencodings' is empty, 'fileencoding' is not modified.
2900 See 'fileencoding' for the possible values.
2901 Setting this option does not have an effect until the next time a file
2902 is read.
2903
2904 *'fileformat'* *'ff'*
2905'fileformat' 'ff' string (MS-DOS, MS-Windows, OS/2 default: "dos",
2906 Unix default: "unix",
2907 Macintosh default: "mac")
2908 local to buffer
2909 {not in Vi}
2910 This gives the <EOL> of the current buffer, which is used for
2911 reading/writing the buffer from/to a file:
2912 dos <CR> <NL>
2913 unix <NL>
2914 mac <CR>
2915 When "dos" is used, CTRL-Z at the end of a file is ignored.
2916 See |file-formats| and |file-read|.
2917 For the character encoding of the file see 'fileencoding'.
2918 When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformat' is ignored, file I/O
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02002919 works like it was set to "unix".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002920 This option is set automatically when starting to edit a file and
2921 'fileformats' is not empty and 'binary' is off.
2922 When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
2923 option is set, because the file would be different when written.
2924 This option can not be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
2925 For backwards compatibility: When this option is set to "dos",
2926 'textmode' is set, otherwise 'textmode' is reset.
2927
2928 *'fileformats'* *'ffs'*
2929'fileformats' 'ffs' string (default:
2930 Vim+Vi MS-DOS, MS-Windows OS/2: "dos,unix",
2931 Vim Unix: "unix,dos",
2932 Vim Mac: "mac,unix,dos",
2933 Vi Cygwin: "unix,dos",
2934 Vi others: "")
2935 global
2936 {not in Vi}
2937 This gives the end-of-line (<EOL>) formats that will be tried when
2938 starting to edit a new buffer and when reading a file into an existing
2939 buffer:
2940 - When empty, the format defined with 'fileformat' will be used
2941 always. It is not set automatically.
2942 - When set to one name, that format will be used whenever a new buffer
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002943 is opened. 'fileformat' is set accordingly for that buffer. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002944 'fileformats' name will be used when a file is read into an existing
2945 buffer, no matter what 'fileformat' for that buffer is set to.
2946 - When more than one name is present, separated by commas, automatic
2947 <EOL> detection will be done when reading a file. When starting to
2948 edit a file, a check is done for the <EOL>:
2949 1. If all lines end in <CR><NL>, and 'fileformats' includes "dos",
2950 'fileformat' is set to "dos".
2951 2. If a <NL> is found and 'fileformats' includes "unix", 'fileformat'
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002952 is set to "unix". Note that when a <NL> is found without a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002953 preceding <CR>, "unix" is preferred over "dos".
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01002954 3. If 'fileformat' has not yet been set, and if a <CR> is found, and
2955 if 'fileformats' includes "mac", 'fileformat' is set to "mac".
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02002956 This means that "mac" is only chosen when:
2957 "unix" is not present or no <NL> is found in the file, and
2958 "dos" is not present or no <CR><NL> is found in the file.
2959 Except: if "unix" was chosen, but there is a <CR> before
2960 the first <NL>, and there appear to be more <CR>s than <NL>s in
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002961 the first few lines, "mac" is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002962 4. If 'fileformat' is still not set, the first name from
2963 'fileformats' is used.
2964 When reading a file into an existing buffer, the same is done, but
2965 this happens like 'fileformat' has been set appropriately for that
2966 file only, the option is not changed.
2967 When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformats' is not used.
2968
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002969 Note that when Vim starts up with an empty buffer this option is not
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002970 used. Set 'fileformat' in your .vimrc instead.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002971
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002972 For systems with a Dos-like <EOL> (<CR><NL>), when reading files that
2973 are ":source"ed and for vimrc files, automatic <EOL> detection may be
2974 done:
2975 - When 'fileformats' is empty, there is no automatic detection. Dos
2976 format will be used.
2977 - When 'fileformats' is set to one or more names, automatic detection
2978 is done. This is based on the first <NL> in the file: If there is a
2979 <CR> in front of it, Dos format is used, otherwise Unix format is
2980 used.
2981 Also see |file-formats|.
2982 For backwards compatibility: When this option is set to an empty
2983 string or one format (no comma is included), 'textauto' is reset,
2984 otherwise 'textauto' is set.
2985 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
2986 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
2987
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02002988 *'fileignorecase'* *'fic'* *'nofileignorecase'* *'nofic'*
2989'fileignorecase' 'fic' boolean (default on for systems where case in file
2990 names is normally ignored)
Bram Moolenaar71afbfe2013-03-19 16:49:16 +01002991 global
2992 {not in Vi}
2993 When set case is ignored when using file names and directories.
2994 See 'wildignorecase' for only ignoring case when doing completion.
2995
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002996 *'filetype'* *'ft'*
2997'filetype' 'ft' string (default: "")
2998 local to buffer
2999 {not in Vi}
3000 {not available when compiled without the |+autocmd|
3001 feature}
3002 When this option is set, the FileType autocommand event is triggered.
3003 All autocommands that match with the value of this option will be
3004 executed. Thus the value of 'filetype' is used in place of the file
3005 name.
3006 Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current file type.
3007 This option is normally set when the file type is detected. To enable
3008 this use the ":filetype on" command. |:filetype|
3009 Setting this option to a different value is most useful in a modeline,
3010 for a file for which the file type is not automatically recognized.
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00003011 Example, for in an IDL file:
3012 /* vim: set filetype=idl : */ ~
3013 |FileType| |filetypes|
3014 When a dot appears in the value then this separates two filetype
3015 names. Example:
3016 /* vim: set filetype=c.doxygen : */ ~
3017 This will use the "c" filetype first, then the "doxygen" filetype.
3018 This works both for filetype plugins and for syntax files. More than
3019 one dot may appear.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003020 This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
3021 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003022 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003023
3024 *'fillchars'* *'fcs'*
3025'fillchars' 'fcs' string (default "vert:|,fold:-")
3026 global
3027 {not in Vi}
3028 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
3029 and |+folding| features}
3030 Characters to fill the statuslines and vertical separators.
3031 It is a comma separated list of items:
3032
3033 item default Used for ~
3034 stl:c ' ' or '^' statusline of the current window
3035 stlnc:c ' ' or '-' statusline of the non-current windows
3036 vert:c '|' vertical separators |:vsplit|
3037 fold:c '-' filling 'foldtext'
3038 diff:c '-' deleted lines of the 'diff' option
3039
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003040 Any one that is omitted will fall back to the default. For "stl" and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003041 "stlnc" the space will be used when there is highlighting, '^' or '-'
3042 otherwise.
3043
3044 Example: >
3045 :set fillchars=stl:^,stlnc:-,vert:\|,fold:-,diff:-
3046< This is similar to the default, except that these characters will also
3047 be used when there is highlighting.
3048
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003049 for "stl" and "stlnc" only single-byte values are supported.
3050
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003051 The highlighting used for these items:
3052 item highlight group ~
3053 stl:c StatusLine |hl-StatusLine|
3054 stlnc:c StatusLineNC |hl-StatusLineNC|
3055 vert:c VertSplit |hl-VertSplit|
3056 fold:c Folded |hl-Folded|
3057 diff:c DiffDelete |hl-DiffDelete|
3058
3059 *'fkmap'* *'fk'* *'nofkmap'* *'nofk'*
3060'fkmap' 'fk' boolean (default off) *E198*
3061 global
3062 {not in Vi}
3063 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
3064 feature}
3065 When on, the keyboard is mapped for the Farsi character set.
3066 Normally you would set 'allowrevins' and use CTRL-_ in insert mode to
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003067 toggle this option |i_CTRL-_|. See |farsi.txt|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003068
3069 *'foldclose'* *'fcl'*
3070'foldclose' 'fcl' string (default "")
3071 global
3072 {not in Vi}
3073 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3074 feature}
3075 When set to "all", a fold is closed when the cursor isn't in it and
3076 its level is higher than 'foldlevel'. Useful if you want folds to
3077 automatically close when moving out of them.
3078
3079 *'foldcolumn'* *'fdc'*
3080'foldcolumn' 'fdc' number (default 0)
3081 local to window
3082 {not in Vi}
3083 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3084 feature}
3085 When non-zero, a column with the specified width is shown at the side
3086 of the window which indicates open and closed folds. The maximum
3087 value is 12.
3088 See |folding|.
3089
3090 *'foldenable'* *'fen'* *'nofoldenable'* *'nofen'*
3091'foldenable' 'fen' boolean (default on)
3092 local to window
3093 {not in Vi}
3094 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3095 feature}
3096 When off, all folds are open. This option can be used to quickly
3097 switch between showing all text unfolded and viewing the text with
3098 folds (including manually opened or closed folds). It can be toggled
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003099 with the |zi| command. The 'foldcolumn' will remain blank when
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003100 'foldenable' is off.
3101 This option is set by commands that create a new fold or close a fold.
3102 See |folding|.
3103
3104 *'foldexpr'* *'fde'*
3105'foldexpr' 'fde' string (default: "0")
3106 local to window
3107 {not in Vi}
3108 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003109 or |+eval| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003110 The expression used for when 'foldmethod' is "expr". It is evaluated
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00003111 for each line to obtain its fold level. See |fold-expr|.
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00003112
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003113 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from a
3114 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003115 This option can't be set from a |modeline| when the 'diff' option is
3116 on.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00003117
3118 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
3119 evaluating 'foldexpr' |textlock|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003120
3121 *'foldignore'* *'fdi'*
3122'foldignore' 'fdi' string (default: "#")
3123 local to window
3124 {not in Vi}
3125 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3126 feature}
3127 Used only when 'foldmethod' is "indent". Lines starting with
3128 characters in 'foldignore' will get their fold level from surrounding
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003129 lines. White space is skipped before checking for this character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003130 The default "#" works well for C programs. See |fold-indent|.
3131
3132 *'foldlevel'* *'fdl'*
3133'foldlevel' 'fdl' number (default: 0)
3134 local to window
3135 {not in Vi}
3136 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3137 feature}
3138 Sets the fold level: Folds with a higher level will be closed.
3139 Setting this option to zero will close all folds. Higher numbers will
3140 close fewer folds.
3141 This option is set by commands like |zm|, |zM| and |zR|.
3142 See |fold-foldlevel|.
3143
3144 *'foldlevelstart'* *'fdls'*
3145'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' number (default: -1)
3146 global
3147 {not in Vi}
3148 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3149 feature}
3150 Sets 'foldlevel' when starting to edit another buffer in a window.
3151 Useful to always start editing with all folds closed (value zero),
3152 some folds closed (one) or no folds closed (99).
3153 This is done before reading any modeline, thus a setting in a modeline
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003154 overrules this option. Starting to edit a file for |diff-mode| also
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003155 ignores this option and closes all folds.
3156 It is also done before BufReadPre autocommands, to allow an autocmd to
3157 overrule the 'foldlevel' value for specific files.
3158 When the value is negative, it is not used.
3159
3160 *'foldmarker'* *'fmr'* *E536*
3161'foldmarker' 'fmr' string (default: "{{{,}}}")
3162 local to window
3163 {not in Vi}
3164 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3165 feature}
3166 The start and end marker used when 'foldmethod' is "marker". There
3167 must be one comma, which separates the start and end marker. The
3168 marker is a literal string (a regular expression would be too slow).
3169 See |fold-marker|.
3170
3171 *'foldmethod'* *'fdm'*
3172'foldmethod' 'fdm' string (default: "manual")
3173 local to window
3174 {not in Vi}
3175 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3176 feature}
3177 The kind of folding used for the current window. Possible values:
3178 |fold-manual| manual Folds are created manually.
3179 |fold-indent| indent Lines with equal indent form a fold.
3180 |fold-expr| expr 'foldexpr' gives the fold level of a line.
3181 |fold-marker| marker Markers are used to specify folds.
3182 |fold-syntax| syntax Syntax highlighting items specify folds.
3183 |fold-diff| diff Fold text that is not changed.
3184
3185 *'foldminlines'* *'fml'*
3186'foldminlines' 'fml' number (default: 1)
3187 local to window
3188 {not in Vi}
3189 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3190 feature}
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01003191 Sets the number of screen lines above which a fold can be displayed
3192 closed. Also for manually closed folds. With the default value of
3193 one a fold can only be closed if it takes up two or more screen lines.
3194 Set to zero to be able to close folds of just one screen line.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02003195 Note that this only has an effect on what is displayed. After using
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003196 "zc" to close a fold, which is displayed open because it's smaller
3197 than 'foldminlines', a following "zc" may close a containing fold.
3198
3199 *'foldnestmax'* *'fdn'*
3200'foldnestmax' 'fdn' number (default: 20)
3201 local to window
3202 {not in Vi}
3203 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3204 feature}
3205 Sets the maximum nesting of folds for the "indent" and "syntax"
3206 methods. This avoids that too many folds will be created. Using more
3207 than 20 doesn't work, because the internal limit is 20.
3208
3209 *'foldopen'* *'fdo'*
3210'foldopen' 'fdo' string (default: "block,hor,mark,percent,quickfix,
3211 search,tag,undo")
3212 global
3213 {not in Vi}
3214 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3215 feature}
3216 Specifies for which type of commands folds will be opened, if the
3217 command moves the cursor into a closed fold. It is a comma separated
3218 list of items.
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02003219 NOTE: When the command is part of a mapping this option is not used.
3220 Add the |zv| command to the mapping to get the same effect.
3221 (rationale: the mapping may want to control opening folds itself)
3222
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003223 item commands ~
3224 all any
3225 block "(", "{", "[[", "[{", etc.
3226 hor horizontal movements: "l", "w", "fx", etc.
3227 insert any command in Insert mode
3228 jump far jumps: "G", "gg", etc.
3229 mark jumping to a mark: "'m", CTRL-O, etc.
3230 percent "%"
3231 quickfix ":cn", ":crew", ":make", etc.
3232 search search for a pattern: "/", "n", "*", "gd", etc.
3233 (not for a search pattern in a ":" command)
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003234 Also for |[s| and |]s|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003235 tag jumping to a tag: ":ta", CTRL-T, etc.
3236 undo undo or redo: "u" and CTRL-R
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003237 When a movement command is used for an operator (e.g., "dl" or "y%")
3238 this option is not used. This means the operator will include the
3239 whole closed fold.
3240 Note that vertical movements are not here, because it would make it
3241 very difficult to move onto a closed fold.
3242 In insert mode the folds containing the cursor will always be open
3243 when text is inserted.
3244 To close folds you can re-apply 'foldlevel' with the |zx| command or
3245 set the 'foldclose' option to "all".
3246
3247 *'foldtext'* *'fdt'*
3248'foldtext' 'fdt' string (default: "foldtext()")
3249 local to window
3250 {not in Vi}
3251 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3252 feature}
3253 An expression which is used to specify the text displayed for a closed
3254 fold. See |fold-foldtext|.
3255
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003256 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from a
3257 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00003258
3259 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
3260 evaluating 'foldtext' |textlock|.
3261
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003262 *'formatoptions'* *'fo'*
3263'formatoptions' 'fo' string (Vim default: "tcq", Vi default: "vt")
3264 local to buffer
3265 {not in Vi}
3266 This is a sequence of letters which describes how automatic
3267 formatting is to be done. See |fo-table|. When the 'paste' option is
3268 on, no formatting is done (like 'formatoptions' is empty). Commas can
3269 be inserted for readability.
3270 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
3271 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
3272 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
3273 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
3274
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003275 *'formatlistpat'* *'flp'*
3276'formatlistpat' 'flp' string (default: "^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*")
3277 local to buffer
3278 {not in Vi}
3279 A pattern that is used to recognize a list header. This is used for
3280 the "n" flag in 'formatoptions'.
3281 The pattern must match exactly the text that will be the indent for
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00003282 the line below it. You can use |/\ze| to mark the end of the match
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003283 while still checking more characters. There must be a character
3284 following the pattern, when it matches the whole line it is handled
3285 like there is no match.
3286 The default recognizes a number, followed by an optional punctuation
3287 character and white space.
3288
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003289 *'formatprg'* *'fp'*
3290'formatprg' 'fp' string (default "")
3291 global
3292 {not in Vi}
3293 The name of an external program that will be used to format the lines
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003294 selected with the |gq| operator. The program must take the input on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003295 stdin and produce the output on stdout. The Unix program "fmt" is
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003296 such a program.
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003297 If the 'formatexpr' option is not empty it will be used instead.
3298 Otherwise, if 'formatprg' option is an empty string, the internal
3299 format function will be used |C-indenting|.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003300 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
3301 about including spaces and backslashes.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003302 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3303 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003304
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003305 *'formatexpr'* *'fex'*
3306'formatexpr' 'fex' string (default "")
3307 local to buffer
3308 {not in Vi}
3309 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
3310 feature}
3311 Expression which is evaluated to format a range of lines for the |gq|
Bram Moolenaar368373e2010-07-19 20:46:22 +02003312 operator or automatic formatting (see 'formatoptions'). When this
3313 option is empty 'formatprg' is used.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +00003314
3315 The |v:lnum| variable holds the first line to be formatted.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00003316 The |v:count| variable holds the number of lines to be formatted.
3317 The |v:char| variable holds the character that is going to be
Bram Moolenaar368373e2010-07-19 20:46:22 +02003318 inserted if the expression is being evaluated due to
3319 automatic formatting. This can be empty. Don't insert
3320 it yet!
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +00003321
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003322 Example: >
Bram Moolenaard1f56e62006-02-22 21:25:37 +00003323 :set formatexpr=mylang#Format()
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003324< This will invoke the mylang#Format() function in the
3325 autoload/mylang.vim file in 'runtimepath'. |autoload|
3326
3327 The expression is also evaluated when 'textwidth' is set and adding
3328 text beyond that limit. This happens under the same conditions as
3329 when internal formatting is used. Make sure the cursor is kept in the
3330 same spot relative to the text then! The |mode()| function will
Bram Moolenaar700303e2010-07-11 17:35:50 +02003331 return "i" or "R" in this situation.
3332
3333 When the expression evaluates to non-zero Vim will fall back to using
3334 the internal format mechanism.
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003335
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003336 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
3337 modeline, see |sandbox-option|. That stops the option from working,
3338 since changing the buffer text is not allowed.
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003339
3340 *'fsync'* *'fs'*
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003341'fsync' 'fs' boolean (default on)
3342 global
3343 {not in Vi}
3344 When on, the library function fsync() will be called after writing a
3345 file. This will flush a file to disk, ensuring that it is safely
3346 written even on filesystems which do metadata-only journaling. This
3347 will force the harddrive to spin up on Linux systems running in laptop
3348 mode, so it may be undesirable in some situations. Be warned that
3349 turning this off increases the chances of data loss after a crash. On
3350 systems without an fsync() implementation, this variable is always
3351 off.
3352 Also see 'swapsync' for controlling fsync() on swap files.
3353
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003354 *'gdefault'* *'gd'* *'nogdefault'* *'nogd'*
3355'gdefault' 'gd' boolean (default off)
3356 global
3357 {not in Vi}
3358 When on, the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on. This means that
3359 all matches in a line are substituted instead of one. When a 'g' flag
3360 is given to a ":substitute" command, this will toggle the substitution
3361 of all or one match. See |complex-change|.
3362
3363 command 'gdefault' on 'gdefault' off ~
3364 :s/// subst. all subst. one
3365 :s///g subst. one subst. all
3366 :s///gg subst. all subst. one
3367
3368 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
3369
3370 *'grepformat'* *'gfm'*
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02003371'grepformat' 'gfm' string (default "%f:%l:%m,%f:%l%m,%f %l%m")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003372 global
3373 {not in Vi}
3374 Format to recognize for the ":grep" command output.
3375 This is a scanf-like string that uses the same format as the
3376 'errorformat' option: see |errorformat|.
3377
3378 *'grepprg'* *'gp'*
3379'grepprg' 'gp' string (default "grep -n ",
3380 Unix: "grep -n $* /dev/null",
3381 Win32: "findstr /n" or "grep -n",
3382 VMS: "SEARCH/NUMBERS ")
3383 global or local to buffer |global-local|
3384 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00003385 Program to use for the |:grep| command. This option may contain '%'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003386 and '#' characters, which are expanded like when used in a command-
3387 line. The placeholder "$*" is allowed to specify where the arguments
3388 will be included. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See
3389 |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
3390 When your "grep" accepts the "-H" argument, use this to make ":grep"
3391 also work well with a single file: >
3392 :set grepprg=grep\ -nH
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00003393< Special value: When 'grepprg' is set to "internal" the |:grep| command
Bram Moolenaara6557602006-02-04 22:43:20 +00003394 works like |:vimgrep|, |:lgrep| like |:lvimgrep|, |:grepadd| like
3395 |:vimgrepadd| and |:lgrepadd| like |:lvimgrepadd|.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003396 See also the section |:make_makeprg|, since most of the comments there
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003397 apply equally to 'grepprg'.
3398 For Win32, the default is "findstr /n" if "findstr.exe" can be found,
3399 otherwise it's "grep -n".
3400 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3401 security reasons.
3402
3403 *'guicursor'* *'gcr'* *E545* *E546* *E548* *E549*
3404'guicursor' 'gcr' string (default "n-v-c:block-Cursor/lCursor,
3405 ve:ver35-Cursor,
3406 o:hor50-Cursor,
3407 i-ci:ver25-Cursor/lCursor,
3408 r-cr:hor20-Cursor/lCursor,
3409 sm:block-Cursor
3410 -blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175",
3411 for MS-DOS and Win32 console:
3412 "n-v-c:block,o:hor50,i-ci:hor15,
3413 r-cr:hor30,sm:block")
3414 global
3415 {not in Vi}
3416 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled, and
3417 for MS-DOS and Win32 console}
3418 This option tells Vim what the cursor should look like in different
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003419 modes. It fully works in the GUI. In an MSDOS or Win32 console, only
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003420 the height of the cursor can be changed. This can be done by
3421 specifying a block cursor, or a percentage for a vertical or
3422 horizontal cursor.
Bram Moolenaar1e7813a2015-03-31 18:31:03 +02003423 For a console the 't_SI', 't_SR', and 't_EI' escape sequences are
3424 used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003425
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003426 The option is a comma separated list of parts. Each part consist of a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003427 mode-list and an argument-list:
3428 mode-list:argument-list,mode-list:argument-list,..
3429 The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes:
3430 n Normal mode
3431 v Visual mode
3432 ve Visual mode with 'selection' "exclusive" (same as 'v',
3433 if not specified)
3434 o Operator-pending mode
3435 i Insert mode
3436 r Replace mode
3437 c Command-line Normal (append) mode
3438 ci Command-line Insert mode
3439 cr Command-line Replace mode
3440 sm showmatch in Insert mode
3441 a all modes
3442 The argument-list is a dash separated list of these arguments:
3443 hor{N} horizontal bar, {N} percent of the character height
3444 ver{N} vertical bar, {N} percent of the character width
3445 block block cursor, fills the whole character
3446 [only one of the above three should be present]
3447 blinkwait{N} *cursor-blinking*
3448 blinkon{N}
3449 blinkoff{N}
3450 blink times for cursor: blinkwait is the delay before
3451 the cursor starts blinking, blinkon is the time that
3452 the cursor is shown and blinkoff is the time that the
3453 cursor is not shown. The times are in msec. When one
3454 of the numbers is zero, there is no blinking. The
3455 default is: "blinkwait700-blinkon400-blinkoff250".
3456 These numbers are used for a missing entry. This
3457 means that blinking is enabled by default. To switch
3458 blinking off you can use "blinkon0". The cursor only
3459 blinks when Vim is waiting for input, not while
3460 executing a command.
3461 To make the cursor blink in an xterm, see
3462 |xterm-blink|.
3463 {group-name}
3464 a highlight group name, that sets the color and font
3465 for the cursor
3466 {group-name}/{group-name}
3467 Two highlight group names, the first is used when
3468 no language mappings are used, the other when they
3469 are. |language-mapping|
3470
3471 Examples of parts:
3472 n-c-v:block-nCursor in Normal, Command-line and Visual mode, use a
3473 block cursor with colors from the "nCursor"
3474 highlight group
3475 i-ci:ver30-iCursor-blinkwait300-blinkon200-blinkoff150
3476 In Insert and Command-line Insert mode, use a
3477 30% vertical bar cursor with colors from the
3478 "iCursor" highlight group. Blink a bit
3479 faster.
3480
3481 The 'a' mode is different. It will set the given argument-list for
3482 all modes. It does not reset anything to defaults. This can be used
3483 to do a common setting for all modes. For example, to switch off
3484 blinking: "a:blinkon0"
3485
3486 Examples of cursor highlighting: >
3487 :highlight Cursor gui=reverse guifg=NONE guibg=NONE
3488 :highlight Cursor gui=NONE guifg=bg guibg=fg
3489<
3490 *'guifont'* *'gfn'*
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02003491 *E235* *E596*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003492'guifont' 'gfn' string (default "")
3493 global
3494 {not in Vi}
3495 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
3496 This is a list of fonts which will be used for the GUI version of Vim.
3497 In its simplest form the value is just one font name. When
3498 the font cannot be found you will get an error message. To try other
3499 font names a list can be specified, font names separated with commas.
3500 The first valid font is used.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003501
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00003502 On systems where 'guifontset' is supported (X11) and 'guifontset' is
3503 not empty, then 'guifont' is not used.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003504
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003505 Spaces after a comma are ignored. To include a comma in a font name
3506 precede it with a backslash. Setting an option requires an extra
3507 backslash before a space and a backslash. See also
3508 |option-backslash|. For example: >
3509 :set guifont=Screen15,\ 7x13,font\\,with\\,commas
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003510< will make Vim try to use the font "Screen15" first, and if it fails it
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003511 will try to use "7x13" and then "font,with,commas" instead.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003512
3513 If none of the fonts can be loaded, Vim will keep the current setting.
3514 If an empty font list is given, Vim will try using other resource
3515 settings (for X, it will use the Vim.font resource), and finally it
3516 will try some builtin default which should always be there ("7x13" in
3517 the case of X). The font names given should be "normal" fonts. Vim
3518 will try to find the related bold and italic fonts.
3519
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003520 For Win32, GTK, Motif, Mac OS and Photon: >
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003521 :set guifont=*
3522< will bring up a font requester, where you can pick the font you want.
3523
3524 The font name depends on the GUI used. See |setting-guifont| for a
3525 way to set 'guifont' for various systems.
3526
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003527 For the GTK+ 2 GUI the font name looks like this: >
3528 :set guifont=Andale\ Mono\ 11
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003529< That's all. XLFDs are not used. For Chinese this is reported to work
3530 well: >
3531 if has("gui_gtk2")
3532 set guifont=Bitstream\ Vera\ Sans\ Mono\ 12,Fixed\ 12
3533 set guifontwide=Microsoft\ Yahei\ 12,WenQuanYi\ Zen\ Hei\ 12
3534 endif
3535<
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00003536 For Mac OSX you can use something like this: >
3537 :set guifont=Monaco:h10
Bram Moolenaar06a89a52006-04-29 22:01:03 +00003538< Also see 'macatsui', it can help fix display problems.
3539 *E236*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003540 Note that the fonts must be mono-spaced (all characters have the same
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003541 width). An exception is GTK 2: all fonts are accepted, but
3542 mono-spaced fonts look best.
3543
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003544 To preview a font on X11, you might be able to use the "xfontsel"
3545 program. The "xlsfonts" program gives a list of all available fonts.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003546
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003547 For the Win32 GUI *E244* *E245*
3548 - takes these options in the font name:
3549 hXX - height is XX (points, can be floating-point)
3550 wXX - width is XX (points, can be floating-point)
3551 b - bold
3552 i - italic
3553 u - underline
3554 s - strikeout
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00003555 cXX - character set XX. Valid charsets are: ANSI, ARABIC,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003556 BALTIC, CHINESEBIG5, DEFAULT, EASTEUROPE, GB2312, GREEK,
3557 HANGEUL, HEBREW, JOHAB, MAC, OEM, RUSSIAN, SHIFTJIS,
3558 SYMBOL, THAI, TURKISH, VIETNAMESE ANSI and BALTIC.
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00003559 Normally you would use "cDEFAULT".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003560
3561 Use a ':' to separate the options.
3562 - A '_' can be used in the place of a space, so you don't need to use
3563 backslashes to escape the spaces.
3564 - Examples: >
3565 :set guifont=courier_new:h12:w5:b:cRUSSIAN
3566 :set guifont=Andale_Mono:h7.5:w4.5
3567< See also |font-sizes|.
3568
3569 *'guifontset'* *'gfs'*
3570 *E250* *E252* *E234* *E597* *E598*
3571'guifontset' 'gfs' string (default "")
3572 global
3573 {not in Vi}
3574 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled and
3575 with the |+xfontset| feature}
3576 {not available in the GTK+ 2 GUI}
3577 When not empty, specifies two (or more) fonts to be used. The first
3578 one for normal English, the second one for your special language. See
3579 |xfontset|.
3580 Setting this option also means that all font names will be handled as
3581 a fontset name. Also the ones used for the "font" argument of the
3582 |:highlight| command.
3583 The fonts must match with the current locale. If fonts for the
3584 character sets that the current locale uses are not included, setting
3585 'guifontset' will fail.
3586 Note the difference between 'guifont' and 'guifontset': In 'guifont'
3587 the comma-separated names are alternative names, one of which will be
3588 used. In 'guifontset' the whole string is one fontset name,
3589 including the commas. It is not possible to specify alternative
3590 fontset names.
3591 This example works on many X11 systems: >
3592 :set guifontset=-*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-c-*-*-*
3593<
3594 *'guifontwide'* *'gfw'* *E231* *E533* *E534*
3595'guifontwide' 'gfw' string (default "")
3596 global
3597 {not in Vi}
3598 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
3599 When not empty, specifies a comma-separated list of fonts to be used
3600 for double-width characters. The first font that can be loaded is
3601 used.
3602 Note: The size of these fonts must be exactly twice as wide as the one
3603 specified with 'guifont' and the same height.
3604
3605 All GUI versions but GTK+ 2:
3606
3607 'guifontwide' is only used when 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" and
3608 'guifontset' is empty or invalid.
3609 When 'guifont' is set and a valid font is found in it and
3610 'guifontwide' is empty Vim will attempt to find a matching
3611 double-width font and set 'guifontwide' to it.
3612
3613 GTK+ 2 GUI only: *guifontwide_gtk2*
3614
3615 If set and valid, 'guifontwide' is always used for double width
3616 characters, even if 'encoding' is not set to "utf-8".
3617 Vim does not attempt to find an appropriate value for 'guifontwide'
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003618 automatically. If 'guifontwide' is empty Pango/Xft will choose the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003619 font for characters not available in 'guifont'. Thus you do not need
3620 to set 'guifontwide' at all unless you want to override the choice
3621 made by Pango/Xft.
3622
Bram Moolenaar0f272122013-01-23 18:37:40 +01003623 Windows +multibyte only: *guifontwide_win_mbyte*
3624
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01003625 If set and valid, 'guifontwide' is used for IME instead of 'guifont'.
Bram Moolenaar0f272122013-01-23 18:37:40 +01003626
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003627 *'guiheadroom'* *'ghr'*
3628'guiheadroom' 'ghr' number (default 50)
3629 global
3630 {not in Vi} {only for GTK and X11 GUI}
3631 The number of pixels subtracted from the screen height when fitting
3632 the GUI window on the screen. Set this before the GUI is started,
3633 e.g., in your |gvimrc| file. When zero, the whole screen height will
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003634 be used by the window. When positive, the specified number of pixel
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003635 lines will be left for window decorations and other items on the
3636 screen. Set it to a negative value to allow windows taller than the
3637 screen.
3638
3639 *'guioptions'* *'go'*
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01003640'guioptions' 'go' string (default "egmrLtT" (MS-Windows),
3641 "aegimrLtT" (GTK, Motif and Athena))
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003642 global
3643 {not in Vi}
3644 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003645 This option only has an effect in the GUI version of Vim. It is a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003646 sequence of letters which describes what components and options of the
3647 GUI should be used.
3648 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
3649 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
3650
3651 Valid letters are as follows:
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003652 *guioptions_a* *'go-a'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003653 'a' Autoselect: If present, then whenever VISUAL mode is started,
3654 or the Visual area extended, Vim tries to become the owner of
3655 the windowing system's global selection. This means that the
3656 Visually highlighted text is available for pasting into other
3657 applications as well as into Vim itself. When the Visual mode
3658 ends, possibly due to an operation on the text, or when an
3659 application wants to paste the selection, the highlighted text
3660 is automatically yanked into the "* selection register.
3661 Thus the selection is still available for pasting into other
3662 applications after the VISUAL mode has ended.
3663 If not present, then Vim won't become the owner of the
3664 windowing system's global selection unless explicitly told to
3665 by a yank or delete operation for the "* register.
3666 The same applies to the modeless selection.
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02003667 *'go-P'*
3668 'P' Like autoselect but using the "+ register instead of the "*
3669 register.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003670 *'go-A'*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003671 'A' Autoselect for the modeless selection. Like 'a', but only
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003672 applies to the modeless selection.
3673
3674 'guioptions' autoselect Visual autoselect modeless ~
3675 "" - -
3676 "a" yes yes
3677 "A" - yes
3678 "aA" yes yes
3679
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003680 *'go-c'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003681 'c' Use console dialogs instead of popup dialogs for simple
3682 choices.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003683 *'go-e'*
Bram Moolenaare224ffa2006-03-01 00:01:28 +00003684 'e' Add tab pages when indicated with 'showtabline'.
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00003685 'guitablabel' can be used to change the text in the labels.
3686 When 'e' is missing a non-GUI tab pages line may be used.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00003687 The GUI tabs are only supported on some systems, currently
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003688 GTK, Motif, Mac OS/X and MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003689 *'go-f'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003690 'f' Foreground: Don't use fork() to detach the GUI from the shell
3691 where it was started. Use this for programs that wait for the
3692 editor to finish (e.g., an e-mail program). Alternatively you
3693 can use "gvim -f" or ":gui -f" to start the GUI in the
3694 foreground. |gui-fork|
3695 Note: Set this option in the vimrc file. The forking may have
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003696 happened already when the |gvimrc| file is read.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003697 *'go-i'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003698 'i' Use a Vim icon. For GTK with KDE it is used in the left-upper
3699 corner of the window. It's black&white on non-GTK, because of
3700 limitations of X11. For a color icon, see |X11-icon|.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003701 *'go-m'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003702 'm' Menu bar is present.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003703 *'go-M'*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003704 'M' The system menu "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim" is not sourced. Note
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003705 that this flag must be added in the .vimrc file, before
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003706 switching on syntax or filetype recognition (when the |gvimrc|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003707 file is sourced the system menu has already been loaded; the
3708 ":syntax on" and ":filetype on" commands load the menu too).
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003709 *'go-g'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003710 'g' Grey menu items: Make menu items that are not active grey. If
3711 'g' is not included inactive menu items are not shown at all.
3712 Exception: Athena will always use grey menu items.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003713 *'go-t'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003714 't' Include tearoff menu items. Currently only works for Win32,
3715 GTK+, and Motif 1.2 GUI.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003716 *'go-T'*
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00003717 'T' Include Toolbar. Currently only in Win32, GTK+, Motif, Photon
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00003718 and Athena GUIs.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003719 *'go-r'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003720 'r' Right-hand scrollbar is always present.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003721 *'go-R'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003722 'R' Right-hand scrollbar is present when there is a vertically
3723 split window.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003724 *'go-l'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003725 'l' Left-hand scrollbar is always present.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003726 *'go-L'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003727 'L' Left-hand scrollbar is present when there is a vertically
3728 split window.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003729 *'go-b'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003730 'b' Bottom (horizontal) scrollbar is present. Its size depends on
3731 the longest visible line, or on the cursor line if the 'h'
3732 flag is included. |gui-horiz-scroll|
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003733 *'go-h'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003734 'h' Limit horizontal scrollbar size to the length of the cursor
3735 line. Reduces computations. |gui-horiz-scroll|
3736
3737 And yes, you may even have scrollbars on the left AND the right if
3738 you really want to :-). See |gui-scrollbars| for more information.
3739
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003740 *'go-v'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003741 'v' Use a vertical button layout for dialogs. When not included,
3742 a horizontal layout is preferred, but when it doesn't fit a
3743 vertical layout is used anyway.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003744 *'go-p'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003745 'p' Use Pointer callbacks for X11 GUI. This is required for some
3746 window managers. If the cursor is not blinking or hollow at
3747 the right moment, try adding this flag. This must be done
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003748 before starting the GUI. Set it in your |gvimrc|. Adding or
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003749 removing it after the GUI has started has no effect.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02003750 *'go-F'*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003751 'F' Add a footer. Only for Motif. See |gui-footer|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003752
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003753
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003754 *'guipty'* *'noguipty'*
3755'guipty' boolean (default on)
3756 global
3757 {not in Vi}
3758 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
3759 Only in the GUI: If on, an attempt is made to open a pseudo-tty for
3760 I/O to/from shell commands. See |gui-pty|.
3761
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00003762 *'guitablabel'* *'gtl'*
3763'guitablabel' 'gtl' string (default empty)
3764 global
3765 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00003766 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled and
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003767 with the |+windows| feature}
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00003768 When nonempty describes the text to use in a label of the GUI tab
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00003769 pages line. When empty and when the result is empty Vim will use a
3770 default label. See |setting-guitablabel| for more info.
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00003771
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00003772 The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00003773 'guitabtooltip' is used for the tooltip, see below.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00003774
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00003775 Only used when the GUI tab pages line is displayed. 'e' must be
3776 present in 'guioptions'. For the non-GUI tab pages line 'tabline' is
3777 used.
3778
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00003779 *'guitabtooltip'* *'gtt'*
3780'guitabtooltip' 'gtt' string (default empty)
3781 global
3782 {not in Vi}
3783 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled and
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003784 with the |+windows| feature}
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00003785 When nonempty describes the text to use in a tooltip for the GUI tab
3786 pages line. When empty Vim will use a default tooltip.
3787 This option is otherwise just like 'guitablabel' above.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003788 You can include a line break. Simplest method is to use |:let|: >
3789 :let &guitabtooltip = "line one\nline two"
3790<
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00003791
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003792 *'helpfile'* *'hf'*
3793'helpfile' 'hf' string (default (MSDOS) "$VIMRUNTIME\doc\help.txt"
3794 (others) "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt")
3795 global
3796 {not in Vi}
3797 Name of the main help file. All distributed help files should be
3798 placed together in one directory. Additionally, all "doc" directories
3799 in 'runtimepath' will be used.
3800 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. For example:
3801 "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt". If $VIMRUNTIME is not set, $VIM is also
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003802 tried. Also see |$VIMRUNTIME| and |option-backslash| about including
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003803 spaces and backslashes.
3804 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3805 security reasons.
3806
3807 *'helpheight'* *'hh'*
3808'helpheight' 'hh' number (default 20)
3809 global
3810 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003811 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003812 feature}
3813 Minimal initial height of the help window when it is opened with the
3814 ":help" command. The initial height of the help window is half of the
3815 current window, or (when the 'ea' option is on) the same as other
3816 windows. When the height is less than 'helpheight', the height is
3817 set to 'helpheight'. Set to zero to disable.
3818
3819 *'helplang'* *'hlg'*
3820'helplang' 'hlg' string (default: messages language or empty)
3821 global
3822 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_lang|
3823 feature}
3824 {not in Vi}
3825 Comma separated list of languages. Vim will use the first language
3826 for which the desired help can be found. The English help will always
3827 be used as a last resort. You can add "en" to prefer English over
3828 another language, but that will only find tags that exist in that
3829 language and not in the English help.
3830 Example: >
3831 :set helplang=de,it
3832< This will first search German, then Italian and finally English help
3833 files.
3834 When using |CTRL-]| and ":help!" in a non-English help file Vim will
3835 try to find the tag in the current language before using this option.
3836 See |help-translated|.
3837
3838 *'hidden'* *'hid'* *'nohidden'* *'nohid'*
3839'hidden' 'hid' boolean (default off)
3840 global
3841 {not in Vi}
3842 When off a buffer is unloaded when it is |abandon|ed. When on a
3843 buffer becomes hidden when it is |abandon|ed. If the buffer is still
3844 displayed in another window, it does not become hidden, of course.
3845 The commands that move through the buffer list sometimes make a buffer
3846 hidden although the 'hidden' option is off: When the buffer is
3847 modified, 'autowrite' is off or writing is not possible, and the '!'
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003848 flag was used. See also |windows.txt|.
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00003849 To only make one buffer hidden use the 'bufhidden' option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003850 This option is set for one command with ":hide {command}" |:hide|.
3851 WARNING: It's easy to forget that you have changes in hidden buffers.
3852 Think twice when using ":q!" or ":qa!".
3853
3854 *'highlight'* *'hl'*
3855'highlight' 'hl' string (default (as a single string):
3856 "8:SpecialKey,@:NonText,d:Directory,
3857 e:ErrorMsg,i:IncSearch,l:Search,m:MoreMsg,
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02003858 M:ModeMsg,n:LineNr,N:CursorLineNr,
3859 r:Question,s:StatusLine,S:StatusLineNC,
3860 c:VertSplit, t:Title,v:Visual,
3861 w:WarningMsg,W:WildMenu,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003862 f:Folded,F:FoldColumn,A:DiffAdd,
3863 C:DiffChange,D:DiffDelete,T:DiffText,
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00003864 >:SignColumn,B:SpellBad,P:SpellCap,
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02003865 R:SpellRare,L:SpellLocal,-:Conceal,
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00003866 +:Pmenu,=:PmenuSel,
3867 x:PmenuSbar,X:PmenuThumb")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003868 global
3869 {not in Vi}
3870 This option can be used to set highlighting mode for various
3871 occasions. It is a comma separated list of character pairs. The
3872 first character in a pair gives the occasion, the second the mode to
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003873 use for that occasion. The occasions are:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003874 |hl-SpecialKey| 8 Meta and special keys listed with ":map"
3875 |hl-NonText| @ '~' and '@' at the end of the window and
3876 characters from 'showbreak'
3877 |hl-Directory| d directories in CTRL-D listing and other special
3878 things in listings
3879 |hl-ErrorMsg| e error messages
3880 h (obsolete, ignored)
3881 |hl-IncSearch| i 'incsearch' highlighting
3882 |hl-Search| l last search pattern highlighting (see 'hlsearch')
3883 |hl-MoreMsg| m |more-prompt|
3884 |hl-ModeMsg| M Mode (e.g., "-- INSERT --")
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02003885 |hl-LineNr| n line number for ":number" and ":#" commands, and
3886 when 'number' or 'relativenumber' option is set.
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01003887 |hl-CursorLineNr| N like n for when 'cursorline' or 'relativenumber' is
3888 set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003889 |hl-Question| r |hit-enter| prompt and yes/no questions
3890 |hl-StatusLine| s status line of current window |status-line|
3891 |hl-StatusLineNC| S status lines of not-current windows
3892 |hl-Title| t Titles for output from ":set all", ":autocmd" etc.
3893 |hl-VertSplit| c column used to separate vertically split windows
3894 |hl-Visual| v Visual mode
3895 |hl-VisualNOS| V Visual mode when Vim does is "Not Owning the
3896 Selection" Only X11 Gui's |gui-x11| and
3897 |xterm-clipboard|.
3898 |hl-WarningMsg| w warning messages
3899 |hl-WildMenu| W wildcard matches displayed for 'wildmenu'
3900 |hl-Folded| f line used for closed folds
3901 |hl-FoldColumn| F 'foldcolumn'
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00003902 |hl-DiffAdd| A added line in diff mode
3903 |hl-DiffChange| C changed line in diff mode
3904 |hl-DiffDelete| D deleted line in diff mode
3905 |hl-DiffText| T inserted text in diff mode
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003906 |hl-SignColumn| > column used for |signs|
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00003907 |hl-SpellBad| B misspelled word |spell|
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02003908 |hl-SpellCap| P word that should start with capital |spell|
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00003909 |hl-SpellRare| R rare word |spell|
3910 |hl-SpellLocal| L word from other region |spell|
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02003911 |hl-Conceal| - the placeholders used for concealed characters
3912 (see 'conceallevel')
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00003913 |hl-Pmenu| + popup menu normal line
3914 |hl-PmenuSel| = popup menu normal line
3915 |hl-PmenuSbar| x popup menu scrollbar
3916 |hl-PmenuThumb| X popup menu scrollbar thumb
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003917
3918 The display modes are:
3919 r reverse (termcap entry "mr" and "me")
3920 i italic (termcap entry "ZH" and "ZR")
3921 b bold (termcap entry "md" and "me")
3922 s standout (termcap entry "so" and "se")
3923 u underline (termcap entry "us" and "ue")
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +00003924 c undercurl (termcap entry "Cs" and "Ce")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003925 n no highlighting
3926 - no highlighting
3927 : use a highlight group
3928 The default is used for occasions that are not included.
3929 If you want to change what the display modes do, see |dos-colors|
3930 for an example.
3931 When using the ':' display mode, this must be followed by the name of
3932 a highlight group. A highlight group can be used to define any type
3933 of highlighting, including using color. See |:highlight| on how to
3934 define one. The default uses a different group for each occasion.
3935 See |highlight-default| for the default highlight groups.
3936
3937 *'hlsearch'* *'hls'* *'nohlsearch'* *'nohls'*
3938'hlsearch' 'hls' boolean (default off)
3939 global
3940 {not in Vi}
3941 {not available when compiled without the
3942 |+extra_search| feature}
3943 When there is a previous search pattern, highlight all its matches.
3944 The type of highlighting used can be set with the 'l' occasion in the
3945 'highlight' option. This uses the "Search" highlight group by
3946 default. Note that only the matching text is highlighted, any offsets
3947 are not applied.
3948 See also: 'incsearch' and |:match|.
3949 When you get bored looking at the highlighted matches, you can turn it
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01003950 off with |:nohlsearch|. This does not change the option value, as
3951 soon as you use a search command, the highlighting comes back.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003952 'redrawtime' specifies the maximum time spent on finding matches.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003953 When the search pattern can match an end-of-line, Vim will try to
3954 highlight all of the matched text. However, this depends on where the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003955 search starts. This will be the first line in the window or the first
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003956 line below a closed fold. A match in a previous line which is not
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003957 drawn may not continue in a newly drawn line.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01003958 You can specify whether the highlight status is restored on startup
3959 with the 'h' flag in 'viminfo' |viminfo-h|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003960 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
3961
3962 *'history'* *'hi'*
Bram Moolenaar78159bb2014-06-25 11:48:54 +02003963'history' 'hi' number (Vim default: 50, Vi default: 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003964 global
3965 {not in Vi}
3966 A history of ":" commands, and a history of previous search patterns
Bram Moolenaar78159bb2014-06-25 11:48:54 +02003967 is remembered. This option decides how many entries may be stored in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003968 each of these histories (see |cmdline-editing|).
Bram Moolenaar78159bb2014-06-25 11:48:54 +02003969 The maximum value is 10000.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003970 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
3971 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
3972
3973 *'hkmap'* *'hk'* *'nohkmap'* *'nohk'*
3974'hkmap' 'hk' boolean (default off)
3975 global
3976 {not in Vi}
3977 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
3978 feature}
3979 When on, the keyboard is mapped for the Hebrew character set.
3980 Normally you would set 'allowrevins' and use CTRL-_ in insert mode to
3981 toggle this option. See |rileft.txt|.
3982 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
3983
3984 *'hkmapp'* *'hkp'* *'nohkmapp'* *'nohkp'*
3985'hkmapp' 'hkp' boolean (default off)
3986 global
3987 {not in Vi}
3988 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
3989 feature}
3990 When on, phonetic keyboard mapping is used. 'hkmap' must also be on.
3991 This is useful if you have a non-Hebrew keyboard.
3992 See |rileft.txt|.
3993 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
3994
3995 *'icon'* *'noicon'*
3996'icon' boolean (default off, on when title can be restored)
3997 global
3998 {not in Vi}
3999 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
4000 feature}
4001 When on, the icon text of the window will be set to the value of
4002 'iconstring' (if it is not empty), or to the name of the file
4003 currently being edited. Only the last part of the name is used.
4004 Overridden by the 'iconstring' option.
4005 Only works if the terminal supports setting window icons (currently
4006 only X11 GUI and terminals with a non-empty 't_IS' option - these are
4007 Unix xterm and iris-ansi by default, where 't_IS' is taken from the
4008 builtin termcap).
4009 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original icon will be
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00004010 restored if possible |X11|. See |X11-icon| for changing the icon on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004011 X11.
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02004012 For MS-Windows the icon can be changed, see |windows-icon|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004013
4014 *'iconstring'*
4015'iconstring' string (default "")
4016 global
4017 {not in Vi}
4018 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
4019 feature}
4020 When this option is not empty, it will be used for the icon text of
4021 the window. This happens only when the 'icon' option is on.
4022 Only works if the terminal supports setting window icon text
4023 (currently only X11 GUI and terminals with a non-empty 't_IS' option).
4024 Does not work for MS Windows.
4025 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original icon will be
4026 restored if possible |X11|.
4027 When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004028 expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'. See
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004029 'titlestring' for example settings.
4030 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline| feature}
4031
4032 *'ignorecase'* *'ic'* *'noignorecase'* *'noic'*
4033'ignorecase' 'ic' boolean (default off)
4034 global
4035 Ignore case in search patterns. Also used when searching in the tags
4036 file.
4037 Also see 'smartcase'.
4038 Can be overruled by using "\c" or "\C" in the pattern, see
4039 |/ignorecase|.
4040
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004041 *'imactivatefunc'* *'imaf'*
4042'imactivatefunc' 'imaf' string (default "")
4043 global
4044 {not in Vi}
4045 {only available when compiled with |+xim| and
4046 |+GUI_GTK|}
4047 This option specifies a function that will be called to
4048 activate/inactivate Input Method.
4049
4050 Example: >
4051 function ImActivateFunc(active)
4052 if a:active
4053 ... do something
4054 else
4055 ... do something
4056 endif
4057 " return value is not used
4058 endfunction
4059 set imactivatefunc=ImActivateFunc
4060<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004061 *'imactivatekey'* *'imak'*
4062'imactivatekey' 'imak' string (default "")
4063 global
4064 {not in Vi}
4065 {only available when compiled with |+xim| and
Bram Moolenaar67c53842010-05-22 18:28:27 +02004066 |+GUI_GTK|} *E599*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004067 Specifies the key that your Input Method in X-Windows uses for
4068 activation. When this is specified correctly, vim can fully control
4069 IM with 'imcmdline', 'iminsert' and 'imsearch'.
4070 You can't use this option to change the activation key, the option
4071 tells Vim what the key is.
4072 Format:
4073 [MODIFIER_FLAG-]KEY_STRING
4074
4075 These characters can be used for MODIFIER_FLAG (case is ignored):
4076 S Shift key
4077 L Lock key
4078 C Control key
4079 1 Mod1 key
4080 2 Mod2 key
4081 3 Mod3 key
4082 4 Mod4 key
4083 5 Mod5 key
4084 Combinations are allowed, for example "S-C-space" or "SC-space" are
4085 both shift+ctrl+space.
4086 See <X11/keysymdef.h> and XStringToKeysym for KEY_STRING.
4087
4088 Example: >
4089 :set imactivatekey=S-space
4090< "S-space" means shift+space. This is the activation key for kinput2 +
4091 canna (Japanese), and ami (Korean).
4092
4093 *'imcmdline'* *'imc'* *'noimcmdline'* *'noimc'*
4094'imcmdline' 'imc' boolean (default off)
4095 global
4096 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004097 {only available when compiled with the |+xim|,
4098 |+multi_byte_ime| or |global-ime| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004099 When set the Input Method is always on when starting to edit a command
4100 line, unless entering a search pattern (see 'imsearch' for that).
4101 Setting this option is useful when your input method allows entering
4102 English characters directly, e.g., when it's used to type accented
4103 characters with dead keys.
4104
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004105 *'imdisable'* *'imd'* *'noimdisable'* *'noimd'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004106'imdisable' 'imd' boolean (default off, on for some systems (SGI))
4107 global
4108 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004109 {only available when compiled with the |+xim|,
4110 |+multi_byte_ime| or |global-ime| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004111 When set the Input Method is never used. This is useful to disable
4112 the IM when it doesn't work properly.
4113 Currently this option is on by default for SGI/IRIX machines. This
4114 may change in later releases.
4115
4116 *'iminsert'* *'imi'*
4117'iminsert' 'imi' number (default 0, 2 when an input method is supported)
4118 local to buffer
4119 {not in Vi}
4120 Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used in
4121 Insert mode. Valid values:
4122 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
4123 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
4124 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
4125 2 is available only when compiled with the |+multi_byte_ime|, |+xim|
4126 or |global-ime|.
4127 To always reset the option to zero when leaving Insert mode with <Esc>
4128 this can be used: >
4129 :inoremap <ESC> <ESC>:set iminsert=0<CR>
4130< This makes :lmap and IM turn off automatically when leaving Insert
4131 mode.
4132 Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Insert mode
4133 |i_CTRL-^|.
4134 The value is set to 1 when setting 'keymap' to a valid keymap name.
4135 It is also used for the argument of commands like "r" and "f".
4136 The value 0 may not work correctly with Athena and Motif with some XIM
4137 methods. Use 'imdisable' to disable XIM then.
4138
4139 *'imsearch'* *'ims'*
4140'imsearch' 'ims' number (default 0, 2 when an input method is supported)
4141 local to buffer
4142 {not in Vi}
4143 Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used when
4144 entering a search pattern. Valid values:
4145 -1 the value of 'iminsert' is used, makes it look like
4146 'iminsert' is also used when typing a search pattern
4147 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
4148 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
4149 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
4150 Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Command-line mode
4151 |c_CTRL-^|.
4152 The value is set to 1 when it is not -1 and setting the 'keymap'
4153 option to a valid keymap name.
4154 The value 0 may not work correctly with Athena and Motif with some XIM
4155 methods. Use 'imdisable' to disable XIM then.
4156
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004157 *'imstatusfunc'* *'imsf'*
4158'imstatusfunc' 'imsf' string (default "")
4159 global
4160 {not in Vi}
4161 {only available when compiled with |+xim| and
4162 |+GUI_GTK|}
4163 This option specifies a function that is called to obtain the status
4164 of Input Method. It must return a positive number when IME is active.
4165
4166 Example: >
4167 function ImStatusFunc()
4168 let is_active = ...do something
4169 return is_active ? 1 : 0
4170 endfunction
4171 set imstatusfunc=ImStatusFunc
4172<
4173 NOTE: This function is invoked very often. Keep it fast.
4174
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004175 *'include'* *'inc'*
4176'include' 'inc' string (default "^\s*#\s*include")
4177 global or local to buffer |global-local|
4178 {not in Vi}
4179 {not available when compiled without the
4180 |+find_in_path| feature}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004181 Pattern to be used to find an include command. It is a search
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004182 pattern, just like for the "/" command (See |pattern|). The default
4183 value is for C programs. This option is used for the commands "[i",
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00004184 "]I", "[d", etc.
4185 Normally the 'isfname' option is used to recognize the file name that
Bram Moolenaar482aaeb2005-09-29 18:26:07 +00004186 comes after the matched pattern. But if "\zs" appears in the pattern
4187 then the text matched from "\zs" to the end, or until "\ze" if it
4188 appears, is used as the file name. Use this to include characters
4189 that are not in 'isfname', such as a space. You can then use
4190 'includeexpr' to process the matched text.
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00004191 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004192
4193 *'includeexpr'* *'inex'*
4194'includeexpr' 'inex' string (default "")
4195 local to buffer
4196 {not in Vi}
4197 {not available when compiled without the
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004198 |+find_in_path| or |+eval| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004199 Expression to be used to transform the string found with the 'include'
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004200 option to a file name. Mostly useful to change "." to "/" for Java: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004201 :set includeexpr=substitute(v:fname,'\\.','/','g')
4202< The "v:fname" variable will be set to the file name that was detected.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00004203
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004204 Also used for the |gf| command if an unmodified file name can't be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004205 found. Allows doing "gf" on the name after an 'include' statement.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004206 Also used for |<cfile>|.
4207
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004208 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4209 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00004210
4211 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
4212 evaluating 'includeexpr' |textlock|.
4213
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004214 *'incsearch'* *'is'* *'noincsearch'* *'nois'*
4215'incsearch' 'is' boolean (default off)
4216 global
4217 {not in Vi}
4218 {not available when compiled without the
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004219 |+extra_search| features}
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004220 While typing a search command, show where the pattern, as it was typed
4221 so far, matches. The matched string is highlighted. If the pattern
4222 is invalid or not found, nothing is shown. The screen will be updated
4223 often, this is only useful on fast terminals.
4224 Note that the match will be shown, but the cursor will return to its
4225 original position when no match is found and when pressing <Esc>. You
4226 still need to finish the search command with <Enter> to move the
4227 cursor to the match.
Bram Moolenaar91a4e822008-01-19 14:59:58 +00004228 When compiled with the |+reltime| feature Vim only searches for about
4229 half a second. With a complicated pattern and/or a lot of text the
4230 match may not be found. This is to avoid that Vim hangs while you
4231 are typing the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004232 The highlighting can be set with the 'i' flag in 'highlight'.
4233 See also: 'hlsearch'.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00004234 CTRL-L can be used to add one character from after the current match
Bram Moolenaara9dc3752010-07-11 20:46:53 +02004235 to the command line. If 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' are set and the
4236 command line has no uppercase characters, the added character is
4237 converted to lowercase.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00004238 CTRL-R CTRL-W can be used to add the word at the end of the current
4239 match, excluding the characters that were already typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004240 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
4241
4242 *'indentexpr'* *'inde'*
4243'indentexpr' 'inde' string (default "")
4244 local to buffer
4245 {not in Vi}
4246 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
4247 or |+eval| features}
4248 Expression which is evaluated to obtain the proper indent for a line.
4249 It is used when a new line is created, for the |=| operator and
4250 in Insert mode as specified with the 'indentkeys' option.
4251 When this option is not empty, it overrules the 'cindent' and
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02004252 'smartindent' indenting. When 'lisp' is set, this option is
4253 overridden by the Lisp indentation algorithm.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004254 When 'paste' is set this option is not used for indenting.
4255 The expression is evaluated with |v:lnum| set to the line number for
Bram Moolenaar482aaeb2005-09-29 18:26:07 +00004256 which the indent is to be computed. The cursor is also in this line
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004257 when the expression is evaluated (but it may be moved around).
4258 The expression must return the number of spaces worth of indent. It
4259 can return "-1" to keep the current indent (this means 'autoindent' is
4260 used for the indent).
4261 Functions useful for computing the indent are |indent()|, |cindent()|
4262 and |lispindent()|.
4263 The evaluation of the expression must not have side effects! It must
4264 not change the text, jump to another window, etc. Afterwards the
4265 cursor position is always restored, thus the cursor may be moved.
4266 Normally this option would be set to call a function: >
4267 :set indentexpr=GetMyIndent()
4268< Error messages will be suppressed, unless the 'debug' option contains
4269 "msg".
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00004270 See |indent-expression|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004271 NOTE: This option is made empty when 'compatible' is set.
4272
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004273 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4274 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00004275
4276 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
4277 evaluating 'indentexpr' |textlock|.
4278
4279
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004280 *'indentkeys'* *'indk'*
4281'indentkeys' 'indk' string (default "0{,0},:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
4282 local to buffer
4283 {not in Vi}
4284 {not available when compiled without the |+cindent|
4285 feature}
4286 A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
4287 the current line. Only happens if 'indentexpr' isn't empty.
4288 The format is identical to 'cinkeys', see |indentkeys-format|.
4289 See |C-indenting| and |indent-expression|.
4290
4291 *'infercase'* *'inf'* *'noinfercase'* *'noinf'*
4292'infercase' 'inf' boolean (default off)
4293 local to buffer
4294 {not in Vi}
4295 When doing keyword completion in insert mode |ins-completion|, and
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004296 'ignorecase' is also on, the case of the match is adjusted depending
4297 on the typed text. If the typed text contains a lowercase letter
4298 where the match has an upper case letter, the completed part is made
4299 lowercase. If the typed text has no lowercase letters and the match
4300 has a lowercase letter where the typed text has an uppercase letter,
4301 and there is a letter before it, the completed part is made uppercase.
4302 With 'noinfercase' the match is used as-is.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004303
4304 *'insertmode'* *'im'* *'noinsertmode'* *'noim'*
4305'insertmode' 'im' boolean (default off)
4306 global
4307 {not in Vi}
4308 Makes Vim work in a way that Insert mode is the default mode. Useful
4309 if you want to use Vim as a modeless editor. Used for |evim|.
4310 These Insert mode commands will be useful:
4311 - Use the cursor keys to move around.
4312 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command |i_CTRL-O|). When
4313 this is a mapping, it is executed as if 'insertmode' was off.
4314 Normal mode remains active until the mapping is finished.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004315 - Use CTRL-L to execute a number of Normal mode commands, then use
Bram Moolenaar488c6512005-08-11 20:09:58 +00004316 <Esc> to get back to Insert mode. Note that CTRL-L moves the cursor
4317 left, like <Esc> does when 'insertmode' isn't set. |i_CTRL-L|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004318
4319 These items change when 'insertmode' is set:
4320 - when starting to edit of a file, Vim goes to Insert mode.
4321 - <Esc> in Insert mode is a no-op and beeps.
4322 - <Esc> in Normal mode makes Vim go to Insert mode.
4323 - CTRL-L in Insert mode is a command, it is not inserted.
4324 - CTRL-Z in Insert mode suspends Vim, see |CTRL-Z|. *i_CTRL-Z*
4325 However, when <Esc> is used inside a mapping, it behaves like
4326 'insertmode' was not set. This was done to be able to use the same
4327 mappings with 'insertmode' set or not set.
4328 When executing commands with |:normal| 'insertmode' is not used.
4329
4330 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
4331
4332 *'isfname'* *'isf'*
4333'isfname' 'isf' string (default for MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2:
4334 "@,48-57,/,\,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,{,},[,],:,@-@,!,~,="
4335 for AMIGA: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,$,:"
4336 for VMS: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,<,>,[,],:,;,~"
4337 for OS/390: "@,240-249,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,="
4338 otherwise: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,=")
4339 global
4340 {not in Vi}
4341 The characters specified by this option are included in file names and
4342 path names. Filenames are used for commands like "gf", "[i" and in
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004343 the tags file. It is also used for "\f" in a |pattern|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004344 Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
4345 characters up to 255 are specified with this option.
4346 For UTF-8 the characters 0xa0 to 0xff are included as well.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004347 Think twice before adding white space to this option. Although a
4348 space may appear inside a file name, the effect will be that Vim
4349 doesn't know where a file name starts or ends when doing completion.
4350 It most likely works better without a space in 'isfname'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004351
4352 Note that on systems using a backslash as path separator, Vim tries to
4353 do its best to make it work as you would expect. That is a bit
4354 tricky, since Vi originally used the backslash to escape special
4355 characters. Vim will not remove a backslash in front of a normal file
4356 name character on these systems, but it will on Unix and alikes. The
4357 '&' and '^' are not included by default, because these are special for
4358 cmd.exe.
4359
4360 The format of this option is a list of parts, separated with commas.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004361 Each part can be a single character number or a range. A range is two
4362 character numbers with '-' in between. A character number can be a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004363 decimal number between 0 and 255 or the ASCII character itself (does
4364 not work for digits). Example:
4365 "_,-,128-140,#-43" (include '_' and '-' and the range
4366 128 to 140 and '#' to 43)
4367 If a part starts with '^', the following character number or range
4368 will be excluded from the option. The option is interpreted from left
4369 to right. Put the excluded character after the range where it is
4370 included. To include '^' itself use it as the last character of the
4371 option or the end of a range. Example:
4372 "^a-z,#,^" (exclude 'a' to 'z', include '#' and '^')
4373 If the character is '@', all characters where isalpha() returns TRUE
4374 are included. Normally these are the characters a to z and A to Z,
4375 plus accented characters. To include '@' itself use "@-@". Examples:
4376 "@,^a-z" All alphabetic characters, excluding lower
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004377 case ASCII letters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004378 "a-z,A-Z,@-@" All letters plus the '@' character.
4379 A comma can be included by using it where a character number is
4380 expected. Example:
4381 "48-57,,,_" Digits, comma and underscore.
4382 A comma can be excluded by prepending a '^'. Example:
4383 " -~,^,,9" All characters from space to '~', excluding
4384 comma, plus <Tab>.
4385 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
4386
4387 *'isident'* *'isi'*
4388'isident' 'isi' string (default for MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2:
4389 "@,48-57,_,128-167,224-235"
4390 otherwise: "@,48-57,_,192-255")
4391 global
4392 {not in Vi}
4393 The characters given by this option are included in identifiers.
4394 Identifiers are used in recognizing environment variables and after a
4395 match of the 'define' option. It is also used for "\i" in a
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00004396 |pattern|. See 'isfname' for a description of the format of this
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004397 option.
4398 Careful: If you change this option, it might break expanding
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004399 environment variables. E.g., when '/' is included and Vim tries to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004400 expand "$HOME/.viminfo". Maybe you should change 'iskeyword' instead.
4401
4402 *'iskeyword'* *'isk'*
4403'iskeyword' 'isk' string (Vim default for MS-DOS and Win32:
4404 "@,48-57,_,128-167,224-235"
4405 otherwise: "@,48-57,_,192-255"
4406 Vi default: "@,48-57,_")
4407 local to buffer
4408 {not in Vi}
4409 Keywords are used in searching and recognizing with many commands:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004410 "w", "*", "[i", etc. It is also used for "\k" in a |pattern|. See
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004411 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option. For C
4412 programs you could use "a-z,A-Z,48-57,_,.,-,>".
4413 For a help file it is set to all non-blank printable characters except
4414 '*', '"' and '|' (so that CTRL-] on a command finds the help for that
4415 command).
4416 When the 'lisp' option is on the '-' character is always included.
4417 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
4418 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
4419
4420 *'isprint'* *'isp'*
4421'isprint' 'isp' string (default for MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2 and Macintosh:
4422 "@,~-255"; otherwise: "@,161-255")
4423 global
4424 {not in Vi}
4425 The characters given by this option are displayed directly on the
4426 screen. It is also used for "\p" in a |pattern|. The characters from
4427 space (ASCII 32) to '~' (ASCII 126) are always displayed directly,
4428 even when they are not included in 'isprint' or excluded. See
4429 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option.
4430
4431 Non-printable characters are displayed with two characters:
4432 0 - 31 "^@" - "^_"
4433 32 - 126 always single characters
4434 127 "^?"
4435 128 - 159 "~@" - "~_"
4436 160 - 254 "| " - "|~"
4437 255 "~?"
4438 When 'encoding' is a Unicode one, illegal bytes from 128 to 255 are
4439 displayed as <xx>, with the hexadecimal value of the byte.
4440 When 'display' contains "uhex" all unprintable characters are
4441 displayed as <xx>.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004442 The SpecialKey highlighting will be used for unprintable characters.
4443 |hl-SpecialKey|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004444
4445 Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
4446 characters up to 255 are specified with this option. When a character
4447 is printable but it is not available in the current font, a
4448 replacement character will be shown.
4449 Unprintable and zero-width Unicode characters are displayed as <xxxx>.
4450 There is no option to specify these characters.
4451
4452 *'joinspaces'* *'js'* *'nojoinspaces'* *'nojs'*
4453'joinspaces' 'js' boolean (default on)
4454 global
4455 {not in Vi}
4456 Insert two spaces after a '.', '?' and '!' with a join command.
4457 When 'cpoptions' includes the 'j' flag, only do this after a '.'.
4458 Otherwise only one space is inserted.
4459 NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.
4460
4461 *'key'*
4462'key' string (default "")
4463 local to buffer
4464 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02004465 {only available when compiled with the |+cryptv|
4466 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004467 The key that is used for encrypting and decrypting the current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02004468 See |encryption| and 'cryptmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004469 Careful: Do not set the key value by hand, someone might see the typed
4470 key. Use the |:X| command. But you can make 'key' empty: >
4471 :set key=
4472< It is not possible to get the value of this option with ":set key" or
4473 "echo &key". This is to avoid showing it to someone who shouldn't
4474 know. It also means you cannot see it yourself once you have set it,
4475 be careful not to make a typing error!
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01004476 You can use "&key" in an expression to detect whether encryption is
4477 enabled. When 'key' is set it returns "*****" (five stars).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004478
4479 *'keymap'* *'kmp'* *E544*
4480'keymap' 'kmp' string (default "")
4481 local to buffer
4482 {not in Vi}
4483 {only available when compiled with the |+keymap|
4484 feature}
4485 Name of a keyboard mapping. See |mbyte-keymap|.
4486 Setting this option to a valid keymap name has the side effect of
4487 setting 'iminsert' to one, so that the keymap becomes effective.
4488 'imsearch' is also set to one, unless it was -1
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00004489 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004490
4491 *'keymodel'* *'km'*
4492'keymodel' 'km' string (default "")
4493 global
4494 {not in Vi}
4495 List of comma separated words, which enable special things that keys
4496 can do. These values can be used:
4497 startsel Using a shifted special key starts selection (either
4498 Select mode or Visual mode, depending on "key" being
4499 present in 'selectmode').
4500 stopsel Using a not-shifted special key stops selection.
4501 Special keys in this context are the cursor keys, <End>, <Home>,
4502 <PageUp> and <PageDown>.
4503 The 'keymodel' option is set by the |:behave| command.
4504
4505 *'keywordprg'* *'kp'*
4506'keywordprg' 'kp' string (default "man" or "man -s", DOS: ":help",
4507 OS/2: "view /", VMS: "help")
4508 global or local to buffer |global-local|
4509 {not in Vi}
4510 Program to use for the |K| command. Environment variables are
4511 expanded |:set_env|. ":help" may be used to access the Vim internal
4512 help. (Note that previously setting the global option to the empty
4513 value did this, which is now deprecated.)
4514 When "man" is used, Vim will automatically translate a count for the
4515 "K" command to a section number. Also for "man -s", in which case the
4516 "-s" is removed when there is no count.
4517 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
4518 Example: >
4519 :set keywordprg=man\ -s
4520< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
4521 security reasons.
4522
4523 *'langmap'* *'lmap'* *E357* *E358*
4524'langmap' 'lmap' string (default "")
4525 global
4526 {not in Vi}
4527 {only available when compiled with the |+langmap|
4528 feature}
4529 This option allows switching your keyboard into a special language
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004530 mode. When you are typing text in Insert mode the characters are
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004531 inserted directly. When in command mode the 'langmap' option takes
4532 care of translating these special characters to the original meaning
4533 of the key. This means you don't have to change the keyboard mode to
4534 be able to execute Normal mode commands.
4535 This is the opposite of the 'keymap' option, where characters are
4536 mapped in Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01004537 Also consider setting 'langnoremap' to avoid 'langmap' applies to
4538 characters resulting from a mapping.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02004539 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
4540 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004541
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00004542 Example (for Greek, in UTF-8): *greek* >
4543 :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
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004544< Example (exchanges meaning of z and y for commands): >
4545 :set langmap=zy,yz,ZY,YZ
4546<
4547 The 'langmap' option is a list of parts, separated with commas. Each
4548 part can be in one of two forms:
4549 1. A list of pairs. Each pair is a "from" character immediately
4550 followed by the "to" character. Examples: "aA", "aAbBcC".
4551 2. A list of "from" characters, a semi-colon and a list of "to"
4552 characters. Example: "abc;ABC"
4553 Example: "aA,fgh;FGH,cCdDeE"
4554 Special characters need to be preceded with a backslash. These are
4555 ";", ',' and backslash itself.
4556
4557 This will allow you to activate vim actions without having to switch
4558 back and forth between the languages. Your language characters will
4559 be understood as normal vim English characters (according to the
4560 langmap mappings) in the following cases:
4561 o Normal/Visual mode (commands, buffer/register names, user mappings)
4562 o Insert/Replace Mode: Register names after CTRL-R
4563 o Insert/Replace Mode: Mappings
4564 Characters entered in Command-line mode will NOT be affected by
4565 this option. Note that this option can be changed at any time
4566 allowing to switch between mappings for different languages/encodings.
4567 Use a mapping to avoid having to type it each time!
4568
4569 *'langmenu'* *'lm'*
4570'langmenu' 'lm' string (default "")
4571 global
4572 {not in Vi}
4573 {only available when compiled with the |+menu| and
4574 |+multi_lang| features}
4575 Language to use for menu translation. Tells which file is loaded
4576 from the "lang" directory in 'runtimepath': >
4577 "lang/menu_" . &langmenu . ".vim"
4578< (without the spaces). For example, to always use the Dutch menus, no
4579 matter what $LANG is set to: >
4580 :set langmenu=nl_NL.ISO_8859-1
4581< When 'langmenu' is empty, |v:lang| is used.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00004582 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004583 If your $LANG is set to a non-English language but you do want to use
4584 the English menus: >
4585 :set langmenu=none
4586< This option must be set before loading menus, switching on filetype
4587 detection or syntax highlighting. Once the menus are defined setting
4588 this option has no effect. But you could do this: >
4589 :source $VIMRUNTIME/delmenu.vim
4590 :set langmenu=de_DE.ISO_8859-1
4591 :source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim
4592< Warning: This deletes all menus that you defined yourself!
4593
Bram Moolenaar4391cf92014-11-05 17:44:52 +01004594 *'langnoremap'* *'lnr'*
4595'langnoremap' 'lnr' boolean (default off)
4596 global
4597 {not in Vi}
4598 {only available when compiled with the |+langmap|
4599 feature}
4600 When on, setting 'langmap' does not apply to characters resulting from
4601 a mapping. This basically means, if you noticed that setting
4602 'langmap' disables some of your mappings, try setting this option.
4603 This option defaults to off for backwards compatibility. Set it on if
4604 that works for you to avoid mappings to break.
4605
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004606 *'laststatus'* *'ls'*
4607'laststatus' 'ls' number (default 1)
4608 global
4609 {not in Vi}
4610 The value of this option influences when the last window will have a
4611 status line:
4612 0: never
4613 1: only if there are at least two windows
4614 2: always
4615 The screen looks nicer with a status line if you have several
4616 windows, but it takes another screen line. |status-line|
4617
4618 *'lazyredraw'* *'lz'* *'nolazyredraw'* *'nolz'*
4619'lazyredraw' 'lz' boolean (default off)
4620 global
4621 {not in Vi}
4622 When this option is set, the screen will not be redrawn while
4623 executing macros, registers and other commands that have not been
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004624 typed. Also, updating the window title is postponed. To force an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004625 update use |:redraw|.
4626
4627 *'linebreak'* *'lbr'* *'nolinebreak'* *'nolbr'*
4628'linebreak' 'lbr' boolean (default off)
4629 local to window
4630 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004631 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004632 feature}
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02004633 If on, Vim will wrap long lines at a character in 'breakat' rather
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004634 than at the last character that fits on the screen. Unlike
4635 'wrapmargin' and 'textwidth', this does not insert <EOL>s in the file,
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02004636 it only affects the way the file is displayed, not its contents.
4637 If 'breakindent' is set, line is visually indented. Then, the value
4638 of 'showbreak' is used to put in front of wrapped lines. This option
Bram Moolenaar86b17e92014-07-02 20:00:47 +02004639 is not used when the 'wrap' option is off.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004640 Note that <Tab> characters after an <EOL> are mostly not displayed
4641 with the right amount of white space.
4642
4643 *'lines'* *E593*
4644'lines' number (default 24 or terminal height)
4645 global
4646 Number of lines of the Vim window.
4647 Normally you don't need to set this. It is done automatically by the
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00004648 terminal initialization code. Also see |posix-screen-size|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004649 When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
4650 option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
4651 to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |gvimrc| file.
4652 Vim limits the number of lines to what fits on the screen. You can
4653 use this command to get the tallest window possible: >
4654 :set lines=999
Bram Moolenaarf4d11452005-12-02 00:46:37 +00004655< Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 1000.
4656 If you get less lines than expected, check the 'guiheadroom' option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004657 When you set this option and Vim is unable to change the physical
4658 number of lines of the display, the display may be messed up.
4659
4660 *'linespace'* *'lsp'*
4661'linespace' 'lsp' number (default 0, 1 for Win32 GUI)
4662 global
4663 {not in Vi}
4664 {only in the GUI}
4665 Number of pixel lines inserted between characters. Useful if the font
4666 uses the full character cell height, making lines touch each other.
4667 When non-zero there is room for underlining.
Bram Moolenaarbc7aa852005-03-06 23:38:09 +00004668 With some fonts there can be too much room between lines (to have
4669 space for ascents and descents). Then it makes sense to set
4670 'linespace' to a negative value. This may cause display problems
4671 though!
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004672
4673 *'lisp'* *'nolisp'*
4674'lisp' boolean (default off)
4675 local to buffer
4676 {not available when compiled without the |+lispindent|
4677 feature}
4678 Lisp mode: When <Enter> is typed in insert mode set the indent for
4679 the next line to Lisp standards (well, sort of). Also happens with
4680 "cc" or "S". 'autoindent' must also be on for this to work. The 'p'
4681 flag in 'cpoptions' changes the method of indenting: Vi compatible or
4682 better. Also see 'lispwords'.
4683 The '-' character is included in keyword characters. Redefines the
4684 "=" operator to use this same indentation algorithm rather than
4685 calling an external program if 'equalprg' is empty.
4686 This option is not used when 'paste' is set.
4687 {Vi: Does it a little bit differently}
4688
4689 *'lispwords'* *'lw'*
4690'lispwords' 'lw' string (default is very long)
Bram Moolenaaraf6c1312014-03-12 18:55:58 +01004691 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004692 {not in Vi}
4693 {not available when compiled without the |+lispindent|
4694 feature}
4695 Comma separated list of words that influence the Lisp indenting.
4696 |'lisp'|
4697
4698 *'list'* *'nolist'*
4699'list' boolean (default off)
4700 local to window
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004701 List mode: Show tabs as CTRL-I is displayed, display $ after end of
4702 line. Useful to see the difference between tabs and spaces and for
4703 trailing blanks. Further changed by the 'listchars' option.
4704
4705 The cursor is displayed at the start of the space a Tab character
4706 occupies, not at the end as usual in Normal mode. To get this cursor
4707 position while displaying Tabs with spaces, use: >
Bram Moolenaardd007ed2013-07-09 15:44:17 +02004708 :set list lcs=tab:\ \
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004709<
4710 Note that list mode will also affect formatting (set with 'textwidth'
4711 or 'wrapmargin') when 'cpoptions' includes 'L'. See 'listchars' for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004712 changing the way tabs are displayed.
4713
4714 *'listchars'* *'lcs'*
4715'listchars' 'lcs' string (default "eol:$")
4716 global
4717 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarf9d5ca12010-08-01 16:13:51 +02004718 Strings to use in 'list' mode and for the |:list| command. It is a
4719 comma separated list of string settings.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004720 *lcs-eol*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004721 eol:c Character to show at the end of each line. When
4722 omitted, there is no extra character at the end of the
4723 line.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004724 *lcs-tab*
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00004725 tab:xy Two characters to be used to show a tab. The first
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004726 char is used once. The second char is repeated to
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00004727 fill the space that the tab normally occupies.
4728 "tab:>-" will show a tab that takes four spaces as
4729 ">---". When omitted, a tab is show as ^I.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004730 *lcs-trail*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004731 trail:c Character to show for trailing spaces. When omitted,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004732 trailing spaces are blank.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004733 *lcs-extends*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004734 extends:c Character to show in the last column, when 'wrap' is
4735 off and the line continues beyond the right of the
4736 screen.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004737 *lcs-precedes*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004738 precedes:c Character to show in the first column, when 'wrap'
4739 is off and there is text preceding the character
4740 visible in the first column.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004741 *lcs-conceal*
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02004742 conceal:c Character to show in place of concealed text, when
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004743 'conceallevel' is set to 1.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004744 *lcs-nbsp*
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00004745 nbsp:c Character to show for a non-breakable space (character
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00004746 0xA0, 160). Left blank when omitted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004747
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004748 The characters ':' and ',' should not be used. UTF-8 characters can
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004749 be used when 'encoding' is "utf-8", otherwise only printable
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00004750 characters are allowed. All characters must be single width.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004751
4752 Examples: >
4753 :set lcs=tab:>-,trail:-
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00004754 :set lcs=tab:>-,eol:<,nbsp:%
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004755 :set lcs=extends:>,precedes:<
4756< The "NonText" highlighting will be used for "eol", "extends" and
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00004757 "precedes". "SpecialKey" for "nbsp", "tab" and "trail".
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004758 |hl-NonText| |hl-SpecialKey|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004759
4760 *'lpl'* *'nolpl'* *'loadplugins'* *'noloadplugins'*
4761'loadplugins' 'lpl' boolean (default on)
4762 global
4763 {not in Vi}
4764 When on the plugin scripts are loaded when starting up |load-plugins|.
4765 This option can be reset in your |vimrc| file to disable the loading
4766 of plugins.
4767 Note that using the "-u NONE" and "--noplugin" command line arguments
4768 reset this option. |-u| |--noplugin|
4769
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00004770 *'macatsui'* *'nomacatsui'*
4771'macatsui' boolean (default on)
4772 global
4773 {only available in Mac GUI version}
4774 This is a workaround for when drawing doesn't work properly. When set
4775 and compiled with multi-byte support ATSUI text drawing is used. When
4776 not set ATSUI text drawing is not used. Switch this option off when
4777 you experience drawing problems. In a future version the problems may
4778 be solved and this option becomes obsolete. Therefore use this method
4779 to unset it: >
4780 if exists('&macatsui')
4781 set nomacatsui
4782 endif
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004783< Another option to check if you have drawing problems is
4784 'termencoding'.
4785
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004786 *'magic'* *'nomagic'*
4787'magic' boolean (default on)
4788 global
4789 Changes the special characters that can be used in search patterns.
4790 See |pattern|.
4791 NOTE: To avoid portability problems with using patterns, always keep
4792 this option at the default "on". Only switch it off when working with
4793 old Vi scripts. In any other situation write patterns that work when
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004794 'magic' is on. Include "\M" when you want to |/\M|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004795
4796 *'makeef'* *'mef'*
4797'makeef' 'mef' string (default: "")
4798 global
4799 {not in Vi}
4800 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
4801 feature}
4802 Name of the errorfile for the |:make| command (see |:make_makeprg|)
4803 and the |:grep| command.
4804 When it is empty, an internally generated temp file will be used.
4805 When "##" is included, it is replaced by a number to make the name
4806 unique. This makes sure that the ":make" command doesn't overwrite an
4807 existing file.
4808 NOT used for the ":cf" command. See 'errorfile' for that.
4809 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
4810 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
4811 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
4812 security reasons.
4813
4814 *'makeprg'* *'mp'*
4815'makeprg' 'mp' string (default "make", VMS: "MMS")
4816 global or local to buffer |global-local|
4817 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004818 Program to use for the ":make" command. See |:make_makeprg|.
Bram Moolenaar26df0922014-02-23 23:39:13 +01004819 This option may contain '%' and '#' characters (see |:_%| and |:_#|),
4820 which are expanded to the current and alternate file name. Use |::S|
4821 to escape file names in case they contain special characters.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004822 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
4823 about including spaces and backslashes.
4824 Note that a '|' must be escaped twice: once for ":set" and once for
4825 the interpretation of a command. When you use a filter called
4826 "myfilter" do it like this: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004827 :set makeprg=gmake\ \\\|\ myfilter
4828< The placeholder "$*" can be given (even multiple times) to specify
4829 where the arguments will be included, for example: >
4830 :set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
4831< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
4832 security reasons.
4833
4834 *'matchpairs'* *'mps'*
4835'matchpairs' 'mps' string (default "(:),{:},[:]")
4836 local to buffer
4837 {not in Vi}
4838 Characters that form pairs. The |%| command jumps from one to the
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01004839 other.
4840 Only character pairs are allowed that are different, thus you cannot
4841 jump between two double quotes.
4842 The characters must be separated by a colon.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004843 The pairs must be separated by a comma. Example for including '<' and
4844 '>' (HTML): >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004845 :set mps+=<:>
4846
4847< A more exotic example, to jump between the '=' and ';' in an
4848 assignment, useful for languages like C and Java: >
4849 :au FileType c,cpp,java set mps+==:;
4850
4851< For a more advanced way of using "%", see the matchit.vim plugin in
4852 the $VIMRUNTIME/macros directory. |add-local-help|
4853
4854 *'matchtime'* *'mat'*
4855'matchtime' 'mat' number (default 5)
4856 global
4857 {not in Vi}{in Nvi}
4858 Tenths of a second to show the matching paren, when 'showmatch' is
4859 set. Note that this is not in milliseconds, like other options that
4860 set a time. This is to be compatible with Nvi.
4861
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00004862 *'maxcombine'* *'mco'*
4863'maxcombine' 'mco' number (default 2)
4864 global
4865 {not in Vi}
4866 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
4867 feature}
4868 The maximum number of combining characters supported for displaying.
4869 Only used when 'encoding' is "utf-8".
4870 The default is OK for most languages. Hebrew may require 4.
4871 Maximum value is 6.
4872 Even when this option is set to 2 you can still edit text with more
4873 combining characters, you just can't see them. Use |g8| or |ga|.
4874 See |mbyte-combining|.
4875
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004876 *'maxfuncdepth'* *'mfd'*
4877'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' number (default 100)
4878 global
4879 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004880 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004881 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004882 Maximum depth of function calls for user functions. This normally
4883 catches endless recursion. When using a recursive function with
4884 more depth, set 'maxfuncdepth' to a bigger number. But this will use
4885 more memory, there is the danger of failing when memory is exhausted.
4886 See also |:function|.
4887
4888 *'maxmapdepth'* *'mmd'* *E223*
4889'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' number (default 1000)
4890 global
4891 {not in Vi}
4892 Maximum number of times a mapping is done without resulting in a
4893 character to be used. This normally catches endless mappings, like
4894 ":map x y" with ":map y x". It still does not catch ":map g wg",
4895 because the 'w' is used before the next mapping is done. See also
4896 |key-mapping|.
4897
4898 *'maxmem'* *'mm'*
4899'maxmem' 'mm' number (default between 256 to 5120 (system
4900 dependent) or half the amount of memory
4901 available)
4902 global
4903 {not in Vi}
4904 Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for one buffer. When this
4905 limit is reached allocating extra memory for a buffer will cause
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004906 other memory to be freed. The maximum usable value is about 2000000.
4907 Use this to work without a limit. Also see 'maxmemtot'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004908
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00004909 *'maxmempattern'* *'mmp'*
4910'maxmempattern' 'mmp' number (default 1000)
4911 global
4912 {not in Vi}
4913 Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for pattern matching.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004914 The maximum value is about 2000000. Use this to work without a limit.
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00004915 *E363*
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004916 When Vim runs into the limit it gives an error message and mostly
4917 behaves like CTRL-C was typed.
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00004918 Running into the limit often means that the pattern is very
4919 inefficient or too complex. This may already happen with the pattern
4920 "\(.\)*" on a very long line. ".*" works much better.
4921 Vim may run out of memory before hitting the 'maxmempattern' limit.
4922
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004923 *'maxmemtot'* *'mmt'*
4924'maxmemtot' 'mmt' number (default between 2048 and 10240 (system
4925 dependent) or half the amount of memory
4926 available)
4927 global
4928 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004929 Maximum amount of memory in Kbyte to use for all buffers together.
4930 The maximum usable value is about 2000000 (2 Gbyte). Use this to work
4931 without a limit. On 64 bit machines higher values might work. But
4932 hey, do you really need more than 2 Gbyte for text editing?
4933 Also see 'maxmem'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004934
4935 *'menuitems'* *'mis'*
4936'menuitems' 'mis' number (default 25)
4937 global
4938 {not in Vi}
4939 {not available when compiled without the |+menu|
4940 feature}
4941 Maximum number of items to use in a menu. Used for menus that are
4942 generated from a list of items, e.g., the Buffers menu. Changing this
4943 option has no direct effect, the menu must be refreshed first.
4944
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00004945 *'mkspellmem'* *'msm'*
4946'mkspellmem' 'msm' string (default "460000,2000,500")
4947 global
4948 {not in Vi}
4949 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
4950 feature}
4951 Parameters for |:mkspell|. This tunes when to start compressing the
4952 word tree. Compression can be slow when there are many words, but
4953 it's needed to avoid running out of memory. The amount of memory used
4954 per word depends very much on how similar the words are, that's why
4955 this tuning is complicated.
4956
4957 There are three numbers, separated by commas:
4958 {start},{inc},{added}
4959
4960 For most languages the uncompressed word tree fits in memory. {start}
4961 gives the amount of memory in Kbyte that can be used before any
4962 compression is done. It should be a bit smaller than the amount of
4963 memory that is available to Vim.
4964
4965 When going over the {start} limit the {inc} number specifies the
4966 amount of memory in Kbyte that can be allocated before another
4967 compression is done. A low number means compression is done after
4968 less words are added, which is slow. A high number means more memory
4969 will be allocated.
4970
4971 After doing compression, {added} times 1024 words can be added before
4972 the {inc} limit is ignored and compression is done when any extra
4973 amount of memory is needed. A low number means there is a smaller
4974 chance of hitting the {inc} limit, less memory is used but it's
4975 slower.
4976
4977 The languages for which these numbers are important are Italian and
4978 Hungarian. The default works for when you have about 512 Mbyte. If
4979 you have 1 Gbyte you could use: >
4980 :set mkspellmem=900000,3000,800
4981< If you have less than 512 Mbyte |:mkspell| may fail for some
4982 languages, no matter what you set 'mkspellmem' to.
4983
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004984 *'modeline'* *'ml'* *'nomodeline'* *'noml'*
Bram Moolenaar8243a792007-05-01 17:05:03 +00004985'modeline' 'ml' boolean (Vim default: on (off for root),
4986 Vi default: off)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004987 local to buffer
4988 *'modelines'* *'mls'*
4989'modelines' 'mls' number (default 5)
4990 global
4991 {not in Vi}
4992 If 'modeline' is on 'modelines' gives the number of lines that is
4993 checked for set commands. If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is zero
4994 no lines are checked. See |modeline|.
4995 NOTE: 'modeline' is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
4996 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
4997
4998 *'modifiable'* *'ma'* *'nomodifiable'* *'noma'*
4999'modifiable' 'ma' boolean (default on)
5000 local to buffer
5001 {not in Vi} *E21*
5002 When off the buffer contents cannot be changed. The 'fileformat' and
5003 'fileencoding' options also can't be changed.
5004 Can be reset with the |-M| command line argument.
5005
5006 *'modified'* *'mod'* *'nomodified'* *'nomod'*
5007'modified' 'mod' boolean (default off)
5008 local to buffer
5009 {not in Vi}
5010 When on, the buffer is considered to be modified. This option is set
5011 when:
5012 1. A change was made to the text since it was last written. Using the
5013 |undo| command to go back to the original text will reset the
5014 option. But undoing changes that were made before writing the
5015 buffer will set the option again, since the text is different from
5016 when it was written.
5017 2. 'fileformat' or 'fileencoding' is different from its original
5018 value. The original value is set when the buffer is read or
5019 written. A ":set nomodified" command also resets the original
5020 values to the current values and the 'modified' option will be
5021 reset.
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02005022 This option is not set when a change is made to the buffer as the
5023 result of a BufNewFile, BufRead/BufReadPost, BufWritePost,
5024 FileAppendPost or VimLeave autocommand event. See |gzip-example| for
5025 an explanation.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005026 When 'buftype' is "nowrite" or "nofile" this option may be set, but
5027 will be ignored.
5028
5029 *'more'* *'nomore'*
5030'more' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
5031 global
5032 {not in Vi}
5033 When on, listings pause when the whole screen is filled. You will get
5034 the |more-prompt|. When this option is off there are no pauses, the
5035 listing continues until finished.
5036 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
5037 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
5038
5039 *'mouse'* *E538*
5040'mouse' string (default "", "a" for GUI, MS-DOS and Win32)
5041 global
5042 {not in Vi}
5043 Enable the use of the mouse. Only works for certain terminals
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00005044 (xterm, MS-DOS, Win32 |win32-mouse|, QNX pterm, *BSD console with
5045 sysmouse and Linux console with gpm). For using the mouse in the
5046 GUI, see |gui-mouse|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005047 The mouse can be enabled for different modes:
5048 n Normal mode
5049 v Visual mode
5050 i Insert mode
5051 c Command-line mode
5052 h all previous modes when editing a help file
5053 a all previous modes
5054 r for |hit-enter| and |more-prompt| prompt
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005055 Normally you would enable the mouse in all four modes with: >
5056 :set mouse=a
5057< When the mouse is not enabled, the GUI will still use the mouse for
5058 modeless selection. This doesn't move the text cursor.
5059
5060 See |mouse-using|. Also see |'clipboard'|.
5061
5062 Note: When enabling the mouse in a terminal, copy/paste will use the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005063 "* register if there is access to an X-server. The xterm handling of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005064 the mouse buttons can still be used by keeping the shift key pressed.
5065 Also see the 'clipboard' option.
5066
5067 *'mousefocus'* *'mousef'* *'nomousefocus'* *'nomousef'*
5068'mousefocus' 'mousef' boolean (default off)
5069 global
5070 {not in Vi}
5071 {only works in the GUI}
5072 The window that the mouse pointer is on is automatically activated.
5073 When changing the window layout or window focus in another way, the
5074 mouse pointer is moved to the window with keyboard focus. Off is the
5075 default because it makes using the pull down menus a little goofy, as
5076 a pointer transit may activate a window unintentionally.
5077
5078 *'mousehide'* *'mh'* *'nomousehide'* *'nomh'*
5079'mousehide' 'mh' boolean (default on)
5080 global
5081 {not in Vi}
5082 {only works in the GUI}
5083 When on, the mouse pointer is hidden when characters are typed.
5084 The mouse pointer is restored when the mouse is moved.
5085
5086 *'mousemodel'* *'mousem'*
5087'mousemodel' 'mousem' string (default "extend", "popup" for MS-DOS and Win32)
5088 global
5089 {not in Vi}
5090 Sets the model to use for the mouse. The name mostly specifies what
5091 the right mouse button is used for:
5092 extend Right mouse button extends a selection. This works
5093 like in an xterm.
5094 popup Right mouse button pops up a menu. The shifted left
5095 mouse button extends a selection. This works like
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00005096 with Microsoft Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005097 popup_setpos Like "popup", but the cursor will be moved to the
5098 position where the mouse was clicked, and thus the
5099 selected operation will act upon the clicked object.
5100 If clicking inside a selection, that selection will
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00005101 be acted upon, i.e. no cursor move. This implies of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005102 course, that right clicking outside a selection will
5103 end Visual mode.
5104 Overview of what button does what for each model:
5105 mouse extend popup(_setpos) ~
5106 left click place cursor place cursor
5107 left drag start selection start selection
5108 shift-left search word extend selection
5109 right click extend selection popup menu (place cursor)
5110 right drag extend selection -
5111 middle click paste paste
5112
5113 In the "popup" model the right mouse button produces a pop-up menu.
5114 You need to define this first, see |popup-menu|.
5115
5116 Note that you can further refine the meaning of buttons with mappings.
5117 See |gui-mouse-mapping|. But mappings are NOT used for modeless
5118 selection (because that's handled in the GUI code directly).
5119
5120 The 'mousemodel' option is set by the |:behave| command.
5121
5122 *'mouseshape'* *'mouses'* *E547*
5123'mouseshape' 'mouses' string (default "i:beam,r:beam,s:updown,sd:cross,
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00005124 m:no,ml:up-arrow,v:rightup-arrow")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005125 global
5126 {not in Vi}
5127 {only available when compiled with the |+mouseshape|
5128 feature}
5129 This option tells Vim what the mouse pointer should look like in
5130 different modes. The option is a comma separated list of parts, much
5131 like used for 'guicursor'. Each part consist of a mode/location-list
5132 and an argument-list:
5133 mode-list:shape,mode-list:shape,..
5134 The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes/locations:
5135 In a normal window: ~
5136 n Normal mode
5137 v Visual mode
5138 ve Visual mode with 'selection' "exclusive" (same as 'v',
5139 if not specified)
5140 o Operator-pending mode
5141 i Insert mode
5142 r Replace mode
5143
5144 Others: ~
5145 c appending to the command-line
5146 ci inserting in the command-line
5147 cr replacing in the command-line
5148 m at the 'Hit ENTER' or 'More' prompts
5149 ml idem, but cursor in the last line
5150 e any mode, pointer below last window
5151 s any mode, pointer on a status line
5152 sd any mode, while dragging a status line
5153 vs any mode, pointer on a vertical separator line
5154 vd any mode, while dragging a vertical separator line
5155 a everywhere
5156
5157 The shape is one of the following:
5158 avail name looks like ~
5159 w x arrow Normal mouse pointer
5160 w x blank no pointer at all (use with care!)
5161 w x beam I-beam
5162 w x updown up-down sizing arrows
5163 w x leftright left-right sizing arrows
5164 w x busy The system's usual busy pointer
5165 w x no The system's usual 'no input' pointer
5166 x udsizing indicates up-down resizing
5167 x lrsizing indicates left-right resizing
5168 x crosshair like a big thin +
5169 x hand1 black hand
5170 x hand2 white hand
5171 x pencil what you write with
5172 x question big ?
5173 x rightup-arrow arrow pointing right-up
5174 w x up-arrow arrow pointing up
5175 x <number> any X11 pointer number (see X11/cursorfont.h)
5176
5177 The "avail" column contains a 'w' if the shape is available for Win32,
5178 x for X11.
5179 Any modes not specified or shapes not available use the normal mouse
5180 pointer.
5181
5182 Example: >
5183 :set mouseshape=s:udsizing,m:no
5184< will make the mouse turn to a sizing arrow over the status lines and
5185 indicate no input when the hit-enter prompt is displayed (since
5186 clicking the mouse has no effect in this state.)
5187
5188 *'mousetime'* *'mouset'*
5189'mousetime' 'mouset' number (default 500)
5190 global
5191 {not in Vi}
5192 Only for GUI, MS-DOS, Win32 and Unix with xterm. Defines the maximum
5193 time in msec between two mouse clicks for the second click to be
5194 recognized as a multi click.
5195
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00005196 *'mzquantum'* *'mzq'*
5197'mzquantum' 'mzq' number (default 100)
5198 global
5199 {not in Vi}
5200 {not available when compiled without the |+mzscheme|
5201 feature}
5202 The number of milliseconds between polls for MzScheme threads.
5203 Negative or zero value means no thread scheduling.
5204
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005205 *'nrformats'* *'nf'*
5206'nrformats' 'nf' string (default "octal,hex")
5207 local to buffer
5208 {not in Vi}
5209 This defines what bases Vim will consider for numbers when using the
5210 CTRL-A and CTRL-X commands for adding to and subtracting from a number
5211 respectively; see |CTRL-A| for more info on these commands.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005212 alpha If included, single alphabetical characters will be
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005213 incremented or decremented. This is useful for a list with a
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01005214 letter index a), b), etc. *octal-nrformats*
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005215 octal If included, numbers that start with a zero will be considered
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005216 to be octal. Example: Using CTRL-A on "007" results in "010".
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005217 hex If included, numbers starting with "0x" or "0X" will be
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005218 considered to be hexadecimal. Example: Using CTRL-X on
5219 "0x100" results in "0x0ff".
5220 Numbers which simply begin with a digit in the range 1-9 are always
5221 considered decimal. This also happens for numbers that are not
5222 recognized as octal or hex.
5223
5224 *'number'* *'nu'* *'nonumber'* *'nonu'*
5225'number' 'nu' boolean (default off)
5226 local to window
5227 Print the line number in front of each line. When the 'n' option is
5228 excluded from 'cpoptions' a wrapped line will not use the column of
5229 line numbers (this is the default when 'compatible' isn't set).
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00005230 The 'numberwidth' option can be used to set the room used for the line
5231 number.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005232 When a long, wrapped line doesn't start with the first character, '-'
5233 characters are put before the number.
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02005234 See |hl-LineNr| and |hl-CursorLineNr| for the highlighting used for
5235 the number.
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005236 *number_relativenumber*
5237 The 'relativenumber' option changes the displayed number to be
5238 relative to the cursor. Together with 'number' there are these
5239 four combinations (cursor in line 3):
5240
5241 'nonu' 'nu' 'nonu' 'nu'
5242 'nornu' 'nornu' 'rnu' 'rnu'
5243
5244 |apple | 1 apple | 2 apple | 2 apple
5245 |pear | 2 pear | 1 pear | 1 pear
5246 |nobody | 3 nobody | 0 nobody |3 nobody
5247 |there | 4 there | 1 there | 1 there
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005248
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00005249 *'numberwidth'* *'nuw'*
5250'numberwidth' 'nuw' number (Vim default: 4 Vi default: 8)
5251 local to window
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00005252 {not in Vi}
5253 {only available when compiled with the |+linebreak|
5254 feature}
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00005255 Minimal number of columns to use for the line number. Only relevant
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02005256 when the 'number' or 'relativenumber' option is set or printing lines
5257 with a line number. Since one space is always between the number and
5258 the text, there is one less character for the number itself.
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00005259 The value is the minimum width. A bigger width is used when needed to
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02005260 fit the highest line number in the buffer respectively the number of
5261 rows in the window, depending on whether 'number' or 'relativenumber'
5262 is set. Thus with the Vim default of 4 there is room for a line number
5263 up to 999. When the buffer has 1000 lines five columns will be used.
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00005264 The minimum value is 1, the maximum value is 10.
5265 NOTE: 'numberwidth' is reset to 8 when 'compatible' is set.
5266
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +00005267 *'omnifunc'* *'ofu'*
5268'omnifunc' 'ofu' string (default: empty)
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +00005269 local to buffer
5270 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02005271 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
5272 or |+insert_expand| features}
Bram Moolenaarc7486e02005-12-29 22:48:26 +00005273 This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode omni
5274 completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00005275 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
5276 invoked and what it should return.
Bram Moolenaar043545e2006-10-10 16:44:07 +00005277 This option is usually set by a filetype plugin:
Bram Moolenaar9c102382006-05-03 21:26:49 +00005278 |:filetype-plugin-on|
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02005279 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5280 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +00005281
5282
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005283 *'opendevice'* *'odev'* *'noopendevice'* *'noodev'*
Bram Moolenaar043545e2006-10-10 16:44:07 +00005284'opendevice' 'odev' boolean (default off)
5285 global
5286 {not in Vi}
5287 {only for MS-DOS, MS-Windows and OS/2}
5288 Enable reading and writing from devices. This may get Vim stuck on a
5289 device that can be opened but doesn't actually do the I/O. Therefore
5290 it is off by default.
5291 Note that on MS-Windows editing "aux.h", "lpt1.txt" and the like also
5292 result in editing a device.
5293
5294
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00005295 *'operatorfunc'* *'opfunc'*
5296'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' string (default: empty)
5297 global
5298 {not in Vi}
5299 This option specifies a function to be called by the |g@| operator.
5300 See |:map-operator| for more info and an example.
5301
5302 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5303 security reasons.
5304
5305
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02005306 *'osfiletype'* *'oft'*
5307'osfiletype' 'oft' string (default: "")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005308 local to buffer
5309 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02005310 This option was supported on RISC OS, which has been removed.
5311
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005312
5313 *'paragraphs'* *'para'*
Bram Moolenaar57e48462008-03-12 16:38:55 +00005314'paragraphs' 'para' string (default "IPLPPPQPP TPHPLIPpLpItpplpipbp")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005315 global
5316 Specifies the nroff macros that separate paragraphs. These are pairs
5317 of two letters (see |object-motions|).
5318
5319 *'paste'* *'nopaste'*
5320'paste' boolean (default off)
5321 global
5322 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005323 Put Vim in Paste mode. This is useful if you want to cut or copy
5324 some text from one window and paste it in Vim. This will avoid
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005325 unexpected effects.
5326 Setting this option is useful when using Vim in a terminal, where Vim
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005327 cannot distinguish between typed text and pasted text. In the GUI, Vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005328 knows about pasting and will mostly do the right thing without 'paste'
5329 being set. The same is true for a terminal where Vim handles the
5330 mouse clicks itself.
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +00005331 This option is reset when starting the GUI. Thus if you set it in
5332 your .vimrc it will work in a terminal, but not in the GUI. Setting
5333 'paste' in the GUI has side effects: e.g., the Paste toolbar button
5334 will no longer work in Insert mode, because it uses a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005335 When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):
5336 - mapping in Insert mode and Command-line mode is disabled
5337 - abbreviations are disabled
5338 - 'textwidth' is set to 0
5339 - 'wrapmargin' is set to 0
5340 - 'autoindent' is reset
5341 - 'smartindent' is reset
5342 - 'softtabstop' is set to 0
5343 - 'revins' is reset
5344 - 'ruler' is reset
5345 - 'showmatch' is reset
5346 - 'formatoptions' is used like it is empty
5347 These options keep their value, but their effect is disabled:
5348 - 'lisp'
5349 - 'indentexpr'
5350 - 'cindent'
5351 NOTE: When you start editing another file while the 'paste' option is
5352 on, settings from the modelines or autocommands may change the
5353 settings again, causing trouble when pasting text. You might want to
5354 set the 'paste' option again.
5355 When the 'paste' option is reset the mentioned options are restored to
5356 the value before the moment 'paste' was switched from off to on.
5357 Resetting 'paste' before ever setting it does not have any effect.
5358 Since mapping doesn't work while 'paste' is active, you need to use
5359 the 'pastetoggle' option to toggle the 'paste' option with some key.
5360
5361 *'pastetoggle'* *'pt'*
5362'pastetoggle' 'pt' string (default "")
5363 global
5364 {not in Vi}
5365 When non-empty, specifies the key sequence that toggles the 'paste'
5366 option. This is like specifying a mapping: >
5367 :map {keys} :set invpaste<CR>
5368< Where {keys} is the value of 'pastetoggle'.
5369 The difference is that it will work even when 'paste' is set.
5370 'pastetoggle' works in Insert mode and Normal mode, but not in
5371 Command-line mode.
5372 Mappings are checked first, thus overrule 'pastetoggle'. However,
5373 when 'paste' is on mappings are ignored in Insert mode, thus you can do
5374 this: >
5375 :map <F10> :set paste<CR>
5376 :map <F11> :set nopaste<CR>
5377 :imap <F10> <C-O>:set paste<CR>
5378 :imap <F11> <nop>
5379 :set pastetoggle=<F11>
5380< This will make <F10> start paste mode and <F11> stop paste mode.
5381 Note that typing <F10> in paste mode inserts "<F10>", since in paste
5382 mode everything is inserted literally, except the 'pastetoggle' key
5383 sequence.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00005384 When the value has several bytes 'ttimeoutlen' applies.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005385
5386 *'pex'* *'patchexpr'*
5387'patchexpr' 'pex' string (default "")
5388 global
5389 {not in Vi}
5390 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
5391 feature}
5392 Expression which is evaluated to apply a patch to a file and generate
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005393 the resulting new version of the file. See |diff-patchexpr|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005394
Bram Moolenaardbc28022014-07-26 13:40:44 +02005395 *'patchmode'* *'pm'* *E205* *E206*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005396'patchmode' 'pm' string (default "")
5397 global
5398 {not in Vi}
5399 When non-empty the oldest version of a file is kept. This can be used
5400 to keep the original version of a file if you are changing files in a
5401 source distribution. Only the first time that a file is written a
5402 copy of the original file will be kept. The name of the copy is the
5403 name of the original file with the string in the 'patchmode' option
5404 appended. This option should start with a dot. Use a string like
5405 ".org". 'backupdir' must not be empty for this to work (Detail: The
5406 backup file is renamed to the patchmode file after the new file has
5407 been successfully written, that's why it must be possible to write a
5408 backup file). If there was no file to be backed up, an empty file is
5409 created.
5410 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a patchmode file is not made.
5411 Using 'patchmode' for compressed files appends the extension at the
5412 end (e.g., "file.gz.orig"), thus the resulting name isn't always
5413 recognized as a compressed file.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00005414 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005415
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01005416 *'path'* *'pa'* *E343* *E345* *E347* *E854*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005417'path' 'pa' string (default on Unix: ".,/usr/include,,"
5418 on OS/2: ".,/emx/include,,"
5419 other systems: ".,,")
5420 global or local to buffer |global-local|
5421 {not in Vi}
5422 This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005423 |gf|, [f, ]f, ^Wf, |:find|, |:sfind|, |:tabfind| and other commands,
5424 provided that the file being searched for has a relative path (not
5425 starting with "/", "./" or "../"). The directories in the 'path'
5426 option may be relative or absolute.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005427 - Use commas to separate directory names: >
5428 :set path=.,/usr/local/include,/usr/include
5429< - Spaces can also be used to separate directory names (for backwards
5430 compatibility with version 3.0). To have a space in a directory
5431 name, precede it with an extra backslash, and escape the space: >
5432 :set path=.,/dir/with\\\ space
5433< - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with an extra
5434 backslash: >
5435 :set path=.,/dir/with\\,comma
5436< - To search relative to the directory of the current file, use: >
5437 :set path=.
5438< - To search in the current directory use an empty string between two
5439 commas: >
5440 :set path=,,
5441< - A directory name may end in a ':' or '/'.
5442 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
5443 - When using |netrw.vim| URLs can be used. For example, adding
5444 "http://www.vim.org" will make ":find index.html" work.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005445 - Search upwards and downwards in a directory tree using "*", "**" and
5446 ";". See |file-searching| for info and syntax.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005447 {not available when compiled without the |+path_extra| feature}
5448 - Careful with '\' characters, type two to get one in the option: >
5449 :set path=.,c:\\include
5450< Or just use '/' instead: >
5451 :set path=.,c:/include
5452< Don't forget "." or files won't even be found in the same directory as
5453 the file!
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005454 The maximum length is limited. How much depends on the system, mostly
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005455 it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
5456 You can check if all the include files are found, using the value of
5457 'path', see |:checkpath|.
5458 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
5459 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
5460 uses another default. To remove the current directory use: >
5461 :set path-=
5462< To add the current directory use: >
5463 :set path+=
5464< To use an environment variable, you probably need to replace the
5465 separator. Here is an example to append $INCL, in which directory
5466 names are separated with a semi-colon: >
5467 :let &path = &path . "," . substitute($INCL, ';', ',', 'g')
5468< Replace the ';' with a ':' or whatever separator is used. Note that
5469 this doesn't work when $INCL contains a comma or white space.
5470
5471 *'preserveindent'* *'pi'* *'nopreserveindent'* *'nopi'*
5472'preserveindent' 'pi' boolean (default off)
5473 local to buffer
5474 {not in Vi}
5475 When changing the indent of the current line, preserve as much of the
5476 indent structure as possible. Normally the indent is replaced by a
5477 series of tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is
5478 enabled, in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option
5479 means the indent will preserve as many existing characters as possible
5480 for indenting, and only add additional tabs or spaces as required.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00005481 'expandtab' does not apply to the preserved white space, a Tab remains
5482 a Tab.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005483 NOTE: When using ">>" multiple times the resulting indent is a mix of
5484 tabs and spaces. You might not like this.
5485 NOTE: 'preserveindent' is reset when 'compatible' is set.
5486 Also see 'copyindent'.
5487 Use |:retab| to clean up white space.
5488
5489 *'previewheight'* *'pvh'*
5490'previewheight' 'pvh' number (default 12)
5491 global
5492 {not in Vi}
5493 {not available when compiled without the |+windows| or
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02005494 |+quickfix| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005495 Default height for a preview window. Used for |:ptag| and associated
5496 commands. Used for |CTRL-W_}| when no count is given.
5497
5498 *'previewwindow'* *'nopreviewwindow'*
5499 *'pvw'* *'nopvw'* *E590*
5500'previewwindow' 'pvw' boolean (default off)
5501 local to window
5502 {not in Vi}
5503 {not available when compiled without the |+windows| or
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02005504 |+quickfix| features}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005505 Identifies the preview window. Only one window can have this option
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005506 set. It's normally not set directly, but by using one of the commands
5507 |:ptag|, |:pedit|, etc.
5508
5509 *'printdevice'* *'pdev'*
5510'printdevice' 'pdev' string (default empty)
5511 global
5512 {not in Vi}
5513 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
5514 feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005515 The name of the printer to be used for |:hardcopy|.
5516 See |pdev-option|.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00005517 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5518 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005519
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005520 *'printencoding'* *'penc'*
5521'printencoding' 'penc' String (default empty, except for some systems)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005522 global
5523 {not in Vi}
5524 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
5525 and |+postscript| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005526 Sets the character encoding used when printing.
5527 See |penc-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005528
5529 *'printexpr'* *'pexpr'*
5530'printexpr' 'pexpr' String (default: see below)
5531 global
5532 {not in Vi}
5533 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
5534 and |+postscript| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005535 Expression used to print the PostScript produced with |:hardcopy|.
5536 See |pexpr-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005537
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005538 *'printfont'* *'pfn'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005539'printfont' 'pfn' string (default "courier")
5540 global
5541 {not in Vi}
5542 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
5543 feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005544 The name of the font that will be used for |:hardcopy|.
5545 See |pfn-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005546
5547 *'printheader'* *'pheader'*
5548'printheader' 'pheader' string (default "%<%f%h%m%=Page %N")
5549 global
5550 {not in Vi}
5551 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
5552 feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005553 The format of the header produced in |:hardcopy| output.
5554 See |pheader-option|.
5555
5556 *'printmbcharset'* *'pmbcs'*
5557'printmbcharset' 'pmbcs' string (default "")
5558 global
5559 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarbc7aa852005-03-06 23:38:09 +00005560 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|,
5561 |+postscript| and |+multi_byte| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005562 The CJK character set to be used for CJK output from |:hardcopy|.
5563 See |pmbcs-option|.
5564
5565 *'printmbfont'* *'pmbfn'*
5566'printmbfont' 'pmbfn' string (default "")
5567 global
5568 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarbc7aa852005-03-06 23:38:09 +00005569 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|,
5570 |+postscript| and |+multi_byte| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005571 List of font names to be used for CJK output from |:hardcopy|.
5572 See |pmbfn-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005573
5574 *'printoptions'* *'popt'*
5575'printoptions' 'popt' string (default "")
5576 global
5577 {not in Vi}
5578 {only available when compiled with |+printer| feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00005579 List of items that control the format of the output of |:hardcopy|.
5580 See |popt-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005581
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00005582 *'prompt'* *'noprompt'*
5583'prompt' boolean (default on)
5584 global
5585 When on a ":" prompt is used in Ex mode.
5586
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00005587 *'pumheight'* *'ph'*
5588'pumheight' 'ph' number (default 0)
5589 global
5590 {not available when compiled without the
5591 |+insert_expand| feature}
5592 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar06a89a52006-04-29 22:01:03 +00005593 Determines the maximum number of items to show in the popup menu for
5594 Insert mode completion. When zero as much space as available is used.
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00005595 |ins-completion-menu|.
5596
5597
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00005598 *'quoteescape'* *'qe'*
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00005599'quoteescape' 'qe' string (default "\")
5600 local to buffer
5601 {not in Vi}
5602 The characters that are used to escape quotes in a string. Used for
5603 objects like a', a" and a` |a'|.
5604 When one of the characters in this option is found inside a string,
5605 the following character will be skipped. The default value makes the
5606 text "foo\"bar\\" considered to be one string.
5607
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005608 *'readonly'* *'ro'* *'noreadonly'* *'noro'*
5609'readonly' 'ro' boolean (default off)
5610 local to buffer
5611 If on, writes fail unless you use a '!'. Protects you from
5612 accidentally overwriting a file. Default on when Vim is started
5613 in read-only mode ("vim -R") or when the executable is called "view".
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005614 When using ":w!" the 'readonly' option is reset for the current
5615 buffer, unless the 'Z' flag is in 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005616 {not in Vi:} When using the ":view" command the 'readonly' option is
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005617 set for the newly edited buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005618
Bram Moolenaar91a4e822008-01-19 14:59:58 +00005619 *'redrawtime'* *'rdt'*
5620'redrawtime' 'rdt' number (default 2000)
5621 global
5622 {not in Vi}
5623 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime|
5624 feature}
5625 The time in milliseconds for redrawing the display. This applies to
5626 searching for patterns for 'hlsearch' and |:match| highlighting.
5627 When redrawing takes more than this many milliseconds no further
5628 matches will be highlighted. This is used to avoid that Vim hangs
5629 when using a very complicated pattern.
5630
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02005631 *'regexpengine'* *'re'*
Bram Moolenaare6ae6222013-05-21 21:01:10 +02005632'regexpengine' 're' number (default 0)
5633 global
5634 {not in Vi}
5635 This selects the default regexp engine. |two-engines|
5636 The possible values are:
5637 0 automatic selection
5638 1 old engine
5639 2 NFA engine
5640 Note that when using the NFA engine and the pattern contains something
5641 that is not supported the pattern will not match. This is only useful
5642 for debugging the regexp engine.
Bram Moolenaarfda37292014-11-05 14:27:36 +01005643 Using automatic selection enables Vim to switch the engine, if the
5644 default engine becomes too costly. E.g., when the NFA engine uses too
5645 many states. This should prevent Vim from hanging on a combination of
5646 a complex pattern with long text.
Bram Moolenaare6ae6222013-05-21 21:01:10 +02005647
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02005648 *'relativenumber'* *'rnu'* *'norelativenumber'* *'nornu'*
5649'relativenumber' 'rnu' boolean (default off)
5650 local to window
5651 {not in Vi}
5652 Show the line number relative to the line with the cursor in front of
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02005653 each line. Relative line numbers help you use the |count| you can
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02005654 precede some vertical motion commands (e.g. j k + -) with, without
5655 having to calculate it yourself. Especially useful in combination with
5656 other commands (e.g. y d c < > gq gw =).
5657 When the 'n' option is excluded from 'cpoptions' a wrapped
5658 line will not use the column of line numbers (this is the default when
5659 'compatible' isn't set).
5660 The 'numberwidth' option can be used to set the room used for the line
5661 number.
5662 When a long, wrapped line doesn't start with the first character, '-'
5663 characters are put before the number.
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02005664 See |hl-LineNr| and |hl-CursorLineNr| for the highlighting used for
5665 the number.
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005666
5667 The number in front of the cursor line also depends on the value of
5668 'number', see |number_relativenumber| for all combinations of the two
5669 options.
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02005670
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005671 *'remap'* *'noremap'*
5672'remap' boolean (default on)
5673 global
5674 Allows for mappings to work recursively. If you do not want this for
5675 a single entry, use the :noremap[!] command.
Bram Moolenaara3227e22006-03-08 21:32:40 +00005676 NOTE: To avoid portability problems with Vim scripts, always keep
5677 this option at the default "on". Only switch it off when working with
5678 old Vi scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005679
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02005680 *'renderoptions'* *'rop'*
5681'renderoptions' 'rop' string (default: empty)
5682 global
5683 {not in Vi}
5684 {only available when compiled with GUI and DIRECTX on
5685 MS-Windows}
5686 Select a text renderer and set its options. The options depend on the
5687 renderer.
5688
5689 Syntax: >
5690 set rop=type:{renderer}(,{name}:{value})*
5691<
5692 Currently, only one optional renderer is available.
5693
5694 render behavior ~
5695 directx Vim will draw text using DirectX (DirectWrite). It makes
5696 drawn glyphs more beautiful than default GDI.
5697 It requires 'encoding' is "utf-8", and only works on
5698 MS-Windows Vista or newer version.
5699
5700 Options:
5701 name meaning type value ~
5702 gamma gamma float 1.0 - 2.2 (maybe)
5703 contrast enhancedContrast float (unknown)
5704 level clearTypeLevel float (unknown)
5705 geom pixelGeometry int 0 - 2 (see below)
5706 renmode renderingMode int 0 - 6 (see below)
5707 taamode textAntialiasMode int 0 - 3 (see below)
5708
5709 See this URL for detail:
5710 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368190.aspx
5711
5712 For geom: structure of a device pixel.
5713 0 - DWRITE_PIXEL_GEOMETRY_FLAT
5714 1 - DWRITE_PIXEL_GEOMETRY_RGB
5715 2 - DWRITE_PIXEL_GEOMETRY_BGR
5716
5717 See this URL for detail:
5718 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368114.aspx
5719
5720 For renmode: method of rendering glyphs.
5721 0 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_DEFAULT
5722 1 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_ALIASED
5723 2 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_GDI_CLASSIC
5724 3 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_GDI_NATURAL
5725 4 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_NATURAL
5726 5 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_NATURAL_SYMMETRIC
5727 6 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_OUTLINE
5728
5729 See this URL for detail:
5730 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368118.aspx
5731
5732 For taamode: antialiasing mode used for drawing text.
5733 0 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_DEFAULT
5734 1 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_CLEARTYPE
5735 2 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_GRAYSCALE
5736 3 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_ALIASED
5737
5738 See this URL for detail:
5739 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368170.aspx
5740
5741 Example: >
5742 set encoding=utf-8
5743 set gfn=Ricty_Diminished:h12:cSHIFTJIS
5744 set rop=type:directx
5745<
5746 If select a raster font (Courier, Terminal or FixedSys) to
5747 'guifont', it fallbacks to be drawn by GDI automatically.
5748
5749 Other render types are currently not supported.
5750
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005751 *'report'*
5752'report' number (default 2)
5753 global
5754 Threshold for reporting number of lines changed. When the number of
5755 changed lines is more than 'report' a message will be given for most
5756 ":" commands. If you want it always, set 'report' to 0.
5757 For the ":substitute" command the number of substitutions is used
5758 instead of the number of lines.
5759
5760 *'restorescreen'* *'rs'* *'norestorescreen'* *'nors'*
5761'restorescreen' 'rs' boolean (default on)
5762 global
5763 {not in Vi} {only in Windows 95/NT console version}
5764 When set, the screen contents is restored when exiting Vim. This also
5765 happens when executing external commands.
5766
5767 For non-Windows Vim: You can set or reset the 't_ti' and 't_te'
5768 options in your .vimrc. To disable restoring:
5769 set t_ti= t_te=
5770 To enable restoring (for an xterm):
5771 set t_ti=^[7^[[r^[[?47h t_te=^[[?47l^[8
5772 (Where ^[ is an <Esc>, type CTRL-V <Esc> to insert it)
5773
5774 *'revins'* *'ri'* *'norevins'* *'nori'*
5775'revins' 'ri' boolean (default off)
5776 global
5777 {not in Vi}
5778 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
5779 feature}
5780 Inserting characters in Insert mode will work backwards. See "typing
5781 backwards" |ins-reverse|. This option can be toggled with the CTRL-_
5782 command in Insert mode, when 'allowrevins' is set.
5783 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' or 'paste' is set.
5784
5785 *'rightleft'* *'rl'* *'norightleft'* *'norl'*
5786'rightleft' 'rl' boolean (default off)
5787 local to window
5788 {not in Vi}
5789 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
5790 feature}
5791 When on, display orientation becomes right-to-left, i.e., characters
5792 that are stored in the file appear from the right to the left.
5793 Using this option, it is possible to edit files for languages that
5794 are written from the right to the left such as Hebrew and Arabic.
5795 This option is per window, so it is possible to edit mixed files
5796 simultaneously, or to view the same file in both ways (this is
5797 useful whenever you have a mixed text file with both right-to-left
5798 and left-to-right strings so that both sets are displayed properly
5799 in different windows). Also see |rileft.txt|.
5800
Bram Moolenaar607cc1e2010-07-18 18:47:44 +02005801 *'rightleftcmd'* *'rlc'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005802'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' string (default "search")
5803 local to window
5804 {not in Vi}
5805 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
5806 feature}
5807 Each word in this option enables the command line editing to work in
5808 right-to-left mode for a group of commands:
5809
5810 search "/" and "?" commands
5811
5812 This is useful for languages such as Hebrew, Arabic and Farsi.
5813 The 'rightleft' option must be set for 'rightleftcmd' to take effect.
5814
5815 *'ruler'* *'ru'* *'noruler'* *'noru'*
5816'ruler' 'ru' boolean (default off)
5817 global
5818 {not in Vi}
5819 {not available when compiled without the
5820 |+cmdline_info| feature}
5821 Show the line and column number of the cursor position, separated by a
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005822 comma. When there is room, the relative position of the displayed
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005823 text in the file is shown on the far right:
5824 Top first line is visible
5825 Bot last line is visible
5826 All first and last line are visible
5827 45% relative position in the file
5828 If 'rulerformat' is set, it will determine the contents of the ruler.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005829 Each window has its own ruler. If a window has a status line, the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005830 ruler is shown there. Otherwise it is shown in the last line of the
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00005831 screen. If the statusline is given by 'statusline' (i.e. not empty),
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005832 this option takes precedence over 'ruler' and 'rulerformat'
5833 If the number of characters displayed is different from the number of
5834 bytes in the text (e.g., for a TAB or a multi-byte character), both
5835 the text column (byte number) and the screen column are shown,
5836 separated with a dash.
5837 For an empty line "0-1" is shown.
5838 For an empty buffer the line number will also be zero: "0,0-1".
5839 This option is reset when the 'paste' option is set.
5840 If you don't want to see the ruler all the time but want to know where
5841 you are, use "g CTRL-G" |g_CTRL-G|.
5842 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
5843
5844 *'rulerformat'* *'ruf'*
5845'rulerformat' 'ruf' string (default empty)
5846 global
5847 {not in Vi}
5848 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline|
5849 feature}
5850 When this option is not empty, it determines the content of the ruler
5851 string, as displayed for the 'ruler' option.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00005852 The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005853 The default ruler width is 17 characters. To make the ruler 15
5854 characters wide, put "%15(" at the start and "%)" at the end.
5855 Example: >
5856 :set rulerformat=%15(%c%V\ %p%%%)
5857<
5858 *'runtimepath'* *'rtp'* *vimfiles*
5859'runtimepath' 'rtp' string (default:
5860 Unix: "$HOME/.vim,
5861 $VIM/vimfiles,
5862 $VIMRUNTIME,
5863 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
5864 $HOME/.vim/after"
5865 Amiga: "home:vimfiles,
5866 $VIM/vimfiles,
5867 $VIMRUNTIME,
5868 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
5869 home:vimfiles/after"
5870 PC, OS/2: "$HOME/vimfiles,
5871 $VIM/vimfiles,
5872 $VIMRUNTIME,
5873 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
5874 $HOME/vimfiles/after"
5875 Macintosh: "$VIM:vimfiles,
5876 $VIMRUNTIME,
5877 $VIM:vimfiles:after"
5878 RISC-OS: "Choices:vimfiles,
5879 $VIMRUNTIME,
5880 Choices:vimfiles/after"
5881 VMS: "sys$login:vimfiles,
5882 $VIM/vimfiles,
5883 $VIMRUNTIME,
5884 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00005885 sys$login:vimfiles/after")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005886 global
5887 {not in Vi}
5888 This is a list of directories which will be searched for runtime
5889 files:
5890 filetype.vim filetypes by file name |new-filetype|
5891 scripts.vim filetypes by file contents |new-filetype-scripts|
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005892 autoload/ automatically loaded scripts |autoload-functions|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005893 colors/ color scheme files |:colorscheme|
5894 compiler/ compiler files |:compiler|
5895 doc/ documentation |write-local-help|
5896 ftplugin/ filetype plugins |write-filetype-plugin|
5897 indent/ indent scripts |indent-expression|
5898 keymap/ key mapping files |mbyte-keymap|
5899 lang/ menu translations |:menutrans|
5900 menu.vim GUI menus |menu.vim|
5901 plugin/ plugin scripts |write-plugin|
5902 print/ files for printing |postscript-print-encoding|
Bram Moolenaarafeb4fa2006-02-01 21:51:12 +00005903 spell/ spell checking files |spell|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005904 syntax/ syntax files |mysyntaxfile|
5905 tutor/ files for vimtutor |tutor|
5906
5907 And any other file searched for with the |:runtime| command.
5908
5909 The defaults for most systems are setup to search five locations:
5910 1. In your home directory, for your personal preferences.
5911 2. In a system-wide Vim directory, for preferences from the system
5912 administrator.
5913 3. In $VIMRUNTIME, for files distributed with Vim.
5914 *after-directory*
5915 4. In the "after" directory in the system-wide Vim directory. This is
5916 for the system administrator to overrule or add to the distributed
5917 defaults (rarely needed)
5918 5. In the "after" directory in your home directory. This is for
5919 personal preferences to overrule or add to the distributed defaults
5920 or system-wide settings (rarely needed).
5921
5922 Note that, unlike 'path', no wildcards like "**" are allowed. Normal
5923 wildcards are allowed, but can significantly slow down searching for
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005924 runtime files. For speed, use as few items as possible and avoid
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005925 wildcards.
5926 See |:runtime|.
5927 Example: >
5928 :set runtimepath=~/vimruntime,/mygroup/vim,$VIMRUNTIME
5929< This will use the directory "~/vimruntime" first (containing your
5930 personal Vim runtime files), then "/mygroup/vim" (shared between a
5931 group of people) and finally "$VIMRUNTIME" (the distributed runtime
5932 files).
5933 You probably should always include $VIMRUNTIME somewhere, to use the
5934 distributed runtime files. You can put a directory before $VIMRUNTIME
5935 to find files which replace a distributed runtime files. You can put
5936 a directory after $VIMRUNTIME to find files which add to distributed
5937 runtime files.
5938 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5939 security reasons.
5940
5941 *'scroll'* *'scr'*
5942'scroll' 'scr' number (default: half the window height)
5943 local to window
5944 Number of lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D commands. Will be
5945 set to half the number of lines in the window when the window size
5946 changes. If you give a count to the CTRL-U or CTRL-D command it will
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005947 be used as the new value for 'scroll'. Reset to half the window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005948 height with ":set scroll=0". {Vi is a bit different: 'scroll' gives
5949 the number of screen lines instead of file lines, makes a difference
5950 when lines wrap}
5951
5952 *'scrollbind'* *'scb'* *'noscrollbind'* *'noscb'*
5953'scrollbind' 'scb' boolean (default off)
5954 local to window
5955 {not in Vi}
5956 {not available when compiled without the |+scrollbind|
5957 feature}
5958 See also |scroll-binding|. When this option is set, the current
5959 window scrolls as other scrollbind windows (windows that also have
5960 this option set) scroll. This option is useful for viewing the
5961 differences between two versions of a file, see 'diff'.
5962 See |'scrollopt'| for options that determine how this option should be
5963 interpreted.
5964 This option is mostly reset when splitting a window to edit another
5965 file. This means that ":split | edit file" results in two windows
5966 with scroll-binding, but ":split file" does not.
5967
5968 *'scrolljump'* *'sj'*
5969'scrolljump' 'sj' number (default 1)
5970 global
5971 {not in Vi}
5972 Minimal number of lines to scroll when the cursor gets off the
5973 screen (e.g., with "j"). Not used for scroll commands (e.g., CTRL-E,
5974 CTRL-D). Useful if your terminal scrolls very slowly.
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00005975 When set to a negative number from -1 to -100 this is used as the
5976 percentage of the window height. Thus -50 scrolls half the window
5977 height.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005978 NOTE: This option is set to 1 when 'compatible' is set.
5979
5980 *'scrolloff'* *'so'*
5981'scrolloff' 'so' number (default 0)
5982 global
5983 {not in Vi}
5984 Minimal number of screen lines to keep above and below the cursor.
5985 This will make some context visible around where you are working. If
5986 you set it to a very large value (999) the cursor line will always be
5987 in the middle of the window (except at the start or end of the file or
5988 when long lines wrap).
5989 For scrolling horizontally see 'sidescrolloff'.
5990 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
5991
5992 *'scrollopt'* *'sbo'*
5993'scrollopt' 'sbo' string (default "ver,jump")
5994 global
5995 {not available when compiled without the |+scrollbind|
5996 feature}
5997 {not in Vi}
5998 This is a comma-separated list of words that specifies how
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00005999 'scrollbind' windows should behave. 'sbo' stands for ScrollBind
6000 Options.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006001 The following words are available:
6002 ver Bind vertical scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
6003 hor Bind horizontal scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
6004 jump Applies to the offset between two windows for vertical
6005 scrolling. This offset is the difference in the first
6006 displayed line of the bound windows. When moving
6007 around in a window, another 'scrollbind' window may
6008 reach a position before the start or after the end of
6009 the buffer. The offset is not changed though, when
6010 moving back the 'scrollbind' window will try to scroll
6011 to the desired position when possible.
6012 When now making that window the current one, two
6013 things can be done with the relative offset:
6014 1. When "jump" is not included, the relative offset is
6015 adjusted for the scroll position in the new current
6016 window. When going back to the other window, the
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00006017 new relative offset will be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006018 2. When "jump" is included, the other windows are
6019 scrolled to keep the same relative offset. When
6020 going back to the other window, it still uses the
6021 same relative offset.
6022 Also see |scroll-binding|.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00006023 When 'diff' mode is active there always is vertical scroll binding,
6024 even when "ver" isn't there.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006025
6026 *'sections'* *'sect'*
6027'sections' 'sect' string (default "SHNHH HUnhsh")
6028 global
6029 Specifies the nroff macros that separate sections. These are pairs of
6030 two letters (See |object-motions|). The default makes a section start
6031 at the nroff macros ".SH", ".NH", ".H", ".HU", ".nh" and ".sh".
6032
6033 *'secure'* *'nosecure'* *E523*
6034'secure' boolean (default off)
6035 global
6036 {not in Vi}
6037 When on, ":autocmd", shell and write commands are not allowed in
6038 ".vimrc" and ".exrc" in the current directory and map commands are
6039 displayed. Switch it off only if you know that you will not run into
6040 problems, or when the 'exrc' option is off. On Unix this option is
6041 only used if the ".vimrc" or ".exrc" is not owned by you. This can be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006042 dangerous if the systems allows users to do a "chown". You better set
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006043 'secure' at the end of your ~/.vimrc then.
6044 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6045 security reasons.
6046
6047 *'selection'* *'sel'*
6048'selection' 'sel' string (default "inclusive")
6049 global
6050 {not in Vi}
6051 This option defines the behavior of the selection. It is only used
6052 in Visual and Select mode.
6053 Possible values:
6054 value past line inclusive ~
6055 old no yes
6056 inclusive yes yes
6057 exclusive yes no
6058 "past line" means that the cursor is allowed to be positioned one
6059 character past the line.
6060 "inclusive" means that the last character of the selection is included
6061 in an operation. For example, when "x" is used to delete the
6062 selection.
6063 Note that when "exclusive" is used and selecting from the end
6064 backwards, you cannot include the last character of a line, when
6065 starting in Normal mode and 'virtualedit' empty.
6066
6067 The 'selection' option is set by the |:behave| command.
6068
6069 *'selectmode'* *'slm'*
6070'selectmode' 'slm' string (default "")
6071 global
6072 {not in Vi}
6073 This is a comma separated list of words, which specifies when to start
6074 Select mode instead of Visual mode, when a selection is started.
6075 Possible values:
6076 mouse when using the mouse
6077 key when using shifted special keys
6078 cmd when using "v", "V" or CTRL-V
6079 See |Select-mode|.
6080 The 'selectmode' option is set by the |:behave| command.
6081
6082 *'sessionoptions'* *'ssop'*
6083'sessionoptions' 'ssop' string (default: "blank,buffers,curdir,folds,
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00006084 help,options,tabpages,winsize")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006085 global
6086 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02006087 {not available when compiled without the |+mksession|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006088 feature}
6089 Changes the effect of the |:mksession| command. It is a comma
6090 separated list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring
6091 something:
6092 word save and restore ~
6093 blank empty windows
6094 buffers hidden and unloaded buffers, not just those in windows
6095 curdir the current directory
6096 folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
6097 fold options
6098 globals global variables that start with an uppercase letter
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +00006099 and contain at least one lowercase letter. Only
6100 String and Number types are stored.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006101 help the help window
6102 localoptions options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
6103 global values for local options)
6104 options all options and mappings (also global values for local
6105 options)
6106 resize size of the Vim window: 'lines' and 'columns'
6107 sesdir the directory in which the session file is located
6108 will become the current directory (useful with
6109 projects accessed over a network from different
6110 systems)
6111 slash backslashes in file names replaced with forward
6112 slashes
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00006113 tabpages all tab pages; without this only the current tab page
6114 is restored, so that you can make a session for each
6115 tab page separately
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006116 unix with Unix end-of-line format (single <NL>), even when
6117 on Windows or DOS
6118 winpos position of the whole Vim window
6119 winsize window sizes
6120
6121 Don't include both "curdir" and "sesdir".
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006122 When neither "curdir" nor "sesdir" is included, file names are stored
6123 with absolute paths.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006124 "slash" and "unix" are useful on Windows when sharing session files
6125 with Unix. The Unix version of Vim cannot source dos format scripts,
6126 but the Windows version of Vim can source unix format scripts.
6127
6128 *'shell'* *'sh'* *E91*
6129'shell' 'sh' string (default $SHELL or "sh",
6130 MS-DOS and Win32: "command.com" or
6131 "cmd.exe", OS/2: "cmd")
6132 global
6133 Name of the shell to use for ! and :! commands. When changing the
6134 value also check these options: 'shelltype', 'shellpipe', 'shellslash'
6135 'shellredir', 'shellquote', 'shellxquote' and 'shellcmdflag'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006136 It is allowed to give an argument to the command, e.g. "csh -f".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006137 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
6138 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
6139 If the name of the shell contains a space, you might need to enclose
6140 it in quotes. Example: >
6141 :set shell=\"c:\program\ files\unix\sh.exe\"\ -f
6142< Note the backslash before each quote (to avoid starting a comment) and
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006143 each space (to avoid ending the option value). Also note that the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006144 "-f" is not inside the quotes, because it is not part of the command
6145 name. And Vim automagically recognizes the backslashes that are path
6146 separators.
6147 For Dos 32 bits (DJGPP), you can set the $DJSYSFLAGS environment
6148 variable to change the way external commands are executed. See the
6149 libc.inf file of DJGPP.
6150 Under MS-Windows, when the executable ends in ".com" it must be
6151 included. Thus setting the shell to "command.com" or "4dos.com"
6152 works, but "command" and "4dos" do not work for all commands (e.g.,
6153 filtering).
6154 For unknown reasons, when using "4dos.com" the current directory is
6155 changed to "C:\". To avoid this set 'shell' like this: >
6156 :set shell=command.com\ /c\ 4dos
6157< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6158 security reasons.
6159
6160 *'shellcmdflag'* *'shcf'*
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01006161'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' string (default: "-c";
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01006162 MS-DOS and Win32, when 'shell' does not
6163 contain "sh" somewhere: "/c")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006164 global
6165 {not in Vi}
6166 Flag passed to the shell to execute "!" and ":!" commands; e.g.,
6167 "bash.exe -c ls" or "command.com /c dir". For the MS-DOS-like
6168 systems, the default is set according to the value of 'shell', to
6169 reduce the need to set this option by the user. It's not used for
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02006170 OS/2 (EMX figures this out itself).
6171 On Unix it can have more than one flag. Each white space separated
6172 part is passed as an argument to the shell command.
6173 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
6174 Also see |dos-shell| for MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006175 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6176 security reasons.
6177
6178 *'shellpipe'* *'sp'*
6179'shellpipe' 'sp' string (default ">", "| tee", "|& tee" or "2>&1| tee")
6180 global
6181 {not in Vi}
6182 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
6183 feature}
6184 String to be used to put the output of the ":make" command in the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006185 error file. See also |:make_makeprg|. See |option-backslash| about
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006186 including spaces and backslashes.
6187 The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
6188 (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
6189 of this option).
6190 For the Amiga and MS-DOS the default is ">". The output is directly
6191 saved in a file and not echoed to the screen.
6192 For Unix the default it "| tee". The stdout of the compiler is saved
6193 in a file and echoed to the screen. If the 'shell' option is "csh" or
6194 "tcsh" after initializations, the default becomes "|& tee". If the
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02006195 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh", "mksh", "pdksh", "zsh" or "bash" the
6196 default becomes "2>&1| tee". This means that stderr is also included.
6197 Before using the 'shell' option a path is removed, thus "/bin/sh" uses
6198 "sh".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006199 The initialization of this option is done after reading the ".vimrc"
6200 and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
6201 there, the 'shellpipe' option changes automatically, unless it was
6202 explicitly set before.
6203 When 'shellpipe' is set to an empty string, no redirection of the
6204 ":make" output will be done. This is useful if you use a 'makeprg'
6205 that writes to 'makeef' by itself. If you want no piping, but do
6206 want to include the 'makeef', set 'shellpipe' to a single space.
6207 Don't forget to precede the space with a backslash: ":set sp=\ ".
6208 In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
6209 become obsolete (at least for Unix).
6210 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6211 security reasons.
6212
6213 *'shellquote'* *'shq'*
6214'shellquote' 'shq' string (default: ""; MS-DOS and Win32, when 'shell'
6215 contains "sh" somewhere: "\"")
6216 global
6217 {not in Vi}
6218 Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
6219 the "!" and ":!" commands. The redirection is kept outside of the
6220 quoting. See 'shellxquote' to include the redirection. It's
6221 probably not useful to set both options.
6222 This is an empty string by default. Only known to be useful for
6223 third-party shells on MS-DOS-like systems, such as the MKS Korn Shell
6224 or bash, where it should be "\"". The default is adjusted according
6225 the value of 'shell', to reduce the need to set this option by the
6226 user. See |dos-shell|.
6227 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6228 security reasons.
6229
6230 *'shellredir'* *'srr'*
6231'shellredir' 'srr' string (default ">", ">&" or ">%s 2>&1")
6232 global
6233 {not in Vi}
6234 String to be used to put the output of a filter command in a temporary
6235 file. See also |:!|. See |option-backslash| about including spaces
6236 and backslashes.
6237 The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
6238 (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
6239 of this option).
6240 The default is ">". For Unix, if the 'shell' option is "csh", "tcsh"
6241 or "zsh" during initializations, the default becomes ">&". If the
6242 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh" or "bash" the default becomes
6243 ">%s 2>&1". This means that stderr is also included.
6244 For Win32, the Unix checks are done and additionally "cmd" is checked
6245 for, which makes the default ">%s 2>&1". Also, the same names with
6246 ".exe" appended are checked for.
6247 The initialization of this option is done after reading the ".vimrc"
6248 and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
6249 there, the 'shellredir' option changes automatically unless it was
6250 explicitly set before.
6251 In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
6252 become obsolete (at least for Unix).
6253 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6254 security reasons.
6255
6256 *'shellslash'* *'ssl'* *'noshellslash'* *'nossl'*
6257'shellslash' 'ssl' boolean (default off)
6258 global
6259 {not in Vi} {only for MSDOS, MS-Windows and OS/2}
6260 When set, a forward slash is used when expanding file names. This is
6261 useful when a Unix-like shell is used instead of command.com or
6262 cmd.exe. Backward slashes can still be typed, but they are changed to
6263 forward slashes by Vim.
6264 Note that setting or resetting this option has no effect for some
6265 existing file names, thus this option needs to be set before opening
6266 any file for best results. This might change in the future.
6267 'shellslash' only works when a backslash can be used as a path
6268 separator. To test if this is so use: >
6269 if exists('+shellslash')
6270<
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00006271 *'shelltemp'* *'stmp'* *'noshelltemp'* *'nostmp'*
6272'shelltemp' 'stmp' boolean (Vi default off, Vim default on)
6273 global
6274 {not in Vi}
6275 When on, use temp files for shell commands. When off use a pipe.
6276 When using a pipe is not possible temp files are used anyway.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02006277 Currently a pipe is only supported on Unix and MS-Windows 2K and
6278 later. You can check it with: >
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00006279 :if has("filterpipe")
6280< The advantage of using a pipe is that nobody can read the temp file
6281 and the 'shell' command does not need to support redirection.
6282 The advantage of using a temp file is that the file type and encoding
6283 can be detected.
6284 The |FilterReadPre|, |FilterReadPost| and |FilterWritePre|,
6285 |FilterWritePost| autocommands event are not triggered when
6286 'shelltemp' is off.
6287
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006288 *'shelltype'* *'st'*
6289'shelltype' 'st' number (default 0)
6290 global
6291 {not in Vi} {only for the Amiga}
6292 On the Amiga this option influences the way how the commands work
6293 which use a shell.
6294 0 and 1: always use the shell
6295 2 and 3: use the shell only to filter lines
6296 4 and 5: use shell only for ':sh' command
6297 When not using the shell, the command is executed directly.
6298
6299 0 and 2: use "shell 'shellcmdflag' cmd" to start external commands
6300 1 and 3: use "shell cmd" to start external commands
6301
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01006302 *'shellxescape'* *'sxe'*
6303'shellxescape' 'sxe' string (default: "";
6304 for MS-DOS and MS-Windows: "\"&|<>()@^")
6305 global
6306 {not in Vi}
6307 When 'shellxquote' is set to "(" then the characters listed in this
6308 option will be escaped with a '^' character. This makes it possible
6309 to execute most external commands with cmd.exe.
6310
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006311 *'shellxquote'* *'sxq'*
6312'shellxquote' 'sxq' string (default: "";
Bram Moolenaarf66b3fc2012-02-20 22:18:30 +01006313 for Win32, when 'shell' is cmd.exe: "("
6314 for Win32, when 'shell' contains "sh"
6315 somewhere: "\""
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006316 for Unix, when using system(): "\"")
6317 global
6318 {not in Vi}
6319 Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
6320 the "!" and ":!" commands. Includes the redirection. See
6321 'shellquote' to exclude the redirection. It's probably not useful
6322 to set both options.
Bram Moolenaarf66b3fc2012-02-20 22:18:30 +01006323 When the value is '(' then ')' is appended. When the value is '"('
6324 then ')"' is appended.
6325 When the value is '(' then also see 'shellxescape'.
Bram Moolenaara64ba222012-02-12 23:23:31 +01006326 This is an empty string by default on most systems, but is known to be
6327 useful for on Win32 version, either for cmd.exe which automatically
6328 strips off the first and last quote on a command, or 3rd-party shells
6329 such as the MKS Korn Shell or bash, where it should be "\"". The
6330 default is adjusted according the value of 'shell', to reduce the need
6331 to set this option by the user. See |dos-shell|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006332 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6333 security reasons.
6334
6335 *'shiftround'* *'sr'* *'noshiftround'* *'nosr'*
6336'shiftround' 'sr' boolean (default off)
6337 global
6338 {not in Vi}
6339 Round indent to multiple of 'shiftwidth'. Applies to > and <
6340 commands. CTRL-T and CTRL-D in Insert mode always round the indent to
6341 a multiple of 'shiftwidth' (this is Vi compatible).
6342 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
6343
6344 *'shiftwidth'* *'sw'*
6345'shiftwidth' 'sw' number (default 8)
6346 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006347 Number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent. Used for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006348 |'cindent'|, |>>|, |<<|, etc.
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02006349 When zero the 'ts' value will be used. Use the |shiftwidth()|
6350 function to get the effective shiftwidth value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006351
6352 *'shortmess'* *'shm'*
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00006353'shortmess' 'shm' string (Vim default "filnxtToO", Vi default: "",
6354 POSIX default: "A")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006355 global
6356 {not in Vi}
6357 This option helps to avoid all the |hit-enter| prompts caused by file
6358 messages, for example with CTRL-G, and to avoid some other messages.
6359 It is a list of flags:
6360 flag meaning when present ~
6361 f use "(3 of 5)" instead of "(file 3 of 5)"
6362 i use "[noeol]" instead of "[Incomplete last line]"
6363 l use "999L, 888C" instead of "999 lines, 888 characters"
6364 m use "[+]" instead of "[Modified]"
6365 n use "[New]" instead of "[New File]"
6366 r use "[RO]" instead of "[readonly]"
6367 w use "[w]" instead of "written" for file write message
6368 and "[a]" instead of "appended" for ':w >> file' command
6369 x use "[dos]" instead of "[dos format]", "[unix]" instead of
6370 "[unix format]" and "[mac]" instead of "[mac format]".
6371 a all of the above abbreviations
6372
6373 o overwrite message for writing a file with subsequent message
6374 for reading a file (useful for ":wn" or when 'autowrite' on)
6375 O message for reading a file overwrites any previous message.
6376 Also for quickfix message (e.g., ":cn").
6377 s don't give "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" or "search
6378 hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM" messages
6379 t truncate file message at the start if it is too long to fit
6380 on the command-line, "<" will appear in the left most column.
6381 Ignored in Ex mode.
6382 T truncate other messages in the middle if they are too long to
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006383 fit on the command line. "..." will appear in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006384 Ignored in Ex mode.
6385 W don't give "written" or "[w]" when writing a file
6386 A don't give the "ATTENTION" message when an existing swap file
6387 is found.
6388 I don't give the intro message when starting Vim |:intro|.
Bram Moolenaarea389e92014-05-28 21:40:52 +02006389 c don't give |ins-completion-menu| messages. For example,
6390 "-- XXX completion (YYY)", "match 1 of 2", "The only match",
6391 "Pattern not found", "Back at original", etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006392
6393 This gives you the opportunity to avoid that a change between buffers
6394 requires you to hit <Enter>, but still gives as useful a message as
6395 possible for the space available. To get the whole message that you
6396 would have got with 'shm' empty, use ":file!"
6397 Useful values:
6398 shm= No abbreviation of message.
6399 shm=a Abbreviation, but no loss of information.
6400 shm=at Abbreviation, and truncate message when necessary.
6401
6402 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
6403 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
6404
6405 *'shortname'* *'sn'* *'noshortname'* *'nosn'*
6406'shortname' 'sn' boolean (default off)
6407 local to buffer
6408 {not in Vi, not in MS-DOS versions}
6409 Filenames are assumed to be 8 characters plus one extension of 3
6410 characters. Multiple dots in file names are not allowed. When this
6411 option is on, dots in file names are replaced with underscores when
6412 adding an extension (".~" or ".swp"). This option is not available
6413 for MS-DOS, because then it would always be on. This option is useful
6414 when editing files on an MS-DOS compatible filesystem, e.g., messydos
6415 or crossdos. When running the Win32 GUI version under Win32s, this
6416 option is always on by default.
6417
6418 *'showbreak'* *'sbr'* *E595*
6419'showbreak' 'sbr' string (default "")
6420 global
6421 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02006422 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006423 feature}
6424 String to put at the start of lines that have been wrapped. Useful
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006425 values are "> " or "+++ ": >
6426 :set showbreak=>\
6427< Note the backslash to escape the trailing space. It's easier like
6428 this: >
Bram Moolenaar1a384422010-07-14 19:53:30 +02006429 :let &showbreak = '+++ '
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006430< Only printable single-cell characters are allowed, excluding <Tab> and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006431 comma (in a future version the comma might be used to separate the
6432 part that is shown at the end and at the start of a line).
6433 The characters are highlighted according to the '@' flag in
6434 'highlight'.
6435 Note that tabs after the showbreak will be displayed differently.
6436 If you want the 'showbreak' to appear in between line numbers, add the
6437 "n" flag to 'cpoptions'.
6438
6439 *'showcmd'* *'sc'* *'noshowcmd'* *'nosc'*
6440'showcmd' 'sc' boolean (Vim default: on, off for Unix, Vi default:
6441 off)
6442 global
6443 {not in Vi}
6444 {not available when compiled without the
6445 |+cmdline_info| feature}
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00006446 Show (partial) command in the last line of the screen. Set this
6447 option off if your terminal is slow.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006448 In Visual mode the size of the selected area is shown:
6449 - When selecting characters within a line, the number of characters.
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02006450 If the number of bytes is different it is also displayed: "2-6"
6451 means two characters and six bytes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006452 - When selecting more than one line, the number of lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006453 - When selecting a block, the size in screen characters:
6454 {lines}x{columns}.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006455 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
6456 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
6457
6458 *'showfulltag'* *'sft'* *'noshowfulltag'* *'nosft'*
6459'showfulltag' 'sft' boolean (default off)
6460 global
6461 {not in Vi}
6462 When completing a word in insert mode (see |ins-completion|) from the
6463 tags file, show both the tag name and a tidied-up form of the search
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006464 pattern (if there is one) as possible matches. Thus, if you have
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006465 matched a C function, you can see a template for what arguments are
6466 required (coding style permitting).
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006467 Note that this doesn't work well together with having "longest" in
6468 'completeopt', because the completion from the search pattern may not
6469 match the typed text.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006470
6471 *'showmatch'* *'sm'* *'noshowmatch'* *'nosm'*
6472'showmatch' 'sm' boolean (default off)
6473 global
6474 When a bracket is inserted, briefly jump to the matching one. The
6475 jump is only done if the match can be seen on the screen. The time to
6476 show the match can be set with 'matchtime'.
6477 A Beep is given if there is no match (no matter if the match can be
6478 seen or not). This option is reset when the 'paste' option is set.
6479 When the 'm' flag is not included in 'cpoptions', typing a character
6480 will immediately move the cursor back to where it belongs.
6481 See the "sm" field in 'guicursor' for setting the cursor shape and
6482 blinking when showing the match.
6483 The 'matchpairs' option can be used to specify the characters to show
6484 matches for. 'rightleft' and 'revins' are used to look for opposite
6485 matches.
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00006486 Also see the matchparen plugin for highlighting the match when moving
6487 around |pi_paren.txt|.
6488 Note: Use of the short form is rated PG.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006489
6490 *'showmode'* *'smd'* *'noshowmode'* *'nosmd'*
6491'showmode' 'smd' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
6492 global
6493 If in Insert, Replace or Visual mode put a message on the last line.
6494 Use the 'M' flag in 'highlight' to set the type of highlighting for
6495 this message.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006496 When |XIM| may be used the message will include "XIM". But this
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006497 doesn't mean XIM is really active, especially when 'imactivatekey' is
6498 not set.
6499 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
6500 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
6501
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00006502 *'showtabline'* *'stal'*
6503'showtabline' 'stal' number (default 1)
6504 global
6505 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02006506 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00006507 feature}
6508 The value of this option specifies when the line with tab page labels
6509 will be displayed:
6510 0: never
6511 1: only if there are at least two tab pages
6512 2: always
6513 This is both for the GUI and non-GUI implementation of the tab pages
6514 line.
6515 See |tab-page| for more information about tab pages.
6516
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006517 *'sidescroll'* *'ss'*
6518'sidescroll' 'ss' number (default 0)
6519 global
6520 {not in Vi}
6521 The minimal number of columns to scroll horizontally. Used only when
6522 the 'wrap' option is off and the cursor is moved off of the screen.
6523 When it is zero the cursor will be put in the middle of the screen.
6524 When using a slow terminal set it to a large number or 0. When using
6525 a fast terminal use a small number or 1. Not used for "zh" and "zl"
6526 commands.
6527
6528 *'sidescrolloff'* *'siso'*
6529'sidescrolloff' 'siso' number (default 0)
6530 global
6531 {not in Vi}
6532 The minimal number of screen columns to keep to the left and to the
Bram Moolenaar482aaeb2005-09-29 18:26:07 +00006533 right of the cursor if 'nowrap' is set. Setting this option to a
6534 value greater than 0 while having |'sidescroll'| also at a non-zero
6535 value makes some context visible in the line you are scrolling in
6536 horizontally (except at beginning of the line). Setting this option
6537 to a large value (like 999) has the effect of keeping the cursor
6538 horizontally centered in the window, as long as one does not come too
6539 close to the beginning of the line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006540 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
6541
6542 Example: Try this together with 'sidescroll' and 'listchars' as
6543 in the following example to never allow the cursor to move
6544 onto the "extends" character:
6545
6546 :set nowrap sidescroll=1 listchars=extends:>,precedes:<
6547 :set sidescrolloff=1
6548
6549
6550 *'smartcase'* *'scs'* *'nosmartcase'* *'noscs'*
6551'smartcase' 'scs' boolean (default off)
6552 global
6553 {not in Vi}
6554 Override the 'ignorecase' option if the search pattern contains upper
6555 case characters. Only used when the search pattern is typed and
6556 'ignorecase' option is on. Used for the commands "/", "?", "n", "N",
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02006557 ":g" and ":s". Not used for "*", "#", "gd", tag search, etc. After
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006558 "*" and "#" you can make 'smartcase' used by doing a "/" command,
6559 recalling the search pattern from history and hitting <Enter>.
6560 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
6561
6562 *'smartindent'* *'si'* *'nosmartindent'* *'nosi'*
6563'smartindent' 'si' boolean (default off)
6564 local to buffer
6565 {not in Vi}
6566 {not available when compiled without the
6567 |+smartindent| feature}
6568 Do smart autoindenting when starting a new line. Works for C-like
6569 programs, but can also be used for other languages. 'cindent' does
6570 something like this, works better in most cases, but is more strict,
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01006571 see |C-indenting|. When 'cindent' is on or 'indentexpr' is set,
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01006572 setting 'si' has no effect. 'indentexpr' is a more advanced
6573 alternative.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006574 Normally 'autoindent' should also be on when using 'smartindent'.
6575 An indent is automatically inserted:
6576 - After a line ending in '{'.
6577 - After a line starting with a keyword from 'cinwords'.
6578 - Before a line starting with '}' (only with the "O" command).
6579 When typing '}' as the first character in a new line, that line is
6580 given the same indent as the matching '{'.
6581 When typing '#' as the first character in a new line, the indent for
6582 that line is removed, the '#' is put in the first column. The indent
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006583 is restored for the next line. If you don't want this, use this
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006584 mapping: ":inoremap # X^H#", where ^H is entered with CTRL-V CTRL-H.
6585 When using the ">>" command, lines starting with '#' are not shifted
6586 right.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006587 NOTE: 'smartindent' is reset when 'compatible' is set. When 'paste'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006588 is set smart indenting is disabled.
6589
6590 *'smarttab'* *'sta'* *'nosmarttab'* *'nosta'*
6591'smarttab' 'sta' boolean (default off)
6592 global
6593 {not in Vi}
6594 When on, a <Tab> in front of a line inserts blanks according to
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00006595 'shiftwidth'. 'tabstop' or 'softtabstop' is used in other places. A
6596 <BS> will delete a 'shiftwidth' worth of space at the start of the
6597 line.
Bram Moolenaarafeb4fa2006-02-01 21:51:12 +00006598 When off, a <Tab> always inserts blanks according to 'tabstop' or
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00006599 'softtabstop'. 'shiftwidth' is only used for shifting text left or
6600 right |shift-left-right|.
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00006601 What gets inserted (a <Tab> or spaces) depends on the 'expandtab'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006602 option. Also see |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00006603 number of spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006604 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
6605
6606 *'softtabstop'* *'sts'*
6607'softtabstop' 'sts' number (default 0)
6608 local to buffer
6609 {not in Vi}
6610 Number of spaces that a <Tab> counts for while performing editing
6611 operations, like inserting a <Tab> or using <BS>. It "feels" like
6612 <Tab>s are being inserted, while in fact a mix of spaces and <Tab>s is
6613 used. This is useful to keep the 'ts' setting at its standard value
6614 of 8, while being able to edit like it is set to 'sts'. However,
6615 commands like "x" still work on the actual characters.
6616 When 'sts' is zero, this feature is off.
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02006617 When 'sts' is negative, the value of 'shiftwidth' is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006618 'softtabstop' is set to 0 when the 'paste' option is set.
6619 See also |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the number of
6620 spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
6621 The 'L' flag in 'cpoptions' changes how tabs are used when 'list' is
6622 set.
6623 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
6624
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00006625 *'spell'* *'nospell'*
6626'spell' boolean (default off)
6627 local to window
6628 {not in Vi}
6629 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
6630 feature}
6631 When on spell checking will be done. See |spell|.
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00006632 The languages are specified with 'spelllang'.
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00006633
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00006634 *'spellcapcheck'* *'spc'*
Bram Moolenaar0dc065e2005-07-04 22:49:24 +00006635'spellcapcheck' 'spc' string (default "[.?!]\_[\])'" \t]\+")
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00006636 local to buffer
6637 {not in Vi}
6638 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
6639 feature}
6640 Pattern to locate the end of a sentence. The following word will be
6641 checked to start with a capital letter. If not then it is highlighted
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00006642 with SpellCap |hl-SpellCap| (unless the word is also badly spelled).
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00006643 When this check is not wanted make this option empty.
6644 Only used when 'spell' is set.
Bram Moolenaar0dc065e2005-07-04 22:49:24 +00006645 Be careful with special characters, see |option-backslash| about
6646 including spaces and backslashes.
Bram Moolenaar90cfdbe2005-08-12 19:59:19 +00006647 To set this option automatically depending on the language, see
6648 |set-spc-auto|.
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00006649
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00006650 *'spellfile'* *'spf'*
6651'spellfile' 'spf' string (default empty)
6652 local to buffer
6653 {not in Vi}
6654 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
6655 feature}
6656 Name of the word list file where words are added for the |zg| and |zw|
Bram Moolenaar045e82d2005-07-08 22:25:33 +00006657 commands. It must end in ".{encoding}.add". You need to include the
6658 path, otherwise the file is placed in the current directory.
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00006659 *E765*
6660 It may also be a comma separated list of names. A count before the
6661 |zg| and |zw| commands can be used to access each. This allows using
6662 a personal word list file and a project word list file.
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00006663 When a word is added while this option is empty Vim will set it for
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00006664 you: Using the first directory in 'runtimepath' that is writable. If
6665 there is no "spell" directory yet it will be created. For the file
6666 name the first language name that appears in 'spelllang' is used,
Bram Moolenaar3b506942005-06-23 22:36:45 +00006667 ignoring the region.
6668 The resulting ".spl" file will be used for spell checking, it does not
6669 have to appear in 'spelllang'.
6670 Normally one file is used for all regions, but you can add the region
6671 name if you want to. However, it will then only be used when
6672 'spellfile' is set to it, for entries in 'spelllang' only files
6673 without region name will be found.
Bram Moolenaare7566042005-06-17 22:00:15 +00006674 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6675 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00006676
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00006677 *'spelllang'* *'spl'*
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00006678'spelllang' 'spl' string (default "en")
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00006679 local to buffer
6680 {not in Vi}
6681 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
6682 feature}
Bram Moolenaar3b506942005-06-23 22:36:45 +00006683 A comma separated list of word list names. When the 'spell' option is
6684 on spellchecking will be done for these languages. Example: >
6685 set spelllang=en_us,nl,medical
6686< This means US English, Dutch and medical words are recognized. Words
6687 that are not recognized will be highlighted.
6688 The word list name must not include a comma or dot. Using a dash is
6689 recommended to separate the two letter language name from a
6690 specification. Thus "en-rare" is used for rare English words.
6691 A region name must come last and have the form "_xx", where "xx" is
6692 the two-letter, lower case region name. You can use more than one
6693 region by listing them: "en_us,en_ca" supports both US and Canadian
6694 English, but not words specific for Australia, New Zealand or Great
6695 Britain.
Bram Moolenaarcc63c642013-11-12 04:44:01 +01006696 If the name "cjk" is included East Asian characters are excluded from
6697 spell checking. This is useful when editing text that also has Asian
6698 words.
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00006699 *E757*
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +00006700 As a special case the name of a .spl file can be given as-is. The
6701 first "_xx" in the name is removed and used as the region name
6702 (_xx is an underscore, two letters and followed by a non-letter).
6703 This is mainly for testing purposes. You must make sure the correct
6704 encoding is used, Vim doesn't check it.
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00006705 When 'encoding' is set the word lists are reloaded. Thus it's a good
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +00006706 idea to set 'spelllang' after setting 'encoding' to avoid loading the
6707 files twice.
Bram Moolenaar3b506942005-06-23 22:36:45 +00006708 How the related spell files are found is explained here: |spell-load|.
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00006709
Bram Moolenaar98692072006-02-04 00:57:42 +00006710 If the |spellfile.vim| plugin is active and you use a language name
6711 for which Vim cannot find the .spl file in 'runtimepath' the plugin
6712 will ask you if you want to download the file.
6713
Bram Moolenaar90cfdbe2005-08-12 19:59:19 +00006714 After this option has been set successfully, Vim will source the files
6715 "spell/LANG.vim" in 'runtimepath'. "LANG" is the value of 'spelllang'
Bram Moolenaarafeb4fa2006-02-01 21:51:12 +00006716 up to the first comma, dot or underscore.
6717 Also see |set-spc-auto|.
Bram Moolenaar90cfdbe2005-08-12 19:59:19 +00006718
6719
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00006720 *'spellsuggest'* *'sps'*
6721'spellsuggest' 'sps' string (default "best")
6722 global
6723 {not in Vi}
6724 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
6725 feature}
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00006726 Methods used for spelling suggestions. Both for the |z=| command and
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00006727 the |spellsuggest()| function. This is a comma-separated list of
6728 items:
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00006729
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00006730 best Internal method that works best for English. Finds
6731 changes like "fast" and uses a bit of sound-a-like
6732 scoring to improve the ordering.
6733
6734 double Internal method that uses two methods and mixes the
6735 results. The first method is "fast", the other method
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00006736 computes how much the suggestion sounds like the bad
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00006737 word. That only works when the language specifies
6738 sound folding. Can be slow and doesn't always give
6739 better results.
6740
6741 fast Internal method that only checks for simple changes:
6742 character inserts/deletes/swaps. Works well for
6743 simple typing mistakes.
6744
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00006745 {number} The maximum number of suggestions listed for |z=|.
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00006746 Not used for |spellsuggest()|. The number of
6747 suggestions is never more than the value of 'lines'
6748 minus two.
6749
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00006750 file:{filename} Read file {filename}, which must have two columns,
6751 separated by a slash. The first column contains the
6752 bad word, the second column the suggested good word.
6753 Example:
6754 theribal/terrible ~
6755 Use this for common mistakes that do not appear at the
6756 top of the suggestion list with the internal methods.
6757 Lines without a slash are ignored, use this for
6758 comments.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02006759 The word in the second column must be correct,
6760 otherwise it will not be used. Add the word to an
6761 ".add" file if it is currently flagged as a spelling
6762 mistake.
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00006763 The file is used for all languages.
6764
6765 expr:{expr} Evaluate expression {expr}. Use a function to avoid
6766 trouble with spaces. |v:val| holds the badly spelled
6767 word. The expression must evaluate to a List of
6768 Lists, each with a suggestion and a score.
6769 Example:
6770 [['the', 33], ['that', 44]]
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00006771 Set 'verbose' and use |z=| to see the scores that the
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00006772 internal methods use. A lower score is better.
6773 This may invoke |spellsuggest()| if you temporarily
6774 set 'spellsuggest' to exclude the "expr:" part.
6775 Errors are silently ignored, unless you set the
6776 'verbose' option to a non-zero value.
6777
6778 Only one of "best", "double" or "fast" may be used. The others may
6779 appear several times in any order. Example: >
6780 :set sps=file:~/.vim/sugg,best,expr:MySuggest()
6781<
6782 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6783 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00006784
6785
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006786 *'splitbelow'* *'sb'* *'nosplitbelow'* *'nosb'*
6787'splitbelow' 'sb' boolean (default off)
6788 global
6789 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02006790 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006791 feature}
6792 When on, splitting a window will put the new window below the current
6793 one. |:split|
6794
6795 *'splitright'* *'spr'* *'nosplitright'* *'nospr'*
6796'splitright' 'spr' boolean (default off)
6797 global
6798 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02006799 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006800 feature}
6801 When on, splitting a window will put the new window right of the
6802 current one. |:vsplit|
6803
6804 *'startofline'* *'sol'* *'nostartofline'* *'nosol'*
6805'startofline' 'sol' boolean (default on)
6806 global
6807 {not in Vi}
6808 When "on" the commands listed below move the cursor to the first
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00006809 non-blank of the line. When off the cursor is kept in the same column
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006810 (if possible). This applies to the commands: CTRL-D, CTRL-U, CTRL-B,
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00006811 CTRL-F, "G", "H", "M", "L", gg, and to the commands "d", "<<" and ">>"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006812 with a linewise operator, with "%" with a count and to buffer changing
6813 commands (CTRL-^, :bnext, :bNext, etc.). Also for an Ex command that
6814 only has a line number, e.g., ":25" or ":+".
6815 In case of buffer changing commands the cursor is placed at the column
6816 where it was the last time the buffer was edited.
6817 NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.
6818
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01006819 *'statusline'* *'stl'* *E540* *E542*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006820'statusline' 'stl' string (default empty)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00006821 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006822 {not in Vi}
6823 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline|
6824 feature}
6825 When nonempty, this option determines the content of the status line.
6826 Also see |status-line|.
6827
6828 The option consists of printf style '%' items interspersed with
6829 normal text. Each status line item is of the form:
6830 %-0{minwid}.{maxwid}{item}
6831 All fields except the {item} is optional. A single percent sign can
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01006832 be given as "%%". Up to 80 items can be specified. *E541*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006833
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00006834 When the option starts with "%!" then it is used as an expression,
6835 evaluated and the result is used as the option value. Example: >
6836 :set statusline=%!MyStatusLine()
6837< The result can contain %{} items that will be evaluated too.
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02006838 Note that the "%!" expression is evaluated in the context of the
6839 current window and buffer, while %{} items are evaluated in the
6840 context of the window that the statusline belongs to.
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00006841
6842 When there is error while evaluating the option then it will be made
6843 empty to avoid further errors. Otherwise screen updating would loop.
6844
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006845 Note that the only effect of 'ruler' when this option is set (and
6846 'laststatus' is 2) is controlling the output of |CTRL-G|.
6847
6848 field meaning ~
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006849 - Left justify the item. The default is right justified
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006850 when minwid is larger than the length of the item.
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006851 0 Leading zeroes in numeric items. Overridden by '-'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006852 minwid Minimum width of the item, padding as set by '-' & '0'.
6853 Value must be 50 or less.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006854 maxwid Maximum width of the item. Truncation occurs with a '<'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006855 on the left for text items. Numeric items will be
6856 shifted down to maxwid-2 digits followed by '>'number
6857 where number is the amount of missing digits, much like
6858 an exponential notation.
6859 item A one letter code as described below.
6860
6861 Following is a description of the possible statusline items. The
6862 second character in "item" is the type:
6863 N for number
6864 S for string
6865 F for flags as described below
6866 - not applicable
6867
6868 item meaning ~
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00006869 f S Path to the file in the buffer, as typed or relative to current
6870 directory.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006871 F S Full path to the file in the buffer.
6872 t S File name (tail) of file in the buffer.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00006873 m F Modified flag, text is "[+]"; "[-]" if 'modifiable' is off.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006874 M F Modified flag, text is ",+" or ",-".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00006875 r F Readonly flag, text is "[RO]".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006876 R F Readonly flag, text is ",RO".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00006877 h F Help buffer flag, text is "[help]".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006878 H F Help buffer flag, text is ",HLP".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00006879 w F Preview window flag, text is "[Preview]".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006880 W F Preview window flag, text is ",PRV".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00006881 y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., "[vim]". See 'filetype'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006882 Y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., ",VIM". See 'filetype'.
6883 {not available when compiled without |+autocmd| feature}
Bram Moolenaar7fd73202010-07-25 16:58:46 +02006884 q S "[Quickfix List]", "[Location List]" or empty.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006885 k S Value of "b:keymap_name" or 'keymap' when |:lmap| mappings are
6886 being used: "<keymap>"
6887 n N Buffer number.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01006888 b N Value of character under cursor.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006889 B N As above, in hexadecimal.
6890 o N Byte number in file of byte under cursor, first byte is 1.
6891 Mnemonic: Offset from start of file (with one added)
6892 {not available when compiled without |+byte_offset| feature}
6893 O N As above, in hexadecimal.
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006894 N N Printer page number. (Only works in the 'printheader' option.)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006895 l N Line number.
6896 L N Number of lines in buffer.
6897 c N Column number.
6898 v N Virtual column number.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006899 V N Virtual column number as -{num}. Not displayed if equal to 'c'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006900 p N Percentage through file in lines as in |CTRL-G|.
6901 P S Percentage through file of displayed window. This is like the
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02006902 percentage described for 'ruler'. Always 3 in length, unless
6903 translated.
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006904 a S Argument list status as in default title. ({current} of {max})
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006905 Empty if the argument file count is zero or one.
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00006906 { NF Evaluate expression between '%{' and '}' and substitute result.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00006907 Note that there is no '%' before the closing '}'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006908 ( - Start of item group. Can be used for setting the width and
6909 alignment of a section. Must be followed by %) somewhere.
6910 ) - End of item group. No width fields allowed.
Bram Moolenaard1f56e62006-02-22 21:25:37 +00006911 T N For 'tabline': start of tab page N label. Use %T after the last
6912 label. This information is used for mouse clicks.
6913 X N For 'tabline': start of close tab N label. Use %X after the
6914 label, e.g.: %3Xclose%X. Use %999X for a "close current tab"
6915 mark. This information is used for mouse clicks.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006916 < - Where to truncate line if too long. Default is at the start.
6917 No width fields allowed.
6918 = - Separation point between left and right aligned items.
6919 No width fields allowed.
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00006920 # - Set highlight group. The name must follow and then a # again.
6921 Thus use %#HLname# for highlight group HLname. The same
6922 highlighting is used, also for the statusline of non-current
6923 windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006924 * - Set highlight group to User{N}, where {N} is taken from the
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006925 minwid field, e.g. %1*. Restore normal highlight with %* or %0*.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006926 The difference between User{N} and StatusLine will be applied
6927 to StatusLineNC for the statusline of non-current windows.
6928 The number N must be between 1 and 9. See |hl-User1..9|
6929
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00006930 When displaying a flag, Vim removes the leading comma, if any, when
6931 that flag comes right after plaintext. This will make a nice display
6932 when flags are used like in the examples below.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006933
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006934 When all items in a group becomes an empty string (i.e. flags that are
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006935 not set) and a minwid is not set for the group, the whole group will
6936 become empty. This will make a group like the following disappear
6937 completely from the statusline when none of the flags are set. >
6938 :set statusline=...%(\ [%M%R%H]%)...
6939<
6940 Beware that an expression is evaluated each and every time the status
6941 line is displayed. The current buffer and current window will be set
6942 temporarily to that of the window (and buffer) whose statusline is
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006943 currently being drawn. The expression will evaluate in this context.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006944 The variable "actual_curbuf" is set to the 'bufnr()' number of the
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00006945 real current buffer.
6946
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006947 The 'statusline' option will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from
6948 a modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00006949
6950 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
6951 evaluating 'statusline' |textlock|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006952
6953 If the statusline is not updated when you want it (e.g., after setting
6954 a variable that's used in an expression), you can force an update by
6955 setting an option without changing its value. Example: >
6956 :let &ro = &ro
6957
6958< A result of all digits is regarded a number for display purposes.
6959 Otherwise the result is taken as flag text and applied to the rules
6960 described above.
6961
Bram Moolenaarcd71fa32005-03-11 22:46:48 +00006962 Watch out for errors in expressions. They may render Vim unusable!
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006963 If you are stuck, hold down ':' or 'Q' to get a prompt, then quit and
6964 edit your .vimrc or whatever with "vim -u NONE" to get it right.
6965
6966 Examples:
6967 Emulate standard status line with 'ruler' set >
6968 :set statusline=%<%f\ %h%m%r%=%-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %P
6969< Similar, but add ASCII value of char under the cursor (like "ga") >
6970 :set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%b\ 0x%B\ \ %l,%c%V\ %P
6971< Display byte count and byte value, modified flag in red. >
6972 :set statusline=%<%f%=\ [%1*%M%*%n%R%H]\ %-19(%3l,%02c%03V%)%O'%02b'
6973 :hi User1 term=inverse,bold cterm=inverse,bold ctermfg=red
6974< Display a ,GZ flag if a compressed file is loaded >
6975 :set statusline=...%r%{VarExists('b:gzflag','\ [GZ]')}%h...
6976< In the |:autocmd|'s: >
6977 :let b:gzflag = 1
6978< And: >
6979 :unlet b:gzflag
6980< And define this function: >
6981 :function VarExists(var, val)
6982 : if exists(a:var) | return a:val | else | return '' | endif
6983 :endfunction
6984<
6985 *'suffixes'* *'su'*
6986'suffixes' 'su' string (default ".bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj")
6987 global
6988 {not in Vi}
6989 Files with these suffixes get a lower priority when multiple files
6990 match a wildcard. See |suffixes|. Commas can be used to separate the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006991 suffixes. Spaces after the comma are ignored. A dot is also seen as
6992 the start of a suffix. To avoid a dot or comma being recognized as a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006993 separator, precede it with a backslash (see |option-backslash| about
6994 including spaces and backslashes).
6995 See 'wildignore' for completely ignoring files.
6996 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
6997 suffixes from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
6998 uses another default.
6999
7000 *'suffixesadd'* *'sua'*
7001'suffixesadd' 'sua' string (default "")
7002 local to buffer
7003 {not in Vi}
7004 {not available when compiled without the
7005 |+file_in_path| feature}
7006 Comma separated list of suffixes, which are used when searching for a
7007 file for the "gf", "[I", etc. commands. Example: >
7008 :set suffixesadd=.java
7009<
7010 *'swapfile'* *'swf'* *'noswapfile'* *'noswf'*
7011'swapfile' 'swf' boolean (default on)
7012 local to buffer
7013 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007014 Use a swapfile for the buffer. This option can be reset when a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007015 swapfile is not wanted for a specific buffer. For example, with
7016 confidential information that even root must not be able to access.
7017 Careful: All text will be in memory:
7018 - Don't use this for big files.
7019 - Recovery will be impossible!
7020 A swapfile will only be present when |'updatecount'| is non-zero and
7021 'swapfile' is set.
7022 When 'swapfile' is reset, the swap file for the current buffer is
7023 immediately deleted. When 'swapfile' is set, and 'updatecount' is
7024 non-zero, a swap file is immediately created.
7025 Also see |swap-file| and |'swapsync'|.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01007026 If you want to open a new buffer without creating a swap file for it,
7027 use the |:noswapfile| modifier.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007028
7029 This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'buftype' to
7030 specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
7031
7032 *'swapsync'* *'sws'*
7033'swapsync' 'sws' string (default "fsync")
7034 global
7035 {not in Vi}
7036 When this option is not empty a swap file is synced to disk after
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007037 writing to it. This takes some time, especially on busy unix systems.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007038 When this option is empty parts of the swap file may be in memory and
7039 not written to disk. When the system crashes you may lose more work.
7040 On Unix the system does a sync now and then without Vim asking for it,
7041 so the disadvantage of setting this option off is small. On some
7042 systems the swap file will not be written at all. For a unix system
7043 setting it to "sync" will use the sync() call instead of the default
7044 fsync(), which may work better on some systems.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00007045 The 'fsync' option is used for the actual file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007046
7047 *'switchbuf'* *'swb'*
7048'switchbuf' 'swb' string (default "")
7049 global
7050 {not in Vi}
7051 This option controls the behavior when switching between buffers.
7052 Possible values (comma separated list):
7053 useopen If included, jump to the first open window that
7054 contains the specified buffer (if there is one).
7055 Otherwise: Do not examine other windows.
7056 This setting is checked with |quickfix| commands, when
7057 jumping to errors (":cc", ":cn", "cp", etc.). It is
7058 also used in all buffer related split commands, for
7059 example ":sbuffer", ":sbnext", or ":sbrewind".
Bram Moolenaar779b74b2006-04-10 14:55:34 +00007060 usetab Like "useopen", but also consider windows in other tab
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00007061 pages.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007062 split If included, split the current window before loading
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02007063 a buffer for a |quickfix| command that display errors.
7064 Otherwise: do not split, use current window.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007065 newtab Like "split", but open a new tab page. Overrules
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02007066 "split" when both are present.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007067
Bram Moolenaar3b56eb32005-07-11 22:40:32 +00007068 *'synmaxcol'* *'smc'*
7069'synmaxcol' 'smc' number (default 3000)
7070 local to buffer
7071 {not in Vi}
7072 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7073 feature}
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +00007074 Maximum column in which to search for syntax items. In long lines the
7075 text after this column is not highlighted and following lines may not
7076 be highlighted correctly, because the syntax state is cleared.
Bram Moolenaar3b56eb32005-07-11 22:40:32 +00007077 This helps to avoid very slow redrawing for an XML file that is one
7078 long line.
7079 Set to zero to remove the limit.
7080
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007081 *'syntax'* *'syn'*
7082'syntax' 'syn' string (default empty)
7083 local to buffer
7084 {not in Vi}
7085 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7086 feature}
7087 When this option is set, the syntax with this name is loaded, unless
7088 syntax highlighting has been switched off with ":syntax off".
7089 Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current syntax (the
7090 b:current_syntax variable does).
7091 This option is most useful in a modeline, for a file which syntax is
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00007092 not automatically recognized. Example, in an IDL file:
7093 /* vim: set syntax=idl : */ ~
7094 When a dot appears in the value then this separates two filetype
7095 names. Example:
7096 /* vim: set syntax=c.doxygen : */ ~
7097 This will use the "c" syntax first, then the "doxygen" syntax.
7098 Note that the second one must be prepared to be loaded as an addition,
7099 otherwise it will be skipped. More than one dot may appear.
7100 To switch off syntax highlighting for the current file, use: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007101 :set syntax=OFF
7102< To switch syntax highlighting on according to the current value of the
7103 'filetype' option: >
7104 :set syntax=ON
7105< What actually happens when setting the 'syntax' option is that the
7106 Syntax autocommand event is triggered with the value as argument.
7107 This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
7108 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00007109 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007110
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00007111 *'tabline'* *'tal'*
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00007112'tabline' 'tal' string (default empty)
Bram Moolenaar7e8fd632006-02-18 22:14:51 +00007113 global
7114 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007115 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaar7e8fd632006-02-18 22:14:51 +00007116 feature}
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00007117 When nonempty, this option determines the content of the tab pages
7118 line at the top of the Vim window. When empty Vim will use a default
Bram Moolenaard1f56e62006-02-22 21:25:37 +00007119 tab pages line. See |setting-tabline| for more info.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00007120
7121 The tab pages line only appears as specified with the 'showtabline'
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00007122 option and only when there is no GUI tab line. When 'e' is in
7123 'guioptions' and the GUI supports a tab line 'guitablabel' is used
Bram Moolenaar7f036442010-08-15 15:24:20 +02007124 instead. Note that the two tab pages lines are very different.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00007125
7126 The value is evaluated like with 'statusline'. You can use
7127 |tabpagenr()|, |tabpagewinnr()| and |tabpagebuflist()| to figure out
Bram Moolenaard1f56e62006-02-22 21:25:37 +00007128 the text to be displayed. Use "%1T" for the first label, "%2T" for
7129 the second one, etc. Use "%X" items for closing labels.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00007130
7131 Keep in mind that only one of the tab pages is the current one, others
7132 are invisible and you can't jump to their windows.
7133
Bram Moolenaar7e8fd632006-02-18 22:14:51 +00007134
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00007135 *'tabpagemax'* *'tpm'*
7136'tabpagemax' 'tpm' number (default 10)
7137 global
7138 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007139 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00007140 feature}
7141 Maximum number of tab pages to be opened by the |-p| command line
7142 argument or the ":tab all" command. |tabpage|
7143
7144
7145 *'tabstop'* *'ts'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007146'tabstop' 'ts' number (default 8)
7147 local to buffer
7148 Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for. Also see
7149 |:retab| command, and 'softtabstop' option.
7150
7151 Note: Setting 'tabstop' to any other value than 8 can make your file
7152 appear wrong in many places (e.g., when printing it).
7153
7154 There are four main ways to use tabs in Vim:
7155 1. Always keep 'tabstop' at 8, set 'softtabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to 4
7156 (or 3 or whatever you prefer) and use 'noexpandtab'. Then Vim
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00007157 will use a mix of tabs and spaces, but typing <Tab> and <BS> will
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007158 behave like a tab appears every 4 (or 3) characters.
7159 2. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use
7160 'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The
7161 formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed.
7162 3. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use a
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007163 |modeline| to set these values when editing the file again. Only
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007164 works when using Vim to edit the file.
7165 4. Always set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to the same value, and
7166 'noexpandtab'. This should then work (for initial indents only)
7167 for any tabstop setting that people use. It might be nice to have
7168 tabs after the first non-blank inserted as spaces if you do this
7169 though. Otherwise aligned comments will be wrong when 'tabstop' is
7170 changed.
7171
7172 *'tagbsearch'* *'tbs'* *'notagbsearch'* *'notbs'*
7173'tagbsearch' 'tbs' boolean (default on)
7174 global
7175 {not in Vi}
7176 When searching for a tag (e.g., for the |:ta| command), Vim can either
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007177 use a binary search or a linear search in a tags file. Binary
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007178 searching makes searching for a tag a LOT faster, but a linear search
7179 will find more tags if the tags file wasn't properly sorted.
7180 Vim normally assumes that your tags files are sorted, or indicate that
7181 they are not sorted. Only when this is not the case does the
7182 'tagbsearch' option need to be switched off.
7183
7184 When 'tagbsearch' is on, binary searching is first used in the tags
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007185 files. In certain situations, Vim will do a linear search instead for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007186 certain files, or retry all files with a linear search. When
7187 'tagbsearch' is off, only a linear search is done.
7188
7189 Linear searching is done anyway, for one file, when Vim finds a line
7190 at the start of the file indicating that it's not sorted: >
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007191 !_TAG_FILE_SORTED 0 /some comment/
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007192< [The whitespace before and after the '0' must be a single <Tab>]
7193
7194 When a binary search was done and no match was found in any of the
7195 files listed in 'tags', and 'ignorecase' is set or a pattern is used
7196 instead of a normal tag name, a retry is done with a linear search.
7197 Tags in unsorted tags files, and matches with different case will only
7198 be found in the retry.
7199
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00007200 If a tag file indicates that it is case-fold sorted, the second,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007201 linear search can be avoided for the 'ignorecase' case. Use a value
7202 of '2' in the "!_TAG_FILE_SORTED" line for this. A tag file can be
7203 case-fold sorted with the -f switch to "sort" in most unices, as in
7204 the command: "sort -f -o tags tags". For "Exuberant ctags" version
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007205 5.x or higher (at least 5.5) the --sort=foldcase switch can be used
7206 for this as well. Note that case must be folded to uppercase for this
7207 to work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007208
7209 When 'tagbsearch' is off, tags searching is slower when a full match
7210 exists, but faster when no full match exists. Tags in unsorted tags
7211 files may only be found with 'tagbsearch' off.
7212 When the tags file is not sorted, or sorted in a wrong way (not on
7213 ASCII byte value), 'tagbsearch' should be off, or the line given above
7214 must be included in the tags file.
7215 This option doesn't affect commands that find all matching tags (e.g.,
7216 command-line completion and ":help").
7217 {Vi: always uses binary search in some versions}
7218
7219 *'taglength'* *'tl'*
7220'taglength' 'tl' number (default 0)
7221 global
7222 If non-zero, tags are significant up to this number of characters.
7223
7224 *'tagrelative'* *'tr'* *'notagrelative'* *'notr'*
7225'tagrelative' 'tr' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
7226 global
7227 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +00007228 If on and using a tags file in another directory, file names in that
7229 tags file are relative to the directory where the tags file is.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007230 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
7231 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
7232
7233 *'tags'* *'tag'* *E433*
7234'tags' 'tag' string (default "./tags,tags", when compiled with
7235 |+emacs_tags|: "./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS")
7236 global or local to buffer |global-local|
7237 Filenames for the tag command, separated by spaces or commas. To
7238 include a space or comma in a file name, precede it with a backslash
7239 (see |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes).
7240 When a file name starts with "./", the '.' is replaced with the path
7241 of the current file. But only when the 'd' flag is not included in
7242 'cpoptions'. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. Also see
7243 |tags-option|.
7244 "*", "**" and other wildcards can be used to search for tags files in
Bram Moolenaare2b590e2010-08-08 18:29:48 +02007245 a directory tree. See |file-searching|. E.g., "/lib/**/tags" will
7246 find all files named "tags" below "/lib". The filename itself cannot
7247 contain wildcards, it is used as-is. E.g., "/lib/**/tags?" will find
7248 files called "tags?". {not available when compiled without the
7249 |+path_extra| feature}
Bram Moolenaare7eb9df2005-09-09 19:49:30 +00007250 The |tagfiles()| function can be used to get a list of the file names
7251 actually used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007252 If Vim was compiled with the |+emacs_tags| feature, Emacs-style tag
7253 files are also supported. They are automatically recognized. The
7254 default value becomes "./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS", unless case
7255 differences are ignored (MS-Windows). |emacs-tags|
7256 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
7257 file names from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
7258 uses another default.
7259 {Vi: default is "tags /usr/lib/tags"}
7260
7261 *'tagstack'* *'tgst'* *'notagstack'* *'notgst'*
7262'tagstack' 'tgst' boolean (default on)
7263 global
7264 {not in all versions of Vi}
7265 When on, the |tagstack| is used normally. When off, a ":tag" or
7266 ":tselect" command with an argument will not push the tag onto the
7267 tagstack. A following ":tag" without an argument, a ":pop" command or
7268 any other command that uses the tagstack will use the unmodified
7269 tagstack, but does change the pointer to the active entry.
7270 Resetting this option is useful when using a ":tag" command in a
7271 mapping which should not change the tagstack.
7272
7273 *'term'* *E529* *E530* *E531*
7274'term' string (default is $TERM, if that fails:
7275 in the GUI: "builtin_gui"
7276 on Amiga: "amiga"
7277 on BeOS: "beos-ansi"
7278 on Mac: "mac-ansi"
7279 on MiNT: "vt52"
7280 on MS-DOS: "pcterm"
7281 on OS/2: "os2ansi"
7282 on Unix: "ansi"
7283 on VMS: "ansi"
7284 on Win 32: "win32")
7285 global
7286 Name of the terminal. Used for choosing the terminal control
7287 characters. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
7288 For example: >
7289 :set term=$TERM
7290< See |termcap|.
7291
7292 *'termbidi'* *'tbidi'*
7293 *'notermbidi'* *'notbidi'*
7294'termbidi' 'tbidi' boolean (default off, on for "mlterm")
7295 global
7296 {not in Vi}
7297 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
7298 feature}
7299 The terminal is in charge of Bi-directionality of text (as specified
7300 by Unicode). The terminal is also expected to do the required shaping
7301 that some languages (such as Arabic) require.
7302 Setting this option implies that 'rightleft' will not be set when
7303 'arabic' is set and the value of 'arabicshape' will be ignored.
7304 Note that setting 'termbidi' has the immediate effect that
7305 'arabicshape' is ignored, but 'rightleft' isn't changed automatically.
7306 This option is reset when the GUI is started.
7307 For further details see |arabic.txt|.
7308
7309 *'termencoding'* *'tenc'*
7310'termencoding' 'tenc' string (default ""; with GTK+ 2 GUI: "utf-8"; with
7311 Macintosh GUI: "macroman")
7312 global
7313 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_byte|
7314 feature}
7315 {not in Vi}
7316 Encoding used for the terminal. This specifies what character
7317 encoding the keyboard produces and the display will understand. For
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01007318 the GUI it only applies to the keyboard ( 'encoding' is used for the
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00007319 display). Except for the Mac when 'macatsui' is off, then
7320 'termencoding' should be "macroman".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007321 In the Win32 console version the default value is the console codepage
7322 when it differs from the ANSI codepage.
7323 *E617*
7324 Note: This does not apply to the GTK+ 2 GUI. After the GUI has been
7325 successfully initialized, 'termencoding' is forcibly set to "utf-8".
7326 Any attempts to set a different value will be rejected, and an error
7327 message is shown.
7328 For the Win32 GUI 'termencoding' is not used for typed characters,
7329 because the Win32 system always passes Unicode characters.
7330 When empty, the same encoding is used as for the 'encoding' option.
7331 This is the normal value.
7332 Not all combinations for 'termencoding' and 'encoding' are valid. See
7333 |encoding-table|.
7334 The value for this option must be supported by internal conversions or
7335 iconv(). When this is not possible no conversion will be done and you
7336 will probably experience problems with non-ASCII characters.
7337 Example: You are working with the locale set to euc-jp (Japanese) and
7338 want to edit a UTF-8 file: >
7339 :let &termencoding = &encoding
7340 :set encoding=utf-8
7341< You need to do this when your system has no locale support for UTF-8.
7342
7343 *'terse'* *'noterse'*
7344'terse' boolean (default off)
7345 global
7346 When set: Add 's' flag to 'shortmess' option (this makes the message
7347 for a search that hits the start or end of the file not being
7348 displayed). When reset: Remove 's' flag from 'shortmess' option. {Vi
7349 shortens a lot of messages}
7350
7351 *'textauto'* *'ta'* *'notextauto'* *'nota'*
7352'textauto' 'ta' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
7353 global
7354 {not in Vi}
7355 This option is obsolete. Use 'fileformats'.
7356 For backwards compatibility, when 'textauto' is set, 'fileformats' is
7357 set to the default value for the current system. When 'textauto' is
7358 reset, 'fileformats' is made empty.
7359 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
7360 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
7361
7362 *'textmode'* *'tx'* *'notextmode'* *'notx'*
7363'textmode' 'tx' boolean (MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2: default on,
7364 others: default off)
7365 local to buffer
7366 {not in Vi}
7367 This option is obsolete. Use 'fileformat'.
7368 For backwards compatibility, when 'textmode' is set, 'fileformat' is
7369 set to "dos". When 'textmode' is reset, 'fileformat' is set to
7370 "unix".
7371
7372 *'textwidth'* *'tw'*
7373'textwidth' 'tw' number (default 0)
7374 local to buffer
7375 {not in Vi}
7376 Maximum width of text that is being inserted. A longer line will be
7377 broken after white space to get this width. A zero value disables
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007378 this. 'textwidth' is set to 0 when the 'paste' option is set. When
7379 'textwidth' is zero, 'wrapmargin' may be used. See also
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007380 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +00007381 When 'formatexpr' is set it will be used to break the line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007382 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
7383
7384 *'thesaurus'* *'tsr'*
7385'thesaurus' 'tsr' string (default "")
7386 global or local to buffer |global-local|
7387 {not in Vi}
7388 List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007389 for thesaurus completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|. Each line in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007390 the file should contain words with similar meaning, separated by
7391 non-keyword characters (white space is preferred). Maximum line
7392 length is 510 bytes.
Bram Moolenaar9a7224b2012-04-30 15:56:52 +02007393 To obtain a file to be used here, check out this ftp site:
7394 ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/ First get the README file.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007395 To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007396 after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
7397 name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes.
7398 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
7399 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
7400 uses another default.
7401 Backticks cannot be used in this option for security reasons.
7402
7403 *'tildeop'* *'top'* *'notildeop'* *'notop'*
7404'tildeop' 'top' boolean (default off)
7405 global
7406 {not in Vi}
7407 When on: The tilde command "~" behaves like an operator.
7408 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
7409
7410 *'timeout'* *'to'* *'notimeout'* *'noto'*
7411'timeout' 'to' boolean (default on)
7412 global
7413 *'ttimeout'* *'nottimeout'*
7414'ttimeout' boolean (default off)
7415 global
7416 {not in Vi}
7417 These two options together determine the behavior when part of a
7418 mapped key sequence or keyboard code has been received:
7419
7420 'timeout' 'ttimeout' action ~
7421 off off do not time out
7422 on on or off time out on :mappings and key codes
7423 off on time out on key codes
7424
7425 If both options are off, Vim will wait until either the complete
7426 mapping or key sequence has been received, or it is clear that there
7427 is no mapping or key sequence for the received characters. For
7428 example: if you have mapped "vl" and Vim has received 'v', the next
7429 character is needed to see if the 'v' is followed by an 'l'.
7430 When one of the options is on, Vim will wait for about 1 second for
7431 the next character to arrive. After that the already received
7432 characters are interpreted as single characters. The waiting time can
7433 be changed with the 'timeoutlen' option.
7434 On slow terminals or very busy systems timing out may cause
7435 malfunctioning cursor keys. If both options are off, Vim waits
7436 forever after an entered <Esc> if there are key codes that start
7437 with <Esc>. You will have to type <Esc> twice. If you do not have
7438 problems with key codes, but would like to have :mapped key
7439 sequences not timing out in 1 second, set the 'ttimeout' option and
7440 reset the 'timeout' option.
7441
7442 NOTE: 'ttimeout' is reset when 'compatible' is set.
7443
7444 *'timeoutlen'* *'tm'*
7445'timeoutlen' 'tm' number (default 1000)
7446 global
7447 {not in all versions of Vi}
7448 *'ttimeoutlen'* *'ttm'*
7449'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' number (default -1)
7450 global
7451 {not in Vi}
7452 The time in milliseconds that is waited for a key code or mapped key
7453 sequence to complete. Also used for CTRL-\ CTRL-N and CTRL-\ CTRL-G
7454 when part of a command has been typed.
7455 Normally only 'timeoutlen' is used and 'ttimeoutlen' is -1. When a
7456 different timeout value for key codes is desired set 'ttimeoutlen' to
7457 a non-negative number.
7458
7459 ttimeoutlen mapping delay key code delay ~
7460 < 0 'timeoutlen' 'timeoutlen'
7461 >= 0 'timeoutlen' 'ttimeoutlen'
7462
7463 The timeout only happens when the 'timeout' and 'ttimeout' options
7464 tell so. A useful setting would be >
7465 :set timeout timeoutlen=3000 ttimeoutlen=100
7466< (time out on mapping after three seconds, time out on key codes after
7467 a tenth of a second).
7468
7469 *'title'* *'notitle'*
7470'title' boolean (default off, on when title can be restored)
7471 global
7472 {not in Vi}
7473 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
7474 feature}
7475 When on, the title of the window will be set to the value of
7476 'titlestring' (if it is not empty), or to:
7477 filename [+=-] (path) - VIM
7478 Where:
7479 filename the name of the file being edited
7480 - indicates the file cannot be modified, 'ma' off
7481 + indicates the file was modified
7482 = indicates the file is read-only
7483 =+ indicates the file is read-only and modified
7484 (path) is the path of the file being edited
7485 - VIM the server name |v:servername| or "VIM"
7486 Only works if the terminal supports setting window titles
7487 (currently Amiga console, Win32 console, all GUI versions and
7488 terminals with a non- empty 't_ts' option - these are Unix xterm and
7489 iris-ansi by default, where 't_ts' is taken from the builtin termcap).
7490 *X11*
7491 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original title will
7492 be restored if possible. The output of ":version" will include "+X11"
7493 when HAVE_X11 was defined, otherwise it will be "-X11". This also
7494 works for the icon name |'icon'|.
7495 But: When Vim was started with the |-X| argument, restoring the title
7496 will not work (except in the GUI).
7497 If the title cannot be restored, it is set to the value of 'titleold'.
7498 You might want to restore the title outside of Vim then.
7499 When using an xterm from a remote machine you can use this command:
7500 rsh machine_name xterm -display $DISPLAY &
7501 then the WINDOWID environment variable should be inherited and the
7502 title of the window should change back to what it should be after
7503 exiting Vim.
7504
7505 *'titlelen'*
7506'titlelen' number (default 85)
7507 global
7508 {not in Vi}
7509 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
7510 feature}
7511 Gives the percentage of 'columns' to use for the length of the window
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007512 title. When the title is longer, only the end of the path name is
7513 shown. A '<' character before the path name is used to indicate this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007514 Using a percentage makes this adapt to the width of the window. But
7515 it won't work perfectly, because the actual number of characters
7516 available also depends on the font used and other things in the title
7517 bar. When 'titlelen' is zero the full path is used. Otherwise,
7518 values from 1 to 30000 percent can be used.
7519 'titlelen' is also used for the 'titlestring' option.
7520
7521 *'titleold'*
7522'titleold' string (default "Thanks for flying Vim")
7523 global
7524 {not in Vi}
7525 {only available when compiled with the |+title|
7526 feature}
7527 This option will be used for the window title when exiting Vim if the
7528 original title cannot be restored. Only happens if 'title' is on or
7529 'titlestring' is not empty.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00007530 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7531 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007532 *'titlestring'*
7533'titlestring' string (default "")
7534 global
7535 {not in Vi}
7536 {not available when compiled without the |+title|
7537 feature}
7538 When this option is not empty, it will be used for the title of the
7539 window. This happens only when the 'title' option is on.
7540 Only works if the terminal supports setting window titles (currently
7541 Amiga console, Win32 console, all GUI versions and terminals with a
7542 non-empty 't_ts' option).
7543 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original title will
7544 be restored if possible |X11|.
7545 When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
7546 expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'.
7547 Example: >
7548 :auto BufEnter * let &titlestring = hostname() . "/" . expand("%:p")
7549 :set title titlestring=%<%F%=%l/%L-%P titlelen=70
7550< The value of 'titlelen' is used to align items in the middle or right
7551 of the available space.
7552 Some people prefer to have the file name first: >
7553 :set titlestring=%t%(\ %M%)%(\ (%{expand(\"%:~:.:h\")})%)%(\ %a%)
7554< Note the use of "%{ }" and an expression to get the path of the file,
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007555 without the file name. The "%( %)" constructs are used to add a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007556 separating space only when needed.
7557 NOTE: Use of special characters in 'titlestring' may cause the display
7558 to be garbled (e.g., when it contains a CR or NL character).
7559 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline| feature}
7560
7561 *'toolbar'* *'tb'*
7562'toolbar' 'tb' string (default "icons,tooltips")
7563 global
7564 {only for |+GUI_GTK|, |+GUI_Athena|, |+GUI_Motif| and
7565 |+GUI_Photon|}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007566 The contents of this option controls various toolbar settings. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007567 possible values are:
7568 icons Toolbar buttons are shown with icons.
7569 text Toolbar buttons shown with text.
7570 horiz Icon and text of a toolbar button are
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007571 horizontally arranged. {only in GTK+ 2 GUI}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007572 tooltips Tooltips are active for toolbar buttons.
7573 Tooltips refer to the popup help text which appears after the mouse
7574 cursor is placed over a toolbar button for a brief moment.
7575
7576 If you want the toolbar to be shown with icons as well as text, do the
7577 following: >
7578 :set tb=icons,text
7579< Motif and Athena cannot display icons and text at the same time. They
7580 will show icons if both are requested.
7581
7582 If none of the strings specified in 'toolbar' are valid or if
7583 'toolbar' is empty, this option is ignored. If you want to disable
7584 the toolbar, you need to set the 'guioptions' option. For example: >
7585 :set guioptions-=T
7586< Also see |gui-toolbar|.
7587
7588 *'toolbariconsize'* *'tbis'*
7589'toolbariconsize' 'tbis' string (default "small")
7590 global
7591 {not in Vi}
7592 {only in the GTK+ 2 GUI}
7593 Controls the size of toolbar icons. The possible values are:
7594 tiny Use tiny toolbar icons.
7595 small Use small toolbar icons (default).
7596 medium Use medium-sized toolbar icons.
7597 large Use large toolbar icons.
7598 The exact dimensions in pixels of the various icon sizes depend on
7599 the current theme. Common dimensions are large=32x32, medium=24x24,
7600 small=20x20 and tiny=16x16.
7601
7602 If 'toolbariconsize' is empty, the global default size as determined
7603 by user preferences or the current theme is used.
7604
7605 *'ttybuiltin'* *'tbi'* *'nottybuiltin'* *'notbi'*
7606'ttybuiltin' 'tbi' boolean (default on)
7607 global
7608 {not in Vi}
7609 When on, the builtin termcaps are searched before the external ones.
7610 When off the builtin termcaps are searched after the external ones.
7611 When this option is changed, you should set the 'term' option next for
7612 the change to take effect, for example: >
7613 :set notbi term=$TERM
7614< See also |termcap|.
7615 Rationale: The default for this option is "on", because the builtin
7616 termcap entries are generally better (many systems contain faulty
7617 xterm entries...).
7618
7619 *'ttyfast'* *'tf'* *'nottyfast'* *'notf'*
7620'ttyfast' 'tf' boolean (default off, on when 'term' is xterm, hpterm,
7621 sun-cmd, screen, rxvt, dtterm or
7622 iris-ansi; also on when running Vim in
7623 a DOS console)
7624 global
7625 {not in Vi}
7626 Indicates a fast terminal connection. More characters will be sent to
7627 the screen for redrawing, instead of using insert/delete line
7628 commands. Improves smoothness of redrawing when there are multiple
7629 windows and the terminal does not support a scrolling region.
7630 Also enables the extra writing of characters at the end of each screen
7631 line for lines that wrap. This helps when using copy/paste with the
7632 mouse in an xterm and other terminals.
7633
7634 *'ttymouse'* *'ttym'*
7635'ttymouse' 'ttym' string (default depends on 'term')
7636 global
7637 {not in Vi}
7638 {only in Unix and VMS, doesn't work in the GUI; not
7639 available when compiled without |+mouse|}
7640 Name of the terminal type for which mouse codes are to be recognized.
Bram Moolenaar2c7a7632007-05-10 18:19:11 +00007641 Currently these strings are valid:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007642 *xterm-mouse*
7643 xterm xterm-like mouse handling. The mouse generates
7644 "<Esc>[Mscr", where "scr" is three bytes:
7645 "s" = button state
7646 "c" = column plus 33
7647 "r" = row plus 33
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02007648 This only works up to 223 columns! See "dec",
7649 "urxvt", and "sgr" for solutions.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007650 xterm2 Works like "xterm", but with the xterm reporting the
7651 mouse position while the mouse is dragged. This works
7652 much faster and more precise. Your xterm must at
Bram Moolenaarbc7aa852005-03-06 23:38:09 +00007653 least at patchlevel 88 / XFree 3.3.3 for this to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007654 work. See below for how Vim detects this
7655 automatically.
7656 *netterm-mouse*
7657 netterm NetTerm mouse handling. The mouse generates
7658 "<Esc>}r,c<CR>", where "r,c" are two decimal numbers
7659 for the row and column.
7660 *dec-mouse*
7661 dec DEC terminal mouse handling. The mouse generates a
7662 rather complex sequence, starting with "<Esc>[".
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00007663 This is also available for an Xterm, if it was
7664 configured with "--enable-dec-locator".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007665 *jsbterm-mouse*
7666 jsbterm JSB term mouse handling.
7667 *pterm-mouse*
7668 pterm QNX pterm mouse handling.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007669 *urxvt-mouse*
7670 urxvt Mouse handling for the urxvt (rxvt-unicode) terminal.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02007671 The mouse works only if the terminal supports this
7672 encoding style, but it does not have 223 columns limit
7673 unlike "xterm" or "xterm2".
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02007674 *sgr-mouse*
7675 sgr Mouse handling for the terminal that emits SGR-styled
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02007676 mouse reporting. The mouse works even in columns
7677 beyond 223. This option is backward compatible with
7678 "xterm2" because it can also decode "xterm2" style
7679 mouse codes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007680
7681 The mouse handling must be enabled at compile time |+mouse_xterm|
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02007682 |+mouse_dec| |+mouse_netterm| |+mouse_jsbterm| |+mouse_urxvt|
7683 |+mouse_sgr|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007684 Only "xterm"(2) is really recognized. NetTerm mouse codes are always
7685 recognized, if enabled at compile time. DEC terminal mouse codes
7686 are recognized if enabled at compile time, and 'ttymouse' is not
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02007687 "xterm", "xterm2", "urxvt" or "sgr" (because dec mouse codes conflict
7688 with them).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007689 This option is automatically set to "xterm", when the 'term' option is
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02007690 set to a name that starts with "xterm", "mlterm", or "screen", and
7691 'ttymouse' is not set already.
7692 Additionally, if vim is compiled with the |+termresponse| feature and
7693 |t_RV| is set to the escape sequence to request the xterm version
7694 number, more intelligent detection process runs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007695 The "xterm2" value will be set if the xterm version is reported to be
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02007696 from 95 to 276. The "sgr" value will be set if the xterm version is
7697 277 or highter.
7698 If you do not want 'ttymouse' to be set to "xterm2" or "sgr"
7699 automatically, set t_RV to an empty string: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007700 :set t_RV=
7701<
7702 *'ttyscroll'* *'tsl'*
7703'ttyscroll' 'tsl' number (default 999)
7704 global
7705 Maximum number of lines to scroll the screen. If there are more lines
7706 to scroll the window is redrawn. For terminals where scrolling is
7707 very slow and redrawing is not slow this can be set to a small number,
7708 e.g., 3, to speed up displaying.
7709
7710 *'ttytype'* *'tty'*
7711'ttytype' 'tty' string (default from $TERM)
7712 global
7713 Alias for 'term', see above.
7714
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02007715 *'undodir'* *'udir'*
7716'undodir' 'udir' string (default ".")
7717 global
7718 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007719 {only when compiled with the |+persistent_undo| feature}
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02007720 List of directory names for undo files, separated with commas.
Bram Moolenaarb230bd52010-05-25 21:02:00 +02007721 See |'backupdir'| for details of the format.
Bram Moolenaar6a244fe2010-05-24 22:02:24 +02007722 "." means using the directory of the file. The undo file name for
7723 "file.txt" is ".file.txt.un~".
7724 For other directories the file name is the full path of the edited
7725 file, with path separators replaced with "%".
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02007726 When writing: The first directory that exists is used. "." always
7727 works, no directories after "." will be used for writing.
7728 When reading all entries are tried to find an undo file. The first
7729 undo file that exists is used. When it cannot be read an error is
7730 given, no further entry is used.
7731 See |undo-persistence|.
7732
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02007733 *'undofile'* *'noundofile'* *'udf'* *'noudf'*
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02007734'undofile' 'udf' boolean (default off)
7735 local to buffer
7736 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007737 {only when compiled with the |+persistent_undo| feature}
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02007738 When on, Vim automatically saves undo history to an undo file when
7739 writing a buffer to a file, and restores undo history from the same
7740 file on buffer read.
Bram Moolenaarb230bd52010-05-25 21:02:00 +02007741 The directory where the undo file is stored is specified by 'undodir'.
7742 For more information about this feature see |undo-persistence|.
Bram Moolenaar59f931e2010-07-24 20:27:03 +02007743 The undo file is not read when 'undoreload' causes the buffer from
7744 before a reload to be saved for undo.
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01007745 When 'undofile' is turned off the undo file is NOT deleted.
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02007746
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007747 *'undolevels'* *'ul'*
7748'undolevels' 'ul' number (default 100, 1000 for Unix, VMS,
7749 Win32 and OS/2)
Bram Moolenaarf5a2fd82013-11-06 05:26:15 +01007750 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007751 {not in Vi}
7752 Maximum number of changes that can be undone. Since undo information
7753 is kept in memory, higher numbers will cause more memory to be used
7754 (nevertheless, a single change can use an unlimited amount of memory).
7755 Set to 0 for Vi compatibility: One level of undo and "u" undoes
7756 itself: >
7757 set ul=0
7758< But you can also get Vi compatibility by including the 'u' flag in
7759 'cpoptions', and still be able to use CTRL-R to repeat undo.
Bram Moolenaar945e2db2010-06-05 17:43:32 +02007760 Also see |undo-two-ways|.
Bram Moolenaarf5a2fd82013-11-06 05:26:15 +01007761 Set to -1 for no undo at all. You might want to do this only for the
7762 current buffer: >
7763 setlocal ul=-1
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007764< This helps when you run out of memory for a single change.
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01007765
7766 The local value is set to -123456 when the global value is to be used.
7767
Bram Moolenaar945e2db2010-06-05 17:43:32 +02007768 Also see |clear-undo|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007769
Bram Moolenaar59f931e2010-07-24 20:27:03 +02007770 *'undoreload'* *'ur'*
7771'undoreload' 'ur' number (default 10000)
7772 global
7773 {not in Vi}
7774 Save the whole buffer for undo when reloading it. This applies to the
7775 ":e!" command and reloading for when the buffer changed outside of
7776 Vim. |FileChangedShell|
7777 The save only happens when this options is negative or when the number
7778 of lines is smaller than the value of this option.
7779 Set this option to zero to disable undo for a reload.
7780
7781 When saving undo for a reload, any undo file is not read.
7782
7783 Note that this causes the whole buffer to be stored in memory. Set
7784 this option to a lower value if you run out of memory.
7785
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007786 *'updatecount'* *'uc'*
7787'updatecount' 'uc' number (default: 200)
7788 global
7789 {not in Vi}
7790 After typing this many characters the swap file will be written to
7791 disk. When zero, no swap file will be created at all (see chapter on
7792 recovery |crash-recovery|). 'updatecount' is set to zero by starting
7793 Vim with the "-n" option, see |startup|. When editing in readonly
7794 mode this option will be initialized to 10000.
7795 The swapfile can be disabled per buffer with |'swapfile'|.
7796 When 'updatecount' is set from zero to non-zero, swap files are
7797 created for all buffers that have 'swapfile' set. When 'updatecount'
7798 is set to zero, existing swap files are not deleted.
7799 Also see |'swapsync'|.
7800 This option has no meaning in buffers where |'buftype'| is "nofile"
7801 or "nowrite".
7802
7803 *'updatetime'* *'ut'*
7804'updatetime' 'ut' number (default 4000)
7805 global
7806 {not in Vi}
7807 If this many milliseconds nothing is typed the swap file will be
7808 written to disk (see |crash-recovery|). Also used for the
7809 |CursorHold| autocommand event.
7810
7811 *'verbose'* *'vbs'*
7812'verbose' 'vbs' number (default 0)
7813 global
7814 {not in Vi, although some versions have a boolean
7815 verbose option}
7816 When bigger than zero, Vim will give messages about what it is doing.
7817 Currently, these messages are given:
7818 >= 1 When the viminfo file is read or written.
7819 >= 2 When a file is ":source"'ed.
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00007820 >= 5 Every searched tags file and include file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007821 >= 8 Files for which a group of autocommands is executed.
7822 >= 9 Every executed autocommand.
7823 >= 12 Every executed function.
7824 >= 13 When an exception is thrown, caught, finished, or discarded.
7825 >= 14 Anything pending in a ":finally" clause.
7826 >= 15 Every executed Ex command (truncated at 200 characters).
7827
7828 This option can also be set with the "-V" argument. See |-V|.
7829 This option is also set by the |:verbose| command.
7830
Bram Moolenaar5c06f8b2005-05-31 22:14:58 +00007831 When the 'verbosefile' option is set then the verbose messages are not
7832 displayed.
7833
7834 *'verbosefile'* *'vfile'*
7835'verbosefile' 'vfile' string (default empty)
7836 global
7837 {not in Vi}
7838 When not empty all messages are written in a file with this name.
7839 When the file exists messages are appended.
7840 Writing to the file ends when Vim exits or when 'verbosefile' is made
Bram Moolenaar80794b12010-06-13 05:20:42 +02007841 empty. Writes are buffered, thus may not show up for some time.
Bram Moolenaar5c06f8b2005-05-31 22:14:58 +00007842 Setting 'verbosefile' to a new value is like making it empty first.
7843 The difference with |:redir| is that verbose messages are not
7844 displayed when 'verbosefile' is set.
7845
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007846 *'viewdir'* *'vdir'*
7847'viewdir' 'vdir' string (default for Amiga, MS-DOS, OS/2 and Win32:
7848 "$VIM/vimfiles/view",
7849 for Unix: "~/.vim/view",
7850 for Macintosh: "$VIM:vimfiles:view"
7851 for VMS: "sys$login:vimfiles/view"
7852 for RiscOS: "Choices:vimfiles/view")
7853 global
7854 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007855 {not available when compiled without the |+mksession|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007856 feature}
7857 Name of the directory where to store files for |:mkview|.
7858 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7859 security reasons.
7860
7861 *'viewoptions'* *'vop'*
7862'viewoptions' 'vop' string (default: "folds,options,cursor")
7863 global
7864 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007865 {not available when compiled without the |+mksession|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007866 feature}
7867 Changes the effect of the |:mkview| command. It is a comma separated
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007868 list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring something:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007869 word save and restore ~
7870 cursor cursor position in file and in window
7871 folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
7872 fold options
7873 options options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
7874 global values for local options)
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02007875 localoptions same as "options"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007876 slash backslashes in file names replaced with forward
7877 slashes
7878 unix with Unix end-of-line format (single <NL>), even when
7879 on Windows or DOS
7880
7881 "slash" and "unix" are useful on Windows when sharing view files
7882 with Unix. The Unix version of Vim cannot source dos format scripts,
7883 but the Windows version of Vim can source unix format scripts.
7884
7885 *'viminfo'* *'vi'* *E526* *E527* *E528*
7886'viminfo' 'vi' string (Vi default: "", Vim default for MS-DOS,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007887 Windows and OS/2: '100,<50,s10,h,rA:,rB:,
7888 for Amiga: '100,<50,s10,h,rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:
7889 for others: '100,<50,s10,h)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007890 global
7891 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007892 {not available when compiled without the |+viminfo|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007893 feature}
7894 When non-empty, the viminfo file is read upon startup and written
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007895 when exiting Vim (see |viminfo-file|). The string should be a comma
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007896 separated list of parameters, each consisting of a single character
7897 identifying the particular parameter, followed by a number or string
7898 which specifies the value of that parameter. If a particular
7899 character is left out, then the default value is used for that
7900 parameter. The following is a list of the identifying characters and
7901 the effect of their value.
7902 CHAR VALUE ~
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007903 *viminfo-!*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007904 ! When included, save and restore global variables that start
7905 with an uppercase letter, and don't contain a lowercase
7906 letter. Thus "KEEPTHIS and "K_L_M" are stored, but "KeepThis"
Bram Moolenaar680eeca2010-10-20 17:44:42 +02007907 and "_K_L_M" are not. Nested List and Dict items may not be
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01007908 read back correctly, you end up with an empty item.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007909 *viminfo-quote*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007910 " Maximum number of lines saved for each register. Old name of
7911 the '<' item, with the disadvantage that you need to put a
7912 backslash before the ", otherwise it will be recognized as the
7913 start of a comment!
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007914 *viminfo-%*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007915 % When included, save and restore the buffer list. If Vim is
7916 started with a file name argument, the buffer list is not
7917 restored. If Vim is started without a file name argument, the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007918 buffer list is restored from the viminfo file. Buffers
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007919 without a file name and buffers for help files are not written
7920 to the viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +00007921 When followed by a number, the number specifies the maximum
7922 number of buffers that are stored. Without a number all
7923 buffers are stored.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007924 *viminfo-'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007925 ' Maximum number of previously edited files for which the marks
7926 are remembered. This parameter must always be included when
7927 'viminfo' is non-empty.
7928 Including this item also means that the |jumplist| and the
7929 |changelist| are stored in the viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007930 *viminfo-/*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007931 / Maximum number of items in the search pattern history to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007932 saved. If non-zero, then the previous search and substitute
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007933 patterns are also saved. When not included, the value of
7934 'history' is used.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007935 *viminfo-:*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007936 : Maximum number of items in the command-line history to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007937 saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007938 *viminfo-<*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007939 < Maximum number of lines saved for each register. If zero then
7940 registers are not saved. When not included, all lines are
7941 saved. '"' is the old name for this item.
7942 Also see the 's' item below: limit specified in Kbyte.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007943 *viminfo-@*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007944 @ Maximum number of items in the input-line history to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007945 saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007946 *viminfo-c*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007947 c When included, convert the text in the viminfo file from the
7948 'encoding' used when writing the file to the current
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00007949 'encoding'. See |viminfo-encoding|.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007950 *viminfo-f*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007951 f Whether file marks need to be stored. If zero, file marks ('0
7952 to '9, 'A to 'Z) are not stored. When not present or when
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007953 non-zero, they are all stored. '0 is used for the current
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007954 cursor position (when exiting or when doing ":wviminfo").
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007955 *viminfo-h*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007956 h Disable the effect of 'hlsearch' when loading the viminfo
7957 file. When not included, it depends on whether ":nohlsearch"
7958 has been used since the last search command.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007959 *viminfo-n*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007960 n Name of the viminfo file. The name must immediately follow
7961 the 'n'. Must be the last one! If the "-i" argument was
7962 given when starting Vim, that file name overrides the one
7963 given here with 'viminfo'. Environment variables are expanded
7964 when opening the file, not when setting the option.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007965 *viminfo-r*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007966 r Removable media. The argument is a string (up to the next
7967 ','). This parameter can be given several times. Each
7968 specifies the start of a path for which no marks will be
7969 stored. This is to avoid removable media. For MS-DOS you
7970 could use "ra:,rb:", for Amiga "rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:". You can
7971 also use it for temp files, e.g., for Unix: "r/tmp". Case is
7972 ignored. Maximum length of each 'r' argument is 50
7973 characters.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01007974 *viminfo-s*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007975 s Maximum size of an item in Kbyte. If zero then registers are
7976 not saved. Currently only applies to registers. The default
7977 "s10" will exclude registers with more than 10 Kbyte of text.
7978 Also see the '<' item above: line count limit.
7979
7980 Example: >
7981 :set viminfo='50,<1000,s100,:0,n~/vim/viminfo
7982<
7983 '50 Marks will be remembered for the last 50 files you
7984 edited.
7985 <1000 Contents of registers (up to 1000 lines each) will be
7986 remembered.
7987 s100 Registers with more than 100 Kbyte text are skipped.
7988 :0 Command-line history will not be saved.
7989 n~/vim/viminfo The name of the file to use is "~/vim/viminfo".
7990 no / Since '/' is not specified, the default will be used,
7991 that is, save all of the search history, and also the
7992 previous search and substitute patterns.
7993 no % The buffer list will not be saved nor read back.
7994 no h 'hlsearch' highlighting will be restored.
7995
7996 When setting 'viminfo' from an empty value you can use |:rviminfo| to
7997 load the contents of the file, this is not done automatically.
7998
7999 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
8000 security reasons.
8001
8002 *'virtualedit'* *'ve'*
8003'virtualedit' 've' string (default "")
8004 global
8005 {not in Vi}
8006 {not available when compiled without the
8007 |+virtualedit| feature}
8008 A comma separated list of these words:
8009 block Allow virtual editing in Visual block mode.
8010 insert Allow virtual editing in Insert mode.
8011 all Allow virtual editing in all modes.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00008012 onemore Allow the cursor to move just past the end of the line
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00008013
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008014 Virtual editing means that the cursor can be positioned where there is
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00008015 no actual character. This can be halfway into a tab or beyond the end
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008016 of the line. Useful for selecting a rectangle in Visual mode and
8017 editing a table.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00008018 "onemore" is not the same, it will only allow moving the cursor just
8019 after the last character of the line. This makes some commands more
8020 consistent. Previously the cursor was always past the end of the line
8021 if the line was empty. But it is far from Vi compatible. It may also
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00008022 break some plugins or Vim scripts. For example because |l| can move
8023 the cursor after the last character. Use with care!
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02008024 Using the `$` command will move to the last character in the line, not
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00008025 past it. This may actually move the cursor to the left!
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02008026 The `g$` command will move to the end of the screen line.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00008027 It doesn't make sense to combine "all" with "onemore", but you will
8028 not get a warning for it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008029
8030 *'visualbell'* *'vb'* *'novisualbell'* *'novb'* *beep*
8031'visualbell' 'vb' boolean (default off)
8032 global
8033 {not in Vi}
8034 Use visual bell instead of beeping. The terminal code to display the
8035 visual bell is given with 't_vb'. When no beep or flash is wanted,
8036 use ":set vb t_vb=".
8037 Note: When the GUI starts, 't_vb' is reset to its default value. You
8038 might want to set it again in your |gvimrc|.
8039 In the GUI, 't_vb' defaults to "<Esc>|f", which inverts the display
8040 for 20 msec. If you want to use a different time, use "<Esc>|40f",
8041 where 40 is the time in msec.
8042 Does not work on the Amiga, you always get a screen flash.
8043 Also see 'errorbells'.
8044
8045 *'warn'* *'nowarn'*
8046'warn' boolean (default on)
8047 global
8048 Give a warning message when a shell command is used while the buffer
8049 has been changed.
8050
8051 *'weirdinvert'* *'wiv'* *'noweirdinvert'* *'nowiv'*
8052'weirdinvert' 'wiv' boolean (default off)
8053 global
8054 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00008055 This option has the same effect as the 't_xs' terminal option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008056 It is provided for backwards compatibility with version 4.x.
8057 Setting 'weirdinvert' has the effect of making 't_xs' non-empty, and
8058 vice versa. Has no effect when the GUI is running.
8059
8060 *'whichwrap'* *'ww'*
8061'whichwrap' 'ww' string (Vim default: "b,s", Vi default: "")
8062 global
8063 {not in Vi}
8064 Allow specified keys that move the cursor left/right to move to the
8065 previous/next line when the cursor is on the first/last character in
8066 the line. Concatenate characters to allow this for these keys:
8067 char key mode ~
8068 b <BS> Normal and Visual
8069 s <Space> Normal and Visual
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00008070 h "h" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
8071 l "l" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008072 < <Left> Normal and Visual
8073 > <Right> Normal and Visual
8074 ~ "~" Normal
8075 [ <Left> Insert and Replace
8076 ] <Right> Insert and Replace
8077 For example: >
8078 :set ww=<,>,[,]
8079< allows wrap only when cursor keys are used.
8080 When the movement keys are used in combination with a delete or change
8081 operator, the <EOL> also counts for a character. This makes "3h"
8082 different from "3dh" when the cursor crosses the end of a line. This
8083 is also true for "x" and "X", because they do the same as "dl" and
8084 "dh". If you use this, you may also want to use the mapping
8085 ":map <BS> X" to make backspace delete the character in front of the
8086 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00008087 When 'l' is included and it is used after an operator at the end of a
8088 line then it will not move to the next line. This makes "dl", "cl",
8089 "yl" etc. work normally.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008090 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
8091 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
8092
8093 *'wildchar'* *'wc'*
8094'wildchar' 'wc' number (Vim default: <Tab>, Vi default: CTRL-E)
8095 global
8096 {not in Vi}
8097 Character you have to type to start wildcard expansion in the
8098 command-line, as specified with 'wildmode'.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008099 More info here: |cmdline-completion|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008100 The character is not recognized when used inside a macro. See
8101 'wildcharm' for that.
8102 Although 'wc' is a number option, you can set it to a special key: >
8103 :set wc=<Esc>
8104< NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
8105 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
8106
8107 *'wildcharm'* *'wcm'*
8108'wildcharm' 'wcm' number (default: none (0))
8109 global
8110 {not in Vi}
8111 'wildcharm' works exactly like 'wildchar', except that it is
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00008112 recognized when used inside a macro. You can find "spare" command-line
8113 keys suitable for this option by looking at |ex-edit-index|. Normally
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008114 you'll never actually type 'wildcharm', just use it in mappings that
8115 automatically invoke completion mode, e.g.: >
8116 :set wcm=<C-Z>
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008117 :cnoremap ss so $vim/sessions/*.vim<C-Z>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008118< Then after typing :ss you can use CTRL-P & CTRL-N.
8119
8120 *'wildignore'* *'wig'*
8121'wildignore' 'wig' string (default "")
8122 global
8123 {not in Vi}
8124 {not available when compiled without the |+wildignore|
8125 feature}
8126 A list of file patterns. A file that matches with one of these
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02008127 patterns is ignored when expanding |wildcards|, completing file or
8128 directory names, and influences the result of |expand()|, |glob()| and
8129 |globpath()| unless a flag is passed to disable this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008130 The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-patterns|.
8131 Also see 'suffixes'.
8132 Example: >
8133 :set wildignore=*.o,*.obj
8134< The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
8135 a pattern from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
8136 uses another default.
8137
Bram Moolenaar94950a92010-12-02 16:01:29 +01008138
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01008139 *'wildignorecase'* *'wic'* *'nowildignorecase'* *'nowic'*
Bram Moolenaar94950a92010-12-02 16:01:29 +01008140'wildignorecase' 'wic' boolean (default off)
8141 global
8142 {not in Vi}
8143 When set case is ignored when completing file names and directories.
Bram Moolenaar71afbfe2013-03-19 16:49:16 +01008144 Has no effect when 'fileignorecase' is set.
Bram Moolenaar94950a92010-12-02 16:01:29 +01008145 Does not apply when the shell is used to expand wildcards, which
8146 happens when there are special characters.
8147
8148
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008149 *'wildmenu'* *'wmnu'* *'nowildmenu'* *'nowmnu'*
8150'wildmenu' 'wmnu' boolean (default off)
8151 global
8152 {not in Vi}
8153 {not available if compiled without the |+wildmenu|
8154 feature}
8155 When 'wildmenu' is on, command-line completion operates in an enhanced
8156 mode. On pressing 'wildchar' (usually <Tab>) to invoke completion,
8157 the possible matches are shown just above the command line, with the
8158 first match highlighted (overwriting the status line, if there is
8159 one). Keys that show the previous/next match, such as <Tab> or
8160 CTRL-P/CTRL-N, cause the highlight to move to the appropriate match.
8161 When 'wildmode' is used, "wildmenu" mode is used where "full" is
8162 specified. "longest" and "list" do not start "wildmenu" mode.
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01008163 You can check the current mode with |wildmenumode()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008164 If there are more matches than can fit in the line, a ">" is shown on
8165 the right and/or a "<" is shown on the left. The status line scrolls
8166 as needed.
8167 The "wildmenu" mode is abandoned when a key is hit that is not used
8168 for selecting a completion.
8169 While the "wildmenu" is active the following keys have special
8170 meanings:
8171
8172 <Left> <Right> - select previous/next match (like CTRL-P/CTRL-N)
8173 <Down> - in filename/menu name completion: move into a
8174 subdirectory or submenu.
8175 <CR> - in menu completion, when the cursor is just after a
8176 dot: move into a submenu.
8177 <Up> - in filename/menu name completion: move up into
8178 parent directory or parent menu.
8179
8180 This makes the menus accessible from the console |console-menus|.
8181
8182 If you prefer the <Left> and <Right> keys to move the cursor instead
8183 of selecting a different match, use this: >
8184 :cnoremap <Left> <Space><BS><Left>
8185 :cnoremap <Right> <Space><BS><Right>
8186<
8187 The "WildMenu" highlighting is used for displaying the current match
8188 |hl-WildMenu|.
8189
8190 *'wildmode'* *'wim'*
8191'wildmode' 'wim' string (Vim default: "full")
8192 global
8193 {not in Vi}
8194 Completion mode that is used for the character specified with
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008195 'wildchar'. It is a comma separated list of up to four parts. Each
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00008196 part specifies what to do for each consecutive use of 'wildchar'. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008197 first part specifies the behavior for the first use of 'wildchar',
8198 The second part for the second use, etc.
8199 These are the possible values for each part:
8200 "" Complete only the first match.
8201 "full" Complete the next full match. After the last match,
8202 the original string is used and then the first match
8203 again.
8204 "longest" Complete till longest common string. If this doesn't
8205 result in a longer string, use the next part.
8206 "longest:full" Like "longest", but also start 'wildmenu' if it is
8207 enabled.
8208 "list" When more than one match, list all matches.
8209 "list:full" When more than one match, list all matches and
8210 complete first match.
8211 "list:longest" When more than one match, list all matches and
8212 complete till longest common string.
8213 When there is only a single match, it is fully completed in all cases.
8214
8215 Examples: >
8216 :set wildmode=full
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00008217< Complete first full match, next match, etc. (the default) >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008218 :set wildmode=longest,full
8219< Complete longest common string, then each full match >
8220 :set wildmode=list:full
8221< List all matches and complete each full match >
8222 :set wildmode=list,full
8223< List all matches without completing, then each full match >
8224 :set wildmode=longest,list
8225< Complete longest common string, then list alternatives.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008226 More info here: |cmdline-completion|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008227
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00008228 *'wildoptions'* *'wop'*
8229'wildoptions' 'wop' string (default "")
8230 global
8231 {not in Vi}
8232 {not available when compiled without the |+wildignore|
8233 feature}
8234 A list of words that change how command line completion is done.
8235 Currently only one word is allowed:
8236 tagfile When using CTRL-D to list matching tags, the kind of
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00008237 tag and the file of the tag is listed. Only one match
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00008238 is displayed per line. Often used tag kinds are:
8239 d #define
8240 f function
8241 Also see |cmdline-completion|.
8242
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008243 *'winaltkeys'* *'wak'*
8244'winaltkeys' 'wak' string (default "menu")
8245 global
8246 {not in Vi}
8247 {only used in Win32, Motif, GTK and Photon GUI}
8248 Some GUI versions allow the access to menu entries by using the ALT
8249 key in combination with a character that appears underlined in the
8250 menu. This conflicts with the use of the ALT key for mappings and
8251 entering special characters. This option tells what to do:
8252 no Don't use ALT keys for menus. ALT key combinations can be
8253 mapped, but there is no automatic handling. This can then be
8254 done with the |:simalt| command.
8255 yes ALT key handling is done by the windowing system. ALT key
8256 combinations cannot be mapped.
8257 menu Using ALT in combination with a character that is a menu
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008258 shortcut key, will be handled by the windowing system. Other
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008259 keys can be mapped.
8260 If the menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', the ALT
8261 key is never used for the menu.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00008262 This option is not used for <F10>; on Win32 and with GTK <F10> will
8263 select the menu, unless it has been mapped.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008264
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00008265 *'window'* *'wi'*
8266'window' 'wi' number (default screen height - 1)
8267 global
8268 Window height. Do not confuse this with the height of the Vim window,
8269 use 'lines' for that.
Bram Moolenaar19a09a12005-03-04 23:39:37 +00008270 Used for |CTRL-F| and |CTRL-B| when there is only one window and the
8271 value is smaller than 'lines' minus one. The screen will scroll
8272 'window' minus two lines, with a minimum of one.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00008273 When 'window' is equal to 'lines' minus one CTRL-F and CTRL-B scroll
8274 in a much smarter way, taking care of wrapping lines.
8275 When resizing the Vim window, the value is smaller than 1 or more than
8276 or equal to 'lines' it will be set to 'lines' minus 1.
8277 {Vi also uses the option to specify the number of displayed lines}
8278
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008279 *'winheight'* *'wh'* *E591*
8280'winheight' 'wh' number (default 1)
8281 global
8282 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008283 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008284 feature}
8285 Minimal number of lines for the current window. This is not a hard
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008286 minimum, Vim will use fewer lines if there is not enough room. If the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008287 focus goes to a window that is smaller, its size is increased, at the
8288 cost of the height of other windows.
8289 Set 'winheight' to a small number for normal editing.
8290 Set it to 999 to make the current window fill most of the screen.
8291 Other windows will be only 'winminheight' high. This has the drawback
8292 that ":all" will create only two windows. To avoid "vim -o 1 2 3 4"
8293 to create only two windows, set the option after startup is done,
8294 using the |VimEnter| event: >
8295 au VimEnter * set winheight=999
8296< Minimum value is 1.
8297 The height is not adjusted after one of the commands that change the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008298 height of the current window.
8299 'winheight' applies to the current window. Use 'winminheight' to set
8300 the minimal height for other windows.
8301
8302 *'winfixheight'* *'wfh'* *'nowinfixheight'* *'nowfh'*
8303'winfixheight' 'wfh' boolean (default off)
8304 local to window
8305 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008306 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008307 feature}
8308 Keep the window height when windows are opened or closed and
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00008309 'equalalways' is set. Also for |CTRL-W_=|. Set by default for the
8310 |preview-window| and |quickfix-window|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008311 The height may be changed anyway when running out of room.
8312
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00008313 *'winfixwidth'* *'wfw'* *'nowinfixwidth'* *'nowfw'*
8314'winfixwidth' 'wfw' boolean (default off)
8315 local to window
8316 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008317 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00008318 feature}
8319 Keep the window width when windows are opened or closed and
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00008320 'equalalways' is set. Also for |CTRL-W_=|.
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00008321 The width may be changed anyway when running out of room.
8322
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008323 *'winminheight'* *'wmh'*
8324'winminheight' 'wmh' number (default 1)
8325 global
8326 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008327 {not available when compiled without the |+windows|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008328 feature}
8329 The minimal height of a window, when it's not the current window.
8330 This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
8331 When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero lines (i.e. just a
8332 status bar) if necessary. They will return to at least one line when
8333 they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere to go.)
8334 Use 'winheight' to set the minimal height of the current window.
8335 This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
8336 large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
8337 windows. A value of 0 to 3 is reasonable.
8338
8339 *'winminwidth'* *'wmw'*
8340'winminwidth' 'wmw' number (default 1)
8341 global
8342 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008343 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008344 feature}
8345 The minimal width of a window, when it's not the current window.
8346 This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
8347 When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero columns (i.e. just
8348 a vertical separator) if necessary. They will return to at least one
8349 line when they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere
8350 to go.)
8351 Use 'winwidth' to set the minimal width of the current window.
8352 This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
8353 large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
8354 windows. A value of 0 to 12 is reasonable.
8355
8356 *'winwidth'* *'wiw'* *E592*
8357'winwidth' 'wiw' number (default 20)
8358 global
8359 {not in Vi}
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008360 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008361 feature}
8362 Minimal number of columns for the current window. This is not a hard
8363 minimum, Vim will use fewer columns if there is not enough room. If
8364 the current window is smaller, its size is increased, at the cost of
8365 the width of other windows. Set it to 999 to make the current window
8366 always fill the screen. Set it to a small number for normal editing.
8367 The width is not adjusted after one of the commands to change the
8368 width of the current window.
8369 'winwidth' applies to the current window. Use 'winminwidth' to set
8370 the minimal width for other windows.
8371
8372 *'wrap'* *'nowrap'*
8373'wrap' boolean (default on)
8374 local to window
8375 {not in Vi}
8376 This option changes how text is displayed. It doesn't change the text
8377 in the buffer, see 'textwidth' for that.
8378 When on, lines longer than the width of the window will wrap and
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008379 displaying continues on the next line. When off lines will not wrap
8380 and only part of long lines will be displayed. When the cursor is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008381 moved to a part that is not shown, the screen will scroll
8382 horizontally.
8383 The line will be broken in the middle of a word if necessary. See
8384 'linebreak' to get the break at a word boundary.
8385 To make scrolling horizontally a bit more useful, try this: >
8386 :set sidescroll=5
8387 :set listchars+=precedes:<,extends:>
8388< See 'sidescroll', 'listchars' and |wrap-off|.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01008389 This option can't be set from a |modeline| when the 'diff' option is
8390 on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008391
8392 *'wrapmargin'* *'wm'*
8393'wrapmargin' 'wm' number (default 0)
8394 local to buffer
8395 Number of characters from the right window border where wrapping
8396 starts. When typing text beyond this limit, an <EOL> will be inserted
8397 and inserting continues on the next line.
8398 Options that add a margin, such as 'number' and 'foldcolumn', cause
8399 the text width to be further reduced. This is Vi compatible.
8400 When 'textwidth' is non-zero, this option is not used.
8401 See also 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|. {Vi: works differently
8402 and less usefully}
8403
8404 *'wrapscan'* *'ws'* *'nowrapscan'* *'nows'*
8405'wrapscan' 'ws' boolean (default on) *E384* *E385*
8406 global
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00008407 Searches wrap around the end of the file. Also applies to |]s| and
8408 |[s|, searching for spelling mistakes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008409
8410 *'write'* *'nowrite'*
8411'write' boolean (default on)
8412 global
8413 {not in Vi}
8414 Allows writing files. When not set, writing a file is not allowed.
8415 Can be used for a view-only mode, where modifications to the text are
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008416 still allowed. Can be reset with the |-m| or |-M| command line
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008417 argument. Filtering text is still possible, even though this requires
8418 writing a temporary file.
8419
8420 *'writeany'* *'wa'* *'nowriteany'* *'nowa'*
8421'writeany' 'wa' boolean (default off)
8422 global
8423 Allows writing to any file with no need for "!" override.
8424
8425 *'writebackup'* *'wb'* *'nowritebackup'* *'nowb'*
8426'writebackup' 'wb' boolean (default on with |+writebackup| feature, off
8427 otherwise)
8428 global
8429 {not in Vi}
8430 Make a backup before overwriting a file. The backup is removed after
8431 the file was successfully written, unless the 'backup' option is
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02008432 also on.
8433 WARNING: Switching this option off means that when Vim fails to write
8434 your buffer correctly and then, for whatever reason, Vim exits, you
8435 lose both the original file and what you were writing. Only reset
8436 this option if your file system is almost full and it makes the write
8437 fail (and make sure not to exit Vim until the write was successful).
8438 See |backup-table| for another explanation.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008439 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
8440 NOTE: This option is set to the default value when 'compatible' is
8441 set.
8442
8443 *'writedelay'* *'wd'*
8444'writedelay' 'wd' number (default 0)
8445 global
8446 {not in Vi}
8447 The number of microseconds to wait for each character sent to the
8448 screen. When non-zero, characters are sent to the terminal one by
8449 one. For MS-DOS pcterm this does not work. For debugging purposes.
8450
8451 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: