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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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Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020013For an overview of options see quickref.txt |option-list|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014
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
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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*
Bram Moolenaar6b915c02020-01-18 15:53:19 +010025:se[t][!] Show all options that differ from their default value.
26 When [!] is present every option is on a separate
27 line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028
Bram Moolenaar6b915c02020-01-18 15:53:19 +010029:se[t][!] all Show all but terminal options.
30 When [!] is present every option is on a separate
31 line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032
33:se[t] termcap Show all terminal options. Note that in the GUI the
34 key codes are not shown, because they are generated
35 internally and can't be changed. Changing the terminal
36 codes in the GUI is not useful either...
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +000037 The options have the form t_AB, see
38 |terminal-options|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039
Bram Moolenaar47003982021-12-05 21:54:04 +000040:se[t]! termcap Idem, but don't use multiple columns.
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Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042 *E518* *E519*
43:se[t] {option}? Show value of {option}.
44
45:se[t] {option} Toggle option: set, switch it on.
46 Number option: show value.
47 String option: show value.
48
49:se[t] no{option} Toggle option: Reset, switch it off.
50
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +020051 *:set-!* *:set-inv*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052:se[t] {option}! or
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +020053:se[t] inv{option} Toggle option: Invert value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054
55 *:set-default* *:set-&* *:set-&vi* *:set-&vim*
56:se[t] {option}& Reset option to its default value. May depend on the
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +020057 current value of 'compatible'.
58:se[t] {option}&vi Reset option to its Vi default value.
59:se[t] {option}&vim Reset option to its Vim default value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +010061:se[t] all& Set all options to their default value. The values of
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +020062 these options are not changed:
63 all terminal options, starting with t_
64 'columns'
65 'cryptmethod'
66 'encoding'
67 'key'
68 'lines'
69 'term'
70 'ttymouse'
71 'ttytype'
72 Warning: This may have a lot of side effects.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000073
h_east59858792023-10-25 22:47:05 +090074 *:set-args* *:set=* *E487* *E521*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000075:se[t] {option}={value} or
76:se[t] {option}:{value}
77 Set string or number option to {value}.
78 For numeric options the value can be given in decimal,
Doug Kearnsddbb6fe2024-07-24 20:21:22 +020079 hex (preceded with 0x) or octal (preceded with '0' or
80 '0o').
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000081 The old value can be inserted by typing 'wildchar' (by
82 default this is a <Tab> or CTRL-E if 'compatible' is
Yee Cheng Chin900894b2023-09-29 20:42:32 +020083 set). Many string options with fixed syntax and names
84 also support completing known values. See
85 |cmdline-completion| and |complete-set-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000086 White space between {option} and '=' is allowed and
87 will be ignored. White space between '=' and {value}
88 is not allowed.
89 See |option-backslash| for using white space and
90 backslashes in {value}.
91
92:se[t] {option}+={value} *:set+=*
93 Add the {value} to a number option, or append the
94 {value} to a string option. When the option is a
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010095 comma-separated list, a comma is added, unless the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000096 value was empty.
97 If the option is a list of flags, superfluous flags
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000098 are removed. When adding a flag that was already
99 present the option value doesn't change.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +0000100 Also see |:set-args| above.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000101
102:se[t] {option}^={value} *:set^=*
103 Multiply the {value} to a number option, or prepend
104 the {value} to a string option. When the option is a
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100105 comma-separated list, a comma is added, unless the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000106 value was empty.
107 Also see |:set-args| above.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000108
109:se[t] {option}-={value} *:set-=*
110 Subtract the {value} from a number option, or remove
111 the {value} from a string option, if it is there.
112 If the {value} is not found in a string option, there
113 is no error or warning. When the option is a comma
114 separated list, a comma is deleted, unless the option
115 becomes empty.
116 When the option is a list of flags, {value} must be
117 exactly as they appear in the option. Remove flags
118 one by one to avoid problems.
Yee Cheng Chin900894b2023-09-29 20:42:32 +0200119 The individual values from a comma separated list or
120 list of flags can be inserted by typing 'wildchar'.
121 See |complete-set-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000122 Also see |:set-args| above.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000123
124The {option} arguments to ":set" may be repeated. For example: >
125 :set ai nosi sw=3 ts=3
126If you make an error in one of the arguments, an error message will be given
127and the following arguments will be ignored.
128
129 *:set-verbose*
130When 'verbose' is non-zero, displaying an option value will also tell where it
131was last set. Example: >
132 :verbose set shiftwidth cindent?
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200133< shiftwidth=4 ~
134 Last set from modeline line 1 ~
135 cindent ~
136 Last set from /usr/local/share/vim/vim60/ftplugin/c.vim line 30 ~
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000137This is only done when specific option values are requested, not for ":verbose
138set all" or ":verbose set" without an argument.
139When the option was set by hand there is no "Last set" message.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000140When the option was set while executing a function, user command or
141autocommand, the script in which it was defined is reported.
142Note that an option may also have been set as a side effect of setting
143'compatible'.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000144A few special texts:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200145 Last set from modeline line 1 ~
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000146 Option was set in a |modeline|.
147 Last set from --cmd argument ~
148 Option was set with command line argument |--cmd| or +.
149 Last set from -c argument ~
150 Option was set with command line argument |-c|, +, |-S| or
151 |-q|.
152 Last set from environment variable ~
153 Option was set from an environment variable, $VIMINIT,
154 $GVIMINIT or $EXINIT.
155 Last set from error handler ~
156 Option was cleared when evaluating it resulted in an error.
157
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +0200158{not available when compiled without the |+eval| feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000159
160 *:set-termcap* *E522*
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +0000161For {option} the form "t_xx" may be used to set a terminal option. This will
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000162override the value from the termcap. You can then use it in a mapping. If
163the "xx" part contains special characters, use the <t_xx> form: >
164 :set <t_#4>=^[Ot
165This can also be used to translate a special code for a normal key. For
166example, if Alt-b produces <Esc>b, use this: >
167 :set <M-b>=^[b
168(the ^[ is a real <Esc> here, use CTRL-V <Esc> to enter it)
169The advantage over a mapping is that it works in all situations.
170
Bram Moolenaar0b2f94d2011-03-22 14:35:05 +0100171You can define any key codes, e.g.: >
172 :set t_xy=^[foo;
173There is no warning for using a name that isn't recognized. You can map these
174codes as you like: >
175 :map <t_xy> something
176< *E846*
177When a key code is not set, it's like it does not exist. Trying to get its
178value will result in an error: >
179 :set t_kb=
180 :set t_kb
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +0000181< E846: Key code not set: t_kb ~
Bram Moolenaar0b2f94d2011-03-22 14:35:05 +0100182
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000183The t_xx options cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
184security reasons.
185
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000186The listing from ":set" looks different from Vi. Long string options are put
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000187at the end of the list. The number of options is quite large. The output of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000188"set all" probably does not fit on the screen, causing Vim to give the
189|more-prompt|.
190
191 *option-backslash*
192To include white space in a string option value it has to be preceded with a
193backslash. To include a backslash you have to use two. Effectively this
194means that the number of backslashes in an option value is halved (rounded
195down).
Yee Cheng Chin54844852023-10-09 18:12:31 +0200196In options 'path', 'cdpath', and 'tags', spaces have to be preceded with three
197backslashes instead for compatibility with version 3.0 where the options can
198be separated by either commas or spaces.
199Comma-separated options like 'backupdir' and 'tags' will also require commas
200to be escaped with two backslashes, whereas this is not needed for
201non-comma-separated ones like 'makeprg'.
202When setting options using |:let| and |literal-string|, you need to use one
203fewer layer of backslash.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000204A few examples: >
Yee Cheng Chin54844852023-10-09 18:12:31 +0200205 :set makeprg=make\ file results in "make file"
206 :let &makeprg='make file' (same as above)
207 :set makeprg=make\\\ file results in "make\ file"
208 :set tags=tags\ /usr/tags results in "tags" and "/usr/tags"
209 :set tags=tags\\\ file results in "tags file"
210 :let &tags='tags\ file' (same as above)
211
212 :set makeprg=make,file results in "make,file"
213 :set makeprg=make\\,file results in "make\,file"
214 :set tags=tags,file results in "tags" and "file"
215 :set tags=tags\\,file results in "tags,file"
216 :let &tags='tags\,file' (same as above)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000217
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000218The "|" character separates a ":set" command from a following command. To
219include the "|" in the option value, use "\|" instead. This example sets the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000220'titlestring' option to "hi|there": >
221 :set titlestring=hi\|there
222This sets the 'titlestring' option to "hi" and 'iconstring' to "there": >
223 :set titlestring=hi|set iconstring=there
224
Bram Moolenaar89a9c152021-08-29 21:55:35 +0200225Similarly, in legacy script the double quote character starts a comment. To
226include the '"' in the option value, use '\"' instead. This example sets the
227'titlestring' option to 'hi "there"': >
Bram Moolenaar7df351e2006-01-23 22:30:28 +0000228 :set titlestring=hi\ \"there\"
229
Bram Moolenaar89a9c152021-08-29 21:55:35 +0200230In |Vim9| script it's simpler, comments start with a '#' character, and only
231when preceded by white space. A backslash is needed less often: >
232 vim9script
233 set titlestring=hi\ "there"
234 set titlestring=hi#there#
235 set titlestring=hi\ \#there#
236
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +0100237For Win32 backslashes in file names are mostly not removed. More precise: For
238options that expect a file name (those where environment variables are
239expanded) a backslash before a normal file name character is not removed. But
240a backslash before a special character (space, backslash, comma, etc.) is used
241like explained above.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000242There is one special situation, when the value starts with "\\": >
243 :set dir=\\machine\path results in "\\machine\path"
244 :set dir=\\\\machine\\path results in "\\machine\path"
245 :set dir=\\path\\file results in "\\path\file" (wrong!)
246For the first one the start is kept, but for the second one the backslashes
247are halved. This makes sure it works both when you expect backslashes to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000248halved and when you expect the backslashes to be kept. The third gives a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000249result which is probably not what you want. Avoid it.
250
251 *add-option-flags* *remove-option-flags*
252 *E539* *E550* *E551* *E552*
253Some options are a list of flags. When you want to add a flag to such an
254option, without changing the existing ones, you can do it like this: >
255 :set guioptions+=a
256Remove a flag from an option like this: >
257 :set guioptions-=a
258This removes the 'a' flag from 'guioptions'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000259Note that you should add or remove one flag at a time. If 'guioptions' has
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000260the value "ab", using "set guioptions-=ba" won't work, because the string "ba"
261doesn't appear.
262
263 *:set_env* *expand-env* *expand-environment-var*
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000264Environment variables in specific string options will be expanded. If the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000265environment variable exists the '$' and the following environment variable
266name is replaced with its value. If it does not exist the '$' and the name
267are not modified. Any non-id character (not a letter, digit or '_') may
268follow the environment variable name. That character and what follows is
269appended to the value of the environment variable. Examples: >
270 :set term=$TERM.new
271 :set path=/usr/$INCLUDE,$HOME/include,.
272When adding or removing a string from an option with ":set opt-=val" or ":set
273opt+=val" the expansion is done before the adding or removing.
274
275
276Handling of local options *local-options*
277
Christian Brabandt4a8eb6e2023-08-13 19:43:42 +0200278Note: The following also applies to |global-local| options.
279
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000280Some of the options only apply to a window or buffer. Each window or buffer
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100281has its own copy of this option, thus each can have its own value. This
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000282allows you to set 'list' in one window but not in another. And set
283'shiftwidth' to 3 in one buffer and 4 in another.
284
285The following explains what happens to these local options in specific
286situations. You don't really need to know all of this, since Vim mostly uses
287the option values you would expect. Unfortunately, doing what the user
288expects is a bit complicated...
289
290When splitting a window, the local options are copied to the new window. Thus
291right after the split the contents of the two windows look the same.
292
293When editing a new buffer, its local option values must be initialized. Since
294the local options of the current buffer might be specifically for that buffer,
295these are not used. Instead, for each buffer-local option there also is a
296global value, which is used for new buffers. With ":set" both the local and
297global value is changed. With "setlocal" only the local value is changed,
298thus this value is not used when editing a new buffer.
299
Bram Moolenaar95ec9d62016-08-12 18:29:59 +0200300When editing a buffer that has been edited before, the options from the window
301that was last closed are used again. If this buffer has been edited in this
302window, the values from back then are used. Otherwise the values from the
303last closed window where the buffer was edited last are used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000304
305It's possible to set a local window option specifically for a type of buffer.
306When you edit another buffer in the same window, you don't want to keep
307using these local window options. Therefore Vim keeps a global value of the
308local window options, which is used when editing another buffer. Each window
309has its own copy of these values. Thus these are local to the window, but
310global to all buffers in the window. With this you can do: >
311 :e one
312 :set list
313 :e two
314Now the 'list' option will also be set in "two", since with the ":set list"
315command you have also set the global value. >
316 :set nolist
317 :e one
318 :setlocal list
319 :e two
320Now the 'list' option is not set, because ":set nolist" resets the global
321value, ":setlocal list" only changes the local value and ":e two" gets the
322global value. Note that if you do this next: >
323 :e one
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +0200324You will get back the 'list' value as it was the last time you edited "one".
325The options local to a window are remembered for each buffer. This also
326happens when the buffer is not loaded, but they are lost when the buffer is
327wiped out |:bwipe|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000328
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +0200329Special local window options *local-noglobal*
Christian Brabandt4a8eb6e2023-08-13 19:43:42 +0200330
331The following local window options won't be copied over when new windows are
332created, thus they behave slightly differently:
333
334 Option Reason ~
335 'previewwindow' there can only be a single one
336 'scroll' specific to existing window
zeertzjq0049a492024-03-11 23:13:16 +0800337 'winfixbuf' specific to existing window
Christian Brabandt4a8eb6e2023-08-13 19:43:42 +0200338 'winfixheight' specific to existing window
339 'winfixwidth' specific to existing window
340
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +0200341Special local buffer options
Christian Brabandt4a8eb6e2023-08-13 19:43:42 +0200342
343The following local buffer options won't be copied over when new buffers are
344created, thus they behave slightly differently:
345
346 Option Reason ~
347 'filetype' explicitly set by autocommands
348 'syntax' explicitly set by autocommands
349 'bufhidden' denote |special-buffers|
350 'buftype' denote |special-buffers|
351 'readonly' will be detected automatically
352 'modified' will be detected automatically
353
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000354 *:setl* *:setlocal*
Bram Moolenaar6b915c02020-01-18 15:53:19 +0100355:setl[ocal][!] ... Like ":set" but set only the value local to the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000356 current buffer or window. Not all options have a
357 local value. If the option does not have a local
358 value the global value is set.
Bram Moolenaarc3301872010-07-25 20:53:06 +0200359 With the "all" argument: display local values for all
360 local options.
361 Without argument: Display local values for all local
362 options which are different from the default.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000363 When displaying a specific local option, show the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000364 local value. For a global/local boolean option, when
365 the global value is being used, "--" is displayed
366 before the option name.
367 For a global option the global value is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000368 shown (but that might change in the future).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000369
Matt Ellis374e26a2024-02-24 17:02:43 +0100370:se[t] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global
zeertzjqd086b8f2024-02-25 15:42:52 +0800371 value.
Matt Ellis374e26a2024-02-24 17:02:43 +0100372 For string |global-local| options, the local value is
373 removed, so that the global value will be used.
374 For all other options, the global value is copied to
375 the local value.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +0000376
Matt Ellis374e26a2024-02-24 17:02:43 +0100377:setl[ocal] {option}< Set the effective value of {option} to its global
zeertzjqd086b8f2024-02-25 15:42:52 +0800378 value.
Matt Ellis374e26a2024-02-24 17:02:43 +0100379 For number and boolean |global-local| options, the
380 local value is removed, so that the global value will
381 be used.
382 For all other options, including string |global-local|
383 options, the global value is copied to the local
384 value.
385
386Note that the behaviour for |global-local| options is slightly different
387between string and number-based options.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000388
389 *:setg* *:setglobal*
Bram Moolenaar6b915c02020-01-18 15:53:19 +0100390:setg[lobal][!] ... Like ":set" but set only the global value for a local
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000391 option without changing the local value.
392 When displaying an option, the global value is shown.
Bram Moolenaarc3301872010-07-25 20:53:06 +0200393 With the "all" argument: display global values for all
394 local options.
395 Without argument: display global values for all local
396 options which are different from the default.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000397
398For buffer-local and window-local options:
Millyd9af78b2024-09-26 15:54:43 +0200399 Command global value local value condition ~
400 :set option=value set set
401 :setlocal option=value - set
402:setglobal option=value set -
403 :set option? - display local value is set
404 :set option? display - local value is not set
405 :setlocal option? - display
406:setglobal option? display -
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000407
408
409Global options with a local value *global-local*
410
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000411Options are global when you mostly use one value for all buffers and windows.
412For some global options it's useful to sometimes have a different local value.
413You can set the local value with ":setlocal". That buffer or window will then
414use the local value, while other buffers and windows continue using the global
415value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000416
417For example, you have two windows, both on C source code. They use the global
418'makeprg' option. If you do this in one of the two windows: >
419 :set makeprg=gmake
420then the other window will switch to the same value. There is no need to set
421the 'makeprg' option in the other C source window too.
422However, if you start editing a Perl file in a new window, you want to use
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +0000423another 'makeprg' for it, without changing the value used for the C source
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000424files. You use this command: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000425 :setlocal makeprg=perlmake
426You can switch back to using the global value by making the local value empty: >
427 :setlocal makeprg=
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100428This only works for a string option. For a number or boolean option you need
429to use the "<" flag, like this: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000430 :setlocal autoread<
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100431Note that for non-boolean and non-number options using "<" copies the global
432value to the local value, it doesn't switch back to using the global value
433(that matters when the global value changes later). You can also use: >
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +0000434 :set path<
435This will make the local value of 'path' empty, so that the global value is
436used. Thus it does the same as: >
437 :setlocal path=
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +0000438Note: In the future more global options can be made |global-local|. Using
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000439":setlocal" on a global option might work differently then.
440
Yegappan Lakshmanan777175b2021-11-18 22:08:57 +0000441 *option-value-function*
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +0100442Some options ('completefunc', 'findfunc', 'imactivatefunc', 'imstatusfunc',
443'omnifunc', 'operatorfunc', 'quickfixtextfunc', 'tagfunc' and 'thesaurusfunc')
444are set to a function name or a function reference or a lambda function. When
445using a lambda it will be converted to the name, e.g. "<lambda>123".
446Examples:
Yegappan Lakshmanan777175b2021-11-18 22:08:57 +0000447>
448 set opfunc=MyOpFunc
Yegappan Lakshmanan19916a82021-11-24 16:32:55 +0000449 set opfunc=function('MyOpFunc')
450 set opfunc=funcref('MyOpFunc')
Yegappan Lakshmanan05e59e32021-12-01 10:30:07 +0000451 set opfunc={a\ ->\ MyOpFunc(a)}
Bram Moolenaar1fca5f32022-02-18 17:50:47 +0000452
453Set to a script-local function: >
454 set opfunc=s:MyLocalFunc
455 set opfunc=<SID>MyLocalFunc
456In |Vim9| script the "s:" and "<SID>" can be omitted if the function exists in
457the script: >
458 set opfunc=MyLocalFunc
459
460Set using a funcref variable: >
Yegappan Lakshmanan05e59e32021-12-01 10:30:07 +0000461 let Fn = function('MyTagFunc')
Bram Moolenaarfa3b7232021-12-24 13:18:38 +0000462 let &tagfunc = Fn
Bram Moolenaar1fca5f32022-02-18 17:50:47 +0000463
464Set using a lambda expression: >
Yegappan Lakshmanan64095532021-12-06 11:03:55 +0000465 let &tagfunc = {t -> MyTagFunc(t)}
Bram Moolenaar1fca5f32022-02-18 17:50:47 +0000466
467Set using a variable with lambda expression: >
Yegappan Lakshmanan05e59e32021-12-01 10:30:07 +0000468 let L = {a, b, c -> MyTagFunc(a, b , c)}
Yegappan Lakshmanan64095532021-12-06 11:03:55 +0000469 let &tagfunc = L
Bram Moolenaar7b1463b2021-12-11 17:24:39 +0000470
471In Vim9 script, in a compiled function, you can use a lambda, but a
Aliaksei Budaveib043ff32023-10-03 17:39:53 +0300472closure does not work, because the function will be called without the
Bram Moolenaar7b1463b2021-12-11 17:24:39 +0000473context of where it was defined.
474
Yegappan Lakshmanan777175b2021-11-18 22:08:57 +0000475
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000476Setting the filetype
477
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200478:setf[iletype] [FALLBACK] {filetype} *:setf* *:setfiletype*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000479 Set the 'filetype' option to {filetype}, but only if
480 not done yet in a sequence of (nested) autocommands.
481 This is short for: >
482 :if !did_filetype()
483 : setlocal filetype={filetype}
484 :endif
485< This command is used in a filetype.vim file to avoid
486 setting the 'filetype' option twice, causing different
487 settings and syntax files to be loaded.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200488
489 When the optional FALLBACK argument is present, a
490 later :setfiletype command will override the
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100491 'filetype'. This is to be used for filetype
492 detections that are just a guess. |did_filetype()|
493 will return false after this command.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200494
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +0100495 *option-window* *optwin*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000496:bro[wse] se[t] *:set-browse* *:browse-set* *:opt* *:options*
497:opt[ions] Open a window for viewing and setting all options.
498 Options are grouped by function.
499 Offers short help for each option. Hit <CR> on the
500 short help to open a help window with more help for
501 the option.
502 Modify the value of the option and hit <CR> on the
503 "set" line to set the new value. For window and
504 buffer specific options, the last accessed window is
505 used to set the option value in, unless this is a help
506 window, in which case the window below help window is
507 used (skipping the option-window).
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100508 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
509 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000510
511 *$HOME*
512Using "~" is like using "$HOME", but it is only recognized at the start of an
513option and after a space or comma.
514
515On Unix systems "~user" can be used too. It is replaced by the home directory
516of user "user". Example: >
517 :set path=~mool/include,/usr/include,.
518
519On Unix systems the form "${HOME}" can be used too. The name between {} can
520contain non-id characters then. Note that if you want to use this for the
521"gf" command, you need to add the '{' and '}' characters to 'isfname'.
522
523NOTE: expanding environment variables and "~/" is only done with the ":set"
524command, not when assigning a value to an option with ":let".
525
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200526 *$HOME-windows*
527On MS-Windows, if $HOME is not defined as an environment variable, then
528at runtime Vim will set it to the expansion of $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH.
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200529If $HOMEDRIVE is not set then $USERPROFILE is used.
530
531This expanded value is not exported to the environment, this matters when
532running an external command: >
533 :echo system('set | findstr ^HOME=')
534and >
535 :echo luaeval('os.getenv("HOME")')
536should echo nothing (an empty string) despite exists('$HOME') being true.
537When setting $HOME to a non-empty string it will be exported to the
538subprocesses.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200539
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000540
541Note the maximum length of an expanded option is limited. How much depends on
542the system, mostly it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
543
544 *:fix* *:fixdel*
545:fix[del] Set the value of 't_kD':
546 't_kb' is 't_kD' becomes ~
547 CTRL-? CTRL-H
548 not CTRL-? CTRL-?
549
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100550 (CTRL-? is 0o177 octal, 0x7f hex)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000551
552 If your delete key terminal code is wrong, but the
553 code for backspace is alright, you can put this in
554 your .vimrc: >
555 :fixdel
556< This works no matter what the actual code for
557 backspace is.
558
559 If the backspace key terminal code is wrong you can
560 use this: >
561 :if &term == "termname"
562 : set t_kb=^V<BS>
563 : fixdel
564 :endif
565< Where "^V" is CTRL-V and "<BS>" is the backspace key
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000566 (don't type four characters!). Replace "termname"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000567 with your terminal name.
568
569 If your <Delete> key sends a strange key sequence (not
570 CTRL-? or CTRL-H) you cannot use ":fixdel". Then use: >
571 :if &term == "termname"
572 : set t_kD=^V<Delete>
573 :endif
574< Where "^V" is CTRL-V and "<Delete>" is the delete key
575 (don't type eight characters!). Replace "termname"
576 with your terminal name.
577
578 *Linux-backspace*
579 Note about Linux: By default the backspace key
580 produces CTRL-?, which is wrong. You can fix it by
581 putting this line in your rc.local: >
582 echo "keycode 14 = BackSpace" | loadkeys
583<
584 *NetBSD-backspace*
585 Note about NetBSD: If your backspace doesn't produce
586 the right code, try this: >
587 xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
588< If this works, add this in your .Xmodmap file: >
589 keysym 22 = BackSpace
590< You need to restart for this to take effect.
591
592==============================================================================
5932. Automatically setting options *auto-setting*
594
595Besides changing options with the ":set" command, there are three alternatives
596to set options automatically for one or more files:
597
5981. When starting Vim initializations are read from various places. See
599 |initialization|. Most of them are performed for all editing sessions,
600 and some of them depend on the directory where Vim is started.
601 You can create an initialization file with |:mkvimrc|, |:mkview| and
602 |:mksession|.
6032. If you start editing a new file, the automatic commands are executed.
604 This can be used to set options for files matching a particular pattern and
605 many other things. See |autocommand|.
6063. If you start editing a new file, and the 'modeline' option is on, a
607 number of lines at the beginning and end of the file are checked for
608 modelines. This is explained here.
609
610 *modeline* *vim:* *vi:* *ex:* *E520*
611There are two forms of modelines. The first form:
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100612 [text{white}]{vi:|vim:|ex:}[white]{options}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000613
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100614[text{white}] empty or any text followed by at least one blank
615 character (<Space> or <Tab>); "ex:" always requires at
616 least one blank character
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200617{vi:|vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:" or "ex:"
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200618[white] optional white space
619{options} a list of option settings, separated with white space
620 or ':', where each part between ':' is the argument
621 for a ":set" command (can be empty)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000622
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200623Examples:
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000624 vi:noai:sw=3 ts=6 ~
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200625 vim: tw=77 ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000626
627The second form (this is compatible with some versions of Vi):
628
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100629 [text{white}]{vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:}[white]se[t] {options}:[text]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000630
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100631[text{white}] empty or any text followed by at least one blank
632 character (<Space> or <Tab>); "ex:" always requires at
633 least one blank character
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200634{vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:} the string "vi:", "vim:", "Vim:" or "ex:"
635[white] optional white space
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200636se[t] the string "set " or "se " (note the space); When
637 "Vim" is used it must be "set".
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200638{options} a list of options, separated with white space, which
639 is the argument for a ":set" command
640: a colon
641[text] any text or empty
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000642
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200643Examples:
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000644 /* vim: set ai tw=75: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +0200645 /* Vim: set ai tw=75: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000646
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200647The white space before {vi:|vim:|Vim:|ex:} is required. This minimizes the
648chance that a normal word like "lex:" is caught. There is one exception:
649"vi:" and "vim:" can also be at the start of the line (for compatibility with
650version 3.0). Using "ex:" at the start of the line will be ignored (this
651could be short for "example:").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000652
Hu Jialun9dcd3492021-08-28 20:42:50 +0200653If the modeline is disabled within a modeline, subsequent modelines will be
654ignored. This is to allow turning off modeline on a per-file basis. This is
655useful when a line looks like a modeline but isn't. For example, it would be
656good to start a YAML file containing strings like "vim:" with
657 # vim: nomodeline ~
658so as to avoid modeline misdetection. Following options on the same line
659after modeline deactivation, if any, are still evaluated (but you would
660normally not have any).
661
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000662 *modeline-local*
663The options are set like with ":setlocal": The new value only applies to the
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000664buffer and window that contain the file. Although it's possible to set global
665options from a modeline, this is unusual. If you have two windows open and
666the files in it set the same global option to a different value, the result
667depends on which one was opened last.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000668
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000669When editing a file that was already loaded, only the window-local options
670from the modeline are used. Thus if you manually changed a buffer-local
671option after opening the file, it won't be changed if you edit the same buffer
672in another window. But window-local options will be set.
673
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000674 *modeline-version*
675If the modeline is only to be used for some versions of Vim, the version
Bram Moolenaar22dbc772013-06-28 18:44:48 +0200676number can be specified where "vim:" or "Vim:" is used:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000677 vim{vers}: version {vers} or later
678 vim<{vers}: version before {vers}
679 vim={vers}: version {vers}
680 vim>{vers}: version after {vers}
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +0100681{vers} is 700 for Vim 7.0 (hundred times the major version plus minor).
682For example, to use a modeline only for Vim 7.0:
683 /* vim700: set foldmethod=marker */ ~
684To use a modeline for Vim after version 7.2:
685 /* vim>702: set cole=2: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000686There can be no blanks between "vim" and the ":".
687
688
689The number of lines that are checked can be set with the 'modelines' option.
690If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is 0 no lines are checked.
691
692Note that for the first form all of the rest of the line is used, thus a line
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000693like:
694 /* vi:ts=4: */ ~
695will give an error message for the trailing "*/". This line is OK:
696 /* vi:set ts=4: */ ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000697
698If an error is detected the rest of the line is skipped.
699
700If you want to include a ':' in a set command precede it with a '\'. The
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000701backslash in front of the ':' will be removed. Example:
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100702 /* vi:set fillchars=stl\:^,vert\:\|: */ ~
703This sets the 'fillchars' option to "stl:^,vert:\|". Only a single backslash
704before the ':' is removed. Thus to include "\:" you have to specify "\\:".
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +0200705 *E992*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000706No other commands than "set" are supported, for security reasons (somebody
Bram Moolenaar8243a792007-05-01 17:05:03 +0000707might create a Trojan horse text file with modelines). And not all options
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +0200708can be set. For some options a flag is set, so that when the value is used
709the |sandbox| is effective. Some options can only be set from the modeline
710when 'modelineexpr' is set (the default is off).
711
712Still, there is always a small risk that a modeline causes trouble. E.g.,
713when some joker sets 'textwidth' to 5 all your lines are wrapped unexpectedly.
714So disable modelines before editing untrusted text. The mail ftplugin does
715this, for example.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000716
717Hint: If you would like to do something else than setting an option, you could
718define an autocommand that checks the file for a specific string. For
719example: >
720 au BufReadPost * if getline(1) =~ "VAR" | call SetVar() | endif
721And define a function SetVar() that does something with the line containing
722"VAR".
723
724==============================================================================
7253. Options summary *option-summary*
726
727In the list below all the options are mentioned with their full name and with
728an abbreviation if there is one. Both forms may be used.
729
730In this document when a boolean option is "set" that means that ":set option"
731is entered. When an option is "reset", ":set nooption" is used.
732
733For some options there are two default values: The "Vim default", which is
734used when 'compatible' is not set, and the "Vi default", which is used when
735'compatible' is set.
736
737Most options are the same in all windows and buffers. There are a few that
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000738are specific to how the text is presented in a window. These can be set to a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000739different value in each window. For example the 'list' option can be set in
740one window and reset in another for the same text, giving both types of view
741at the same time. There are a few options that are specific to a certain
742file. These can have a different value for each file or buffer. For example
743the 'textwidth' option can be 78 for a normal text file and 0 for a C
744program.
745
746 global one option for all buffers and windows
747 local to window each window has its own copy of this option
748 local to buffer each buffer has its own copy of this option
749
750When creating a new window the option values from the currently active window
751are used as a default value for the window-specific options. For the
752buffer-specific options this depends on the 's' and 'S' flags in the
753'cpoptions' option. If 's' is included (which is the default) the values for
754buffer options are copied from the currently active buffer when a buffer is
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000755first entered. If 'S' is present the options are copied each time the buffer
756is entered, this is almost like having global options. If 's' and 'S' are not
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000757present, the options are copied from the currently active buffer when the
758buffer is created.
759
Bram Moolenaar578b49e2005-09-10 19:22:57 +0000760Hidden options *hidden-options*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000761
Bram Moolenaar578b49e2005-09-10 19:22:57 +0000762Not all options are supported in all versions. This depends on the supported
763features and sometimes on the system. A remark about this is in curly braces
764below. When an option is not supported it may still be set without getting an
765error, this is called a hidden option. You can't get the value of a hidden
766option though, it is not stored.
767
768To test if option "foo" can be used with ":set" use something like this: >
769 if exists('&foo')
770This also returns true for a hidden option. To test if option "foo" is really
771supported use something like this: >
772 if exists('+foo')
773<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000774 *E355*
775A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
776
777 *'aleph'* *'al'* *aleph* *Aleph*
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +0100778'aleph' 'al' number (default 128 for MS-Windows, 224 otherwise)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000779 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000780 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
781 feature}
782 The ASCII code for the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The
783 routine that maps the keyboard in Hebrew mode, both in Insert mode
784 (when hkmap is set) and on the command-line (when hitting CTRL-_)
785 outputs the Hebrew characters in the range [aleph..aleph+26].
786 aleph=128 applies to PC code, and aleph=224 applies to ISO 8859-8.
787 See |rileft.txt|.
788
789 *'allowrevins'* *'ari'* *'noallowrevins'* *'noari'*
790'allowrevins' 'ari' boolean (default off)
791 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000792 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
793 feature}
794 Allow CTRL-_ in Insert and Command-line mode. This is default off, to
795 avoid that users that accidentally type CTRL-_ instead of SHIFT-_ get
796 into reverse Insert mode, and don't know how to get out. See
797 'revins'.
798 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
799
800 *'altkeymap'* *'akm'* *'noaltkeymap'* *'noakm'*
801'altkeymap' 'akm' boolean (default off)
802 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000803 {only available when compiled with the |+farsi|
804 feature}
Bram Moolenaar14184a32019-02-16 15:10:30 +0100805 This option was for using Farsi, which has been removed. See
806 |farsi.txt|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000807
808 *'ambiwidth'* *'ambw'*
809'ambiwidth' 'ambw' string (default: "single")
810 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000811 Only effective when 'encoding' is "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding.
812 Tells Vim what to do with characters with East Asian Width Class
813 Ambiguous (such as Euro, Registered Sign, Copyright Sign, Greek
814 letters, Cyrillic letters).
815
816 There are currently two possible values:
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000817 "single": Use the same width as characters in US-ASCII. This is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000818 expected by most users.
819 "double": Use twice the width of ASCII characters.
Bram Moolenaar5c3bd0a2010-08-04 20:55:44 +0200820 *E834* *E835*
821 The value "double" cannot be used if 'listchars' or 'fillchars'
Bram Moolenaar079ba762021-10-23 12:08:41 +0100822 contains a character that would be double width. These errors may
823 also be given when calling setcellwidths().
Bram Moolenaar08aac3c2020-08-28 21:04:24 +0200824
825 The values are overruled for characters specified with
826 |setcellwidths()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000827
828 There are a number of CJK fonts for which the width of glyphs for
829 those characters are solely based on how many octets they take in
830 legacy/traditional CJK encodings. In those encodings, Euro,
831 Registered sign, Greek/Cyrillic letters are represented by two octets,
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000832 therefore those fonts have "wide" glyphs for them. This is also
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000833 true of some line drawing characters used to make tables in text
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +0000834 file. Therefore, when a CJK font is used for GUI Vim or
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000835 Vim is running inside a terminal (emulators) that uses a CJK font
836 (or Vim is run inside an xterm invoked with "-cjkwidth" option.),
837 this option should be set to "double" to match the width perceived
838 by Vim with the width of glyphs in the font. Perhaps it also has
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100839 to be set to "double" under CJK MS-Windows when the system locale is
840 set to one of CJK locales. See Unicode Standard Annex #11
841 (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000842
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +0100843 Vim may set this option automatically at startup time when Vim is
844 compiled with the |+termresponse| feature and if |t_u7| is set to the
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200845 escape sequence to request cursor position report. The response can
846 be found in |v:termu7resp|.
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +0100847
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000848 *'antialias'* *'anti'* *'noantialias'* *'noanti'*
849'antialias' 'anti' boolean (default: off)
850 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000851 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +0200852 on macOS}
853 This option only has an effect in the GUI version of Vim on macOS
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000854 v10.2 or later. When on, Vim will use smooth ("antialiased") fonts,
855 which can be easier to read at certain sizes on certain displays.
856 Setting this option can sometimes cause problems if 'guifont' is set
857 to its default (empty string).
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +0100858 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000859
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000860 *'arabic'* *'arab'* *'noarabic'* *'noarab'*
861'arabic' 'arab' boolean (default off)
862 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000863 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
864 feature}
865 This option can be set to start editing Arabic text.
866 Setting this option will:
867 - Set the 'rightleft' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
868 - Set the 'arabicshape' option, unless 'termbidi' is set.
869 - Set the 'keymap' option to "arabic"; in Insert mode CTRL-^ toggles
870 between typing English and Arabic key mapping.
871 - Set the 'delcombine' option
872 Note that 'encoding' must be "utf-8" for working with Arabic text.
873
874 Resetting this option will:
875 - Reset the 'rightleft' option.
876 - Disable the use of 'keymap' (without changing its value).
877 Note that 'arabicshape' and 'delcombine' are not reset (it is a global
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +0200878 option).
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +0100879 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000880 Also see |arabic.txt|.
881
882 *'arabicshape'* *'arshape'*
883 *'noarabicshape'* *'noarshape'*
884'arabicshape' 'arshape' boolean (default on)
885 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000886 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
887 feature}
888 When on and 'termbidi' is off, the required visual character
889 corrections that need to take place for displaying the Arabic language
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200890 take effect. Shaping, in essence, gets enabled; the term is a broad
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000891 one which encompasses:
892 a) the changing/morphing of characters based on their location
893 within a word (initial, medial, final and stand-alone).
894 b) the enabling of the ability to compose characters
895 c) the enabling of the required combining of some characters
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +0100896 When disabled the display shows each character's true stand-alone
897 form.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000898 Arabic is a complex language which requires other settings, for
899 further details see |arabic.txt|.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +0100900 NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000901
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +0100902 *'autochdir'* *'acd'* *'noautochdir'* *'noacd'*
903'autochdir' 'acd' boolean (default off)
904 global
905 {only available when compiled with it, use
906 exists("+autochdir") to check}
907 When on, Vim will change the current working directory whenever you
908 open a file, switch buffers, delete a buffer or open/close a window.
909 It will change to the directory containing the file which was opened
910 or selected. When a buffer has no name it also has no directory, thus
911 the current directory won't change when navigating to it.
912 Note: When this option is on some plugins may not work.
913
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000914 *'autoindent'* *'ai'* *'noautoindent'* *'noai'*
915'autoindent' 'ai' boolean (default off)
916 local to buffer
917 Copy indent from current line when starting a new line (typing <CR>
918 in Insert mode or when using the "o" or "O" command). If you do not
919 type anything on the new line except <BS> or CTRL-D and then type
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +0000920 <Esc>, CTRL-O or <CR>, the indent is deleted again. Moving the cursor
921 to another line has the same effect, unless the 'I' flag is included
922 in 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000923 When autoindent is on, formatting (with the "gq" command or when you
924 reach 'textwidth' in Insert mode) uses the indentation of the first
925 line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000926 When 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is on the indent is changed in
927 a different way.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +0200928 The 'autoindent' option is reset when the 'paste' option is set and
929 restored when 'paste' is reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000930
931 *'autoread'* *'ar'* *'noautoread'* *'noar'*
932'autoread' 'ar' boolean (default off)
933 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000934 When a file has been detected to have been changed outside of Vim and
935 it has not been changed inside of Vim, automatically read it again.
Bram Moolenaarfd358112018-07-07 23:21:31 +0200936 When the file has been deleted this is not done, so you have the text
937 from before it was deleted. When it appears again then it is read.
938 |timestamp|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000939 If this option has a local value, use this command to switch back to
940 using the global value: >
941 :set autoread<
942<
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +0100943
944 *'autoshelldir'* *'asd'* *'noautoshelldir'* *'noasd'*
945'autoshelldir' 'asd' boolean (default off)
946 global
947 When on, Vim will change the current working directory whenever you
948 change the directory of the shell running in a terminal window. You
949 need proper setting-up, so whenever the shell's pwd changes an OSC 7
950 escape sequence will be emitted. For example, on Linux, you can
951 source /etc/profile.d/vte.sh in your shell profile if you use bash or
952 zsh. For bash this should work (put it in a bash init file): >
953 if [[ -n "$VIM_TERMINAL" ]]; then
954 PROMPT_COMMAND='_vim_sync_PWD'
955 function _vim_sync_PWD() {
956 printf '\033]7;file://%s\033\\' "$PWD"
957 }
958 fi
959<
960 Or, in a zsh init file: >
961 if [[ -n "$VIM_TERMINAL" ]]; then
962 autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
963 add-zsh-hook -Uz chpwd _vim_sync_PWD
964 function _vim_sync_PWD() {
965 printf '\033]7;file://%s\033\\' "$PWD"
966 }
967 fi
968<
969 In a fish init file: >
970 if test -n "$VIM_TERMINAL"
971 function _vim_sync_PWD --on-variable=PWD
972 printf '\033]7;file://%s\033\\' "$PWD"
973 end
974 end
975<
976 You can find an alternative method at |terminal-autoshelldir|.
977 When the parsing of the OSC sequence fails you get *E1179* .
978
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000979 *'autowrite'* *'aw'* *'noautowrite'* *'noaw'*
980'autowrite' 'aw' boolean (default off)
981 global
982 Write the contents of the file, if it has been modified, on each
Bram Moolenaar47003982021-12-05 21:54:04 +0000983 `:next`, `:rewind`, `:last`, `:first`, `:previous`, `:stop`,
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +0000984 `:suspend`, `:tag`, `:!`, `:make`, CTRL-] and CTRL-^ command; and when
985 a `:buffer`, CTRL-O, CTRL-I, '{A-Z0-9}, or `{A-Z0-9} command takes one
Bram Moolenaar47003982021-12-05 21:54:04 +0000986 to another file.
987 A buffer is not written if it becomes hidden, e.g. when 'bufhidden' is
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +0000988 set to "hide" and `:next` is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000989 Note that for some commands the 'autowrite' option is not used, see
990 'autowriteall' for that.
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200991 Some buffers will not be written, specifically when 'buftype' is
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200992 "nowrite", "nofile", "terminal" or "prompt".
Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +0100993 USE WITH CARE: If you make temporary changes to a buffer that you
994 don't want to be saved this option may cause it to be saved anyway.
995 Renaming the buffer with ":file {name}" may help avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000996
997 *'autowriteall'* *'awa'* *'noautowriteall'* *'noawa'*
998'autowriteall' 'awa' boolean (default off)
999 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001000 Like 'autowrite', but also used for commands ":edit", ":enew", ":quit",
1001 ":qall", ":exit", ":xit", ":recover" and closing the Vim window.
1002 Setting this option also implies that Vim behaves like 'autowrite' has
1003 been set.
1004
1005 *'background'* *'bg'*
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02001006'background' 'bg' string (default "dark" or "light", see below)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001007 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001008 When set to "dark", Vim will try to use colors that look good on a
1009 dark background. When set to "light", Vim will try to use colors that
1010 look good on a light background. Any other value is illegal.
1011 Vim tries to set the default value according to the terminal used.
1012 This will not always be correct.
1013 Setting this option does not change the background color, it tells Vim
1014 what the background color looks like. For changing the background
1015 color, see |:hi-normal|.
1016
Gregory Anders83ad2722024-01-03 19:48:51 +01001017 When 'background' is changed Vim will adjust the default color groups
1018 for the new value. But the colors used for syntax highlighting will
1019 not change. *g:colors_name*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001020 When a color scheme is loaded (the "g:colors_name" variable is set)
Gregory Anders83ad2722024-01-03 19:48:51 +01001021 changing 'background' will cause the color scheme to be reloaded. If
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001022 the color scheme adjusts to the value of 'background' this will work.
1023 However, if the color scheme sets 'background' itself the effect may
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001024 be undone. First delete the "g:colors_name" variable when needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001025
1026 When setting 'background' to the default value with: >
1027 :set background&
1028< Vim will guess the value. In the GUI this should work correctly,
1029 in other cases Vim might not be able to guess the right value.
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02001030 If the GUI supports a dark theme, you can use the "d" flag in
Bram Moolenaar50bf7ce2019-09-15 13:17:00 +02001031 'guioptions', see 'go-d'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001032
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001033 When the |t_RB| option is set, Vim will use it to request the background
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001034 color from the terminal. If the returned RGB value is dark/light and
1035 'background' is not dark/light, 'background' will be set and the
1036 screen is redrawn. This may have side effects, make t_BG empty in
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001037 your .vimrc if you suspect this problem. The response to |t_RB| can
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001038 be found in |v:termrbgresp|.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001039
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001040 When starting the GUI, the default value for 'background' will be
1041 "light". When the value is not set in the .gvimrc, and Vim detects
1042 that the background is actually quite dark, 'background' is set to
1043 "dark". But this happens only AFTER the .gvimrc file has been read
1044 (because the window needs to be opened to find the actual background
1045 color). To get around this, force the GUI window to be opened by
1046 putting a ":gui" command in the .gvimrc file, before where the value
1047 of 'background' is used (e.g., before ":syntax on").
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02001048
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01001049 For MS-Windows the default is "dark".
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02001050 For other systems "dark" is used when 'term' is "linux",
1051 "screen.linux", "cygwin" or "putty", or $COLORFGBG suggests a dark
1052 background. Otherwise the default is "light".
1053
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02001054 The |:terminal| command and the |term_start()| function use the
1055 'background' value to decide whether the terminal window will start
1056 with a white or black background.
1057
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001058 Normally this option would be set in the .vimrc file. Possibly
1059 depending on the terminal name. Example: >
1060 :if &term == "pcterm"
1061 : set background=dark
1062 :endif
1063< When this option is set, the default settings for the highlight groups
1064 will change. To use other settings, place ":highlight" commands AFTER
1065 the setting of the 'background' option.
1066 This option is also used in the "$VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim" file
1067 to select the colors for syntax highlighting. After changing this
1068 option, you must load syntax.vim again to see the result. This can be
1069 done with ":syntax on".
1070
1071 *'backspace'* *'bs'*
h-eastb534e802024-12-03 20:37:52 +01001072'backspace' 'bs' string (Vim default: "indent,eol,start",
1073 Vi default: "")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001074 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001075 Influences the working of <BS>, <Del>, CTRL-W and CTRL-U in Insert
1076 mode. This is a list of items, separated by commas. Each item allows
1077 a way to backspace over something:
1078 value effect ~
1079 indent allow backspacing over autoindent
1080 eol allow backspacing over line breaks (join lines)
1081 start allow backspacing over the start of insert; CTRL-W and CTRL-U
1082 stop once at the start of insert.
Bram Moolenaaraa0489e2020-04-17 19:41:21 +02001083 nostop like start, except CTRL-W and CTRL-U do not stop at the start of
1084 insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001085
Bram Moolenaar46eea442022-03-30 10:51:39 +01001086 When the value is empty, Vi compatible backspacing is used, none of
1087 the ways mentioned for the items above are possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001088
1089 For backwards compatibility with version 5.4 and earlier:
1090 value effect ~
1091 0 same as ":set backspace=" (Vi compatible)
1092 1 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol"
1093 2 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol,start"
Bram Moolenaaraa0489e2020-04-17 19:41:21 +02001094 3 same as ":set backspace=indent,eol,nostop"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001095
1096 See |:fixdel| if your <BS> or <Del> key does not do what you want.
1097 NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
1098
1099 *'backup'* *'bk'* *'nobackup'* *'nobk'*
1100'backup' 'bk' boolean (default off)
1101 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001102 Make a backup before overwriting a file. Leave it around after the
1103 file has been successfully written. If you do not want to keep the
1104 backup file, but you do want a backup while the file is being
1105 written, reset this option and set the 'writebackup' option (this is
1106 the default). If you do not want a backup file at all reset both
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001107 options (use this if your file system is almost full). See the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001108 |backup-table| for more explanations.
1109 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
1110 When 'patchmode' is set, the backup may be renamed to become the
1111 oldest version of a file.
1112 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
1113
1114 *'backupcopy'* *'bkc'*
1115'backupcopy' 'bkc' string (Vi default for Unix: "yes", otherwise: "auto")
Bram Moolenaarb8ee25a2014-09-23 15:45:08 +02001116 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001117 When writing a file and a backup is made, this option tells how it's
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001118 done. This is a comma-separated list of words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001119
1120 The main values are:
1121 "yes" make a copy of the file and overwrite the original one
1122 "no" rename the file and write a new one
1123 "auto" one of the previous, what works best
1124
1125 Extra values that can be combined with the ones above are:
1126 "breaksymlink" always break symlinks when writing
1127 "breakhardlink" always break hardlinks when writing
1128
1129 Making a copy and overwriting the original file:
1130 - Takes extra time to copy the file.
1131 + When the file has special attributes, is a (hard/symbolic) link or
1132 has a resource fork, all this is preserved.
1133 - When the file is a link the backup will have the name of the link,
1134 not of the real file.
1135
1136 Renaming the file and writing a new one:
1137 + It's fast.
1138 - Sometimes not all attributes of the file can be copied to the new
1139 file.
1140 - When the file is a link the new file will not be a link.
1141
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001142 The "auto" value is the middle way: When Vim sees that renaming the
1143 file is possible without side effects (the attributes can be passed on
1144 and the file is not a link) that is used. When problems are expected,
1145 a copy will be made.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001146
1147 The "breaksymlink" and "breakhardlink" values can be used in
1148 combination with any of "yes", "no" and "auto". When included, they
1149 force Vim to always break either symbolic or hard links by doing
1150 exactly what the "no" option does, renaming the original file to
1151 become the backup and writing a new file in its place. This can be
1152 useful for example in source trees where all the files are symbolic or
1153 hard links and any changes should stay in the local source tree, not
1154 be propagated back to the original source.
Christian Brabandt5bcfb5a2024-10-14 22:08:22 +02001155 *crontab*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001156 One situation where "no" and "auto" will cause problems: A program
1157 that opens a file, invokes Vim to edit that file, and then tests if
1158 the open file was changed (through the file descriptor) will check the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001159 backup file instead of the newly created file. "crontab -e" is an
Christian Brabandt5bcfb5a2024-10-14 22:08:22 +02001160 example, as are several |file-watcher| daemons like inotify. In that
1161 case you probably want to switch this option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001162
1163 When a copy is made, the original file is truncated and then filled
1164 with the new text. This means that protection bits, owner and
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001165 symbolic links of the original file are unmodified. The backup file,
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001166 however, is a new file, owned by the user who edited the file. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001167 group of the backup is set to the group of the original file. If this
1168 fails, the protection bits for the group are made the same as for
1169 others.
1170
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001171 When the file is renamed, this is the other way around: The backup has
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001172 the same attributes of the original file, and the newly written file
1173 is owned by the current user. When the file was a (hard/symbolic)
1174 link, the new file will not! That's why the "auto" value doesn't
1175 rename when the file is a link. The owner and group of the newly
1176 written file will be set to the same ones as the original file, but
1177 the system may refuse to do this. In that case the "auto" value will
1178 again not rename the file.
1179
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001180 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
1181 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
1182
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001183 *'backupdir'* *'bdir'*
1184'backupdir' 'bdir' string (default for Amiga: ".,t:",
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01001185 for Win32: ".,$TEMP,c:/tmp,c:/temp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001186 for Unix: ".,~/tmp,~/")
1187 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001188 List of directories for the backup file, separated with commas.
1189 - The backup file will be created in the first directory in the list
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001190 where this is possible. The directory must exist, Vim will not
1191 create it for you.
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01001192 - Empty means that no backup file will be created ('patchmode' is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001193 impossible!). Writing may fail because of this.
1194 - A directory "." means to put the backup file in the same directory
1195 as the edited file.
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +01001196 - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-Windows) means to put
1197 the backup file relative to where the edited file is. The leading
1198 "." is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001199 ("." inside a directory name has no special meaning).
1200 - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
1201 of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
1202 name, precede it with a backslash.
1203 - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
1204 - A directory name may end in an '/'.
Bram Moolenaarb782ba42018-08-07 21:39:28 +02001205 - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//",
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +01001206 the backup file name will be built from the complete path to the
1207 file with all path separators changed to percent '%' signs. This
1208 will ensure file name uniqueness in the backup directory.
Bram Moolenaarb782ba42018-08-07 21:39:28 +02001209 On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a
1210 separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will
1211 include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to
1212 use '//', instead of '\\'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001213 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
1214 - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
1215 get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
1216 :set bdir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
1217< - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
1218 of the option is removed.
1219 See also 'backup' and 'writebackup' options.
1220 If you want to hide your backup files on Unix, consider this value: >
1221 :set backupdir=./.backup,~/.backup,.,/tmp
1222< You must create a ".backup" directory in each directory and in your
1223 home directory for this to work properly.
1224 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
1225 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
1226 uses another default.
1227 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1228 security reasons.
1229
1230 *'backupext'* *'bex'* *E589*
1231'backupext' 'bex' string (default "~", for VMS: "_")
1232 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001233 String which is appended to a file name to make the name of the
1234 backup file. The default is quite unusual, because this avoids
1235 accidentally overwriting existing files with a backup file. You might
1236 prefer using ".bak", but make sure that you don't have files with
1237 ".bak" that you want to keep.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001238 Only normal file name characters can be used; "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001239
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00001240 If you like to keep a lot of backups, you could use a BufWritePre
1241 autocommand to change 'backupext' just before writing the file to
1242 include a timestamp. >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001243 :au BufWritePre * let &bex = '-' .. strftime("%Y%b%d%X") .. '~'
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00001244< Use 'backupdir' to put the backup in a different directory.
1245
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001246 *'backupskip'* *'bsk'*
Bram Moolenaarb8e22a02018-04-12 21:37:34 +02001247'backupskip' 'bsk' string (default: "$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*"
1248 Unix: "/tmp/*,$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*"
1249 Mac: "/private/tmp/*,$TMPDIR/*,$TMP/*,$TEMP/*")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001250 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001251 A list of file patterns. When one of the patterns matches with the
1252 name of the file which is written, no backup file is created. Both
1253 the specified file name and the full path name of the file are used.
1254 The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-patterns|.
1255 Watch out for special characters, see |option-backslash|.
1256 When $TMPDIR, $TMP or $TEMP is not defined, it is not used for the
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00001257 default value. "/tmp/*" is only used for Unix.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001258
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001259 WARNING: Not having a backup file means that when Vim fails to write
1260 your buffer correctly and then, for whatever reason, Vim exits, you
1261 lose both the original file and what you were writing. Only disable
1262 backups if you don't care about losing the file.
1263
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001264 Note that environment variables are not expanded. If you want to use
1265 $HOME you must expand it explicitly, e.g.: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001266 :let &backupskip = escape(expand('$HOME'), '\') .. '/tmp/*'
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001267
1268< Note that the default also makes sure that "crontab -e" works (when a
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00001269 backup would be made by renaming the original file crontab won't see
1270 the newly created file). Also see 'backupcopy' and |crontab|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001271
1272 *'balloondelay'* *'bdlay'*
1273'balloondelay' 'bdlay' number (default: 600)
1274 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001275 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
1276 feature}
1277 Delay in milliseconds before a balloon may pop up. See |balloon-eval|.
1278
1279 *'ballooneval'* *'beval'* *'noballooneval'* *'nobeval'*
1280'ballooneval' 'beval' boolean (default off)
1281 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001282 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001283 feature}
Bram Moolenaar51b0f372017-11-18 18:52:04 +01001284 Switch on the |balloon-eval| functionality for the GUI.
1285
1286 *'balloonevalterm'* *'bevalterm'* *'noballoonevalterm'*
1287 *'nobevalterm'*
1288'balloonevalterm' 'bevalterm' boolean (default off)
1289 global
Bram Moolenaar51b0f372017-11-18 18:52:04 +01001290 {only available when compiled with the
1291 |+balloon_eval_term| feature}
1292 Switch on the |balloon-eval| functionality for the terminal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001293
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001294 *'balloonexpr'* *'bexpr'*
1295'balloonexpr' 'bexpr' string (default "")
Bram Moolenaar9b2200a2006-03-20 21:55:45 +00001296 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001297 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval|
1298 feature}
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00001299 Expression for text to show in evaluation balloon. It is only used
Bram Moolenaara6c27c42019-05-09 19:16:22 +02001300 when 'ballooneval' or 'balloonevalterm' is on. These variables can be
1301 used:
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001302
1303 v:beval_bufnr number of the buffer in which balloon is going to show
1304 v:beval_winnr number of the window
Bram Moolenaar82af8712016-06-04 20:20:29 +02001305 v:beval_winid ID of the window
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001306 v:beval_lnum line number
1307 v:beval_col column number (byte index)
1308 v:beval_text word under or after the mouse pointer
1309
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +02001310 Instead of showing a balloon, which is limited to plain text, consider
1311 using a popup window, see |popup_beval_example|. A popup window can
1312 use highlighting and show a border.
1313
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001314 The evaluation of the expression must not have side effects!
1315 Example: >
Bram Moolenaara6c27c42019-05-09 19:16:22 +02001316 function MyBalloonExpr()
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001317 return 'Cursor is at line ' .. v:beval_lnum ..
1318 \ ', column ' .. v:beval_col ..
1319 \ ' of file ' .. bufname(v:beval_bufnr) ..
1320 \ ' on word "' .. v:beval_text .. '"'
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001321 endfunction
1322 set bexpr=MyBalloonExpr()
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00001323 set ballooneval balloonevalterm
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001324<
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +02001325 Also see |balloon_show()|, it can be used if the content of the balloon
1326 is to be fetched asynchronously. In that case evaluating
1327 'balloonexpr' should result in an empty string. If you get a balloon
1328 with only "0" you probably didn't return anything from your function.
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001329
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001330 NOTE: The balloon is displayed only if the cursor is on a text
1331 character. If the result of evaluating 'balloonexpr' is not empty,
1332 Vim does not try to send a message to an external debugger (Netbeans
1333 or Sun Workshop).
1334
Yegappan Lakshmanan8bb65f22021-12-26 10:51:39 +00001335 If the expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is replaced with
1336 the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >
1337 set bexpr=s:MyBalloonExpr()
1338 set bexpr=<SID>SomeBalloonExpr()
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00001339< Otherwise, the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
1340 where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
1341
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001342 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
1343 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02001344 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00001345
1346 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +02001347 evaluating 'balloonexpr', see |textlock|.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00001348
Bram Moolenaar87e25fd2005-07-27 21:13:01 +00001349 To check whether line breaks in the balloon text work use this check: >
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00001350 if has("balloon_multiline")
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00001351< When they are supported "\n" characters will start a new line. If the
1352 expression evaluates to a |List| this is equal to using each List item
1353 as a string and putting "\n" in between them.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001354 NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00001355
Bram Moolenaar165bc692015-07-21 17:53:25 +02001356 *'belloff'* *'bo'*
1357'belloff' 'bo' string (default "")
1358 global
Bram Moolenaar165bc692015-07-21 17:53:25 +02001359 Specifies for which events the bell will not be rung. It is a comma
1360 separated list of items. For each item that is present, the bell
1361 will be silenced. This is most useful to specify specific events in
1362 insert mode to be silenced.
LemonBoy77771d32022-04-13 11:47:25 +01001363 You can also make it flash by using 'visualbell'.
Bram Moolenaar165bc692015-07-21 17:53:25 +02001364
1365 item meaning when present ~
1366 all All events.
1367 backspace When hitting <BS> or <Del> and deleting results in an
1368 error.
1369 cursor Fail to move around using the cursor keys or
1370 <PageUp>/<PageDown> in |Insert-mode|.
1371 complete Error occurred when using |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K| or
1372 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|.
1373 copy Cannot copy char from insert mode using |i_CTRL-Y| or
1374 |i_CTRL-E|.
1375 ctrlg Unknown Char after <C-G> in Insert mode.
1376 error Other Error occurred (e.g. try to join last line)
1377 (mostly used in |Normal-mode| or |Cmdline-mode|).
1378 esc hitting <Esc> in |Normal-mode|.
1379 ex In |Visual-mode|, hitting |Q| results in an error.
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01001380 hangul Ignored.
Bram Moolenaar165bc692015-07-21 17:53:25 +02001381 insertmode Pressing <Esc> in 'insertmode'.
1382 lang Calling the beep module for Lua/Mzscheme/TCL.
1383 mess No output available for |g<|.
1384 showmatch Error occurred for 'showmatch' function.
1385 operator Empty region error |cpo-E|.
1386 register Unknown register after <C-R> in |Insert-mode|.
1387 shell Bell from shell output |:!|.
1388 spell Error happened on spell suggest.
LemonBoy77771d32022-04-13 11:47:25 +01001389 term Bell from |:terminal| output.
Bram Moolenaar165bc692015-07-21 17:53:25 +02001390 wildmode More matches in |cmdline-completion| available
1391 (depends on the 'wildmode' setting).
1392
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001393 This is most useful to fine tune when in Insert mode the bell should
1394 be rung. For Normal mode and Ex commands, the bell is often rung to
Bram Moolenaar165bc692015-07-21 17:53:25 +02001395 indicate that an error occurred. It can be silenced by adding the
1396 "error" keyword.
1397
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001398 *'binary'* *'bin'* *'nobinary'* *'nobin'*
1399'binary' 'bin' boolean (default off)
1400 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001401 This option should be set before editing a binary file. You can also
1402 use the |-b| Vim argument. When this option is switched on a few
1403 options will be changed (also when it already was on):
1404 'textwidth' will be set to 0
1405 'wrapmargin' will be set to 0
1406 'modeline' will be off
1407 'expandtab' will be off
1408 Also, 'fileformat' and 'fileformats' options will not be used, the
1409 file is read and written like 'fileformat' was "unix" (a single <NL>
1410 separates lines).
1411 The 'fileencoding' and 'fileencodings' options will not be used, the
1412 file is read without conversion.
1413 NOTE: When you start editing a(nother) file while the 'bin' option is
1414 on, settings from autocommands may change the settings again (e.g.,
1415 'textwidth'), causing trouble when editing. You might want to set
1416 'bin' again when the file has been loaded.
1417 The previous values of these options are remembered and restored when
1418 'bin' is switched from on to off. Each buffer has its own set of
1419 saved option values.
1420 To edit a file with 'binary' set you can use the |++bin| argument.
1421 This avoids you have to do ":set bin", which would have effect for all
1422 files you edit.
1423 When writing a file the <EOL> for the last line is only written if
1424 there was one in the original file (normally Vim appends an <EOL> to
1425 the last line if there is none; this would make the file longer). See
1426 the 'endofline' option.
1427
1428 *'bioskey'* *'biosk'* *'nobioskey'* *'nobiosk'*
1429'bioskey' 'biosk' boolean (default on)
1430 global
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +02001431 {only for MS-DOS}
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001432 This was for MS-DOS and is no longer supported.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001433
1434 *'bomb'* *'nobomb'*
1435'bomb' boolean (default off)
1436 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001437 When writing a file and the following conditions are met, a BOM (Byte
1438 Order Mark) is prepended to the file:
1439 - this option is on
1440 - the 'binary' option is off
1441 - 'fileencoding' is "utf-8", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" or one of the little/big
1442 endian variants.
1443 Some applications use the BOM to recognize the encoding of the file.
1444 Often used for UCS-2 files on MS-Windows. For other applications it
1445 causes trouble, for example: "cat file1 file2" makes the BOM of file2
njohnstonaabca252023-11-19 23:18:57 +00001446 appear halfway through the resulting file. Gcc doesn't accept a BOM.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001447 When Vim reads a file and 'fileencodings' starts with "ucs-bom", a
1448 check for the presence of the BOM is done and 'bomb' set accordingly.
1449 Unless 'binary' is set, it is removed from the first line, so that you
1450 don't see it when editing. When you don't change the options, the BOM
1451 will be restored when writing the file.
1452
1453 *'breakat'* *'brk'*
1454'breakat' 'brk' string (default " ^I!@*-+;:,./?")
1455 global
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02001456 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001457 feature}
1458 This option lets you choose which characters might cause a line
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00001459 break if 'linebreak' is on. Only works for ASCII and also for 8-bit
1460 characters when 'encoding' is an 8-bit encoding.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001461
Bram Moolenaar7c1c6db2016-04-03 22:08:05 +02001462 *'breakindent'* *'bri'* *'nobreakindent'* *'nobri'*
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001463'breakindent' 'bri' boolean (default off)
1464 local to window
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001465 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
1466 feature}
1467 Every wrapped line will continue visually indented (same amount of
1468 space as the beginning of that line), thus preserving horizontal blocks
1469 of text.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001470 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001471
1472 *'breakindentopt'* *'briopt'*
1473'breakindentopt' 'briopt' string (default empty)
1474 local to window
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001475 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
1476 feature}
1477 Settings for 'breakindent'. It can consist of the following optional
Bram Moolenaar86b17e92014-07-02 20:00:47 +02001478 items and must be separated by a comma:
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001479 min:{n} Minimum text width that will be kept after
1480 applying 'breakindent', even if the resulting
1481 text should normally be narrower. This prevents
1482 text indented almost to the right window border
Dominique Pellédf62c622024-07-15 20:29:59 +02001483 occupying lots of vertical space when broken.
Christian Brabandtc53b4672022-01-15 10:01:05 +00001484 (default: 20)
Bram Moolenaar86b17e92014-07-02 20:00:47 +02001485 shift:{n} After applying 'breakindent', the wrapped line's
1486 beginning will be shifted by the given number of
1487 characters. It permits dynamic French paragraph
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001488 indentation (negative) or emphasizing the line
1489 continuation (positive).
Christian Brabandte7d6dbc2022-05-06 12:21:04 +01001490 (default: 0)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001491 sbr Display the 'showbreak' value before applying the
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001492 additional indent.
Christian Brabandte7d6dbc2022-05-06 12:21:04 +01001493 (default: off)
Maxim Kimf674b352021-07-22 11:46:59 +02001494 list:{n} Adds an additional indent for lines that match a
Christian Brabandt4a0b85a2021-07-14 20:00:27 +02001495 numbered or bulleted list (using the
1496 'formatlistpat' setting).
Christian Brabandte7d6dbc2022-05-06 12:21:04 +01001497 (default: 0)
zeertzjq61a6ac42024-09-07 11:23:54 +02001498 list:-1 Uses the width of a match with 'formatlistpat' for
1499 indentation.
Christian Brabandte7d6dbc2022-05-06 12:21:04 +01001500 column:{n} Indent at column {n}. Will overrule the other
1501 sub-options. Note: an additional indent may be
1502 added for the 'showbreak' setting.
1503 (default: off)
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02001504
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001505 *'browsedir'* *'bsdir'*
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00001506'browsedir' 'bsdir' string (default: "last")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001507 global
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001508 {only for Motif, GTK, Mac and Win32 GUI}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001509 Which directory to use for the file browser:
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001510 last Use same directory as with last file browser, where a
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02001511 file was opened or saved.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001512 buffer Use the directory of the related buffer.
1513 current Use the current directory.
1514 {path} Use the specified directory
1515
1516 *'bufhidden'* *'bh'*
1517'bufhidden' 'bh' string (default: "")
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02001518 local to buffer |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001519 This option specifies what happens when a buffer is no longer
1520 displayed in a window:
1521 <empty> follow the global 'hidden' option
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001522 hide hide the buffer (don't unload it), even if 'hidden' is
1523 not set
1524 unload unload the buffer, even if 'hidden' is set; the
Bram Moolenaar8a3b8052022-06-26 12:21:15 +01001525 |:hide| command will also unload the buffer
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001526 delete delete the buffer from the buffer list, even if
1527 'hidden' is set; the |:hide| command will also delete
1528 the buffer, making it behave like |:bdelete|
1529 wipe wipe the buffer from the buffer list, even if
1530 'hidden' is set; the |:hide| command will also wipe
1531 out the buffer, making it behave like |:bwipeout|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001532
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00001533 CAREFUL: when "unload", "delete" or "wipe" is used changes in a buffer
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001534 are lost without a warning. Also, these values may break autocommands
1535 that switch between buffers temporarily.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001536 This option is used together with 'buftype' and 'swapfile' to specify
1537 special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
1538
1539 *'buflisted'* *'bl'* *'nobuflisted'* *'nobl'* *E85*
1540'buflisted' 'bl' boolean (default: on)
1541 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001542 When this option is set, the buffer shows up in the buffer list. If
1543 it is reset it is not used for ":bnext", "ls", the Buffers menu, etc.
1544 This option is reset by Vim for buffers that are only used to remember
1545 a file name or marks. Vim sets it when starting to edit a buffer.
1546 But not when moving to a buffer with ":buffer".
1547
1548 *'buftype'* *'bt'* *E382*
1549'buftype' 'bt' string (default: "")
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02001550 local to buffer |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001551 The value of this option specifies the type of a buffer:
1552 <empty> normal buffer
1553 nofile buffer which is not related to a file and will not be
1554 written
1555 nowrite buffer which will not be written
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00001556 acwrite buffer which will always be written with BufWriteCmd
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +01001557 autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001558 quickfix quickfix buffer, contains list of errors |:cwindow|
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00001559 or list of locations |:lwindow|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001560 help help buffer (you are not supposed to set this
1561 manually)
Bram Moolenaar1f2903c2017-07-23 19:51:01 +02001562 terminal buffer for a |terminal| (you are not supposed to set
1563 this manually)
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02001564 prompt buffer where only the last line can be edited, meant
1565 to be used by a plugin, see |prompt-buffer|
1566 {only when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
Bram Moolenaar4d784b22019-05-25 19:51:39 +02001567 popup buffer used in a popup window, see |popup|.
1568 {only when compiled with the |+textprop| feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001569
1570 This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'swapfile' to
1571 specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +01001572 Also see |win_gettype()|, which returns the type of the window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001573
1574 Be careful with changing this option, it can have many side effects!
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +00001575 One such effect is that Vim will not check the timestamp of the file,
1576 if the file is changed by another program this will not be noticed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001577
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00001578 A "quickfix" buffer is only used for the error list and the location
1579 list. This value is set by the |:cwindow| and |:lwindow| commands and
1580 you are not supposed to change it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001581
1582 "nofile" and "nowrite" buffers are similar:
1583 both: The buffer is not to be written to disk, ":w" doesn't
1584 work (":w filename" does work though).
1585 both: The buffer is never considered to be |'modified'|.
1586 There is no warning when the changes will be lost, for
1587 example when you quit Vim.
1588 both: A swap file is only created when using too much memory
1589 (when 'swapfile' has been reset there is never a swap
1590 file).
1591 nofile only: The buffer name is fixed, it is not handled like a
1592 file name. It is not modified in response to a |:cd|
1593 command.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001594 both: When using ":e bufname" and already editing "bufname"
1595 the buffer is made empty and autocommands are
1596 triggered as usual for |:edit|.
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00001597 *E676*
1598 "acwrite" implies that the buffer name is not related to a file, like
1599 "nofile", but it will be written. Thus, in contrast to "nofile" and
1600 "nowrite", ":w" does work and a modified buffer can't be abandoned
1601 without saving. For writing there must be matching |BufWriteCmd|,
1602 |FileWriteCmd| or |FileAppendCmd| autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001603
1604 *'casemap'* *'cmp'*
1605'casemap' 'cmp' string (default: "internal,keepascii")
1606 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001607 Specifies details about changing the case of letters. It may contain
1608 these words, separated by a comma:
1609 internal Use internal case mapping functions, the current
1610 locale does not change the case mapping. This only
Bram Moolenaar6f16eb82005-08-23 21:02:42 +00001611 matters when 'encoding' is a Unicode encoding,
1612 "latin1" or "iso-8859-15". When "internal" is
1613 omitted, the towupper() and towlower() system library
1614 functions are used when available.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001615 keepascii For the ASCII characters (0x00 to 0x7f) use the US
1616 case mapping, the current locale is not effective.
1617 This probably only matters for Turkish.
1618
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +00001619 *'cdhome'* *'cdh'* *'nocdhome'* *'nocdh'*
Bram Moolenaar7b1463b2021-12-11 17:24:39 +00001620'cdhome' 'cdh' boolean (default: off)
1621 global
1622 When on, |:cd|, |:tcd| and |:lcd| without an argument changes the
1623 current working directory to the |$HOME| directory like in Unix.
1624 When off, those commands just print the current directory name.
1625 On Unix this option has no effect.
dkearns8ebdbc92023-10-29 06:26:19 +11001626 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1627 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar7b1463b2021-12-11 17:24:39 +00001628 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
1629
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001630 *'cdpath'* *'cd'* *E344* *E346*
1631'cdpath' 'cd' string (default: equivalent to $CDPATH or ",,")
1632 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001633 This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02001634 |:cd|, |:tcd| and |:lcd| commands, provided that the directory being
1635 searched for has a relative path, not an absolute part starting with
1636 "/", "./" or "../", the 'cdpath' option is not used then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001637 The 'cdpath' option's value has the same form and semantics as
1638 |'path'|. Also see |file-searching|.
1639 The default value is taken from $CDPATH, with a "," prepended to look
1640 in the current directory first.
1641 If the default value taken from $CDPATH is not what you want, include
1642 a modified version of the following command in your vimrc file to
1643 override it: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001644 :let &cdpath = ',' .. substitute(substitute($CDPATH, '[, ]', '\\\0', 'g'), ':', ',', 'g')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001645< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1646 security reasons.
1647 (parts of 'cdpath' can be passed to the shell to expand file names).
1648
1649 *'cedit'*
1650'cedit' string (Vi default: "", Vim default: CTRL-F)
1651 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001652 The key used in Command-line Mode to open the command-line window.
1653 The default is CTRL-F when 'compatible' is off.
1654 Only non-printable keys are allowed.
1655 The key can be specified as a single character, but it is difficult to
Milly25732432024-10-01 19:30:20 +02001656 type. The preferred way is to use |key-notation| (e.g. <Up>, <C-F>) or
1657 a letter preceded with a caret (e.g. `^F` is CTRL-F). Examples: >
1658 :set cedit=^Y
1659 :set cedit=<Esc>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001660< |Nvi| also has this option, but it only uses the first character.
1661 See |cmdwin|.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001662 NOTE: This option is set to the Vim default value when 'compatible'
1663 is reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001664
1665 *'charconvert'* *'ccv'* *E202* *E214* *E513*
1666'charconvert' 'ccv' string (default "")
1667 global
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +01001668 {only available when compiled with the |+eval| feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001669 An expression that is used for character encoding conversion. It is
1670 evaluated when a file that is to be read or has been written has a
1671 different encoding from what is desired.
1672 'charconvert' is not used when the internal iconv() function is
1673 supported and is able to do the conversion. Using iconv() is
1674 preferred, because it is much faster.
1675 'charconvert' is not used when reading stdin |--|, because there is no
1676 file to convert from. You will have to save the text in a file first.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00001677 The expression must return zero, false or an empty string for success,
1678 non-zero or true for failure.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001679 The possible encoding names encountered are in 'encoding'.
1680 Additionally, names given in 'fileencodings' and 'fileencoding' are
1681 used.
1682 Conversion between "latin1", "unicode", "ucs-2", "ucs-4" and "utf-8"
1683 is done internally by Vim, 'charconvert' is not used for this.
1684 'charconvert' is also used to convert the viminfo file, if the 'c'
1685 flag is present in 'viminfo'. Also used for Unicode conversion.
1686 Example: >
1687 set charconvert=CharConvert()
1688 fun CharConvert()
1689 system("recode "
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001690 \ .. v:charconvert_from .. ".." .. v:charconvert_to
1691 \ .. " <" .. v:fname_in .. " >" .. v:fname_out)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001692 return v:shell_error
1693 endfun
1694< The related Vim variables are:
1695 v:charconvert_from name of the current encoding
1696 v:charconvert_to name of the desired encoding
1697 v:fname_in name of the input file
1698 v:fname_out name of the output file
1699 Note that v:fname_in and v:fname_out will never be the same.
1700 Note that v:charconvert_from and v:charconvert_to may be different
1701 from 'encoding'. Vim internally uses UTF-8 instead of UCS-2 or UCS-4.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00001702
Bram Moolenaara4e0b972022-10-01 19:43:52 +01001703 The advantage of using a function call without arguments is that it is
1704 faster, see |expr-option-function|.
1705
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001706 Encryption is not done by Vim when using 'charconvert'. If you want
1707 to encrypt the file after conversion, 'charconvert' should take care
1708 of this.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00001709
1710 If the 'charconvert' expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is
1711 replaced with the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >
1712 set charconvert=s:MyConvert()
1713 set charconvert=<SID>SomeConvert()
1714< Otherwise the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
1715 where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
1716
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001717 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
1718 security reasons.
1719
1720 *'cindent'* *'cin'* *'nocindent'* *'nocin'*
1721'cindent' 'cin' boolean (default off)
1722 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001723 Enables automatic C program indenting. See 'cinkeys' to set the keys
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001724 that trigger reindenting in insert mode and 'cinoptions' to set your
1725 preferred indent style.
1726 If 'indentexpr' is not empty, it overrules 'cindent'.
1727 If 'lisp' is not on and both 'indentexpr' and 'equalprg' are empty,
1728 the "=" operator indents using this algorithm rather than calling an
1729 external program.
1730 See |C-indenting|.
1731 When you don't like the way 'cindent' works, try the 'smartindent'
1732 option or 'indentexpr'.
1733 This option is not used when 'paste' is set.
1734 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
1735
1736 *'cinkeys'* *'cink'*
Bram Moolenaarce655742019-01-31 14:12:57 +01001737'cinkeys' 'cink' string (default "0{,0},0),0],:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001738 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001739 A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
1740 the current line. Only used if 'cindent' is on and 'indentexpr' is
1741 empty.
1742 For the format of this option see |cinkeys-format|.
1743 See |C-indenting|.
1744
1745 *'cinoptions'* *'cino'*
1746'cinoptions' 'cino' string (default "")
1747 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001748 The 'cinoptions' affect the way 'cindent' reindents lines in a C
1749 program. See |cinoptions-values| for the values of this option, and
1750 |C-indenting| for info on C indenting in general.
1751
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +01001752 *'cinscopedecls'* *'cinsd'*
1753'cinscopedecls' 'cinsd' string (default "public,protected,private")
1754 local to buffer
1755 Keywords that are interpreted as a C++ scope declaration by |cino-g|.
1756 Useful e.g. for working with the Qt framework that defines additional
1757 scope declarations "signals", "public slots" and "private slots": >
1758 set cinscopedecls+=signals,public\ slots,private\ slots
1759<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001760 *'cinwords'* *'cinw'*
1761'cinwords' 'cinw' string (default "if,else,while,do,for,switch")
1762 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001763 These keywords start an extra indent in the next line when
1764 'smartindent' or 'cindent' is set. For 'cindent' this is only done at
1765 an appropriate place (inside {}).
1766 Note that 'ignorecase' isn't used for 'cinwords'. If case doesn't
1767 matter, include the keyword both the uppercase and lowercase:
1768 "if,If,IF".
1769
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +01001770 *'clipboard'* *'cb'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001771'clipboard' 'cb' string (default "autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux"
1772 for X-windows, "" otherwise)
1773 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001774 {only in GUI versions or when the |+xterm_clipboard|
1775 feature is included}
Tom Praschan3506cf32022-04-07 12:39:08 +01001776 This option is a list of comma-separated names.
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01001777 Note: if one of the items is "exclude:", then you can't add an item
Bram Moolenaar5ed11532022-07-06 13:18:11 +01001778 after that. Therefore do not append an item with += but use ^= to
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01001779 prepend, e.g.: >
1780 set clipboard^=unnamed
Bram Moolenaar9fbdbb82022-09-27 17:30:34 +01001781< When using the GUI see |'go-A'|.
1782 These names are recognized:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001783
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001784 *clipboard-unnamed*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001785 unnamed When included, Vim will use the clipboard register '*'
1786 for all yank, delete, change and put operations which
1787 would normally go to the unnamed register. When a
1788 register is explicitly specified, it will always be
1789 used regardless of whether "unnamed" is in 'clipboard'
1790 or not. The clipboard register can always be
1791 explicitly accessed using the "* notation. Also see
1792 |gui-clipboard|.
1793
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001794 *clipboard-unnamedplus*
Bram Moolenaar00154502013-02-13 16:15:55 +01001795 unnamedplus A variant of the "unnamed" flag which uses the
1796 clipboard register '+' (|quoteplus|) instead of
1797 register '*' for all yank, delete, change and put
1798 operations which would normally go to the unnamed
1799 register. When "unnamed" is also included to the
1800 option, yank operations (but not delete, change or
1801 put) will additionally copy the text into register
1802 '*'.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01001803 Only available with the |+X11| feature.
Bram Moolenaarbf9680e2010-12-02 21:43:16 +01001804 Availability can be checked with: >
1805 if has('unnamedplus')
1806<
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001807 *clipboard-autoselect*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001808 autoselect Works like the 'a' flag in 'guioptions': If present,
1809 then whenever Visual mode is started, or the Visual
1810 area extended, Vim tries to become the owner of the
1811 windowing system's global selection or put the
1812 selected text on the clipboard used by the selection
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01001813 register "*. See |'go-a'| and |quotestar| for details.
1814 When the GUI is active, the 'a' flag in 'guioptions'
1815 is used, when the GUI is not active, this "autoselect"
1816 flag is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001817 Also applies to the modeless selection.
1818
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001819 *clipboard-autoselectplus*
1820 autoselectplus Like "autoselect" but using the + register instead of
1821 the * register. Compare to the 'P' flag in
1822 'guioptions'.
1823
1824 *clipboard-autoselectml*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001825 autoselectml Like "autoselect", but for the modeless selection
1826 only. Compare to the 'A' flag in 'guioptions'.
1827
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001828 *clipboard-html*
Bram Moolenaar3a6eaa52009-06-16 13:23:06 +00001829 html When the clipboard contains HTML, use this when
1830 pasting. When putting text on the clipboard, mark it
1831 as HTML. This works to copy rendered HTML from
1832 Firefox, paste it as raw HTML in Vim, select the HTML
1833 in Vim and paste it in a rich edit box in Firefox.
Bram Moolenaar20a825a2010-05-31 21:27:30 +02001834 You probably want to add this only temporarily,
1835 possibly use BufEnter autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar3a6eaa52009-06-16 13:23:06 +00001836 Only supported for GTK version 2 and later.
Bram Moolenaar3a6eaa52009-06-16 13:23:06 +00001837
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02001838 *clipboard-exclude*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001839 exclude:{pattern}
1840 Defines a pattern that is matched against the name of
1841 the terminal 'term'. If there is a match, no
1842 connection will be made to the X server. This is
1843 useful in this situation:
1844 - Running Vim in a console.
1845 - $DISPLAY is set to start applications on another
1846 display.
1847 - You do not want to connect to the X server in the
1848 console, but do want this in a terminal emulator.
1849 To never connect to the X server use: >
1850 exclude:.*
1851< This has the same effect as using the |-X| argument.
1852 Note that when there is no connection to the X server
1853 the window title won't be restored and the clipboard
1854 cannot be accessed.
1855 The value of 'magic' is ignored, {pattern} is
1856 interpreted as if 'magic' was on.
1857 The rest of the option value will be used for
1858 {pattern}, this must be the last entry.
1859
1860 *'cmdheight'* *'ch'*
1861'cmdheight' 'ch' number (default 1)
Shougo Matsushitaf39cfb72022-07-30 16:54:05 +01001862 global or local to tab page
Bram Moolenaara2a89732022-08-31 14:46:18 +01001863 Number of screen lines to use for the command-line. A larger value
1864 helps avoiding |hit-enter| prompts.
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +00001865 The value of this option is stored with the tab page, so that each tab
1866 page can have a different value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001867
1868 *'cmdwinheight'* *'cwh'*
1869'cmdwinheight' 'cwh' number (default 7)
1870 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001871 Number of screen lines to use for the command-line window. |cmdwin|
1872
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001873 *'colorcolumn'* *'cc'*
1874'colorcolumn' 'cc' string (default "")
1875 local to window
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001876 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
1877 feature}
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001878 'colorcolumn' is a comma-separated list of screen columns that are
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001879 highlighted with ColorColumn |hl-ColorColumn|. Useful to align
1880 text. Will make screen redrawing slower.
1881 The screen column can be an absolute number, or a number preceded with
1882 '+' or '-', which is added to or subtracted from 'textwidth'. >
1883
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +01001884 :set cc=+1 " highlight column after 'textwidth'
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001885 :set cc=+1,+2,+3 " highlight three columns after 'textwidth'
1886 :hi ColorColumn ctermbg=lightgrey guibg=lightgrey
1887<
1888 When 'textwidth' is zero then the items with '-' and '+' are not used.
1889 A maximum of 256 columns are highlighted.
1890
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001891 *'columns'* *'co'* *E594*
1892'columns' 'co' number (default 80 or terminal width)
1893 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001894 Number of columns of the screen. Normally this is set by the terminal
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00001895 initialization and does not have to be set by hand. Also see
1896 |posix-screen-size|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001897 When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
1898 option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
1899 to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |gvimrc| file.
1900 When you set this option and Vim is unable to change the physical
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001901 number of columns of the display, the display may be messed up. For
1902 the GUI it is always possible and Vim limits the number of columns to
1903 what fits on the screen. You can use this command to get the widest
1904 window possible: >
1905 :set columns=9999
1906< Minimum value is 12, maximum value is 10000.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001907
1908 *'comments'* *'com'* *E524* *E525*
1909'comments' 'com' string (default
1910 "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/,://,b:#,:%,:XCOMM,n:>,fb:-")
1911 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001912 A comma-separated list of strings that can start a comment line. See
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001913 |format-comments|. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes to
1914 insert a space.
1915
1916 *'commentstring'* *'cms'* *E537*
Riley Bruins0a083062024-06-03 20:40:45 +02001917'commentstring' 'cms' string (default "/* %s */")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001918 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001919 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
1920 feature}
1921 A template for a comment. The "%s" in the value is replaced with the
Riley Bruins0a083062024-06-03 20:40:45 +02001922 comment text, and should be padded with a space when possible.
h-east84ac2122024-06-17 18:12:30 +02001923 Currently used to add markers for folding, see |fold-marker|. Also
Riley Bruins0a083062024-06-03 20:40:45 +02001924 commonly used by commenting plugins (e.g. |comment-install|).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001925
1926 *'compatible'* *'cp'* *'nocompatible'* *'nocp'*
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001927'compatible' 'cp' boolean (default on, off when a |vimrc| or |gvimrc|
Bram Moolenaar8c08b5b2016-07-28 22:24:15 +02001928 file is found, reset in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001929 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001930 This option has the effect of making Vim either more Vi-compatible, or
1931 make Vim behave in a more useful way.
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001932
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001933 This is a special kind of option, because when it's set or reset,
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001934 other options are also changed as a side effect.
1935 NOTE: Setting or resetting this option can have a lot of unexpected
1936 effects: Mappings are interpreted in another way, undo behaves
1937 differently, etc. If you set this option in your vimrc file, you
1938 should probably put it at the very start.
1939
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001940 By default this option is on and the Vi defaults are used for the
1941 options. This default was chosen for those people who want to use Vim
1942 just like Vi, and don't even (want to) know about the 'compatible'
1943 option.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001944 When a |vimrc| or |gvimrc| file is found while Vim is starting up,
Bram Moolenaard042c562005-06-30 22:04:15 +00001945 this option is switched off, and all options that have not been
1946 modified will be set to the Vim defaults. Effectively, this means
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001947 that when a |vimrc| or |gvimrc| file exists, Vim will use the Vim
Bram Moolenaard042c562005-06-30 22:04:15 +00001948 defaults, otherwise it will use the Vi defaults. (Note: This doesn't
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00001949 happen for the system-wide vimrc or gvimrc file, nor for a file given
1950 with the |-u| argument). Also see |compatible-default| and
1951 |posix-compliance|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001952 You can also set this option with the "-C" argument, and reset it with
1953 "-N". See |-C| and |-N|.
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001954 See 'cpoptions' for more fine tuning of Vi compatibility.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001955
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001956 When this option is set, numerous other options are set to make Vim as
1957 Vi-compatible as possible. When this option is unset, various options
1958 are set to make Vim more useful. The table below lists all the
1959 options affected.
1960 The {?} column indicates when the options are affected:
1961 + Means that the option is set to the value given in {set value} when
1962 'compatible' is set.
1963 & Means that the option is set to the value given in {set value} when
1964 'compatible' is set AND is set to its Vim default value when
1965 'compatible' is unset.
1966 - Means the option is NOT changed when setting 'compatible' but IS
1967 set to its Vim default when 'compatible' is unset.
1968 The {effect} column summarises the change when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001969
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001970 option ? set value effect ~
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001971
1972 'allowrevins' + off no CTRL-_ command
1973 'antialias' + off don't use antialiased fonts
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +00001974 'arabic' + off reset arabic-related options
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001975 'arabicshape' + on correct character shapes
1976 'backspace' + "" normal backspace
1977 'backup' + off no backup file
1978 'backupcopy' & Unix: "yes" backup file is a copy
1979 else: "auto" copy or rename backup file
1980 'balloonexpr' + "" text to show in evaluation balloon
1981 'breakindent' + off don't indent when wrapping lines
1982 'cedit' - {unchanged} {set vim default only on resetting 'cp'}
Bram Moolenaar7b1463b2021-12-11 17:24:39 +00001983 'cdhome' + off ":cd" don't chdir to home on non-Unix
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001984 'cindent' + off no C code indentation
1985 'compatible' - {unchanged} {set vim default only on resetting 'cp'}
1986 'copyindent' + off don't copy indent structure
1987 'cpoptions' & (all flags) Vi-compatible flags
1988 'cscopepathcomp'+ 0 don't show directories in tags list
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001989 'cscoperelative'+ off don't use basename of path as prefix
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001990 'cscopetag' + off don't use cscope for ":tag"
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001991 'cscopetagorder'+ 0 see |cscopetagorder|
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001992 'cscopeverbose' + off see |cscopeverbose|
1993 'delcombine' + off unicode: delete whole char combination
1994 'digraph' + off no digraphs
1995 'esckeys' & off no <Esc>-keys in Insert mode
Christian Brabandt5f5131d2023-10-25 21:44:26 +02001996 this also disables |modifyOtherKeys|
1997 and |xterm-bracketed-paste|
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001998 'expandtab' + off tabs not expanded to spaces
1999 'fileformats' & "" no automatic file format detection,
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01002000 "dos,unix" except for MS-Windows
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01002001 'formatexpr' + "" use 'formatprg' for auto-formatting
2002 'formatoptions' & "vt" Vi compatible formatting
2003 'gdefault' + off no default 'g' flag for ":s"
2004 'history' & 0 no commandline history
2005 'hkmap' + off no Hebrew keyboard mapping
2006 'hkmapp' + off no phonetic Hebrew keyboard mapping
2007 'hlsearch' + off no highlighting of search matches
2008 'incsearch' + off no incremental searching
2009 'indentexpr' + "" no indenting by expression
2010 'insertmode' + off do not start in Insert mode
2011 'iskeyword' & "@,48-57,_" keywords contain alphanumeric
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002012 characters and '_'
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01002013 'joinspaces' + on insert 2 spaces after period
2014 'modeline' & off no modelines
2015 'more' & off no pauses in listings
2016 'mzquantum' - {unchanged} {set vim default only on resetting 'cp'}
2017 'numberwidth' & 8 min number of columns for line number
2018 'preserveindent'+ off don't preserve current indent structure
2019 when changing it
2020 'revins' + off no reverse insert
2021 'ruler' + off no ruler
2022 'scrolljump' + 1 no jump scroll
2023 'scrolloff' + 0 no scroll offset
2024 'shelltemp' - {unchanged} {set vim default only on resetting 'cp'}
2025 'shiftround' + off indent not rounded to shiftwidth
Bram Moolenaar9dfa3132019-05-04 21:08:40 +02002026 'shortmess' & "S" no shortening of messages
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01002027 'showcmd' & off command characters not shown
2028 'showmode' & off current mode not shown
2029 'sidescrolloff' + 0 cursor moves to edge of screen in scroll
2030 'smartcase' + off no automatic ignore case switch
2031 'smartindent' + off no smart indentation
2032 'smarttab' + off no smart tab size
2033 'softtabstop' + 0 tabs are always 'tabstop' positions
2034 'startofline' + on goto startofline with some commands
2035 'tagcase' & "followic" 'ignorecase' when searching tags file
2036 'tagrelative' & off tag file names are not relative
2037 'termguicolors' + off don't use highlight-(guifg|guibg)
2038 'textauto' & off no automatic textmode detection
2039 'textwidth' + 0 no automatic line wrap
2040 'tildeop' + off tilde is not an operator
2041 'ttimeout' + off no terminal timeout
2042 'undofile' + off don't use an undo file
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01002043 'viminfo' - {unchanged} {set Vim default only on resetting 'cp'}
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01002044 'virtualedit' + "" cursor can only be placed on characters
2045 'whichwrap' & "" left-right movements don't wrap
2046 'wildchar' & CTRL-E only when the current value is <Tab>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002047 use CTRL-E for cmdline completion
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01002048 'writebackup' + on or off depends on the |+writebackup| feature
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002049
2050 *'complete'* *'cpt'* *E535*
2051'complete' 'cpt' string (default: ".,w,b,u,t,i")
2052 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002053 This option specifies how keyword completion |ins-completion| works
2054 when CTRL-P or CTRL-N are used. It is also used for whole-line
2055 completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L|. It indicates the type of completion
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01002056 and the places to scan. It is a comma-separated list of flags:
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01002057 . scan the current buffer ('wrapscan' is ignored)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002058 w scan buffers from other windows
2059 b scan other loaded buffers that are in the buffer list
2060 u scan the unloaded buffers that are in the buffer list
2061 U scan the buffers that are not in the buffer list
2062 k scan the files given with the 'dictionary' option
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00002063 kspell use the currently active spell checking |spell|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002064 k{dict} scan the file {dict}. Several "k" flags can be given,
2065 patterns are valid too. For example: >
2066 :set cpt=k/usr/dict/*,k~/spanish
2067< s scan the files given with the 'thesaurus' option
2068 s{tsr} scan the file {tsr}. Several "s" flags can be given, patterns
2069 are valid too.
2070 i scan current and included files
2071 d scan current and included files for defined name or macro
2072 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D|
2073 ] tag completion
2074 t same as "]"
2075
2076 Unloaded buffers are not loaded, thus their autocmds |:autocmd| are
2077 not executed, this may lead to unexpected completions from some files
2078 (gzipped files for example). Unloaded buffers are not scanned for
2079 whole-line completion.
2080
2081 The default is ".,w,b,u,t,i", which means to scan:
2082 1. the current buffer
2083 2. buffers in other windows
2084 3. other loaded buffers
2085 4. unloaded buffers
2086 5. tags
2087 6. included files
2088
2089 As you can see, CTRL-N and CTRL-P can be used to do any 'iskeyword'-
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00002090 based expansion (e.g., dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|, included patterns
2091 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I|, tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]| and normal expansions).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002092
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00002093 *'completefunc'* *'cfu'*
2094'completefunc' 'cfu' string (default: empty)
2095 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02002096 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
Bram Moolenaare2c453d2019-08-21 14:37:09 +02002097 feature}
Bram Moolenaarc7486e02005-12-29 22:48:26 +00002098 This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode completion
2099 with CTRL-X CTRL-U. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00002100 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
Yegappan Lakshmanan8658c752021-12-03 11:09:29 +00002101 invoked and what it should return. The value can be the name of a
2102 function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for
2103 more information.
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002104 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2105 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00002106
glepnir6a89c942024-10-01 20:32:12 +02002107 *'completeitemalign'* *'cia'*
2108'completeitemalign' 'cia' string (default: "abbr,kind,menu")
2109 global
2110 A comma-separated list of |complete-items| that controls the alignment
2111 and display order of items in the popup menu during Insert mode
2112 completion. The supported values are abbr, kind, and menu. These
2113 options allow to customize how the completion items are shown in the
2114 popup menu. Note: must always contain those three values in any
2115 order.
2116
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00002117 *'completeopt'* *'cot'*
Bram Moolenaar96d2c5b2006-03-11 21:27:59 +00002118'completeopt' 'cot' string (default: "menu,preview")
zeertzjq529b9ad2024-06-05 20:27:06 +02002119 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01002120 A comma-separated list of options for Insert mode completion
Bram Moolenaarc7453f52006-02-10 23:20:28 +00002121 |ins-completion|. The supported values are:
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00002122
2123 menu Use a popup menu to show the possible completions. The
2124 menu is only shown when there is more than one match and
2125 sufficient colors are available. |ins-completion-menu|
2126
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00002127 menuone Use the popup menu also when there is only one match.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00002128 Useful when there is additional information about the
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00002129 match, e.g., what file it comes from.
2130
Bram Moolenaarc1e37902006-04-18 21:55:01 +00002131 longest Only insert the longest common text of the matches. If
2132 the menu is displayed you can use CTRL-L to add more
2133 characters. Whether case is ignored depends on the kind
2134 of completion. For buffer text the 'ignorecase' option is
2135 used.
Bram Moolenaarc7453f52006-02-10 23:20:28 +00002136
Bram Moolenaar96d2c5b2006-03-11 21:27:59 +00002137 preview Show extra information about the currently selected
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00002138 completion in the preview window. Only works in
2139 combination with "menu" or "menuone".
2140
Bram Moolenaar576a4a62019-08-18 15:25:17 +02002141 popup Show extra information about the currently selected
2142 completion in a popup window. Only works in combination
2143 with "menu" or "menuone". Overrides "preview".
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02002144 See |'completepopup'| for specifying properties.
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02002145 {only works when compiled with the |+textprop| feature}
Bram Moolenaar576a4a62019-08-18 15:25:17 +02002146
Bram Moolenaardca7abe2019-10-20 18:17:57 +02002147 popuphidden
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01002148 Just like "popup" but initially hide the popup. Use a
Bram Moolenaardca7abe2019-10-20 18:17:57 +02002149 |CompleteChanged| autocommand to fetch the info and call
2150 |popup_show()| once the popup has been filled.
2151 See the example at |complete-popuphidden|.
2152 {only works when compiled with the |+textprop| feature}
2153
Bram Moolenaarb6be1e22015-07-10 18:18:40 +02002154 noinsert Do not insert any text for a match until the user selects
2155 a match from the menu. Only works in combination with
2156 "menu" or "menuone". No effect if "longest" is present.
2157
dundargoc768728b2024-12-01 20:06:42 +01002158 noselect Same as "noinsert", except that no menu item is
h-eastb534e802024-12-03 20:37:52 +01002159 pre-selected. If both "noinsert" and "noselect" are
2160 present, "noselect" has precedence.
Bram Moolenaarb6be1e22015-07-10 18:18:40 +02002161
glepnira218cc62024-06-03 19:32:39 +02002162 fuzzy Enable |fuzzy-matching| for completion candidates. This
2163 allows for more flexible and intuitive matching, where
2164 characters can be skipped and matches can be found even
Yee Cheng Chin26e4b002024-09-10 20:50:08 +02002165 if the exact sequence is not typed.
glepnira218cc62024-06-03 19:32:39 +02002166
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02002167 *'completepopup'* *'cpp'*
2168'completepopup' 'cpp' string (default empty)
2169 global
2170 {not available when compiled without the |+textprop|
2171 or |+quickfix| feature}
2172 When 'completeopt' contains "popup" then this option is used for the
Bram Moolenaar447bfba2020-07-18 16:07:16 +02002173 properties of the info popup when it is created. If an info popup
2174 window already exists it is closed, so that the option value is
2175 applied when it is created again.
2176 You can also use |popup_findinfo()| and then set properties for an
2177 existing info popup with |popup_setoptions()|. See |complete-popup|.
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02002178
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +01002179 *'completeslash'* *'csl'*
2180'completeslash' 'csl' string (default: "")
2181 local to buffer
2182 {only for MS-Windows}
2183 When this option is set it overrules 'shellslash' for completion:
2184 - When this option is set to "slash", a forward slash is used for path
2185 completion in insert mode. This is useful when editing HTML tag, or
2186 Makefile with 'noshellslash' on MS-Windows.
2187 - When this option is set to "backslash", backslash is used. This is
2188 useful when editing a batch file with 'shellslash' set on MS-Windows.
2189 - When this option is empty, same character is used as for
2190 'shellslash'.
2191 For Insert mode completion the buffer-local value is used. For
2192 command line completion the global value is used.
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02002193
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002194 *'concealcursor'* *'cocu'*
2195'concealcursor' 'cocu' string (default: "")
2196 local to window
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002197 {not available when compiled without the |+conceal|
2198 feature}
2199 Sets the modes in which text in the cursor line can also be concealed.
2200 When the current mode is listed then concealing happens just like in
2201 other lines.
2202 n Normal mode
2203 v Visual mode
2204 i Insert mode
Bram Moolenaarca8c9862010-07-24 15:00:38 +02002205 c Command line editing, for 'incsearch'
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002206
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +02002207 'v' applies to all lines in the Visual area, not only the cursor.
Bram Moolenaarca8c9862010-07-24 15:00:38 +02002208 A useful value is "nc". This is used in help files. So long as you
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002209 are moving around text is concealed, but when starting to insert text
2210 or selecting a Visual area the concealed text is displayed, so that
2211 you can see what you are doing.
Bram Moolenaarf70e3d62010-07-24 13:15:07 +02002212 Keep in mind that the cursor position is not always where it's
2213 displayed. E.g., when moving vertically it may change column.
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002214
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02002215 *'conceallevel'* *'cole'*
2216'conceallevel' 'cole' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002217 local to window
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002218 {not available when compiled without the |+conceal|
2219 feature}
Bram Moolenaar6df6f472010-07-18 18:04:50 +02002220 Determine how text with the "conceal" syntax attribute |:syn-conceal|
2221 is shown:
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002222
Bram Moolenaar6df6f472010-07-18 18:04:50 +02002223 Value Effect ~
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002224 0 Text is shown normally
Bram Moolenaar477db062010-07-28 18:17:41 +02002225 1 Each block of concealed text is replaced with one
2226 character. If the syntax item does not have a custom
2227 replacement character defined (see |:syn-cchar|) the
2228 character defined in 'listchars' is used (default is a
2229 space).
2230 It is highlighted with the "Conceal" highlight group.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002231 2 Concealed text is completely hidden unless it has a
2232 custom replacement character defined (see
Bram Moolenaar477db062010-07-28 18:17:41 +02002233 |:syn-cchar|).
Bram Moolenaara7781e02010-07-19 20:13:22 +02002234 3 Concealed text is completely hidden.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002235
Bram Moolenaara7781e02010-07-19 20:13:22 +02002236 Note: in the cursor line concealed text is not hidden, so that you can
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002237 edit and copy the text. This can be changed with the 'concealcursor'
2238 option.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002239
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002240 *'confirm'* *'cf'* *'noconfirm'* *'nocf'*
2241'confirm' 'cf' boolean (default off)
2242 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002243 When 'confirm' is on, certain operations that would normally
2244 fail because of unsaved changes to a buffer, e.g. ":q" and ":e",
2245 instead raise a |dialog| asking if you wish to save the current
2246 file(s). You can still use a ! to unconditionally |abandon| a buffer.
2247 If 'confirm' is off you can still activate confirmation for one
2248 command only (this is most useful in mappings) with the |:confirm|
2249 command.
2250 Also see the |confirm()| function and the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'.
2251
2252 *'conskey'* *'consk'* *'noconskey'* *'noconsk'*
2253'conskey' 'consk' boolean (default off)
2254 global
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01002255 This was for MS-DOS and is no longer supported.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002256
2257 *'copyindent'* *'ci'* *'nocopyindent'* *'noci'*
2258'copyindent' 'ci' boolean (default off)
2259 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002260 Copy the structure of the existing lines indent when autoindenting a
2261 new line. Normally the new indent is reconstructed by a series of
2262 tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is enabled,
2263 in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option makes the
2264 new line copy whatever characters were used for indenting on the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002265 existing line. 'expandtab' has no effect on these characters, a Tab
2266 remains a Tab. If the new indent is greater than on the existing
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002267 line, the remaining space is filled in the normal manner.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01002268 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002269 Also see 'preserveindent'.
2270
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01002271 *'cpoptions'* *'cpo'* *cpo*
Illia Bobyr03d20aa2024-07-16 20:10:16 +02002272'cpoptions' 'cpo' string (Vim default: "aABceFsz",
2273 Vi default: all flags, except "#{|&/\."
h-east90e1fe42024-08-12 18:26:08 +02002274 |$VIM_POSIX|: all flags)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002275 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002276 A sequence of single character flags. When a character is present
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02002277 this indicates Vi-compatible behavior. This is used for things where
2278 not being Vi-compatible is mostly or sometimes preferred.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002279 'cpoptions' stands for "compatible-options".
2280 Commas can be added for readability.
2281 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
2282 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
Bram Moolenaar71eb3ad2021-12-26 12:07:30 +00002283
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002284 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
2285 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
Bram Moolenaar71eb3ad2021-12-26 12:07:30 +00002286
2287 NOTE: In a |Vim9| script, when `vim9script` is encountered, the value
2288 is saved, 'cpoptions' is set to the Vim default, and the saved value
2289 is restored at the end of the script. Changes to the value of
2290 'cpoptions' will be applied to the saved value, but keep in mind that
2291 removing a flag that is not present when 'cpoptions' is changed has no
2292 effect. In the |.vimrc| file the value is not restored, thus using
2293 `vim9script` in the |.vimrc| file results in using the Vim default.
2294
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002295 NOTE: This option is set to the POSIX default value at startup when
2296 the Vi default value would be used and the $VIM_POSIX environment
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002297 variable exists |posix|. This means Vim tries to behave like the
2298 POSIX specification.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002299
2300 contains behavior ~
2301 *cpo-a*
2302 a When included, a ":read" command with a file name
2303 argument will set the alternate file name for the
2304 current window.
2305 *cpo-A*
2306 A When included, a ":write" command with a file name
2307 argument will set the alternate file name for the
2308 current window.
2309 *cpo-b*
2310 b "\|" in a ":map" command is recognized as the end of
2311 the map command. The '\' is included in the mapping,
2312 the text after the '|' is interpreted as the next
2313 command. Use a CTRL-V instead of a backslash to
2314 include the '|' in the mapping. Applies to all
2315 mapping, abbreviation, menu and autocmd commands.
2316 See also |map_bar|.
2317 *cpo-B*
2318 B A backslash has no special meaning in mappings,
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +02002319 abbreviations, user commands and the "to" part of the
2320 menu commands. Remove this flag to be able to use a
2321 backslash like a CTRL-V. For example, the command
2322 ":map X \<Esc>" results in X being mapped to:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002323 'B' included: "\^[" (^[ is a real <Esc>)
2324 'B' excluded: "<Esc>" (5 characters)
2325 ('<' excluded in both cases)
2326 *cpo-c*
2327 c Searching continues at the end of any match at the
2328 cursor position, but not further than the start of the
2329 next line. When not present searching continues
2330 one character from the cursor position. With 'c'
2331 "abababababab" only gets three matches when repeating
2332 "/abab", without 'c' there are five matches.
2333 *cpo-C*
2334 C Do not concatenate sourced lines that start with a
2335 backslash. See |line-continuation|.
2336 *cpo-d*
2337 d Using "./" in the 'tags' option doesn't mean to use
2338 the tags file relative to the current file, but the
2339 tags file in the current directory.
2340 *cpo-D*
2341 D Can't use CTRL-K to enter a digraph after Normal mode
2342 commands with a character argument, like |r|, |f| and
2343 |t|.
2344 *cpo-e*
2345 e When executing a register with ":@r", always add a
2346 <CR> to the last line, also when the register is not
2347 linewise. If this flag is not present, the register
2348 is not linewise and the last line does not end in a
2349 <CR>, then the last line is put on the command-line
2350 and can be edited before hitting <CR>.
2351 *cpo-E*
2352 E It is an error when using "y", "d", "c", "g~", "gu" or
2353 "gU" on an Empty region. The operators only work when
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02002354 at least one character is to be operated on. Example:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002355 This makes "y0" fail in the first column.
2356 *cpo-f*
2357 f When included, a ":read" command with a file name
2358 argument will set the file name for the current buffer,
2359 if the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet.
2360 *cpo-F*
2361 F When included, a ":write" command with a file name
2362 argument will set the file name for the current
2363 buffer, if the current buffer doesn't have a file name
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00002364 yet. Also see |cpo-P|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002365 *cpo-g*
2366 g Goto line 1 when using ":edit" without argument.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002367 *cpo-H*
2368 H When using "I" on a line with only blanks, insert
2369 before the last blank. Without this flag insert after
2370 the last blank.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002371 *cpo-i*
2372 i When included, interrupting the reading of a file will
2373 leave it modified.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002374 *cpo-I*
2375 I When moving the cursor up or down just after inserting
2376 indent for 'autoindent', do not delete the indent.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002377 *cpo-j*
2378 j When joining lines, only add two spaces after a '.',
2379 not after '!' or '?'. Also see 'joinspaces'.
2380 *cpo-J*
2381 J A |sentence| has to be followed by two spaces after
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00002382 the '.', '!' or '?'. A <Tab> is not recognized as
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002383 white space.
2384 *cpo-k*
2385 k Disable the recognition of raw key codes in
2386 mappings, abbreviations, and the "to" part of menu
2387 commands. For example, if <Key> sends ^[OA (where ^[
2388 is <Esc>), the command ":map X ^[OA" results in X
2389 being mapped to:
2390 'k' included: "^[OA" (3 characters)
2391 'k' excluded: "<Key>" (one key code)
2392 Also see the '<' flag below.
2393 *cpo-K*
2394 K Don't wait for a key code to complete when it is
2395 halfway a mapping. This breaks mapping <F1><F1> when
2396 only part of the second <F1> has been read. It
2397 enables cancelling the mapping by typing <F1><Esc>.
2398 *cpo-l*
2399 l Backslash in a [] range in a search pattern is taken
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002400 literally, only "\]", "\^", "\-" and "\\" are special.
2401 See |/[]|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002402 'l' included: "/[ \t]" finds <Space>, '\' and 't'
2403 'l' excluded: "/[ \t]" finds <Space> and <Tab>
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002404 Also see |cpo-\|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002405 *cpo-L*
2406 L When the 'list' option is set, 'wrapmargin',
2407 'textwidth', 'softtabstop' and Virtual Replace mode
2408 (see |gR|) count a <Tab> as two characters, instead of
2409 the normal behavior of a <Tab>.
2410 *cpo-m*
2411 m When included, a showmatch will always wait half a
2412 second. When not included, a showmatch will wait half
2413 a second or until a character is typed. |'showmatch'|
2414 *cpo-M*
2415 M When excluded, "%" matching will take backslashes into
2416 account. Thus in "( \( )" and "\( ( \)" the outer
2417 parenthesis match. When included "%" ignores
2418 backslashes, which is Vi compatible.
2419 *cpo-n*
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02002420 n When included, the column used for 'number' and
2421 'relativenumber' will also be used for text of wrapped
2422 lines.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002423 *cpo-o*
2424 o Line offset to search command is not remembered for
2425 next search.
2426 *cpo-O*
2427 O Don't complain if a file is being overwritten, even
2428 when it didn't exist when editing it. This is a
2429 protection against a file unexpectedly created by
2430 someone else. Vi didn't complain about this.
2431 *cpo-p*
2432 p Vi compatible Lisp indenting. When not present, a
2433 slightly better algorithm is used.
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00002434 *cpo-P*
2435 P When included, a ":write" command that appends to a
2436 file will set the file name for the current buffer, if
2437 the current buffer doesn't have a file name yet and
2438 the 'F' flag is also included |cpo-F|.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002439 *cpo-q*
2440 q When joining multiple lines leave the cursor at the
2441 position where it would be when joining two lines.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002442 *cpo-r*
2443 r Redo ("." command) uses "/" to repeat a search
2444 command, instead of the actually used search string.
2445 *cpo-R*
2446 R Remove marks from filtered lines. Without this flag
2447 marks are kept like |:keepmarks| was used.
2448 *cpo-s*
2449 s Set buffer options when entering the buffer for the
2450 first time. This is like it is in Vim version 3.0.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002451 And it is the default. If not present the options are
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002452 set when the buffer is created.
2453 *cpo-S*
2454 S Set buffer options always when entering a buffer
2455 (except 'readonly', 'fileformat', 'filetype' and
2456 'syntax'). This is the (most) Vi compatible setting.
2457 The options are set to the values in the current
2458 buffer. When you change an option and go to another
2459 buffer, the value is copied. Effectively makes the
2460 buffer options global to all buffers.
2461
2462 's' 'S' copy buffer options
2463 no no when buffer created
2464 yes no when buffer first entered (default)
2465 X yes each time when buffer entered (vi comp.)
2466 *cpo-t*
2467 t Search pattern for the tag command is remembered for
2468 "n" command. Otherwise Vim only puts the pattern in
2469 the history for search pattern, but doesn't change the
2470 last used search pattern.
2471 *cpo-u*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002472 u Undo is Vi compatible. See |undo-two-ways|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002473 *cpo-v*
2474 v Backspaced characters remain visible on the screen in
2475 Insert mode. Without this flag the characters are
2476 erased from the screen right away. With this flag the
2477 screen newly typed text overwrites backspaced
2478 characters.
2479 *cpo-w*
2480 w When using "cw" on a blank character, only change one
2481 character and not all blanks until the start of the
2482 next word.
2483 *cpo-W*
2484 W Don't overwrite a readonly file. When omitted, ":w!"
2485 overwrites a readonly file, if possible.
2486 *cpo-x*
2487 x <Esc> on the command-line executes the command-line.
2488 The default in Vim is to abandon the command-line,
2489 because <Esc> normally aborts a command. |c_<Esc>|
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002490 *cpo-X*
2491 X When using a count with "R" the replaced text is
2492 deleted only once. Also when repeating "R" with "."
2493 and a count.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002494 *cpo-y*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002495 y A yank command can be redone with ".". Think twice if
2496 you really want to use this, it may break some
2497 plugins, since most people expect "." to only repeat a
2498 change.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002499 *cpo-Z*
2500 Z When using "w!" while the 'readonly' option is set,
2501 don't reset 'readonly'.
Christian Brabandt22105fd2024-07-15 20:51:11 +02002502 *cpo-z*
2503 z Special casing the "cw" and "d" command (see |cw| and
2504 |d-special|).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002505 *cpo-!*
2506 ! When redoing a filter command, use the last used
2507 external command, whatever it was. Otherwise the last
2508 used -filter- command is used.
2509 *cpo-$*
2510 $ When making a change to one line, don't redisplay the
2511 line, but put a '$' at the end of the changed text.
2512 The changed text will be overwritten when you type the
2513 new text. The line is redisplayed if you type any
2514 command that moves the cursor from the insertion
2515 point.
2516 *cpo-%*
2517 % Vi-compatible matching is done for the "%" command.
2518 Does not recognize "#if", "#endif", etc.
2519 Does not recognize "/*" and "*/".
2520 Parens inside single and double quotes are also
2521 counted, causing a string that contains a paren to
2522 disturb the matching. For example, in a line like
2523 "if (strcmp("foo(", s))" the first paren does not
2524 match the last one. When this flag is not included,
2525 parens inside single and double quotes are treated
2526 specially. When matching a paren outside of quotes,
2527 everything inside quotes is ignored. When matching a
2528 paren inside quotes, it will find the matching one (if
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002529 there is one). This works very well for C programs.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00002530 This flag is also used for other features, such as
2531 C-indenting.
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00002532 *cpo--*
2533 - When included, a vertical movement command fails when
Bram Moolenaar8ada17c2006-01-19 22:16:24 +00002534 it would go above the first line or below the last
2535 line. Without it the cursor moves to the first or
2536 last line, unless it already was in that line.
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00002537 Applies to the commands "-", "k", CTRL-P, "+", "j",
Bram Moolenaar8ada17c2006-01-19 22:16:24 +00002538 CTRL-N, CTRL-J and ":1234".
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00002539 *cpo-+*
2540 + When included, a ":write file" command will reset the
2541 'modified' flag of the buffer, even though the buffer
2542 itself may still be different from its file.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00002543 *cpo-star*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002544 * Use ":*" in the same way as ":@". When not included,
2545 ":*" is an alias for ":'<,'>", select the Visual area.
2546 *cpo-<*
2547 < Disable the recognition of special key codes in |<>|
2548 form in mappings, abbreviations, and the "to" part of
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002549 menu commands. For example, the command
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002550 ":map X <Tab>" results in X being mapped to:
2551 '<' included: "<Tab>" (5 characters)
2552 '<' excluded: "^I" (^I is a real <Tab>)
2553 Also see the 'k' flag above.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002554 *cpo->*
2555 > When appending to a register, put a line break before
2556 the appended text.
Bram Moolenaar8b3e0332011-06-26 05:36:34 +02002557 *cpo-;*
2558 ; When using |,| or |;| to repeat the last |t| search
2559 and the cursor is right in front of the searched
2560 character, the cursor won't move. When not included,
2561 the cursor would skip over it and jump to the
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02002562 following occurrence.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002563
2564 POSIX flags. These are not included in the Vi default value, except
2565 when $VIM_POSIX was set on startup. |posix|
2566
2567 contains behavior ~
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00002568 *cpo-#*
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002569 # A count before "D", "o" and "O" has no effect.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002570 *cpo-&*
2571 & When ":preserve" was used keep the swap file when
2572 exiting normally while this buffer is still loaded.
2573 This flag is tested when exiting.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002574 *cpo-\*
2575 \ Backslash in a [] range in a search pattern is taken
2576 literally, only "\]" is special See |/[]|
Bram Moolenaar90915b52005-08-21 22:17:52 +00002577 '\' included: "/[ \-]" finds <Space>, '\' and '-'
2578 '\' excluded: "/[ \-]" finds <Space> and '-'
2579 Also see |cpo-l|.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002580 *cpo-/*
2581 / When "%" is used as the replacement string in a |:s|
2582 command, use the previous replacement string. |:s%|
2583 *cpo-{*
2584 { The |{| and |}| commands also stop at a "{" character
2585 at the start of a line.
2586 *cpo-.*
2587 . The ":chdir" and ":cd" commands fail if the current
2588 buffer is modified, unless ! is used. Vim doesn't
2589 need this, since it remembers the full path of an
2590 opened file.
2591 *cpo-bar*
2592 | The value of the $LINES and $COLUMNS environment
2593 variables overrule the terminal size values obtained
2594 with system specific functions.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00002595
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002596 *'cryptmethod'* *'cm'*
Bram Moolenaara86187b2018-12-16 18:20:00 +01002597'cryptmethod' 'cm' string (default "blowfish2")
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002598 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002599 Method used for encryption when the buffer is written to a file:
Bram Moolenaar0bbabe82010-05-17 20:32:55 +02002600 *pkzip*
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002601 zip PkZip compatible method. A weak kind of encryption.
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002602 Backwards compatible with Vim 7.2 and older.
Christian Brabandtaae58342023-04-23 17:50:22 +01002603 Only use if you need to be backwards compatible.
Bram Moolenaar0bbabe82010-05-17 20:32:55 +02002604 *blowfish*
Bram Moolenaar8f4ac012014-08-10 13:38:34 +02002605 blowfish Blowfish method. Medium strong encryption but it has
2606 an implementation flaw. Requires Vim 7.3 or later,
2607 files can NOT be read by Vim 7.2 and older. This adds
2608 a "seed" to the file, every time you write the file
2609 the encrypted bytes will be different.
Christian Brabandtaae58342023-04-23 17:50:22 +01002610 Obsolete, please do no longer use.
Bram Moolenaar8f4ac012014-08-10 13:38:34 +02002611 *blowfish2*
2612 blowfish2 Blowfish method. Medium strong encryption. Requires
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01002613 Vim 7.4.401 or later, files can NOT be read by Vim 7.3
Bram Moolenaar8f4ac012014-08-10 13:38:34 +02002614 and older. This adds a "seed" to the file, every time
2615 you write the file the encrypted bytes will be
2616 different. The whole undo file is encrypted, not just
2617 the pieces of text.
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00002618 *E1193* *E1194* *E1195* *E1196* *E1230*
Christian Brabandtf573c6e2021-06-20 14:02:16 +02002619 *E1197* *E1198* *E1199* *E1200* *E1201*
2620 xchacha20 XChaCha20 Cipher with Poly1305 Message Authentication
2621 Code. Medium strong till strong encryption.
2622 Encryption is provided by the libsodium library, it
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +01002623 requires Vim to be built with |+sodium|.
Christian Brabandtf573c6e2021-06-20 14:02:16 +02002624 It adds a seed and a message authentication code (MAC)
2625 to the file. This needs at least a Vim 8.2.3022 to
2626 read the encrypted file.
2627 Encryption of swap files is not supported, therefore
2628 no swap file will be used when xchacha20 encryption is
2629 enabled.
2630 Encryption of undo files is not yet supported,
2631 therefore no undo file will currently be written.
Christian Brabandtaae58342023-04-23 17:50:22 +01002632 CAREFUL: Files written with this method might have to
2633 be read back with the same version of Vim if the
2634 binary format changes later.
2635 Obsolete, please do no longer use.
2636 xchacha20v2 Same algorithm as with "xchacha20" that correctly
2637 stores the key derivation parameters together with the
2638 encrypted file. Should work better in case the
2639 parameters in the libsodium library ever change.
2640 STILL EXPERIMENTAL: Files written with this method
Christian Brabandtf573c6e2021-06-20 14:02:16 +02002641 might have to be read back with the same version of
2642 Vim if the binary format changes later.
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002643
Christian Brabandtaae58342023-04-23 17:50:22 +01002644 You should use "blowfish2", also to re-encrypt older files. The
2645 "xchacha20" method provides better encryption, but it does not work
2646 with all versions of Vim.
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01002647
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002648 When reading an encrypted file 'cryptmethod' will be set automatically
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002649 to the detected method of the file being read. Thus if you write it
2650 without changing 'cryptmethod' the same method will be used.
2651 Changing 'cryptmethod' does not mark the file as modified, you have to
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002652 explicitly write it, you don't get a warning unless there are other
2653 modifications. Also see |:X|.
2654
2655 When setting the global value to an empty string, it will end up with
Bram Moolenaara86187b2018-12-16 18:20:00 +01002656 the value "blowfish2". When setting the local value to an empty
2657 string the buffer will use the global value.
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002658
Bram Moolenaarf50a2532010-05-21 15:36:08 +02002659 When a new encryption method is added in a later version of Vim, and
2660 the current version does not recognize it, you will get *E821* .
Bram Moolenaar49771f42010-07-20 17:32:38 +02002661 You need to edit this file with the later version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02002662
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002663 *'cscopepathcomp'* *'cspc'*
2664'cscopepathcomp' 'cspc' number (default 0)
2665 global
2666 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2667 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002668 Determines how many components of the path to show in a list of tags.
2669 See |cscopepathcomp|.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01002670 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002671
2672 *'cscopeprg'* *'csprg'*
2673'cscopeprg' 'csprg' string (default "cscope")
2674 global
2675 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2676 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002677 Specifies the command to execute cscope. See |cscopeprg|.
2678 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2679 security reasons.
2680
2681 *'cscopequickfix'* *'csqf'*
2682'cscopequickfix' 'csqf' string (default "")
2683 global
2684 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2685 or |+quickfix| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002686 Specifies whether to use quickfix window to show cscope results.
2687 See |cscopequickfix|.
2688
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002689 *'cscoperelative'* *'csre'* *'nocscoperelative'* *'nocsre'*
Bram Moolenaar2f982e42011-06-12 20:42:22 +02002690'cscoperelative' 'csre' boolean (default off)
2691 global
2692 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2693 feature}
Bram Moolenaar2f982e42011-06-12 20:42:22 +02002694 In the absence of a prefix (-P) for cscope. setting this option enables
2695 to use the basename of cscope.out path as the prefix.
2696 See |cscoperelative|.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01002697 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar2f982e42011-06-12 20:42:22 +02002698
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002699 *'cscopetag'* *'cst'* *'nocscopetag'* *'nocst'*
2700'cscopetag' 'cst' boolean (default off)
2701 global
2702 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2703 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002704 Use cscope for tag commands. See |cscope-options|.
2705 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
2706
2707 *'cscopetagorder'* *'csto'*
2708'cscopetagorder' 'csto' number (default 0)
2709 global
2710 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2711 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002712 Determines the order in which ":cstag" performs a search. See
2713 |cscopetagorder|.
2714 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
2715
2716 *'cscopeverbose'* *'csverb'*
2717 *'nocscopeverbose'* *'nocsverb'*
2718'cscopeverbose' 'csverb' boolean (default off)
2719 global
2720 {not available when compiled without the |+cscope|
2721 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002722 Give messages when adding a cscope database. See |cscopeverbose|.
2723 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
2724
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002725 *'cursorbind'* *'crb'* *'nocursorbind'* *'nocrb'*
2726'cursorbind' 'crb' boolean (default off)
2727 local to window
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002728 When this option is set, as the cursor in the current
2729 window moves other cursorbound windows (windows that also have
2730 this option set) move their cursors to the corresponding line and
2731 column. This option is useful for viewing the
2732 differences between two versions of a file (see 'diff'); in diff mode,
2733 inserted and deleted lines (though not characters within a line) are
Bram Moolenaar1a384422010-07-14 19:53:30 +02002734 taken into account.
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02002735
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002736 *'cursorcolumn'* *'cuc'* *'nocursorcolumn'* *'nocuc'*
2737'cursorcolumn' 'cuc' boolean (default off)
2738 local to window
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02002739 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002740 feature}
2741 Highlight the screen column of the cursor with CursorColumn
2742 |hl-CursorColumn|. Useful to align text. Will make screen redrawing
2743 slower.
Bram Moolenaar4c3f5362006-04-11 21:38:50 +00002744 If you only want the highlighting in the current window you can use
2745 these autocommands: >
2746 au WinLeave * set nocursorline nocursorcolumn
2747 au WinEnter * set cursorline cursorcolumn
2748<
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002749
2750 *'cursorline'* *'cul'* *'nocursorline'* *'nocul'*
2751'cursorline' 'cul' boolean (default off)
2752 local to window
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02002753 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002754 feature}
Bram Moolenaar410e98a2019-09-09 22:05:49 +02002755 Highlight the text line of the cursor with CursorLine |hl-CursorLine|.
2756 Useful to easily spot the cursor. Will make screen redrawing slower.
Bram Moolenaare2f98b92006-03-29 21:18:24 +00002757 When Visual mode is active the highlighting isn't used to make it
Bram Moolenaar779b74b2006-04-10 14:55:34 +00002758 easier to see the selected text.
Bram Moolenaar600dddc2006-03-12 22:05:10 +00002759
Bram Moolenaar410e98a2019-09-09 22:05:49 +02002760 *'cursorlineopt'* *'culopt'*
Bram Moolenaar017ba072019-09-14 21:01:23 +02002761'cursorlineopt' 'culopt' string (default: "number,line")
Bram Moolenaar410e98a2019-09-09 22:05:49 +02002762 local to window
Bram Moolenaar410e98a2019-09-09 22:05:49 +02002763 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
2764 feature}
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01002765 Comma-separated list of settings for how 'cursorline' is displayed.
Bram Moolenaar017ba072019-09-14 21:01:23 +02002766 Valid values:
2767 "line" Highlight the text line of the cursor with
Bram Moolenaar410e98a2019-09-09 22:05:49 +02002768 CursorLine |hl-CursorLine|.
Bram Moolenaar017ba072019-09-14 21:01:23 +02002769 "screenline" Highlight only the screen line of the cursor with
2770 CursorLine |hl-CursorLine|.
2771 "number" Highlight the line number of the cursor with
Bram Moolenaar410e98a2019-09-09 22:05:49 +02002772 CursorLineNr |hl-CursorLineNr|.
Bram Moolenaar017ba072019-09-14 21:01:23 +02002773
2774 Special value:
2775 "both" Alias for the values "line,number".
2776
2777 "line" and "screenline" cannot be used together.
Bram Moolenaar410e98a2019-09-09 22:05:49 +02002778
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002779 *'debug'*
2780'debug' string (default "")
2781 global
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00002782 These values can be used:
2783 msg Error messages that would otherwise be omitted will be given
2784 anyway.
2785 throw Error messages that would otherwise be omitted will be given
2786 anyway and also throw an exception and set |v:errmsg|.
2787 beep A message will be given when otherwise only a beep would be
2788 produced.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002789 The values can be combined, separated by a comma.
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00002790 "msg" and "throw" are useful for debugging 'foldexpr', 'formatexpr' or
2791 'indentexpr'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002792
2793 *'define'* *'def'*
2794'define' 'def' string (default "^\s*#\s*define")
2795 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002796 Pattern to be used to find a macro definition. It is a search
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002797 pattern, just like for the "/" command. This option is used for the
2798 commands like "[i" and "[d" |include-search|. The 'isident' option is
2799 used to recognize the defined name after the match:
2800 {match with 'define'}{non-ID chars}{defined name}{non-ID char}
2801 See |option-backslash| about inserting backslashes to include a space
2802 or backslash.
2803 The default value is for C programs. For C++ this value would be
2804 useful, to include const type declarations: >
2805 ^\(#\s*define\|[a-z]*\s*const\s*[a-z]*\)
Bram Moolenaar63b74a82019-03-24 15:09:13 +01002806< You can also use "\ze" just before the name and continue the pattern
2807 to check what is following. E.g. for Javascript, if a function is
2808 defined with "func_name = function(args)": >
2809 ^\s*\ze\i\+\s*=\s*function(
2810< If the function is defined with "func_name : function() {...": >
2811 ^\s*\ze\i\+\s*[:]\s*(*function\s*(
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002812< When using the ":set" command, you need to double the backslashes!
Bram Moolenaar63b74a82019-03-24 15:09:13 +01002813 To avoid that use `:let` with a single quote string: >
2814 let &l:define = '^\s*\ze\k\+\s*=\s*function('
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +02002815<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002816
2817 *'delcombine'* *'deco'* *'nodelcombine'* *'nodeco'*
2818'delcombine' 'deco' boolean (default off)
2819 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002820 If editing Unicode and this option is set, backspace and Normal mode
2821 "x" delete each combining character on its own. When it is off (the
2822 default) the character along with its combining characters are
2823 deleted.
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02002824 Note: When 'delcombine' is set "xx" may work differently from "2x"!
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002825
2826 This is useful for Arabic, Hebrew and many other languages where one
2827 may have combining characters overtop of base characters, and want
2828 to remove only the combining ones.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01002829 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002830
2831 *'dictionary'* *'dict'*
2832'dictionary' 'dict' string (default "")
2833 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002834 List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
2835 for keyword completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|. Each file should
2836 contain a list of words. This can be one word per line, or several
2837 words per line, separated by non-keyword characters (white space is
2838 preferred). Maximum line length is 510 bytes.
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02002839
2840 When this option is empty or an entry "spell" is present, and spell
2841 checking is enabled, words in the word lists for the currently active
2842 'spelllang' are used. See |spell|.
2843
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002844 To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002845 after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
2846 name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00002847 This has nothing to do with the |Dictionary| variable type.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002848 Where to find a list of words?
2849 - On FreeBSD, there is the file "/usr/share/dict/words".
2850 - In the Simtel archive, look in the "msdos/linguist" directory.
2851 - In "miscfiles" of the GNU collection.
2852 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
2853 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
2854 uses another default.
2855 Backticks cannot be used in this option for security reasons.
2856
2857 *'diff'* *'nodiff'*
2858'diff' boolean (default off)
2859 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002860 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
2861 feature}
2862 Join the current window in the group of windows that shows differences
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002863 between files. See |vimdiff|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002864
2865 *'dex'* *'diffexpr'*
2866'diffexpr' 'dex' string (default "")
2867 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002868 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
2869 feature}
Bram Moolenaare828b762018-09-10 17:51:58 +02002870 Expression which is evaluated to obtain a diff file (either ed-style
2871 or unified-style) from two versions of a file. See |diff-diffexpr|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002872 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
2873 security reasons.
2874
2875 *'dip'* *'diffopt'*
Bram Moolenaarc8234772019-11-10 21:00:27 +01002876'diffopt' 'dip' string (default "internal,filler,closeoff")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002877 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002878 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
2879 feature}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00002880 Option settings for diff mode. It can consist of the following items.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002881 All are optional. Items must be separated by a comma.
2882
2883 filler Show filler lines, to keep the text
2884 synchronized with a window that has inserted
2885 lines at the same position. Mostly useful
2886 when windows are side-by-side and 'scrollbind'
2887 is set.
2888
2889 context:{n} Use a context of {n} lines between a change
2890 and a fold that contains unchanged lines.
2891 When omitted a context of six lines is used.
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01002892 When using zero the context is actually one,
2893 since folds require a line in between, also
dundargoc20f48d52023-10-02 21:49:23 +02002894 for a deleted line. Set it to a very large
2895 value (999999) to disable folding completely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002896 See |fold-diff|.
2897
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02002898 iblank Ignore changes where lines are all blank. Adds
2899 the "-B" flag to the "diff" command if
2900 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
2901 of the "diff" command for what this does
2902 exactly.
2903 NOTE: the diff windows will get out of sync,
2904 because no differences between blank lines are
2905 taken into account.
2906
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002907 icase Ignore changes in case of text. "a" and "A"
2908 are considered the same. Adds the "-i" flag
2909 to the "diff" command if 'diffexpr' is empty.
2910
2911 iwhite Ignore changes in amount of white space. Adds
2912 the "-b" flag to the "diff" command if
2913 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
2914 of the "diff" command for what this does
2915 exactly. It should ignore adding trailing
2916 white space, but not leading white space.
2917
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02002918 iwhiteall Ignore all white space changes. Adds
2919 the "-w" flag to the "diff" command if
2920 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
2921 of the "diff" command for what this does
2922 exactly.
2923
2924 iwhiteeol Ignore white space changes at end of line.
2925 Adds the "-Z" flag to the "diff" command if
2926 'diffexpr' is empty. Check the documentation
2927 of the "diff" command for what this does
2928 exactly.
2929
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00002930 horizontal Start diff mode with horizontal splits (unless
2931 explicitly specified otherwise).
2932
2933 vertical Start diff mode with vertical splits (unless
2934 explicitly specified otherwise).
2935
Bram Moolenaarc8234772019-11-10 21:00:27 +01002936 closeoff When a window is closed where 'diff' is set
2937 and there is only one window remaining in the
2938 same tab page with 'diff' set, execute
2939 `:diffoff` in that window. This undoes a
2940 `:diffsplit` command.
2941
Bram Moolenaar97ce4192017-12-01 20:35:58 +01002942 hiddenoff Do not use diff mode for a buffer when it
2943 becomes hidden.
2944
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00002945 foldcolumn:{n} Set the 'foldcolumn' option to {n} when
2946 starting diff mode. Without this 2 is used.
2947
Bram Moolenaar4223d432021-02-10 13:18:17 +01002948 followwrap Follow the 'wrap' option and leave as it is.
2949
Bram Moolenaare828b762018-09-10 17:51:58 +02002950 internal Use the internal diff library. This is
2951 ignored when 'diffexpr' is set. *E960*
2952 When running out of memory when writing a
2953 buffer this item will be ignored for diffs
2954 involving that buffer. Set the 'verbose'
2955 option to see when this happens.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002956
Bram Moolenaare828b762018-09-10 17:51:58 +02002957 indent-heuristic
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +01002958 Use the indent heuristic for the internal
2959 diff library.
Bram Moolenaare828b762018-09-10 17:51:58 +02002960
zeertzjqd086b8f2024-02-25 15:42:52 +08002961 algorithm:{text} Use the specified diff algorithm with the
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +01002962 internal diff engine. Currently supported
Bram Moolenaare828b762018-09-10 17:51:58 +02002963 algorithms are:
2964 myers the default algorithm
2965 minimal spend extra time to generate the
2966 smallest possible diff
2967 patience patience diff algorithm
2968 histogram histogram diff algorithm
2969
2970 Examples: >
2971 :set diffopt=internal,filler,context:4
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002972 :set diffopt=
Bram Moolenaare828b762018-09-10 17:51:58 +02002973 :set diffopt=internal,filler,foldcolumn:3
2974 :set diffopt-=internal " do NOT use the internal diff parser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002975<
2976 *'digraph'* *'dg'* *'nodigraph'* *'nodg'*
2977'digraph' 'dg' boolean (default off)
2978 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002979 {not available when compiled without the |+digraphs|
2980 feature}
2981 Enable the entering of digraphs in Insert mode with {char1} <BS>
2982 {char2}. See |digraphs|.
2983 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
2984
2985 *'directory'* *'dir'*
2986'directory' 'dir' string (default for Amiga: ".,t:",
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01002987 for Win32: ".,$TEMP,c:\tmp,c:\temp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002988 for Unix: ".,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp")
2989 global
2990 List of directory names for the swap file, separated with commas.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02002991 Recommended value: ".,~/vimswap//" - this will put the swap file next
2992 to the edited file if possible, and in your personal swap directory
2993 otherwise. Make sure "~/vimswap//" is only readable for you.
2994
2995 Possible items:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002996 - The swap file will be created in the first directory where this is
2997 possible.
2998 - Empty means that no swap file will be used (recovery is
Bram Moolenaar00e192b2019-10-19 17:01:28 +02002999 impossible!) and no |E303| error will be given.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003000 - A directory "." means to put the swap file in the same directory as
3001 the edited file. On Unix, a dot is prepended to the file name, so
3002 it doesn't show in a directory listing. On MS-Windows the "hidden"
3003 attribute is set and a dot prepended if possible.
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +01003004 - A directory starting with "./" (or ".\" for MS-Windows) means to put
3005 the swap file relative to where the edited file is. The leading "."
3006 is replaced with the path name of the edited file.
Bram Moolenaarb782ba42018-08-07 21:39:28 +02003007 - For Unix and Win32, if a directory ends in two path separators "//",
3008 the swap file name will be built from the complete path to the file
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003009 with all path separators replaced by percent '%' signs (including
3010 the colon following the drive letter on Win32). This will ensure
3011 file name uniqueness in the preserve directory.
Bram Moolenaarb782ba42018-08-07 21:39:28 +02003012 On Win32, it is also possible to end with "\\". However, When a
3013 separating comma is following, you must use "//", since "\\" will
3014 include the comma in the file name. Therefore it is recommended to
3015 use '//', instead of '\\'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003016 - Spaces after the comma are ignored, other spaces are considered part
3017 of the directory name. To have a space at the start of a directory
3018 name, precede it with a backslash.
3019 - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with a backslash.
3020 - A directory name may end in an ':' or '/'.
3021 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
3022 - Careful with '\' characters, type one before a space, type two to
3023 get one in the option (see |option-backslash|), for example: >
3024 :set dir=c:\\tmp,\ dir\\,with\\,commas,\\\ dir\ with\ spaces
3025< - For backwards compatibility with Vim version 3.0 a '>' at the start
3026 of the option is removed.
3027 Using "." first in the list is recommended. This means that editing
3028 the same file twice will result in a warning. Using "/tmp" on Unix is
3029 discouraged: When the system crashes you lose the swap file.
3030 "/var/tmp" is often not cleared when rebooting, thus is a better
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02003031 choice than "/tmp". But others on the computer may be able to see the
3032 files, and it can contain a lot of files, your swap files get lost in
3033 the crowd. That is why a "tmp" directory in your home directory is
3034 tried first.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003035 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
3036 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
3037 uses another default.
3038 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3039 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003040
3041 *'display'* *'dy'*
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02003042'display' 'dy' string (default "", set to "truncate" in
3043 |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003044 global
Bram Moolenaarf269eab2022-10-03 18:04:35 +01003045 Change the way text is displayed. This is a comma-separated list of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003046 flags:
3047 lastline When included, as much as possible of the last line
Bram Moolenaarad9c2a02016-07-27 23:26:04 +02003048 in a window will be displayed. "@@@" is put in the
3049 last columns of the last screen line to indicate the
3050 rest of the line is not displayed.
3051 truncate Like "lastline", but "@@@" is displayed in the first
3052 column of the last screen line. Overrules "lastline".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003053 uhex Show unprintable characters hexadecimal as <xx>
3054 instead of using ^C and ~C.
3055
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02003056 When neither "lastline" nor "truncate" is included, a last line that
Bram Moolenaarad9c2a02016-07-27 23:26:04 +02003057 doesn't fit is replaced with "@" lines.
3058
Bram Moolenaar4ba5f1d2022-10-04 14:36:29 +01003059 The "@" character can be changed by setting the "lastline" item in
3060 'fillchars'. The character is highlighted with |hl-NonText|.
3061
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003062 *'eadirection'* *'ead'*
3063'eadirection' 'ead' string (default "both")
3064 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003065 Tells when the 'equalalways' option applies:
3066 ver vertically, width of windows is not affected
3067 hor horizontally, height of windows is not affected
3068 both width and height of windows is affected
3069
3070 *'ed'* *'edcompatible'* *'noed'* *'noedcompatible'*
3071'edcompatible' 'ed' boolean (default off)
3072 global
3073 Makes the 'g' and 'c' flags of the ":substitute" command to be
3074 toggled each time the flag is given. See |complex-change|. See
3075 also 'gdefault' option.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02003076 Switching this option on may break plugins!
Bram Moolenaar4072ba52020-12-23 13:56:35 +01003077 This option is not used in |Vim9| script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003078
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02003079 *'emoji'* *'emo'* *'noemoji'* *'noemo'*
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01003080'emoji' 'emo' boolean (default: on)
3081 global
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01003082 When on all Unicode emoji characters are considered to be full width.
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +02003083 This excludes "text emoji" characters, which are normally displayed as
3084 single width. Unfortunately there is no good specification for this
3085 and it has been determined on trial-and-error basis. Use the
3086 |setcellwidths()| function to change the behavior.
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01003087
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003088 *'encoding'* *'enc'* *E543*
K.Takataf883d902021-05-30 18:04:19 +02003089'encoding' 'enc' string (default for MS-Windows: "utf-8",
3090 otherwise: value from $LANG or "latin1")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003091 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003092 Sets the character encoding used inside Vim. It applies to text in
3093 the buffers, registers, Strings in expressions, text stored in the
3094 viminfo file, etc. It sets the kind of characters which Vim can work
3095 with. See |encoding-names| for the possible values.
3096
3097 NOTE: Changing this option will not change the encoding of the
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00003098 existing text in Vim. It may cause non-ASCII text to become invalid.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003099 It should normally be kept at its default value, or set when Vim
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003100 starts up. See |multibyte|. To reload the menus see |:menutrans|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003101
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02003102 This option cannot be set from a |modeline|. It would most likely
3103 corrupt the text.
3104
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01003105 NOTE: For GTK+ 2 or later, it is highly recommended to set 'encoding'
3106 to "utf-8". Although care has been taken to allow different values of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003107 'encoding', "utf-8" is the natural choice for the environment and
3108 avoids unnecessary conversion overhead. "utf-8" has not been made
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003109 the default to prevent different behavior of the GUI and terminal
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003110 versions, and to avoid changing the encoding of newly created files
3111 without your knowledge (in case 'fileencodings' is empty).
3112
3113 The character encoding of files can be different from 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003114 This is specified with 'fileencoding'. The conversion is done with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003115 iconv() or as specified with 'charconvert'.
3116
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003117 If you need to know whether 'encoding' is a multibyte encoding, you
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003118 can use: >
3119 if has("multi_byte_encoding")
3120<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003121 Normally 'encoding' will be equal to your current locale. This will
3122 be the default if Vim recognizes your environment settings. If
3123 'encoding' is not set to the current locale, 'termencoding' must be
3124 set to convert typed and displayed text. See |encoding-table|.
3125
3126 When you set this option, it fires the |EncodingChanged| autocommand
3127 event so that you can set up fonts if necessary.
3128
3129 When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
3130 you can set it with uppercase values too. Underscores are translated
3131 to '-' signs.
3132 When the encoding is recognized, it is changed to the standard name.
3133 For example "Latin-1" becomes "latin1", "ISO_88592" becomes
3134 "iso-8859-2" and "utf8" becomes "utf-8".
3135
3136 Note: "latin1" is also used when the encoding could not be detected.
3137 This only works when editing files in the same encoding! When the
3138 actual character set is not latin1, make sure 'fileencoding' and
3139 'fileencodings' are empty. When conversion is needed, switch to using
3140 utf-8.
3141
3142 When "unicode", "ucs-2" or "ucs-4" is used, Vim internally uses utf-8.
3143 You don't notice this while editing, but it does matter for the
3144 |viminfo-file|. And Vim expects the terminal to use utf-8 too. Thus
3145 setting 'encoding' to one of these values instead of utf-8 only has
3146 effect for encoding used for files when 'fileencoding' is empty.
3147
Bram Moolenaar661b1822005-07-28 22:36:45 +00003148 When 'encoding' is set to a Unicode encoding, and 'fileencodings' was
3149 not set yet, the default for 'fileencodings' is changed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003150
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +01003151 *'endoffile'* *'eof'* *'noendoffile'* *'noeof'*
Bram Moolenaar0aad88f2022-11-12 11:54:26 +00003152'endoffile' 'eof' boolean (default off)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003153 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +01003154 Indicates that a CTRL-Z character was found at the end of the file
3155 when reading it. Normally only happens when 'fileformat' is "dos".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003156 When writing a file and this option is off and the 'binary' option
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +01003157 is on, or 'fixeol' option is off, no CTRL-Z will be written at the
Bram Moolenaarfb0cf232022-10-22 11:25:19 +01003158 end of the file.
K.Takata3af98212022-11-01 20:36:19 +00003159 See |eol-and-eof| for example settings.
Bram Moolenaarfb0cf232022-10-22 11:25:19 +01003160
3161 *'endofline'* *'eol'* *'noendofline'* *'noeol'*
3162'endofline' 'eol' boolean (default on)
3163 local to buffer
3164 When writing a file and this option is off and the 'binary' option
Bram Moolenaar34d72d42015-07-17 14:18:08 +02003165 is on, or 'fixeol' option is off, no <EOL> will be written for the
3166 last line in the file. This option is automatically set or reset when
3167 starting to edit a new file, depending on whether file has an <EOL>
3168 for the last line in the file. Normally you don't have to set or
3169 reset this option.
3170 When 'binary' is off and 'fixeol' is on the value is not used when
3171 writing the file. When 'binary' is on or 'fixeol' is off it is used
3172 to remember the presence of a <EOL> for the last line in the file, so
3173 that when you write the file the situation from the original file can
3174 be kept. But you can change it if you want to.
K.Takata3af98212022-11-01 20:36:19 +00003175 See |eol-and-eof| for example settings.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003176
3177 *'equalalways'* *'ea'* *'noequalalways'* *'noea'*
3178'equalalways' 'ea' boolean (default on)
3179 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003180 When on, all the windows are automatically made the same size after
Bram Moolenaar009b2592004-10-24 19:18:58 +00003181 splitting or closing a window. This also happens the moment the
3182 option is switched on. When off, splitting a window will reduce the
3183 size of the current window and leave the other windows the same. When
3184 closing a window the extra lines are given to the window next to it
3185 (depending on 'splitbelow' and 'splitright').
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003186 When mixing vertically and horizontally split windows, a minimal size
3187 is computed and some windows may be larger if there is room. The
3188 'eadirection' option tells in which direction the size is affected.
Bram Moolenaar67f71312007-08-12 14:55:56 +00003189 Changing the height and width of a window can be avoided by setting
3190 'winfixheight' and 'winfixwidth', respectively.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003191 If a window size is specified when creating a new window sizes are
3192 currently not equalized (it's complicated, but may be implemented in
3193 the future).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003194
3195 *'equalprg'* *'ep'*
3196'equalprg' 'ep' string (default "")
3197 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003198 External program to use for "=" command. When this option is empty
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003199 the internal formatting functions are used; either 'lisp', 'cindent'
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003200 or 'indentexpr'. When Vim was compiled without internal formatting,
3201 the "indent" program is used.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003202 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003203 about including spaces and backslashes.
3204 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3205 security reasons.
3206
3207 *'errorbells'* *'eb'* *'noerrorbells'* *'noeb'*
3208'errorbells' 'eb' boolean (default off)
3209 global
3210 Ring the bell (beep or screen flash) for error messages. This only
3211 makes a difference for error messages, the bell will be used always
3212 for a lot of errors without a message (e.g., hitting <Esc> in Normal
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003213 mode). See 'visualbell' on how to make the bell behave like a beep,
Bram Moolenaar165bc692015-07-21 17:53:25 +02003214 screen flash or do nothing. See 'belloff' to finetune when to ring the
3215 bell.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003216
3217 *'errorfile'* *'ef'*
3218'errorfile' 'ef' string (Amiga default: "AztecC.Err",
3219 others: "errors.err")
3220 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003221 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
3222 feature}
3223 Name of the errorfile for the QuickFix mode (see |:cf|).
3224 When the "-q" command-line argument is used, 'errorfile' is set to the
3225 following argument. See |-q|.
3226 NOT used for the ":make" command. See 'makeef' for that.
3227 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
3228 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
3229 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3230 security reasons.
3231
3232 *'errorformat'* *'efm'*
3233'errorformat' 'efm' string (default is very long)
3234 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003235 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
3236 feature}
3237 Scanf-like description of the format for the lines in the error file
3238 (see |errorformat|).
3239
3240 *'esckeys'* *'ek'* *'noesckeys'* *'noek'*
3241'esckeys' 'ek' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
3242 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003243 Function keys that start with an <Esc> are recognized in Insert
3244 mode. When this option is off, the cursor and function keys cannot be
3245 used in Insert mode if they start with an <Esc>. The advantage of
3246 this is that the single <Esc> is recognized immediately, instead of
3247 after one second. Instead of resetting this option, you might want to
3248 try changing the values for 'timeoutlen' and 'ttimeoutlen'. Note that
3249 when 'esckeys' is off, you can still map anything, but the cursor keys
3250 won't work by default.
3251 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
3252 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
Christian Brabandt5f5131d2023-10-25 21:44:26 +02003253 NOTE: when this option is off then the |modifyOtherKeys| and
3254 |xterm-bracketed-paste| functionality is disabled while in Insert mode
3255 to avoid ending Insert mode with any key that has a modifier.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003256
3257 *'eventignore'* *'ei'*
3258'eventignore' 'ei' string (default "")
3259 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003260 A list of autocommand event names, which are to be ignored.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +00003261 When set to "all" or when "all" is one of the items, all autocommand
3262 events are ignored, autocommands will not be executed.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003263 Otherwise this is a comma-separated list of event names. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003264 :set ei=WinEnter,WinLeave
3265<
3266 *'expandtab'* *'et'* *'noexpandtab'* *'noet'*
3267'expandtab' 'et' boolean (default off)
3268 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003269 In Insert mode: Use the appropriate number of spaces to insert a
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003270 <Tab>. Spaces are used in indents with the '>' and '<' commands and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003271 when 'autoindent' is on. To insert a real tab when 'expandtab' is
3272 on, use CTRL-V<Tab>. See also |:retab| and |ins-expandtab|.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02003273 This option is reset when the 'paste' option is set and restored when
3274 the 'paste' option is reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003275 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
3276
3277 *'exrc'* *'ex'* *'noexrc'* *'noex'*
3278'exrc' 'ex' boolean (default off)
3279 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003280 Enables the reading of .vimrc, .exrc and .gvimrc in the current
Bram Moolenaar36f44c22016-08-28 18:17:20 +02003281 directory.
3282
3283 Setting this option is a potential security leak. E.g., consider
3284 unpacking a package or fetching files from github, a .vimrc in there
3285 might be a trojan horse. BETTER NOT SET THIS OPTION!
3286 Instead, define an autocommand in your .vimrc to set options for a
3287 matching directory.
3288
3289 If you do switch this option on you should also consider setting the
3290 'secure' option (see |initialization|).
3291 Also see |.vimrc| and |gui-init|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003292 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3293 security reasons.
3294
3295 *'fileencoding'* *'fenc'* *E213*
3296'fileencoding' 'fenc' string (default: "")
3297 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003298 Sets the character encoding for the file of this buffer.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02003299
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003300 When 'fileencoding' is different from 'encoding', conversion will be
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003301 done when writing the file. For reading see below.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003302 When 'fileencoding' is empty, the same value as 'encoding' will be
3303 used (no conversion when reading or writing a file).
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003304 No error will be given when the value is set, only when it is used,
3305 only when writing a file.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003306 Conversion will also be done when 'encoding' and 'fileencoding' are
3307 both a Unicode encoding and 'fileencoding' is not utf-8. That's
3308 because internally Unicode is always stored as utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003309 WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003310 'encoding' is "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding, conversion
3311 is most likely done in a way that the reverse conversion
3312 results in the same text. When 'encoding' is not "utf-8" some
3313 characters may be lost!
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02003314
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003315 See 'encoding' for the possible values. Additionally, values may be
3316 specified that can be handled by the converter, see
3317 |mbyte-conversion|.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02003318
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003319 When reading a file 'fileencoding' will be set from 'fileencodings'.
3320 To read a file in a certain encoding it won't work by setting
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00003321 'fileencoding', use the |++enc| argument. One exception: when
3322 'fileencodings' is empty the value of 'fileencoding' is used.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00003323 For a new file the global value of 'fileencoding' is used.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02003324
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003325 Prepending "8bit-" and "2byte-" has no meaning here, they are ignored.
3326 When the option is set, the value is converted to lowercase. Thus
3327 you can set it with uppercase values too. '_' characters are
3328 replaced with '-'. If a name is recognized from the list for
3329 'encoding', it is replaced by the standard name. For example
3330 "ISO8859-2" becomes "iso-8859-2".
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02003331
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003332 When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
3333 option is set, because the file would be different when written.
Bram Moolenaar865242e2010-07-14 21:12:05 +02003334
3335 Keep in mind that changing 'fenc' from a modeline happens
3336 AFTER the text has been read, thus it applies to when the file will be
3337 written. If you do set 'fenc' in a modeline, you might want to set
3338 'nomodified' to avoid not being able to ":q".
3339
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003340 This option can not be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
3341
3342 *'fe'*
3343 NOTE: Before version 6.0 this option specified the encoding for the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003344 whole of Vim, this was a mistake. Now use 'encoding' instead. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003345 old short name was 'fe', which is no longer used.
3346
3347 *'fileencodings'* *'fencs'*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00003348'fileencodings' 'fencs' string (default: "ucs-bom",
3349 "ucs-bom,utf-8,default,latin1" when
3350 'encoding' is set to a Unicode value)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003351 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003352 This is a list of character encodings considered when starting to edit
3353 an existing file. When a file is read, Vim tries to use the first
3354 mentioned character encoding. If an error is detected, the next one
3355 in the list is tried. When an encoding is found that works,
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003356 'fileencoding' is set to it. If all fail, 'fileencoding' is set to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003357 an empty string, which means the value of 'encoding' is used.
3358 WARNING: Conversion can cause loss of information! When
3359 'encoding' is "utf-8" (or one of the other Unicode variants)
3360 conversion is most likely done in a way that the reverse
3361 conversion results in the same text. When 'encoding' is not
Bram Moolenaarc6d8db72005-12-13 20:04:55 +00003362 "utf-8" some non-ASCII characters may be lost! You can use
3363 the |++bad| argument to specify what is done with characters
3364 that can't be converted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003365 For an empty file or a file with only ASCII characters most encodings
3366 will work and the first entry of 'fileencodings' will be used (except
3367 "ucs-bom", which requires the BOM to be present). If you prefer
3368 another encoding use an BufReadPost autocommand event to test if your
3369 preferred encoding is to be used. Example: >
3370 au BufReadPost * if search('\S', 'w') == 0 |
3371 \ set fenc=iso-2022-jp | endif
3372< This sets 'fileencoding' to "iso-2022-jp" if the file does not contain
3373 non-blank characters.
Bram Moolenaarc6d8db72005-12-13 20:04:55 +00003374 When the |++enc| argument is used then the value of 'fileencodings' is
3375 not used.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00003376 Note that 'fileencodings' is not used for a new file, the global value
3377 of 'fileencoding' is used instead. You can set it with: >
3378 :setglobal fenc=iso-8859-2
3379< This means that a non-existing file may get a different encoding than
3380 an empty file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003381 The special value "ucs-bom" can be used to check for a Unicode BOM
3382 (Byte Order Mark) at the start of the file. It must not be preceded
3383 by "utf-8" or another Unicode encoding for this to work properly.
3384 An entry for an 8-bit encoding (e.g., "latin1") should be the last,
3385 because Vim cannot detect an error, thus the encoding is always
3386 accepted.
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +00003387 The special value "default" can be used for the encoding from the
K.Takataef8706f2021-05-31 18:40:49 +02003388 environment. On MS-Windows this is the system encoding. Otherwise
3389 this is the default value for 'encoding'. It is useful when
3390 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" and your environment uses a non-latin1
3391 encoding, such as Russian.
Bram Moolenaarca003e12006-03-17 23:19:38 +00003392 When 'encoding' is "utf-8" and a file contains an illegal byte
3393 sequence it won't be recognized as UTF-8. You can use the |8g8|
3394 command to find the illegal byte sequence.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003395 WRONG VALUES: WHAT'S WRONG:
3396 latin1,utf-8 "latin1" will always be used
3397 utf-8,ucs-bom,latin1 BOM won't be recognized in an utf-8
3398 file
3399 cp1250,latin1 "cp1250" will always be used
3400 If 'fileencodings' is empty, 'fileencoding' is not modified.
3401 See 'fileencoding' for the possible values.
3402 Setting this option does not have an effect until the next time a file
3403 is read.
3404
3405 *'fileformat'* *'ff'*
Bram Moolenaar00590742019-02-15 21:06:09 +01003406'fileformat' 'ff' string (MS-Windows default: "dos",
Yee Cheng Chin92b59c62024-10-22 21:16:43 +02003407 Unix default: "unix")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003408 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003409 This gives the <EOL> of the current buffer, which is used for
3410 reading/writing the buffer from/to a file:
Bram Moolenaar4072ba52020-12-23 13:56:35 +01003411 dos <CR><NL>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003412 unix <NL>
3413 mac <CR>
3414 When "dos" is used, CTRL-Z at the end of a file is ignored.
3415 See |file-formats| and |file-read|.
3416 For the character encoding of the file see 'fileencoding'.
3417 When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformat' is ignored, file I/O
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02003418 works like it was set to "unix".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003419 This option is set automatically when starting to edit a file and
3420 'fileformats' is not empty and 'binary' is off.
3421 When this option is set, after starting to edit a file, the 'modified'
3422 option is set, because the file would be different when written.
3423 This option can not be changed when 'modifiable' is off.
3424 For backwards compatibility: When this option is set to "dos",
3425 'textmode' is set, otherwise 'textmode' is reset.
3426
3427 *'fileformats'* *'ffs'*
3428'fileformats' 'ffs' string (default:
Bram Moolenaar00590742019-02-15 21:06:09 +01003429 Vim+Vi MS-Windows: "dos,unix",
Yee Cheng Chin92b59c62024-10-22 21:16:43 +02003430 Vim Unix: "unix,dos",
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003431 Vi Cygwin: "unix,dos",
3432 Vi others: "")
3433 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003434 This gives the end-of-line (<EOL>) formats that will be tried when
3435 starting to edit a new buffer and when reading a file into an existing
3436 buffer:
3437 - When empty, the format defined with 'fileformat' will be used
3438 always. It is not set automatically.
3439 - When set to one name, that format will be used whenever a new buffer
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003440 is opened. 'fileformat' is set accordingly for that buffer. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003441 'fileformats' name will be used when a file is read into an existing
3442 buffer, no matter what 'fileformat' for that buffer is set to.
3443 - When more than one name is present, separated by commas, automatic
3444 <EOL> detection will be done when reading a file. When starting to
3445 edit a file, a check is done for the <EOL>:
3446 1. If all lines end in <CR><NL>, and 'fileformats' includes "dos",
3447 'fileformat' is set to "dos".
3448 2. If a <NL> is found and 'fileformats' includes "unix", 'fileformat'
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003449 is set to "unix". Note that when a <NL> is found without a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003450 preceding <CR>, "unix" is preferred over "dos".
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01003451 3. If 'fileformat' has not yet been set, and if a <CR> is found, and
3452 if 'fileformats' includes "mac", 'fileformat' is set to "mac".
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003453 This means that "mac" is only chosen when:
3454 "unix" is not present or no <NL> is found in the file, and
3455 "dos" is not present or no <CR><NL> is found in the file.
3456 Except: if "unix" was chosen, but there is a <CR> before
3457 the first <NL>, and there appear to be more <CR>s than <NL>s in
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01003458 the first few lines, "mac" is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003459 4. If 'fileformat' is still not set, the first name from
3460 'fileformats' is used.
3461 When reading a file into an existing buffer, the same is done, but
3462 this happens like 'fileformat' has been set appropriately for that
3463 file only, the option is not changed.
3464 When 'binary' is set, the value of 'fileformats' is not used.
3465
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01003466 When Vim starts up with an empty buffer the first item is used. You
3467 can overrule this by setting 'fileformat' in your .vimrc.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01003468
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003469 For systems with a Dos-like <EOL> (<CR><NL>), when reading files that
3470 are ":source"ed and for vimrc files, automatic <EOL> detection may be
3471 done:
3472 - When 'fileformats' is empty, there is no automatic detection. Dos
3473 format will be used.
3474 - When 'fileformats' is set to one or more names, automatic detection
3475 is done. This is based on the first <NL> in the file: If there is a
3476 <CR> in front of it, Dos format is used, otherwise Unix format is
3477 used.
3478 Also see |file-formats|.
3479 For backwards compatibility: When this option is set to an empty
3480 string or one format (no comma is included), 'textauto' is reset,
3481 otherwise 'textauto' is set.
3482 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
3483 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
3484
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02003485 *'fileignorecase'* *'fic'* *'nofileignorecase'* *'nofic'*
3486'fileignorecase' 'fic' boolean (default on for systems where case in file
3487 names is normally ignored)
Bram Moolenaar71afbfe2013-03-19 16:49:16 +01003488 global
Bram Moolenaar71afbfe2013-03-19 16:49:16 +01003489 When set case is ignored when using file names and directories.
3490 See 'wildignorecase' for only ignoring case when doing completion.
3491
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003492 *'filetype'* *'ft'*
3493'filetype' 'ft' string (default: "")
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02003494 local to buffer |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003495 When this option is set, the FileType autocommand event is triggered.
3496 All autocommands that match with the value of this option will be
3497 executed. Thus the value of 'filetype' is used in place of the file
3498 name.
3499 Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current file type.
3500 This option is normally set when the file type is detected. To enable
3501 this use the ":filetype on" command. |:filetype|
3502 Setting this option to a different value is most useful in a modeline,
3503 for a file for which the file type is not automatically recognized.
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00003504 Example, for in an IDL file:
3505 /* vim: set filetype=idl : */ ~
3506 |FileType| |filetypes|
3507 When a dot appears in the value then this separates two filetype
Millyae62fe52024-10-02 19:30:41 +02003508 names, it should therefore not be used for a filetype. Example:
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00003509 /* vim: set filetype=c.doxygen : */ ~
3510 This will use the "c" filetype first, then the "doxygen" filetype.
3511 This works both for filetype plugins and for syntax files. More than
3512 one dot may appear.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003513 This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
3514 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
Millyae62fe52024-10-02 19:30:41 +02003515 Only alphanumeric characters, '-' and '_' can be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003516
3517 *'fillchars'* *'fcs'*
Yee Cheng Chin39cd9062024-11-06 20:20:57 +01003518'fillchars' 'fcs' string (default "vert:|,fold:-,eob:~,lastline:@")
Bram Moolenaar96ba25a2022-07-04 17:34:33 +01003519 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar96ba25a2022-07-04 17:34:33 +01003520 Characters to fill the statuslines, vertical separators and special
3521 lines in the window.
3522 It is a comma-separated list of items. Each item has a name, a colon
zeertzjq6a8d2e12024-01-17 20:54:49 +01003523 and the value of that item: |E1511|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003524
Bram Moolenaar96ba25a2022-07-04 17:34:33 +01003525 item name default Used for ~
Christian Brabandt6a650bf2023-11-08 21:23:29 +01003526 stl ' ' statusline of the current window
3527 stlnc ' ' statusline of the non-current windows
Bram Moolenaar96ba25a2022-07-04 17:34:33 +01003528 vert '|' vertical separators |:vsplit|
3529 fold '-' filling 'foldtext'
3530 foldopen '-' mark the beginning of a fold
3531 foldclose '+' show a closed fold
3532 foldsep '|' open fold middle character
3533 diff '-' deleted lines of the 'diff' option
3534 eob '~' empty lines below the end of a buffer
Bram Moolenaar4ba5f1d2022-10-04 14:36:29 +01003535 lastline '@' 'display' contains lastline/truncate
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003536
Christian Brabandt6a650bf2023-11-08 21:23:29 +01003537 Any one that is omitted will fall back to the default.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003538
3539 Example: >
Christian Brabandt6a650bf2023-11-08 21:23:29 +01003540 :set fillchars=stl:\ ,stlnc:\ ,vert:\|,fold:-,diff:-
3541<
Bram Moolenaar8cc5b552022-06-23 13:04:20 +01003542 For the "stl", "stlnc", "foldopen", "foldclose" and "foldsep" items
3543 single-byte and multibyte characters are supported. But double-width
zeertzjq6a8d2e12024-01-17 20:54:49 +01003544 characters are not supported. |E1512|
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003545
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003546 The highlighting used for these items:
Bram Moolenaar96ba25a2022-07-04 17:34:33 +01003547 item name highlight group ~
3548 stl StatusLine |hl-StatusLine|
3549 stlnc StatusLineNC |hl-StatusLineNC|
3550 vert VertSplit |hl-VertSplit|
3551 fold Folded |hl-Folded|
3552 diff DiffDelete |hl-DiffDelete|
3553 eob EndOfBuffer |hl-EndOfBuffer|
Bram Moolenaar4ba5f1d2022-10-04 14:36:29 +01003554 lastline NonText |hl-NonText|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003555
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003556 *'findfunc'* *'ffu'* *E1514*
3557'findfunc' 'ffu' string (default empty)
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003558 global or local to buffer |global-local|
3559 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
3560 feature}
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003561 Function that is called to obtain the filename(s) for the |:find|
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003562 command. When this option is empty, the internal |file-searching|
3563 mechanism is used.
3564
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003565 The value can be the name of a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|.
3566 See |option-value-function| for more information.
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003567
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003568 The function is called with two arguments. The first argument is a
3569 |String| and is the |:find| command argument. The second argument is
3570 a |Boolean| and is set to |v:true| when the function is called to get
3571 a List of command-line completion matches for the |:find| command.
3572 The function should return a List of strings.
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003573
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003574 The function is called only once per |:find| command invocation.
3575 The function can process all the directories specified in 'path'.
zeertzjq20e045f2024-10-28 22:05:26 +01003576
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003577 If a match is found, the function should return a |List| containing
3578 one or more file names. If a match is not found, the function
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003579 should return an empty List.
3580
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003581 If any errors are encountered during the function invocation, an
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003582 empty List is used as the return value.
3583
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003584 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003585 executing the 'findfunc' |textlock|.
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003586
3587 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3588 security reasons.
3589
3590 Examples:
3591>
3592 " Use glob()
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003593 func FindFuncGlob(cmdarg, cmdcomplete)
3594 let pat = a:cmdcomplete ? $'{a:cmdarg}*' : a:cmdarg
zeertzjq20e045f2024-10-28 22:05:26 +01003595 return glob(pat, v:false, v:true)
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003596 endfunc
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003597 set findfunc=FindFuncGlob
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003598
3599 " Use the 'git ls-files' output
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003600 func FindGitFiles(cmdarg, cmdcomplete)
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003601 let fnames = systemlist('git ls-files')
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003602 return fnames->filter('v:val =~? a:cmdarg')
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003603 endfunc
Yegappan Lakshmanana13f3a42024-11-02 18:40:10 +01003604 set findfunc=FindGitFiles
Yegappan Lakshmananaeb1c972024-10-22 23:42:20 +02003605<
Bram Moolenaar34d72d42015-07-17 14:18:08 +02003606 *'fixendofline'* *'fixeol'* *'nofixendofline'* *'nofixeol'*
3607'fixendofline' 'fixeol' boolean (default on)
3608 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar34d72d42015-07-17 14:18:08 +02003609 When writing a file and this option is on, <EOL> at the end of file
Bram Moolenaarfb0cf232022-10-22 11:25:19 +01003610 will be restored if missing. Turn this option off if you want to
Bram Moolenaar34d72d42015-07-17 14:18:08 +02003611 preserve the situation from the original file.
3612 When the 'binary' option is set the value of this option doesn't
3613 matter.
3614 See the 'endofline' option.
K.Takata3af98212022-11-01 20:36:19 +00003615 See |eol-and-eof| for example settings.
Bram Moolenaar34d72d42015-07-17 14:18:08 +02003616
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003617 *'fkmap'* *'fk'* *'nofkmap'* *'nofk'*
Bram Moolenaar98a29d02021-01-18 19:55:44 +01003618'fkmap' 'fk' boolean (default off)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003619 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003620 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
3621 feature}
Bram Moolenaar14184a32019-02-16 15:10:30 +01003622 This option was for using Farsi, which has been removed. See
3623 |farsi.txt|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003624
3625 *'foldclose'* *'fcl'*
3626'foldclose' 'fcl' string (default "")
3627 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003628 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3629 feature}
3630 When set to "all", a fold is closed when the cursor isn't in it and
3631 its level is higher than 'foldlevel'. Useful if you want folds to
3632 automatically close when moving out of them.
3633
3634 *'foldcolumn'* *'fdc'*
3635'foldcolumn' 'fdc' number (default 0)
3636 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003637 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3638 feature}
3639 When non-zero, a column with the specified width is shown at the side
3640 of the window which indicates open and closed folds. The maximum
3641 value is 12.
3642 See |folding|.
3643
3644 *'foldenable'* *'fen'* *'nofoldenable'* *'nofen'*
3645'foldenable' 'fen' boolean (default on)
3646 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003647 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3648 feature}
3649 When off, all folds are open. This option can be used to quickly
3650 switch between showing all text unfolded and viewing the text with
3651 folds (including manually opened or closed folds). It can be toggled
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003652 with the |zi| command. The 'foldcolumn' will remain blank when
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003653 'foldenable' is off.
3654 This option is set by commands that create a new fold or close a fold.
3655 See |folding|.
3656
3657 *'foldexpr'* *'fde'*
3658'foldexpr' 'fde' string (default: "0")
3659 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003660 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003661 or |+eval| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003662 The expression used for when 'foldmethod' is "expr". It is evaluated
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00003663 for each line to obtain its fold level. The context is set to the
3664 script where 'foldexpr' was set, script-local items can be accessed.
3665 See |fold-expr| for the usage.
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00003666
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003667 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from a
3668 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003669 This option can't be set from a |modeline| when the 'diff' option is
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02003670 on or the 'modelineexpr' option is off.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00003671
3672 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
3673 evaluating 'foldexpr' |textlock|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003674
3675 *'foldignore'* *'fdi'*
3676'foldignore' 'fdi' string (default: "#")
3677 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003678 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3679 feature}
3680 Used only when 'foldmethod' is "indent". Lines starting with
3681 characters in 'foldignore' will get their fold level from surrounding
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003682 lines. White space is skipped before checking for this character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003683 The default "#" works well for C programs. See |fold-indent|.
3684
3685 *'foldlevel'* *'fdl'*
3686'foldlevel' 'fdl' number (default: 0)
3687 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003688 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3689 feature}
3690 Sets the fold level: Folds with a higher level will be closed.
3691 Setting this option to zero will close all folds. Higher numbers will
3692 close fewer folds.
3693 This option is set by commands like |zm|, |zM| and |zR|.
3694 See |fold-foldlevel|.
3695
3696 *'foldlevelstart'* *'fdls'*
3697'foldlevelstart' 'fdls' number (default: -1)
3698 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003699 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3700 feature}
3701 Sets 'foldlevel' when starting to edit another buffer in a window.
3702 Useful to always start editing with all folds closed (value zero),
3703 some folds closed (one) or no folds closed (99).
3704 This is done before reading any modeline, thus a setting in a modeline
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003705 overrules this option. Starting to edit a file for |diff-mode| also
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003706 ignores this option and closes all folds.
3707 It is also done before BufReadPre autocommands, to allow an autocmd to
3708 overrule the 'foldlevel' value for specific files.
3709 When the value is negative, it is not used.
3710
3711 *'foldmarker'* *'fmr'* *E536*
3712'foldmarker' 'fmr' string (default: "{{{,}}}")
3713 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003714 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3715 feature}
3716 The start and end marker used when 'foldmethod' is "marker". There
3717 must be one comma, which separates the start and end marker. The
3718 marker is a literal string (a regular expression would be too slow).
3719 See |fold-marker|.
3720
3721 *'foldmethod'* *'fdm'*
3722'foldmethod' 'fdm' string (default: "manual")
3723 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003724 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3725 feature}
3726 The kind of folding used for the current window. Possible values:
3727 |fold-manual| manual Folds are created manually.
3728 |fold-indent| indent Lines with equal indent form a fold.
3729 |fold-expr| expr 'foldexpr' gives the fold level of a line.
3730 |fold-marker| marker Markers are used to specify folds.
3731 |fold-syntax| syntax Syntax highlighting items specify folds.
3732 |fold-diff| diff Fold text that is not changed.
3733
3734 *'foldminlines'* *'fml'*
3735'foldminlines' 'fml' number (default: 1)
3736 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003737 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3738 feature}
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01003739 Sets the number of screen lines above which a fold can be displayed
3740 closed. Also for manually closed folds. With the default value of
3741 one a fold can only be closed if it takes up two or more screen lines.
3742 Set to zero to be able to close folds of just one screen line.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02003743 Note that this only has an effect on what is displayed. After using
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003744 "zc" to close a fold, which is displayed open because it's smaller
3745 than 'foldminlines', a following "zc" may close a containing fold.
3746
3747 *'foldnestmax'* *'fdn'*
3748'foldnestmax' 'fdn' number (default: 20)
3749 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003750 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3751 feature}
3752 Sets the maximum nesting of folds for the "indent" and "syntax"
3753 methods. This avoids that too many folds will be created. Using more
3754 than 20 doesn't work, because the internal limit is 20.
3755
3756 *'foldopen'* *'fdo'*
3757'foldopen' 'fdo' string (default: "block,hor,mark,percent,quickfix,
3758 search,tag,undo")
3759 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003760 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3761 feature}
3762 Specifies for which type of commands folds will be opened, if the
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003763 command moves the cursor into a closed fold. It is a comma-separated
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003764 list of items.
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02003765 NOTE: When the command is part of a mapping this option is not used.
3766 Add the |zv| command to the mapping to get the same effect.
3767 (rationale: the mapping may want to control opening folds itself)
3768
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003769 item commands ~
3770 all any
3771 block "(", "{", "[[", "[{", etc.
3772 hor horizontal movements: "l", "w", "fx", etc.
3773 insert any command in Insert mode
3774 jump far jumps: "G", "gg", etc.
3775 mark jumping to a mark: "'m", CTRL-O, etc.
3776 percent "%"
3777 quickfix ":cn", ":crew", ":make", etc.
3778 search search for a pattern: "/", "n", "*", "gd", etc.
3779 (not for a search pattern in a ":" command)
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003780 Also for |[s| and |]s|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003781 tag jumping to a tag: ":ta", CTRL-T, etc.
3782 undo undo or redo: "u" and CTRL-R
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003783 When a movement command is used for an operator (e.g., "dl" or "y%")
3784 this option is not used. This means the operator will include the
3785 whole closed fold.
3786 Note that vertical movements are not here, because it would make it
3787 very difficult to move onto a closed fold.
3788 In insert mode the folds containing the cursor will always be open
3789 when text is inserted.
3790 To close folds you can re-apply 'foldlevel' with the |zx| command or
3791 set the 'foldclose' option to "all".
3792
3793 *'foldtext'* *'fdt'*
3794'foldtext' 'fdt' string (default: "foldtext()")
3795 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003796 {not available when compiled without the |+folding|
3797 feature}
3798 An expression which is used to specify the text displayed for a closed
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00003799 fold. The context is set to the script where 'foldexpr' was set,
3800 script-local items can be accessed. See |fold-foldtext| for the
3801 usage.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003802
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003803 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from a
3804 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02003805 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00003806
3807 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
3808 evaluating 'foldtext' |textlock|.
3809
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02003810 *'formatexpr'* *'fex'*
3811'formatexpr' 'fex' string (default "")
3812 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02003813 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
3814 feature}
3815 Expression which is evaluated to format a range of lines for the |gq|
3816 operator or automatic formatting (see 'formatoptions'). When this
3817 option is empty 'formatprg' is used.
3818
3819 The |v:lnum| variable holds the first line to be formatted.
3820 The |v:count| variable holds the number of lines to be formatted.
3821 The |v:char| variable holds the character that is going to be
3822 inserted if the expression is being evaluated due to
3823 automatic formatting. This can be empty. Don't insert
3824 it yet!
3825
3826 Example: >
3827 :set formatexpr=mylang#Format()
3828< This will invoke the mylang#Format() function in the
3829 autoload/mylang.vim file in 'runtimepath'. |autoload|
3830
Bram Moolenaara4e0b972022-10-01 19:43:52 +01003831 The advantage of using a function call without arguments is that it is
3832 faster, see |expr-option-function|.
3833
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02003834 The expression is also evaluated when 'textwidth' is set and adding
3835 text beyond that limit. This happens under the same conditions as
3836 when internal formatting is used. Make sure the cursor is kept in the
3837 same spot relative to the text then! The |mode()| function will
3838 return "i" or "R" in this situation.
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01003839
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02003840 When the expression evaluates to non-zero Vim will fall back to using
3841 the internal format mechanism.
3842
Yegappan Lakshmanan8bb65f22021-12-26 10:51:39 +00003843 If the expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is replaced with
3844 the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >
3845 set formatexpr=s:MyFormatExpr()
3846 set formatexpr=<SID>SomeFormatExpr()
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00003847< Otherwise, the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
3848 where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
3849
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02003850 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
3851 modeline, see |sandbox-option|. That stops the option from working,
3852 since changing the buffer text is not allowed.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02003853 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01003854 NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02003855
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003856 *'formatlistpat'* *'flp'*
3857'formatlistpat' 'flp' string (default: "^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*")
3858 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003859 A pattern that is used to recognize a list header. This is used for
3860 the "n" flag in 'formatoptions'.
3861 The pattern must match exactly the text that will be the indent for
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00003862 the line below it. You can use |/\ze| to mark the end of the match
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003863 while still checking more characters. There must be a character
3864 following the pattern, when it matches the whole line it is handled
3865 like there is no match.
3866 The default recognizes a number, followed by an optional punctuation
3867 character and white space.
3868
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +02003869 *'formatoptions'* *'fo'*
3870'formatoptions' 'fo' string (Vim default: "tcq", Vi default: "vt")
3871 local to buffer
3872 This is a sequence of letters which describes how automatic
Christian Brabandt1b08d2c2023-11-11 15:50:13 +01003873 formatting is to be done.
3874 See |fo-table| for possible values and |gq| for how to format text.
3875 When the 'paste' option is on, no formatting is done (like
3876 'formatoptions' is empty). Commas can be inserted for readability.
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +02003877 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
3878 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
3879 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
3880 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
3881
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003882 *'formatprg'* *'fp'*
3883'formatprg' 'fp' string (default "")
Bram Moolenaar9be7c042017-01-14 14:28:30 +01003884 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003885 The name of an external program that will be used to format the lines
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003886 selected with the |gq| operator. The program must take the input on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003887 stdin and produce the output on stdout. The Unix program "fmt" is
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003888 such a program.
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00003889 If the 'formatexpr' option is not empty it will be used instead.
3890 Otherwise, if 'formatprg' option is an empty string, the internal
3891 format function will be used |C-indenting|.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003892 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
3893 about including spaces and backslashes.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003894 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3895 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003896
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01003897 *'fsync'* *'fs'* *'nofsync'* *'nofs'*
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003898'fsync' 'fs' boolean (default on)
3899 global
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003900 When on, the library function fsync() will be called after writing a
3901 file. This will flush a file to disk, ensuring that it is safely
3902 written even on filesystems which do metadata-only journaling. This
3903 will force the harddrive to spin up on Linux systems running in laptop
3904 mode, so it may be undesirable in some situations. Be warned that
3905 turning this off increases the chances of data loss after a crash. On
3906 systems without an fsync() implementation, this variable is always
3907 off.
3908 Also see 'swapsync' for controlling fsync() on swap files.
Bram Moolenaar340dd0f2021-10-14 17:52:23 +01003909 'fsync' also applies to |writefile()| (unless a flag is used to
3910 overrule it) and when writing undo files (see |undo-persistence|).
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02003911 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3912 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003913
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003914 *'gdefault'* *'gd'* *'nogdefault'* *'nogd'*
3915'gdefault' 'gd' boolean (default off)
3916 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003917 When on, the ":substitute" flag 'g' is default on. This means that
3918 all matches in a line are substituted instead of one. When a 'g' flag
3919 is given to a ":substitute" command, this will toggle the substitution
3920 of all or one match. See |complex-change|.
3921
3922 command 'gdefault' on 'gdefault' off ~
3923 :s/// subst. all subst. one
3924 :s///g subst. one subst. all
3925 :s///gg subst. all subst. one
3926
3927 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
dundargoc82f19732023-12-16 14:53:52 +01003928 Setting this option may break plugins that rely on the default
3929 behavior of the 'g' flag. This will also make the 'g' flag have the
3930 opposite effect of that documented in |:s_g|.
Bram Moolenaar4072ba52020-12-23 13:56:35 +01003931 This option is not used in |Vim9| script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003932
3933 *'grepformat'* *'gfm'*
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02003934'grepformat' 'gfm' string (default "%f:%l:%m,%f:%l%m,%f %l%m")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003935 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003936 Format to recognize for the ":grep" command output.
3937 This is a scanf-like string that uses the same format as the
3938 'errorformat' option: see |errorformat|.
3939
3940 *'grepprg'* *'gp'*
3941'grepprg' 'gp' string (default "grep -n ",
3942 Unix: "grep -n $* /dev/null",
3943 Win32: "findstr /n" or "grep -n",
3944 VMS: "SEARCH/NUMBERS ")
3945 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00003946 Program to use for the |:grep| command. This option may contain '%'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003947 and '#' characters, which are expanded like when used in a command-
3948 line. The placeholder "$*" is allowed to specify where the arguments
3949 will be included. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See
3950 |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
3951 When your "grep" accepts the "-H" argument, use this to make ":grep"
3952 also work well with a single file: >
3953 :set grepprg=grep\ -nH
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00003954< Special value: When 'grepprg' is set to "internal" the |:grep| command
Bram Moolenaara6557602006-02-04 22:43:20 +00003955 works like |:vimgrep|, |:lgrep| like |:lvimgrep|, |:grepadd| like
3956 |:vimgrepadd| and |:lgrepadd| like |:lvimgrepadd|.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003957 See also the section |:make_makeprg|, since most of the comments there
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003958 apply equally to 'grepprg'.
3959 For Win32, the default is "findstr /n" if "findstr.exe" can be found,
3960 otherwise it's "grep -n".
3961 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
3962 security reasons.
3963
3964 *'guicursor'* *'gcr'* *E545* *E546* *E548* *E549*
3965'guicursor' 'gcr' string (default "n-v-c:block-Cursor/lCursor,
3966 ve:ver35-Cursor,
3967 o:hor50-Cursor,
3968 i-ci:ver25-Cursor/lCursor,
3969 r-cr:hor20-Cursor/lCursor,
3970 sm:block-Cursor
3971 -blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175",
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01003972 for Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003973 "n-v-c:block,o:hor50,i-ci:hor15,
3974 r-cr:hor30,sm:block")
3975 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003976 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled, and
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01003977 for Win32 console}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003978 This option tells Vim what the cursor should look like in different
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +01003979 modes. It fully works in the GUI. In a Win32 console, only the
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01003980 height of the cursor can be changed. This can be done by specifying a
3981 block cursor, or a percentage for a vertical or horizontal cursor.
Bram Moolenaar1e7813a2015-03-31 18:31:03 +02003982 For a console the 't_SI', 't_SR', and 't_EI' escape sequences are
3983 used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003984
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003985 The option is a comma-separated list of parts. Each part consist of a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003986 mode-list and an argument-list:
3987 mode-list:argument-list,mode-list:argument-list,..
3988 The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes:
3989 n Normal mode
3990 v Visual mode
3991 ve Visual mode with 'selection' "exclusive" (same as 'v',
3992 if not specified)
3993 o Operator-pending mode
3994 i Insert mode
3995 r Replace mode
3996 c Command-line Normal (append) mode
3997 ci Command-line Insert mode
3998 cr Command-line Replace mode
3999 sm showmatch in Insert mode
4000 a all modes
4001 The argument-list is a dash separated list of these arguments:
4002 hor{N} horizontal bar, {N} percent of the character height
4003 ver{N} vertical bar, {N} percent of the character width
4004 block block cursor, fills the whole character
4005 [only one of the above three should be present]
4006 blinkwait{N} *cursor-blinking*
4007 blinkon{N}
4008 blinkoff{N}
4009 blink times for cursor: blinkwait is the delay before
4010 the cursor starts blinking, blinkon is the time that
4011 the cursor is shown and blinkoff is the time that the
4012 cursor is not shown. The times are in msec. When one
4013 of the numbers is zero, there is no blinking. The
4014 default is: "blinkwait700-blinkon400-blinkoff250".
4015 These numbers are used for a missing entry. This
4016 means that blinking is enabled by default. To switch
4017 blinking off you can use "blinkon0". The cursor only
4018 blinks when Vim is waiting for input, not while
4019 executing a command.
4020 To make the cursor blink in an xterm, see
4021 |xterm-blink|.
4022 {group-name}
4023 a highlight group name, that sets the color and font
4024 for the cursor
4025 {group-name}/{group-name}
4026 Two highlight group names, the first is used when
4027 no language mappings are used, the other when they
4028 are. |language-mapping|
4029
4030 Examples of parts:
4031 n-c-v:block-nCursor in Normal, Command-line and Visual mode, use a
4032 block cursor with colors from the "nCursor"
4033 highlight group
4034 i-ci:ver30-iCursor-blinkwait300-blinkon200-blinkoff150
4035 In Insert and Command-line Insert mode, use a
4036 30% vertical bar cursor with colors from the
4037 "iCursor" highlight group. Blink a bit
4038 faster.
4039
4040 The 'a' mode is different. It will set the given argument-list for
4041 all modes. It does not reset anything to defaults. This can be used
4042 to do a common setting for all modes. For example, to switch off
4043 blinking: "a:blinkon0"
4044
4045 Examples of cursor highlighting: >
4046 :highlight Cursor gui=reverse guifg=NONE guibg=NONE
4047 :highlight Cursor gui=NONE guifg=bg guibg=fg
4048<
4049 *'guifont'* *'gfn'*
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02004050 *E235* *E596*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004051'guifont' 'gfn' string (default "")
4052 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004053 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
4054 This is a list of fonts which will be used for the GUI version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaarf720d0a2019-04-28 14:02:47 +02004055 In its simplest form the value is just one font name.
4056 See |gui-font| for the details.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004057
4058 *'guifontset'* *'gfs'*
4059 *E250* *E252* *E234* *E597* *E598*
4060'guifontset' 'gfs' string (default "")
4061 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004062 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled and
4063 with the |+xfontset| feature}
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01004064 {not available in the GTK+ GUI}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004065 When not empty, specifies two (or more) fonts to be used. The first
4066 one for normal English, the second one for your special language. See
4067 |xfontset|.
Bram Moolenaarf720d0a2019-04-28 14:02:47 +02004068
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004069 *'guifontwide'* *'gfw'* *E231* *E533* *E534*
4070'guifontwide' 'gfw' string (default "")
4071 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004072 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
4073 When not empty, specifies a comma-separated list of fonts to be used
4074 for double-width characters. The first font that can be loaded is
Bram Moolenaarf720d0a2019-04-28 14:02:47 +02004075 used. See |gui-fontwide|.
Bram Moolenaar0f272122013-01-23 18:37:40 +01004076
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004077 *'guiheadroom'* *'ghr'*
4078'guiheadroom' 'ghr' number (default 50)
4079 global
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004080 {only for GTK and X11 GUI}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004081 The number of pixels subtracted from the screen height when fitting
4082 the GUI window on the screen. Set this before the GUI is started,
4083 e.g., in your |gvimrc| file. When zero, the whole screen height will
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004084 be used by the window. When positive, the specified number of pixel
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004085 lines will be left for window decorations and other items on the
4086 screen. Set it to a negative value to allow windows taller than the
4087 screen.
4088
Dusan Popovic4eeedc02021-10-16 20:52:05 +01004089 *'guiligatures'* *'gli'* *E1243*
4090'guiligatures' 'gli' string (default "")
4091 global
Erik S. V. Jansson8b1e7492024-02-24 14:26:52 +01004092 {only for GTK and Win32 GUI}
Dusan Popovic4eeedc02021-10-16 20:52:05 +01004093 List of ASCII characters that, when combined together, can create more
4094 complex shapes. Each character must be a printable ASCII character
4095 with a value in the 32-127 range.
4096 Example: >
4097 :set guiligatures=!\"#$%&()*+-./:<=>?@[]^_{\|~
4098< Changing this option updates screen output immediately. Set it to an
4099 empty string to disable ligatures.
4100
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004101 *'guioptions'* *'go'*
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +02004102'guioptions' 'go' string (default "egmrLtT" (MS-Windows,
4103 "t" is removed in |defaults.vim|),
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004104 "aegimrLtT" (GTK and Motif),
Bram Moolenaar8c08b5b2016-07-28 22:24:15 +02004105 )
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004106 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004107 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00004108 This option only has an effect in the GUI version of Vim. It is a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004109 sequence of letters which describes what components and options of the
4110 GUI should be used.
4111 To avoid problems with flags that are added in the future, use the
4112 "+=" and "-=" feature of ":set" |add-option-flags|.
4113
Bram Moolenaar13568252018-03-16 20:46:58 +01004114 Valid characters are as follows:
4115 *'go-!'*
4116 '!' External commands are executed in a terminal window. Without
4117 this flag the MS-Windows GUI will open a console window to
4118 execute the command. The Unix GUI will simulate a dumb
4119 terminal to list the command output.
4120 The terminal window will be positioned at the bottom, and grow
4121 upwards as needed.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01004122 *'go-a'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004123 'a' Autoselect: If present, then whenever VISUAL mode is started,
4124 or the Visual area extended, Vim tries to become the owner of
4125 the windowing system's global selection. This means that the
4126 Visually highlighted text is available for pasting into other
4127 applications as well as into Vim itself. When the Visual mode
4128 ends, possibly due to an operation on the text, or when an
4129 application wants to paste the selection, the highlighted text
4130 is automatically yanked into the "* selection register.
4131 Thus the selection is still available for pasting into other
4132 applications after the VISUAL mode has ended.
4133 If not present, then Vim won't become the owner of the
4134 windowing system's global selection unless explicitly told to
4135 by a yank or delete operation for the "* register.
4136 The same applies to the modeless selection.
Bram Moolenaarc0885aa2012-07-10 16:49:23 +02004137 *'go-P'*
4138 'P' Like autoselect but using the "+ register instead of the "*
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01004139 register.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004140 *'go-A'*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004141 'A' Autoselect for the modeless selection. Like 'a', but only
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004142 applies to the modeless selection.
4143
4144 'guioptions' autoselect Visual autoselect modeless ~
4145 "" - -
4146 "a" yes yes
4147 "A" - yes
4148 "aA" yes yes
4149
Bram Moolenaar9fbdbb82022-09-27 17:30:34 +01004150 When using a terminal see the 'clipboard' option.
4151
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004152 *'go-c'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004153 'c' Use console dialogs instead of popup dialogs for simple
4154 choices.
Bram Moolenaar50bf7ce2019-09-15 13:17:00 +02004155 *'go-d'*
4156 'd' Use dark theme variant if available. Currently only works for
4157 GTK+ GUI.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004158 *'go-e'*
Bram Moolenaare224ffa2006-03-01 00:01:28 +00004159 'e' Add tab pages when indicated with 'showtabline'.
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00004160 'guitablabel' can be used to change the text in the labels.
4161 When 'e' is missing a non-GUI tab pages line may be used.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00004162 The GUI tabs are only supported on some systems, currently
Bram Moolenaarb3f74062020-02-26 16:16:53 +01004163 GTK, Motif, Mac OS/X, Haiku, and MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004164 *'go-f'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004165 'f' Foreground: Don't use fork() to detach the GUI from the shell
4166 where it was started. Use this for programs that wait for the
4167 editor to finish (e.g., an e-mail program). Alternatively you
4168 can use "gvim -f" or ":gui -f" to start the GUI in the
4169 foreground. |gui-fork|
4170 Note: Set this option in the vimrc file. The forking may have
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00004171 happened already when the |gvimrc| file is read.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004172 *'go-i'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004173 'i' Use a Vim icon. For GTK with KDE it is used in the left-upper
4174 corner of the window. It's black&white on non-GTK, because of
4175 limitations of X11. For a color icon, see |X11-icon|.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004176 *'go-m'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004177 'm' Menu bar is present.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004178 *'go-M'*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004179 'M' The system menu "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim" is not sourced. Note
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004180 that this flag must be added in the .vimrc file, before
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00004181 switching on syntax or filetype recognition (when the |gvimrc|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004182 file is sourced the system menu has already been loaded; the
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01004183 `:syntax on` and `:filetype on` commands load the menu too).
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004184 *'go-g'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004185 'g' Grey menu items: Make menu items that are not active grey. If
4186 'g' is not included inactive menu items are not shown at all.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004187 *'go-t'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004188 't' Include tearoff menu items. Currently only works for Win32,
4189 GTK+, and Motif 1.2 GUI.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004190 *'go-T'*
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004191 'T' Include Toolbar. Currently only in Win32, GTK+, Motif and
4192 Photon GUIs.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004193 *'go-r'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004194 'r' Right-hand scrollbar is always present.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004195 *'go-R'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004196 'R' Right-hand scrollbar is present when there is a vertically
4197 split window.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004198 *'go-l'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004199 'l' Left-hand scrollbar is always present.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004200 *'go-L'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004201 'L' Left-hand scrollbar is present when there is a vertically
4202 split window.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004203 *'go-b'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004204 'b' Bottom (horizontal) scrollbar is present. Its size depends on
4205 the longest visible line, or on the cursor line if the 'h'
4206 flag is included. |gui-horiz-scroll|
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004207 *'go-h'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004208 'h' Limit horizontal scrollbar size to the length of the cursor
4209 line. Reduces computations. |gui-horiz-scroll|
4210
4211 And yes, you may even have scrollbars on the left AND the right if
4212 you really want to :-). See |gui-scrollbars| for more information.
4213
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004214 *'go-v'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004215 'v' Use a vertical button layout for dialogs. When not included,
4216 a horizontal layout is preferred, but when it doesn't fit a
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +02004217 vertical layout is used anyway. Not supported in GTK 3.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004218 *'go-p'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004219 'p' Use Pointer callbacks for X11 GUI. This is required for some
4220 window managers. If the cursor is not blinking or hollow at
4221 the right moment, try adding this flag. This must be done
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00004222 before starting the GUI. Set it in your |gvimrc|. Adding or
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004223 removing it after the GUI has started has no effect.
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02004224 *'go-F'*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004225 'F' Add a footer. Only for Motif. See |gui-footer|.
Bram Moolenaar8ac44152017-11-09 18:33:29 +01004226 *'go-k'*
4227 'k' Keep the GUI window size when adding/removing a scrollbar, or
4228 toolbar, tabline, etc. Instead, the behavior is similar to
4229 when the window is maximized and will adjust 'lines' and
4230 'columns' to fit to the window. Without the 'k' flag Vim will
Bram Moolenaar51b0f372017-11-18 18:52:04 +01004231 try to keep 'lines' and 'columns' the same when adding and
Bram Moolenaar8ac44152017-11-09 18:33:29 +01004232 removing GUI components.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00004233
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004234 *'guipty'* *'noguipty'*
4235'guipty' boolean (default on)
4236 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004237 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
4238 Only in the GUI: If on, an attempt is made to open a pseudo-tty for
4239 I/O to/from shell commands. See |gui-pty|.
4240
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00004241 *'guitablabel'* *'gtl'*
4242'guitablabel' 'gtl' string (default empty)
4243 global
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02004244 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00004245 When non-empty describes the text to use in a label of the GUI tab
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00004246 pages line. When empty and when the result is empty Vim will use a
4247 default label. See |setting-guitablabel| for more info.
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00004248
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00004249 The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00004250 'guitabtooltip' is used for the tooltip, see below.
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01004251 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4252 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004253 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00004254
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00004255 Only used when the GUI tab pages line is displayed. 'e' must be
4256 present in 'guioptions'. For the non-GUI tab pages line 'tabline' is
4257 used.
4258
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00004259 *'guitabtooltip'* *'gtt'*
4260'guitabtooltip' 'gtt' string (default empty)
4261 global
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02004262 {only available when compiled with GUI enabled}
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00004263 When non-empty describes the text to use in a tooltip for the GUI tab
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00004264 pages line. When empty Vim will use a default tooltip.
4265 This option is otherwise just like 'guitablabel' above.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004266 You can include a line break. Simplest method is to use |:let|: >
4267 :let &guitabtooltip = "line one\nline two"
4268<
Bram Moolenaar57657d82006-04-21 22:12:41 +00004269
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004270 *'helpfile'* *'hf'*
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01004271'helpfile' 'hf' string (default (MS-Windows) "$VIMRUNTIME\doc\help.txt"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004272 (others) "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt")
4273 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004274 Name of the main help file. All distributed help files should be
4275 placed together in one directory. Additionally, all "doc" directories
4276 in 'runtimepath' will be used.
4277 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. For example:
4278 "$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt". If $VIMRUNTIME is not set, $VIM is also
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004279 tried. Also see |$VIMRUNTIME| and |option-backslash| about including
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004280 spaces and backslashes.
4281 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
4282 security reasons.
4283
4284 *'helpheight'* *'hh'*
4285'helpheight' 'hh' number (default 20)
4286 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004287 Minimal initial height of the help window when it is opened with the
4288 ":help" command. The initial height of the help window is half of the
4289 current window, or (when the 'ea' option is on) the same as other
4290 windows. When the height is less than 'helpheight', the height is
4291 set to 'helpheight'. Set to zero to disable.
4292
4293 *'helplang'* *'hlg'*
4294'helplang' 'hlg' string (default: messages language or empty)
4295 global
4296 {only available when compiled with the |+multi_lang|
4297 feature}
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004298 Comma-separated list of languages. Vim will use the first language
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004299 for which the desired help can be found. The English help will always
4300 be used as a last resort. You can add "en" to prefer English over
4301 another language, but that will only find tags that exist in that
4302 language and not in the English help.
4303 Example: >
4304 :set helplang=de,it
4305< This will first search German, then Italian and finally English help
4306 files.
4307 When using |CTRL-]| and ":help!" in a non-English help file Vim will
4308 try to find the tag in the current language before using this option.
4309 See |help-translated|.
4310
4311 *'hidden'* *'hid'* *'nohidden'* *'nohid'*
4312'hidden' 'hid' boolean (default off)
4313 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004314 When off a buffer is unloaded when it is |abandon|ed. When on a
4315 buffer becomes hidden when it is |abandon|ed. If the buffer is still
4316 displayed in another window, it does not become hidden, of course.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004317
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004318 The commands that move through the buffer list sometimes make a buffer
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004319 hidden even if the 'hidden' option is off when these three are true:
4320 - the buffer is modified
4321 - 'autowrite' is off or writing is not possible
4322 - the '!' flag was used
4323 Also see |windows.txt|.
4324
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00004325 To only make one buffer hidden use the 'bufhidden' option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004326 This option is set for one command with ":hide {command}" |:hide|.
4327 WARNING: It's easy to forget that you have changes in hidden buffers.
4328 Think twice when using ":q!" or ":qa!".
4329
4330 *'highlight'* *'hl'*
4331'highlight' 'hl' string (default (as a single string):
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004332 "8:SpecialKey,~:EndOfBuffer,@:NonText,
4333 d:Directory,e:ErrorMsg,i:IncSearch,
4334 l:Search,m:MoreMsg,M:ModeMsg,n:LineNr,
Bram Moolenaarefae76a2019-10-27 22:54:58 +01004335 a:LineNrAbove,b:LineNrBelow,
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004336 N:CursorLineNr,r:Question,s:StatusLine,
4337 S:StatusLineNC,c:VertSplit,t:Title,
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +01004338 v:Visual,V:VisualNOS,w:WarningMsg,
4339 W:WildMenu,f:Folded,F:FoldColumn,
4340 A:DiffAdd,C:DiffChange,D:DiffDelete,
4341 T:DiffText,>:SignColumn,-:Conceal,
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +01004342 B:SpellBad,P:SpellCap,R:SpellRare,
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +01004343 L:SpellLocal,+:Pmenu,=:PmenuSel,
glepnir40c1c332024-06-11 19:37:04 +02004344 k:PmenuMatch,<:PmenuMatchSel,
Gianmaria Bajo6a7c7742023-03-10 16:35:53 +00004345 [:PmenuKind,]:PmenuKindSel,
4346 {:PmenuExtra,}:PmenuExtraSel,
Bram Moolenaar21020352017-06-13 17:21:04 +02004347 x:PmenuSbar,X:PmenuThumb,*:TabLine,
4348 #:TabLineSel,_:TabLineFill,!:CursorColumn,
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02004349 .:CursorLine,o:ColorColumn,q:QuickFixLine,
Christian Brabandtfb745752024-05-07 21:19:03 +02004350 z:StatusLineTerm,Z:StatusLineTermNC,
4351 g:MsgArea")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004352 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004353 This option can be used to set highlighting mode for various
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004354 occasions. It is a comma-separated list of character pairs. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004355 first character in a pair gives the occasion, the second the mode to
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004356 use for that occasion. The occasions are:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004357 |hl-SpecialKey| 8 Meta and special keys listed with ":map"
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004358 |hl-EndOfBuffer| ~ lines after the last line in the buffer
4359 |hl-NonText| @ '@' at the end of the window and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004360 characters from 'showbreak'
4361 |hl-Directory| d directories in CTRL-D listing and other special
4362 things in listings
4363 |hl-ErrorMsg| e error messages
4364 h (obsolete, ignored)
4365 |hl-IncSearch| i 'incsearch' highlighting
LemonBoya4399382022-04-09 21:04:08 +01004366 |hl-CurSearch| y current instance of last search pattern
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004367 |hl-Search| l last search pattern highlighting (see 'hlsearch')
4368 |hl-MoreMsg| m |more-prompt|
4369 |hl-ModeMsg| M Mode (e.g., "-- INSERT --")
Christian Brabandtfb745752024-05-07 21:19:03 +02004370 |hl-MsgArea| g |Command-line| and message area
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02004371 |hl-LineNr| n line number for ":number" and ":#" commands, and
4372 when 'number' or 'relativenumber' option is set.
Bram Moolenaarefae76a2019-10-27 22:54:58 +01004373 |hl-LineNrAbove| a line number above the cursor for when the
4374 'relativenumber' option is set.
4375 |hl-LineNrBelow| b line number below the cursor for when the
4376 'relativenumber' option is set.
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01004377 |hl-CursorLineNr| N like n for when 'cursorline' or 'relativenumber' is
4378 set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004379 |hl-Question| r |hit-enter| prompt and yes/no questions
4380 |hl-StatusLine| s status line of current window |status-line|
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01004381 |hl-StatusLineNC| S status lines of not-current windows
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004382 |hl-Title| t Titles for output from ":set all", ":autocmd" etc.
4383 |hl-VertSplit| c column used to separate vertically split windows
4384 |hl-Visual| v Visual mode
4385 |hl-VisualNOS| V Visual mode when Vim does is "Not Owning the
4386 Selection" Only X11 Gui's |gui-x11| and
4387 |xterm-clipboard|.
4388 |hl-WarningMsg| w warning messages
4389 |hl-WildMenu| W wildcard matches displayed for 'wildmenu'
4390 |hl-Folded| f line used for closed folds
4391 |hl-FoldColumn| F 'foldcolumn'
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00004392 |hl-DiffAdd| A added line in diff mode
4393 |hl-DiffChange| C changed line in diff mode
4394 |hl-DiffDelete| D deleted line in diff mode
4395 |hl-DiffText| T inserted text in diff mode
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004396 |hl-SignColumn| > column used for |signs|
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +01004397 |hl-Conceal| - the placeholders used for concealed characters
4398 (see 'conceallevel')
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00004399 |hl-SpellBad| B misspelled word |spell|
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02004400 |hl-SpellCap| P word that should start with capital |spell|
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00004401 |hl-SpellRare| R rare word |spell|
4402 |hl-SpellLocal| L word from other region |spell|
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +01004403 |hl-Pmenu| + popup menu normal line
4404 |hl-PmenuSel| = popup menu selected line
Gianmaria Bajo6a7c7742023-03-10 16:35:53 +00004405 |hl-PmenuKind| [ popup menu "kind" normal line
4406 |hl-PmenuKindSel| ] popup menu "kind" selected line
h_east59858792023-10-25 22:47:05 +09004407 |hl-PmenuExtra| { popup menu "extra" normal line
4408 |hl-PmenuExtraSel| } popup menu "extra" selected line
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +01004409 |hl-PmenuSbar| x popup menu scrollbar
4410 |hl-PmenuThumb| X popup menu scrollbar thumb
glepnir40c1c332024-06-11 19:37:04 +02004411 |hl-PmenuMatch| k popup menu matched text
4412 |hl-PmenuMatchSel| < popup menu matched text in selected line
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004413
4414 The display modes are:
4415 r reverse (termcap entry "mr" and "me")
4416 i italic (termcap entry "ZH" and "ZR")
4417 b bold (termcap entry "md" and "me")
4418 s standout (termcap entry "so" and "se")
4419 u underline (termcap entry "us" and "ue")
Bram Moolenaar84f54632022-06-29 18:39:11 +01004420 c undercurl (termcap entry "Us" and "Ce")
4421 2 double underline (termcap entry "Ds" and "Ce")
4422 d dotted underline (termcap entry "ds" and "Ce")
4423 = dashed underline (termcap entry "Ds" and "Ce")
Bram Moolenaarcf4b00c2017-09-02 18:33:56 +02004424 t strikethrough (termcap entry "Ts" and "Te")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004425 n no highlighting
4426 - no highlighting
4427 : use a highlight group
4428 The default is used for occasions that are not included.
4429 If you want to change what the display modes do, see |dos-colors|
4430 for an example.
4431 When using the ':' display mode, this must be followed by the name of
4432 a highlight group. A highlight group can be used to define any type
4433 of highlighting, including using color. See |:highlight| on how to
4434 define one. The default uses a different group for each occasion.
4435 See |highlight-default| for the default highlight groups.
4436
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004437 *'history'* *'hi'*
Luca Saccarolac0d30ef2024-11-28 22:27:28 +01004438'history' 'hi' number (Vim default: 200, Vi default: 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004439 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004440 A history of ":" commands, and a history of previous search patterns
Bram Moolenaar78159bb2014-06-25 11:48:54 +02004441 is remembered. This option decides how many entries may be stored in
Christian Brabandt51d4d842024-12-06 17:26:25 +01004442 each of these histories (see |cmdline-editing| and 'messagesopt' for
Shougo Matsushita4bd9b2b2024-11-14 22:31:48 +01004443 the number of messages to remember).
Bram Moolenaar78159bb2014-06-25 11:48:54 +02004444 The maximum value is 10000.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004445 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
4446 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
4447
4448 *'hkmap'* *'hk'* *'nohkmap'* *'nohk'*
4449'hkmap' 'hk' boolean (default off)
4450 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004451 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
4452 feature}
4453 When on, the keyboard is mapped for the Hebrew character set.
4454 Normally you would set 'allowrevins' and use CTRL-_ in insert mode to
4455 toggle this option. See |rileft.txt|.
4456 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
4457
4458 *'hkmapp'* *'hkp'* *'nohkmapp'* *'nohkp'*
4459'hkmapp' 'hkp' boolean (default off)
4460 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004461 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
4462 feature}
4463 When on, phonetic keyboard mapping is used. 'hkmap' must also be on.
4464 This is useful if you have a non-Hebrew keyboard.
4465 See |rileft.txt|.
4466 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
4467
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01004468 *'hlsearch'* *'hls'* *'nohlsearch'* *'nohls'*
4469'hlsearch' 'hls' boolean (default off)
4470 global
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01004471 {not available when compiled without the
4472 |+extra_search| feature}
4473 When there is a previous search pattern, highlight all its matches.
4474 The type of highlighting used can be set with the 'l' occasion in the
4475 'highlight' option. This uses the "Search" highlight group by
4476 default. Note that only the matching text is highlighted, any offsets
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01004477 are not applied. If the "CurSearch" highlight group is set then the
4478 current match is highlighted with that.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01004479 See also: 'incsearch' and |:match|.
4480 When you get bored looking at the highlighted matches, you can turn it
4481 off with |:nohlsearch|. This does not change the option value, as
4482 soon as you use a search command, the highlighting comes back.
4483 'redrawtime' specifies the maximum time spent on finding matches.
4484 When the search pattern can match an end-of-line, Vim will try to
4485 highlight all of the matched text. However, this depends on where the
4486 search starts. This will be the first line in the window or the first
4487 line below a closed fold. A match in a previous line which is not
4488 drawn may not continue in a newly drawn line.
4489 You can specify whether the highlight status is restored on startup
4490 with the 'h' flag in 'viminfo' |viminfo-h|.
4491 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
4492
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004493 *'icon'* *'noicon'*
4494'icon' boolean (default off, on when title can be restored)
4495 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004496 When on, the icon text of the window will be set to the value of
4497 'iconstring' (if it is not empty), or to the name of the file
4498 currently being edited. Only the last part of the name is used.
4499 Overridden by the 'iconstring' option.
4500 Only works if the terminal supports setting window icons (currently
4501 only X11 GUI and terminals with a non-empty 't_IS' option - these are
4502 Unix xterm and iris-ansi by default, where 't_IS' is taken from the
4503 builtin termcap).
4504 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original icon will be
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00004505 restored if possible |X11|. See |X11-icon| for changing the icon on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004506 X11.
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02004507 For MS-Windows the icon can be changed, see |windows-icon|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004508
4509 *'iconstring'*
4510'iconstring' string (default "")
4511 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004512 When this option is not empty, it will be used for the icon text of
4513 the window. This happens only when the 'icon' option is on.
4514 Only works if the terminal supports setting window icon text
4515 (currently only X11 GUI and terminals with a non-empty 't_IS' option).
Bram Moolenaar130cbfc2021-04-07 21:07:20 +02004516 Does not work for MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004517 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original icon will be
4518 restored if possible |X11|.
4519 When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004520 expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'. See
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004521 'titlestring' for example settings.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004522 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004523 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline| feature}
4524
4525 *'ignorecase'* *'ic'* *'noignorecase'* *'noic'*
4526'ignorecase' 'ic' boolean (default off)
4527 global
Yee Cheng Chin2bbd0d32023-10-14 02:23:45 -07004528 Ignore case in search patterns, |cmdline-completion|, when
4529 searching in the tags file, and non-|Vim9| |expr-==|.
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01004530 Also see 'smartcase' and 'tagcase'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004531 Can be overruled by using "\c" or "\C" in the pattern, see
4532 |/ignorecase|.
4533
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004534 *'imactivatefunc'* *'imaf'*
4535'imactivatefunc' 'imaf' string (default "")
4536 global
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004537 This option specifies a function that will be called to
Yegappan Lakshmanan7645da52021-12-04 14:02:30 +00004538 activate or deactivate the Input Method. The value can be the name of
4539 a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for
4540 more information.
Bram Moolenaaref8c6172020-07-01 15:12:44 +02004541 It is not used in the MS-Windows GUI version.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004542 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4543 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004544
4545 Example: >
4546 function ImActivateFunc(active)
4547 if a:active
4548 ... do something
4549 else
4550 ... do something
4551 endif
4552 " return value is not used
4553 endfunction
4554 set imactivatefunc=ImActivateFunc
4555<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004556 *'imactivatekey'* *'imak'*
4557'imactivatekey' 'imak' string (default "")
4558 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004559 {only available when compiled with |+xim| and
Bram Moolenaar67c53842010-05-22 18:28:27 +02004560 |+GUI_GTK|} *E599*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004561 Specifies the key that your Input Method in X-Windows uses for
4562 activation. When this is specified correctly, vim can fully control
4563 IM with 'imcmdline', 'iminsert' and 'imsearch'.
4564 You can't use this option to change the activation key, the option
4565 tells Vim what the key is.
4566 Format:
4567 [MODIFIER_FLAG-]KEY_STRING
4568
4569 These characters can be used for MODIFIER_FLAG (case is ignored):
4570 S Shift key
4571 L Lock key
4572 C Control key
4573 1 Mod1 key
4574 2 Mod2 key
4575 3 Mod3 key
4576 4 Mod4 key
4577 5 Mod5 key
4578 Combinations are allowed, for example "S-C-space" or "SC-space" are
4579 both shift+ctrl+space.
4580 See <X11/keysymdef.h> and XStringToKeysym for KEY_STRING.
4581
4582 Example: >
4583 :set imactivatekey=S-space
4584< "S-space" means shift+space. This is the activation key for kinput2 +
4585 canna (Japanese), and ami (Korean).
4586
4587 *'imcmdline'* *'imc'* *'noimcmdline'* *'noimc'*
4588'imcmdline' 'imc' boolean (default off)
4589 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004590 When set the Input Method is always on when starting to edit a command
4591 line, unless entering a search pattern (see 'imsearch' for that).
4592 Setting this option is useful when your input method allows entering
4593 English characters directly, e.g., when it's used to type accented
4594 characters with dead keys.
4595
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004596 *'imdisable'* *'imd'* *'noimdisable'* *'noimd'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004597'imdisable' 'imd' boolean (default off, on for some systems (SGI))
4598 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004599 When set the Input Method is never used. This is useful to disable
4600 the IM when it doesn't work properly.
4601 Currently this option is on by default for SGI/IRIX machines. This
4602 may change in later releases.
4603
4604 *'iminsert'* *'imi'*
Bram Moolenaar4cf56bb2017-09-16 15:50:32 +02004605'iminsert' 'imi' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004606 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004607 Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used in
4608 Insert mode. Valid values:
4609 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
4610 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
4611 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004612 To always reset the option to zero when leaving Insert mode with <Esc>
4613 this can be used: >
4614 :inoremap <ESC> <ESC>:set iminsert=0<CR>
4615< This makes :lmap and IM turn off automatically when leaving Insert
4616 mode.
4617 Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Insert mode
4618 |i_CTRL-^|.
4619 The value is set to 1 when setting 'keymap' to a valid keymap name.
4620 It is also used for the argument of commands like "r" and "f".
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004621 The value 0 may not work correctly with Motif with some XIM
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004622 methods. Use 'imdisable' to disable XIM then.
4623
Bram Moolenaar6315a9a2017-11-25 15:20:02 +01004624 You can set 'imactivatefunc' and 'imstatusfunc' to handle IME/XIM
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02004625 via external command if Vim is not compiled with the |+xim|,
Bram Moolenaar6315a9a2017-11-25 15:20:02 +01004626 |+multi_byte_ime| or |global-ime|.
4627
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004628 *'imsearch'* *'ims'*
Bram Moolenaar4cf56bb2017-09-16 15:50:32 +02004629'imsearch' 'ims' number (default -1)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004630 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004631 Specifies whether :lmap or an Input Method (IM) is to be used when
4632 entering a search pattern. Valid values:
4633 -1 the value of 'iminsert' is used, makes it look like
4634 'iminsert' is also used when typing a search pattern
4635 0 :lmap is off and IM is off
4636 1 :lmap is ON and IM is off
4637 2 :lmap is off and IM is ON
4638 Note that this option changes when using CTRL-^ in Command-line mode
4639 |c_CTRL-^|.
4640 The value is set to 1 when it is not -1 and setting the 'keymap'
4641 option to a valid keymap name.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004642 The value 0 may not work correctly with Motif with some XIM
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004643 methods. Use 'imdisable' to disable XIM then.
4644
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004645 *'imstatusfunc'* *'imsf'*
4646'imstatusfunc' 'imsf' string (default "")
4647 global
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004648 This option specifies a function that is called to obtain the status
4649 of Input Method. It must return a positive number when IME is active.
Yegappan Lakshmanan7645da52021-12-04 14:02:30 +00004650 The value can be the name of a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|.
4651 See |option-value-function| for more information.
Bram Moolenaaref8c6172020-07-01 15:12:44 +02004652 It is not used in the MS-Windows GUI version.
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004653
4654 Example: >
4655 function ImStatusFunc()
4656 let is_active = ...do something
4657 return is_active ? 1 : 0
4658 endfunction
4659 set imstatusfunc=ImStatusFunc
4660<
4661 NOTE: This function is invoked very often. Keep it fast.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004662 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4663 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaarabab85a2013-06-26 19:18:05 +02004664
Bram Moolenaar5c6dbcb2017-08-30 22:00:20 +02004665 *'imstyle'* *'imst'*
4666'imstyle' 'imst' number (default 1)
4667 global
Bram Moolenaar5c6dbcb2017-08-30 22:00:20 +02004668 {only available when compiled with |+xim| and
4669 |+GUI_GTK|}
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02004670 This option specifies the input style of Input Method:
4671 0 use on-the-spot style
4672 1 over-the-spot style
Bram Moolenaar5c6dbcb2017-08-30 22:00:20 +02004673 See: |xim-input-style|
4674
Bram Moolenaar24a98a02017-09-27 22:23:55 +02004675 For a long time on-the-spot style had been used in the GTK version of
4676 vim, however, it is known that it causes troubles when using mappings,
Bram Moolenaar5c6dbcb2017-08-30 22:00:20 +02004677 |single-repeat|, etc. Therefore over-the-spot style becomes the
4678 default now. This should work fine for most people, however if you
4679 have any problem with it, try using on-the-spot style.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004680 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4681 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar5c6dbcb2017-08-30 22:00:20 +02004682
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004683 *'include'* *'inc'*
4684'include' 'inc' string (default "^\s*#\s*include")
4685 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004686 {not available when compiled without the
4687 |+find_in_path| feature}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004688 Pattern to be used to find an include command. It is a search
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004689 pattern, just like for the "/" command (See |pattern|). The default
4690 value is for C programs. This option is used for the commands "[i",
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00004691 "]I", "[d", etc.
4692 Normally the 'isfname' option is used to recognize the file name that
Bram Moolenaar482aaeb2005-09-29 18:26:07 +00004693 comes after the matched pattern. But if "\zs" appears in the pattern
4694 then the text matched from "\zs" to the end, or until "\ze" if it
4695 appears, is used as the file name. Use this to include characters
4696 that are not in 'isfname', such as a space. You can then use
4697 'includeexpr' to process the matched text.
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00004698 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004699
4700 *'includeexpr'* *'inex'*
4701'includeexpr' 'inex' string (default "")
4702 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004703 {not available when compiled without the
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004704 |+find_in_path| or |+eval| features}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004705 Expression to be used to transform the string found with the 'include'
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004706 option to a file name. Mostly useful to change "." to "/" for Java: >
Bram Moolenaarb59ae592022-11-23 23:46:31 +00004707 :setlocal includeexpr=substitute(v:fname,'\\.','/','g')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004708< The "v:fname" variable will be set to the file name that was detected.
Bram Moolenaarb59ae592022-11-23 23:46:31 +00004709 Note the double backslash: the `:set` command first halves them, then
4710 one remains it the value, where "\." matches a dot literally. For
4711 simple character replacements `tr()` avoids the need for escaping: >
4712 :setlocal includeexpr=tr(v:fname,'.','/')
4713<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004714 Also used for the |gf| command if an unmodified file name can't be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004715 found. Allows doing "gf" on the name after an 'include' statement.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004716 Also used for |<cfile>|.
4717
Yegappan Lakshmanan8bb65f22021-12-26 10:51:39 +00004718 If the expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is replaced with
4719 the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >
Bram Moolenaarb59ae592022-11-23 23:46:31 +00004720 setlocal includeexpr=s:MyIncludeExpr()
4721 setlocal includeexpr=<SID>SomeIncludeExpr()
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00004722< Otherwise, the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
4723 where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
4724
Bram Moolenaara4e0b972022-10-01 19:43:52 +01004725 It is more efficient if the value is just a function call without
4726 arguments, see |expr-option-function|.
4727
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004728 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4729 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004730 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00004731
4732 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
4733 evaluating 'includeexpr' |textlock|.
4734
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004735 *'incsearch'* *'is'* *'noincsearch'* *'nois'*
Bram Moolenaar8c08b5b2016-07-28 22:24:15 +02004736'incsearch' 'is' boolean (default off, set in |defaults.vim| if the
Bram Moolenaar8a3b8052022-06-26 12:21:15 +01004737 |+reltime| feature is supported)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004738 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004739 {not available when compiled without the
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004740 |+extra_search| features}
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004741 While typing a search command, show where the pattern, as it was typed
4742 so far, matches. The matched string is highlighted. If the pattern
4743 is invalid or not found, nothing is shown. The screen will be updated
4744 often, this is only useful on fast terminals.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02004745 Also applies to the pattern in commands: >
4746 :global
4747 :lvimgrep
4748 :lvimgrepadd
4749 :smagic
4750 :snomagic
4751 :sort
4752 :substitute
4753 :vglobal
4754 :vimgrep
4755 :vimgrepadd
4756< Note that the match will be shown, but the cursor will return to its
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004757 original position when no match is found and when pressing <Esc>. You
4758 still need to finish the search command with <Enter> to move the
4759 cursor to the match.
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02004760 You can use the CTRL-G and CTRL-T keys to move to the next and
4761 previous match. |c_CTRL-G| |c_CTRL-T|
Bram Moolenaar91a4e822008-01-19 14:59:58 +00004762 When compiled with the |+reltime| feature Vim only searches for about
4763 half a second. With a complicated pattern and/or a lot of text the
4764 match may not be found. This is to avoid that Vim hangs while you
4765 are typing the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004766 The highlighting can be set with the 'i' flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar2f058492017-11-30 20:27:52 +01004767 When 'hlsearch' is on, all matched strings are highlighted too while
4768 typing a search command. See also: 'hlsearch'.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02004769 If you don't want to turn 'hlsearch' on, but want to highlight all
4770 matches while searching, you can turn on and off 'hlsearch' with
4771 autocmd. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar2e51d9a2017-10-29 16:40:30 +01004772 augroup vimrc-incsearch-highlight
4773 autocmd!
Bram Moolenaarf8f8b2e2017-11-02 19:08:48 +01004774 autocmd CmdlineEnter /,\? :set hlsearch
4775 autocmd CmdlineLeave /,\? :set nohlsearch
Bram Moolenaar2e51d9a2017-10-29 16:40:30 +01004776 augroup END
4777<
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00004778 CTRL-L can be used to add one character from after the current match
Bram Moolenaara9dc3752010-07-11 20:46:53 +02004779 to the command line. If 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' are set and the
4780 command line has no uppercase characters, the added character is
4781 converted to lowercase.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00004782 CTRL-R CTRL-W can be used to add the word at the end of the current
4783 match, excluding the characters that were already typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004784 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
4785
4786 *'indentexpr'* *'inde'*
4787'indentexpr' 'inde' string (default "")
4788 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar8e145b82022-05-21 20:17:31 +01004789 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
4790 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004791 Expression which is evaluated to obtain the proper indent for a line.
4792 It is used when a new line is created, for the |=| operator and
4793 in Insert mode as specified with the 'indentkeys' option.
4794 When this option is not empty, it overrules the 'cindent' and
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02004795 'smartindent' indenting. When 'lisp' is set, this option is
Dominique Pellédf62c622024-07-15 20:29:59 +02004796 only used when 'lispoptions' contains "expr:1".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004797 When 'paste' is set this option is not used for indenting.
4798 The expression is evaluated with |v:lnum| set to the line number for
Bram Moolenaar482aaeb2005-09-29 18:26:07 +00004799 which the indent is to be computed. The cursor is also in this line
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004800 when the expression is evaluated (but it may be moved around).
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00004801
Yegappan Lakshmanan8bb65f22021-12-26 10:51:39 +00004802 If the expression starts with s: or |<SID>|, then it is replaced with
4803 the script ID (|local-function|). Example: >
4804 set indentexpr=s:MyIndentExpr()
4805 set indentexpr=<SID>SomeIndentExpr()
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00004806< Otherwise, the expression is evaluated in the context of the script
4807 where the option was set, thus script-local items are available.
4808
Bram Moolenaara4e0b972022-10-01 19:43:52 +01004809 The advantage of using a function call without arguments is that it is
4810 faster, see |expr-option-function|.
4811
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004812 The expression must return the number of spaces worth of indent. It
4813 can return "-1" to keep the current indent (this means 'autoindent' is
4814 used for the indent).
4815 Functions useful for computing the indent are |indent()|, |cindent()|
4816 and |lispindent()|.
4817 The evaluation of the expression must not have side effects! It must
4818 not change the text, jump to another window, etc. Afterwards the
4819 cursor position is always restored, thus the cursor may be moved.
4820 Normally this option would be set to call a function: >
4821 :set indentexpr=GetMyIndent()
4822< Error messages will be suppressed, unless the 'debug' option contains
4823 "msg".
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00004824 See |indent-expression|.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01004825 NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004826
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004827 The expression will be evaluated in the |sandbox| when set from a
4828 modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02004829 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00004830
4831 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
4832 evaluating 'indentexpr' |textlock|.
4833
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004834 *'indentkeys'* *'indk'*
Bram Moolenaarce655742019-01-31 14:12:57 +01004835'indentkeys' 'indk' string (default "0{,0},0),0],:,0#,!^F,o,O,e")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004836 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004837 A list of keys that, when typed in Insert mode, cause reindenting of
4838 the current line. Only happens if 'indentexpr' isn't empty.
4839 The format is identical to 'cinkeys', see |indentkeys-format|.
4840 See |C-indenting| and |indent-expression|.
4841
4842 *'infercase'* *'inf'* *'noinfercase'* *'noinf'*
4843'infercase' 'inf' boolean (default off)
4844 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004845 When doing keyword completion in insert mode |ins-completion|, and
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004846 'ignorecase' is also on, the case of the match is adjusted depending
4847 on the typed text. If the typed text contains a lowercase letter
4848 where the match has an upper case letter, the completed part is made
4849 lowercase. If the typed text has no lowercase letters and the match
4850 has a lowercase letter where the typed text has an uppercase letter,
4851 and there is a letter before it, the completed part is made uppercase.
4852 With 'noinfercase' the match is used as-is.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004853
4854 *'insertmode'* *'im'* *'noinsertmode'* *'noim'*
4855'insertmode' 'im' boolean (default off)
4856 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004857 Makes Vim work in a way that Insert mode is the default mode. Useful
4858 if you want to use Vim as a modeless editor. Used for |evim|.
4859 These Insert mode commands will be useful:
4860 - Use the cursor keys to move around.
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +02004861 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command |i_CTRL-O|. When
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004862 this is a mapping, it is executed as if 'insertmode' was off.
4863 Normal mode remains active until the mapping is finished.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004864 - Use CTRL-L to execute a number of Normal mode commands, then use
Bram Moolenaar488c6512005-08-11 20:09:58 +00004865 <Esc> to get back to Insert mode. Note that CTRL-L moves the cursor
4866 left, like <Esc> does when 'insertmode' isn't set. |i_CTRL-L|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004867
4868 These items change when 'insertmode' is set:
4869 - when starting to edit of a file, Vim goes to Insert mode.
4870 - <Esc> in Insert mode is a no-op and beeps.
4871 - <Esc> in Normal mode makes Vim go to Insert mode.
4872 - CTRL-L in Insert mode is a command, it is not inserted.
4873 - CTRL-Z in Insert mode suspends Vim, see |CTRL-Z|. *i_CTRL-Z*
4874 However, when <Esc> is used inside a mapping, it behaves like
4875 'insertmode' was not set. This was done to be able to use the same
4876 mappings with 'insertmode' set or not set.
4877 When executing commands with |:normal| 'insertmode' is not used.
4878
4879 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
4880
4881 *'isfname'* *'isf'*
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01004882'isfname' 'isf' string (default for Win32:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004883 "@,48-57,/,\,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,{,},[,],:,@-@,!,~,="
4884 for AMIGA: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,$,:"
4885 for VMS: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,<,>,[,],:,;,~"
4886 for OS/390: "@,240-249,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,="
4887 otherwise: "@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,=")
4888 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004889 The characters specified by this option are included in file names and
4890 path names. Filenames are used for commands like "gf", "[i" and in
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004891 the tags file. It is also used for "\f" in a |pattern|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004892 Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
4893 characters up to 255 are specified with this option.
4894 For UTF-8 the characters 0xa0 to 0xff are included as well.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004895 Think twice before adding white space to this option. Although a
4896 space may appear inside a file name, the effect will be that Vim
4897 doesn't know where a file name starts or ends when doing completion.
4898 It most likely works better without a space in 'isfname'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004899
4900 Note that on systems using a backslash as path separator, Vim tries to
4901 do its best to make it work as you would expect. That is a bit
4902 tricky, since Vi originally used the backslash to escape special
4903 characters. Vim will not remove a backslash in front of a normal file
4904 name character on these systems, but it will on Unix and alikes. The
4905 '&' and '^' are not included by default, because these are special for
4906 cmd.exe.
4907
4908 The format of this option is a list of parts, separated with commas.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004909 Each part can be a single character number or a range. A range is two
4910 character numbers with '-' in between. A character number can be a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004911 decimal number between 0 and 255 or the ASCII character itself (does
4912 not work for digits). Example:
4913 "_,-,128-140,#-43" (include '_' and '-' and the range
4914 128 to 140 and '#' to 43)
4915 If a part starts with '^', the following character number or range
4916 will be excluded from the option. The option is interpreted from left
4917 to right. Put the excluded character after the range where it is
4918 included. To include '^' itself use it as the last character of the
4919 option or the end of a range. Example:
4920 "^a-z,#,^" (exclude 'a' to 'z', include '#' and '^')
4921 If the character is '@', all characters where isalpha() returns TRUE
4922 are included. Normally these are the characters a to z and A to Z,
4923 plus accented characters. To include '@' itself use "@-@". Examples:
4924 "@,^a-z" All alphabetic characters, excluding lower
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004925 case ASCII letters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004926 "a-z,A-Z,@-@" All letters plus the '@' character.
4927 A comma can be included by using it where a character number is
4928 expected. Example:
4929 "48-57,,,_" Digits, comma and underscore.
4930 A comma can be excluded by prepending a '^'. Example:
4931 " -~,^,,9" All characters from space to '~', excluding
4932 comma, plus <Tab>.
4933 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
4934
4935 *'isident'* *'isi'*
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01004936'isident' 'isi' string (default for Win32:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004937 "@,48-57,_,128-167,224-235"
4938 otherwise: "@,48-57,_,192-255")
4939 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004940 The characters given by this option are included in identifiers.
4941 Identifiers are used in recognizing environment variables and after a
4942 match of the 'define' option. It is also used for "\i" in a
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00004943 |pattern|. See 'isfname' for a description of the format of this
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02004944 option. For '@' only characters up to 255 are used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004945 Careful: If you change this option, it might break expanding
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004946 environment variables. E.g., when '/' is included and Vim tries to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004947 expand "$HOME/.viminfo". Maybe you should change 'iskeyword' instead.
4948
4949 *'iskeyword'* *'isk'*
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01004950'iskeyword' 'isk' string (Vim default for Win32:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004951 "@,48-57,_,128-167,224-235"
4952 otherwise: "@,48-57,_,192-255"
4953 Vi default: "@,48-57,_")
4954 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004955 Keywords are used in searching and recognizing with many commands:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004956 "w", "*", "[i", etc. It is also used for "\k" in a |pattern|. See
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02004957 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option. For '@'
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +02004958 characters above 255 check the "word" character class (any character
4959 that is not white space or punctuation).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02004960 For C programs you could use "a-z,A-Z,48-57,_,.,-,>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004961 For a help file it is set to all non-blank printable characters except
4962 '*', '"' and '|' (so that CTRL-] on a command finds the help for that
4963 command).
4964 When the 'lisp' option is on the '-' character is always included.
Bram Moolenaarb8060fe2016-01-19 22:29:28 +01004965 This option also influences syntax highlighting, unless the syntax
4966 uses |:syn-iskeyword|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004967 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
4968 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
4969
4970 *'isprint'* *'isp'*
Yee Cheng Chin92b59c62024-10-22 21:16:43 +02004971'isprint' 'isp' string (default for Win32 and VMS:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004972 "@,~-255"; otherwise: "@,161-255")
4973 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004974 The characters given by this option are displayed directly on the
4975 screen. It is also used for "\p" in a |pattern|. The characters from
4976 space (ASCII 32) to '~' (ASCII 126) are always displayed directly,
4977 even when they are not included in 'isprint' or excluded. See
4978 'isfname' for a description of the format of this option.
4979
4980 Non-printable characters are displayed with two characters:
4981 0 - 31 "^@" - "^_"
4982 32 - 126 always single characters
4983 127 "^?"
4984 128 - 159 "~@" - "~_"
4985 160 - 254 "| " - "|~"
4986 255 "~?"
4987 When 'encoding' is a Unicode one, illegal bytes from 128 to 255 are
4988 displayed as <xx>, with the hexadecimal value of the byte.
4989 When 'display' contains "uhex" all unprintable characters are
4990 displayed as <xx>.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004991 The SpecialKey highlighting will be used for unprintable characters.
4992 |hl-SpecialKey|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004993
4994 Multi-byte characters 256 and above are always included, only the
4995 characters up to 255 are specified with this option. When a character
4996 is printable but it is not available in the current font, a
4997 replacement character will be shown.
4998 Unprintable and zero-width Unicode characters are displayed as <xxxx>.
4999 There is no option to specify these characters.
5000
5001 *'joinspaces'* *'js'* *'nojoinspaces'* *'nojs'*
5002'joinspaces' 'js' boolean (default on)
5003 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005004 Insert two spaces after a '.', '?' and '!' with a join command.
5005 When 'cpoptions' includes the 'j' flag, only do this after a '.'.
5006 Otherwise only one space is inserted.
5007 NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.
5008
Yegappan Lakshmanan87018252023-09-20 20:20:04 +02005009 *'jumpoptions'* *'jop'*
5010'jumpoptions' 'jop' string (default "")
5011 global
5012 List of words that change the behavior of the |jumplist|.
5013 stack Make the jumplist behave like the tagstack.
5014 Relative location of entries in the jumplist is
5015 preserved at the cost of discarding subsequent entries
5016 when navigating backwards in the jumplist and then
5017 jumping to a location. |jumplist-stack|
5018
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005019 *'key'*
5020'key' string (default "")
5021 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02005022 {only available when compiled with the |+cryptv|
5023 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005024 The key that is used for encrypting and decrypting the current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar40e6a712010-05-16 22:32:54 +02005025 See |encryption| and 'cryptmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005026 Careful: Do not set the key value by hand, someone might see the typed
5027 key. Use the |:X| command. But you can make 'key' empty: >
5028 :set key=
5029< It is not possible to get the value of this option with ":set key" or
5030 "echo &key". This is to avoid showing it to someone who shouldn't
5031 know. It also means you cannot see it yourself once you have set it,
5032 be careful not to make a typing error!
Yee Cheng Chin6ee7b522023-10-01 09:13:22 +02005033 You also cannot use |:set-=|, |:set+=|, |:set^=| on this option to
5034 prevent an attacker from guessing substrings in your key.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01005035 You can use "&key" in an expression to detect whether encryption is
5036 enabled. When 'key' is set it returns "*****" (five stars).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005037
5038 *'keymap'* *'kmp'* *E544*
5039'keymap' 'kmp' string (default "")
5040 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005041 {only available when compiled with the |+keymap|
5042 feature}
5043 Name of a keyboard mapping. See |mbyte-keymap|.
5044 Setting this option to a valid keymap name has the side effect of
5045 setting 'iminsert' to one, so that the keymap becomes effective.
5046 'imsearch' is also set to one, unless it was -1
Millyae62fe52024-10-02 19:30:41 +02005047 Only alphanumeric characters, '.', '-' and '_' can be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005048
5049 *'keymodel'* *'km'*
5050'keymodel' 'km' string (default "")
5051 global
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01005052 List of comma-separated words, which enable special things that keys
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005053 can do. These values can be used:
5054 startsel Using a shifted special key starts selection (either
5055 Select mode or Visual mode, depending on "key" being
5056 present in 'selectmode').
5057 stopsel Using a not-shifted special key stops selection.
5058 Special keys in this context are the cursor keys, <End>, <Home>,
5059 <PageUp> and <PageDown>.
5060 The 'keymodel' option is set by the |:behave| command.
5061
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005062 *'keyprotocol'* *'kpc'*
5063'keyprotocol' 'kpc' string (default: see below)
5064 global
5065 Specifies what keyboard protocol to use depending on the value of
5066 'term'. The supported keyboard protocols names are:
5067 none whatever the terminal uses
5068 mok2 modifyOtherKeys level 2, as supported by xterm
5069 kitty Kitty keyboard protocol, as supported by Kitty
5070
Bram Moolenaara87749e2022-11-30 10:23:17 +00005071 The option value is a list of comma separated items. Each item has
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005072 a pattern that is matched against the 'term' option, a colon and the
5073 protocol name to be used. To illustrate this, the default value would
5074 be set with: >
Christian Brabandtf6ba8de2024-12-28 17:15:05 +01005075 set keyprotocol=kitty:kitty,foot:kitty,ghostty:kitty,wezterm:kitty
5076 set keyprotocol+=xterm:mok2
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005077
Christian Brabandtf6ba8de2024-12-28 17:15:05 +01005078< This means that when 'term' contains "kitty, "foot", "ghostty" or
5079 "wezterm" somewhere, then the "kitty" protocol is used. When 'term'
5080 contains "xterm" somewhere, then the "mok2" protocol is used.
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005081
5082 The first match is used, thus if you want to have "kitty" use the
5083 kitty protocol, but "badkitty" not, then you should match "badkitty"
5084 first and use the "none" value: >
5085 set keyprotocol=badkitty:none,kitty:kitty
5086<
5087 The option is used after 'term' has been changed. First the termcap
5088 entries are set, possibly using the builtin list, see |builtin-terms|.
5089 Then this option is inspected and if there is a match and a protocol
5090 is specified the following happens:
5091 none Nothing, the regular t_TE and t_TI values remain
5092
5093 mok2 The t_TE value is changed to:
5094 CSI >4;m disables modifyOtherKeys
5095 The t_TI value is changed to:
5096 CSI >4;2m enables modifyOtherKeys
Bram Moolenaara87749e2022-11-30 10:23:17 +00005097 CSI ?4m request the modifyOtherKeys state
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005098
5099 kitty The t_TE value is changed to:
5100 CSI >4;m disables modifyOtherKeys
Bram Moolenaara87749e2022-11-30 10:23:17 +00005101 CSI =0;1u disables the kitty keyboard protocol
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005102 The t_TI value is changed to:
Bram Moolenaara87749e2022-11-30 10:23:17 +00005103 CSI =1;1u enables the kitty keyboard protocol
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005104 CSI ?u request kitty keyboard protocol state
5105 CSI >c request the termresponse
5106
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00005107 If you notice problems, such as characters being displayed that
5108 disappear after `CTRL-L`, you might want to try making this option
5109 empty. Then set the 'term' option to have it take effect: >
5110 set keyprotocol=
5111 let &term = &term
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +00005112<
Bram Moolenaar63a2e362022-11-23 20:20:18 +00005113
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005114 *'keywordprg'* *'kp'*
5115'keywordprg' 'kp' string (default "man" or "man -s", DOS: ":help",
Bram Moolenaar2ff8b642016-05-24 10:46:45 +02005116 VMS: "help")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005117 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005118 Program to use for the |K| command. Environment variables are
5119 expanded |:set_env|. ":help" may be used to access the Vim internal
5120 help. (Note that previously setting the global option to the empty
5121 value did this, which is now deprecated.)
Bram Moolenaar2ff8b642016-05-24 10:46:45 +02005122 When the first character is ":", the command is invoked as a Vim
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +01005123 Ex command with [count] added as an argument if it is not zero.
Bram Moolenaar2ff8b642016-05-24 10:46:45 +02005124 When "man", "man -s" or an Ex command is used, Vim will automatically
5125 translate a count for the "K" command and pass it as the first
5126 argument. For "man -s" the "-s" is removed when there is no count.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005127 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
5128 Example: >
5129 :set keywordprg=man\ -s
5130< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5131 security reasons.
5132
5133 *'langmap'* *'lmap'* *E357* *E358*
5134'langmap' 'lmap' string (default "")
5135 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005136 {only available when compiled with the |+langmap|
5137 feature}
5138 This option allows switching your keyboard into a special language
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005139 mode. When you are typing text in Insert mode the characters are
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01005140 inserted directly. When in Normal mode the 'langmap' option takes
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005141 care of translating these special characters to the original meaning
5142 of the key. This means you don't have to change the keyboard mode to
5143 be able to execute Normal mode commands.
5144 This is the opposite of the 'keymap' option, where characters are
5145 mapped in Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +01005146 Also consider setting 'langremap' to off, to prevent 'langmap' from
5147 applying to characters resulting from a mapping.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02005148 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5149 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005150
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00005151 Example (for Greek, in UTF-8): *greek* >
5152 :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 +00005153< Example (exchanges meaning of z and y for commands): >
5154 :set langmap=zy,yz,ZY,YZ
5155<
5156 The 'langmap' option is a list of parts, separated with commas. Each
5157 part can be in one of two forms:
5158 1. A list of pairs. Each pair is a "from" character immediately
5159 followed by the "to" character. Examples: "aA", "aAbBcC".
Dominique Pellédf62c622024-07-15 20:29:59 +02005160 2. A list of "from" characters, a semicolon and a list of "to"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005161 characters. Example: "abc;ABC"
5162 Example: "aA,fgh;FGH,cCdDeE"
5163 Special characters need to be preceded with a backslash. These are
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02005164 ";", ',', '"', '|' and backslash itself.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005165
5166 This will allow you to activate vim actions without having to switch
5167 back and forth between the languages. Your language characters will
5168 be understood as normal vim English characters (according to the
5169 langmap mappings) in the following cases:
5170 o Normal/Visual mode (commands, buffer/register names, user mappings)
5171 o Insert/Replace Mode: Register names after CTRL-R
5172 o Insert/Replace Mode: Mappings
5173 Characters entered in Command-line mode will NOT be affected by
5174 this option. Note that this option can be changed at any time
5175 allowing to switch between mappings for different languages/encodings.
5176 Use a mapping to avoid having to type it each time!
5177
5178 *'langmenu'* *'lm'*
5179'langmenu' 'lm' string (default "")
5180 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005181 {only available when compiled with the |+menu| and
5182 |+multi_lang| features}
5183 Language to use for menu translation. Tells which file is loaded
5184 from the "lang" directory in 'runtimepath': >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005185 "lang/menu_" .. &langmenu .. ".vim"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005186< (without the spaces). For example, to always use the Dutch menus, no
5187 matter what $LANG is set to: >
5188 :set langmenu=nl_NL.ISO_8859-1
5189< When 'langmenu' is empty, |v:lang| is used.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00005190 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005191 If your $LANG is set to a non-English language but you do want to use
5192 the English menus: >
5193 :set langmenu=none
5194< This option must be set before loading menus, switching on filetype
5195 detection or syntax highlighting. Once the menus are defined setting
5196 this option has no effect. But you could do this: >
5197 :source $VIMRUNTIME/delmenu.vim
5198 :set langmenu=de_DE.ISO_8859-1
5199 :source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim
5200< Warning: This deletes all menus that you defined yourself!
5201
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01005202 *'langnoremap'* *'lnr'* *'nolangnoremap'* *'nolnr'*
Bram Moolenaar8c08b5b2016-07-28 22:24:15 +02005203'langnoremap' 'lnr' boolean (default off, set in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar4391cf92014-11-05 17:44:52 +01005204 global
Bram Moolenaar4391cf92014-11-05 17:44:52 +01005205 {only available when compiled with the |+langmap|
5206 feature}
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02005207 This is just like 'langremap' but with the value inverted. It only
5208 exists for backwards compatibility. When setting 'langremap' then
5209 'langnoremap' is set to the inverted value, and the other way around.
5210
5211 *'langremap'* *'lrm'* *'nolangremap'* *'nolrm'*
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +01005212'langremap' 'lrm' boolean (default on, set to off in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02005213 global
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02005214 {only available when compiled with the |+langmap|
5215 feature}
5216 When off, setting 'langmap' does not apply to characters resulting from
Bram Moolenaar4391cf92014-11-05 17:44:52 +01005217 a mapping. This basically means, if you noticed that setting
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02005218 'langmap' disables some of your mappings, try resetting this option.
5219 This option defaults to on for backwards compatibility. Set it off if
Bram Moolenaar4391cf92014-11-05 17:44:52 +01005220 that works for you to avoid mappings to break.
5221
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005222 *'laststatus'* *'ls'*
5223'laststatus' 'ls' number (default 1)
5224 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005225 The value of this option influences when the last window will have a
5226 status line:
5227 0: never
5228 1: only if there are at least two windows
5229 2: always
5230 The screen looks nicer with a status line if you have several
5231 windows, but it takes another screen line. |status-line|
5232
5233 *'lazyredraw'* *'lz'* *'nolazyredraw'* *'nolz'*
5234'lazyredraw' 'lz' boolean (default off)
5235 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005236 When this option is set, the screen will not be redrawn while
5237 executing macros, registers and other commands that have not been
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005238 typed. Also, updating the window title is postponed. To force an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005239 update use |:redraw|.
Bram Moolenaara57b5532022-06-24 11:48:03 +01005240 This may occasionally cause display errors. It is only meant to be set
5241 temporarily when performing an operation where redrawing may cause
Dominique Pellédf62c622024-07-15 20:29:59 +02005242 flickering or cause a slowdown.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005243
5244 *'linebreak'* *'lbr'* *'nolinebreak'* *'nolbr'*
5245'linebreak' 'lbr' boolean (default off)
5246 local to window
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02005247 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005248 feature}
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02005249 If on, Vim will wrap long lines at a character in 'breakat' rather
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005250 than at the last character that fits on the screen. Unlike
5251 'wrapmargin' and 'textwidth', this does not insert <EOL>s in the file,
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02005252 it only affects the way the file is displayed, not its contents.
5253 If 'breakindent' is set, line is visually indented. Then, the value
5254 of 'showbreak' is used to put in front of wrapped lines. This option
Bram Moolenaar86b17e92014-07-02 20:00:47 +02005255 is not used when the 'wrap' option is off.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005256 Note that <Tab> characters after an <EOL> are mostly not displayed
5257 with the right amount of white space.
5258
5259 *'lines'* *E593*
5260'lines' number (default 24 or terminal height)
5261 global
5262 Number of lines of the Vim window.
5263 Normally you don't need to set this. It is done automatically by the
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +00005264 terminal initialization code. Also see |posix-screen-size|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005265 When Vim is running in the GUI or in a resizable window, setting this
5266 option will cause the window size to be changed. When you only want
5267 to use the size for the GUI, put the command in your |gvimrc| file.
5268 Vim limits the number of lines to what fits on the screen. You can
5269 use this command to get the tallest window possible: >
5270 :set lines=999
Bram Moolenaarf4d11452005-12-02 00:46:37 +00005271< Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 1000.
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +02005272 If you get fewer lines than expected, check the 'guiheadroom' option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005273 When you set this option and Vim is unable to change the physical
5274 number of lines of the display, the display may be messed up.
5275
5276 *'linespace'* *'lsp'*
5277'linespace' 'lsp' number (default 0, 1 for Win32 GUI)
5278 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005279 {only in the GUI}
5280 Number of pixel lines inserted between characters. Useful if the font
5281 uses the full character cell height, making lines touch each other.
5282 When non-zero there is room for underlining.
Bram Moolenaarbc7aa852005-03-06 23:38:09 +00005283 With some fonts there can be too much room between lines (to have
5284 space for ascents and descents). Then it makes sense to set
5285 'linespace' to a negative value. This may cause display problems
5286 though!
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005287
5288 *'lisp'* *'nolisp'*
5289'lisp' boolean (default off)
5290 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005291 Lisp mode: When <Enter> is typed in insert mode set the indent for
5292 the next line to Lisp standards (well, sort of). Also happens with
5293 "cc" or "S". 'autoindent' must also be on for this to work. The 'p'
5294 flag in 'cpoptions' changes the method of indenting: Vi compatible or
5295 better. Also see 'lispwords'.
5296 The '-' character is included in keyword characters. Redefines the
5297 "=" operator to use this same indentation algorithm rather than
5298 calling an external program if 'equalprg' is empty.
5299 This option is not used when 'paste' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005300
Bram Moolenaar49846fb2022-10-15 16:05:33 +01005301 *'lispoptions'* *'lop'*
5302'lispoptions' 'lop' string (default "")
5303 local to buffer
5304 Comma-separated list of items that influence the Lisp indenting when
5305 enabled with the |'lisp'| option. Currently only one item is
5306 supported:
5307 expr:1 use 'indentexpr' for Lisp indenting when it is set
5308 expr:0 do not use 'indentexpr' for Lisp indenting (default)
5309 Note that when using 'indentexpr' the `=` operator indents all the
5310 lines, otherwise the first line is not indented (Vi-compatible).
5311
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005312 *'lispwords'* *'lw'*
5313'lispwords' 'lw' string (default is very long)
Bram Moolenaaraf6c1312014-03-12 18:55:58 +01005314 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +01005315 Comma-separated list of words that influence the Lisp indenting when
5316 enabled with the |'lisp'| option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005317
5318 *'list'* *'nolist'*
5319'list' boolean (default off)
5320 local to window
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +00005321 List mode: By default show tabs as CTRL-I is displayed, display $
5322 after end of line. Useful to see the difference between tabs and
5323 spaces and for trailing blanks. Further changed by the 'listchars'
5324 option.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005325
5326 The cursor is displayed at the start of the space a Tab character
5327 occupies, not at the end as usual in Normal mode. To get this cursor
5328 position while displaying Tabs with spaces, use: >
Bram Moolenaardd007ed2013-07-09 15:44:17 +02005329 :set list lcs=tab:\ \
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005330<
5331 Note that list mode will also affect formatting (set with 'textwidth'
5332 or 'wrapmargin') when 'cpoptions' includes 'L'. See 'listchars' for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005333 changing the way tabs are displayed.
5334
5335 *'listchars'* *'lcs'*
5336'listchars' 'lcs' string (default "eol:$")
Bram Moolenaareed9d462021-02-15 20:38:25 +01005337 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaarf9d5ca12010-08-01 16:13:51 +02005338 Strings to use in 'list' mode and for the |:list| command. It is a
zeertzjq6a8d2e12024-01-17 20:54:49 +01005339 comma-separated list of string settings. *E1511*
Bram Moolenaar79278362015-04-21 18:33:48 +02005340 *lcs-eol*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005341 eol:c Character to show at the end of each line. When
5342 omitted, there is no extra character at the end of the
5343 line.
Bram Moolenaar79278362015-04-21 18:33:48 +02005344 *lcs-tab*
Bram Moolenaar83a52172019-01-16 22:41:54 +01005345 tab:xy[z] Two or three characters to be used to show a tab.
5346 The third character is optional.
5347
5348 tab:xy The 'x' is always used, then 'y' as many times as will
5349 fit. Thus "tab:>-" displays:
5350 >
5351 >-
5352 >--
5353 etc.
5354
5355 tab:xyz The 'z' is always used, then 'x' is prepended, and
5356 then 'y' is used as many times as will fit. Thus
5357 "tab:<->" displays:
5358 >
5359 <>
5360 <->
5361 <-->
5362 etc.
5363
5364 When "tab:" is omitted, a tab is shown as ^I.
Bram Moolenaar79278362015-04-21 18:33:48 +02005365 *lcs-space*
5366 space:c Character to show for a space. When omitted, spaces
5367 are left blank.
zeertzjqf14b8ba2021-09-10 16:58:30 +02005368 *lcs-multispace*
5369 multispace:c...
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +00005370 One or more characters to use cyclically to show for
5371 multiple consecutive spaces. Overrides the "space"
zeertzjqf14b8ba2021-09-10 16:58:30 +02005372 setting, except for single spaces. When omitted, the
5373 "space" setting is used. For example,
5374 `:set listchars=multispace:---+` shows ten consecutive
5375 spaces as:
Bram Moolenaaraca12fd2022-06-07 10:16:15 +01005376 ---+---+-- ~
Bram Moolenaar91478ae2021-02-03 15:58:13 +01005377 *lcs-lead*
5378 lead:c Character to show for leading spaces. When omitted,
zeertzjqf14b8ba2021-09-10 16:58:30 +02005379 leading spaces are blank. Overrides the "space" and
5380 "multispace" settings for leading spaces. You can
5381 combine it with "tab:", for example: >
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01005382 :set listchars+=tab:>-,lead:.
Bram Moolenaaraca12fd2022-06-07 10:16:15 +01005383< *lcs-leadmultispace*
5384 leadmultispace:c...
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +01005385 Like the |lcs-multispace| value, but for leading
5386 spaces only. Also overrides |lcs-lead| for leading
5387 multiple spaces.
Bram Moolenaar8a3b8052022-06-26 12:21:15 +01005388 `:set listchars=leadmultispace:---+` shows ten
5389 consecutive leading spaces as:
Bram Moolenaaraca12fd2022-06-07 10:16:15 +01005390 ---+---+--XXX ~
5391 Where "XXX" denotes the first non-blank characters in
5392 the line.
5393 *lcs-trail*
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005394 trail:c Character to show for trailing spaces. When omitted,
zeertzjqf14b8ba2021-09-10 16:58:30 +02005395 trailing spaces are blank. Overrides the "space" and
5396 "multispace" settings for trailing spaces.
Bram Moolenaar79278362015-04-21 18:33:48 +02005397 *lcs-extends*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005398 extends:c Character to show in the last column, when 'wrap' is
5399 off and the line continues beyond the right of the
5400 screen.
Bram Moolenaar79278362015-04-21 18:33:48 +02005401 *lcs-precedes*
Bram Moolenaarbffba7f2019-09-20 17:00:17 +02005402 precedes:c Character to show in the first visible column of the
5403 physical line, when there is text preceding the
5404 character visible in the first column.
Bram Moolenaar79278362015-04-21 18:33:48 +02005405 *lcs-conceal*
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +02005406 conceal:c Character to show in place of concealed text, when
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02005407 'conceallevel' is set to 1.
Bram Moolenaar79278362015-04-21 18:33:48 +02005408 *lcs-nbsp*
Bram Moolenaar73284b92015-05-04 17:28:22 +02005409 nbsp:c Character to show for a non-breakable space character
5410 (0xA0 (160 decimal) and U+202F). Left blank when
5411 omitted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005412
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005413 The characters ':' and ',' should not be used. UTF-8 characters can
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005414 be used when 'encoding' is "utf-8", otherwise only printable
zeertzjq6a8d2e12024-01-17 20:54:49 +01005415 characters are allowed. All characters must be single width. *E1512*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005416
Bram Moolenaar93ff6722021-10-16 17:51:40 +01005417 Each character can be specified as hex: >
5418 set listchars=eol:\\x24
5419 set listchars=eol:\\u21b5
5420 set listchars=eol:\\U000021b5
5421< Note that a double backslash is used. The number of hex characters
5422 must be exactly 2 for \\x, 4 for \\u and 8 for \\U.
5423
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005424 Examples: >
5425 :set lcs=tab:>-,trail:-
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00005426 :set lcs=tab:>-,eol:<,nbsp:%
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005427 :set lcs=extends:>,precedes:<
5428< The "NonText" highlighting will be used for "eol", "extends" and
Bram Moolenaar34cc7d82021-09-21 20:09:51 +02005429 "precedes". "SpecialKey" will be used for "tab", "nbsp", "space",
5430 "multispace", "lead" and "trail".
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005431 |hl-NonText| |hl-SpecialKey|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005432
5433 *'lpl'* *'nolpl'* *'loadplugins'* *'noloadplugins'*
5434'loadplugins' 'lpl' boolean (default on)
5435 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005436 When on the plugin scripts are loaded when starting up |load-plugins|.
5437 This option can be reset in your |vimrc| file to disable the loading
5438 of plugins.
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02005439 Note that using the "-u NONE", "-u DEFAULTS" and "--noplugin" command
5440 line arguments reset this option. See |-u| and |--noplugin|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005441
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01005442 *'luadll'*
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01005443'luadll' string (default depends on the build)
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01005444 global
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01005445 {only available when compiled with the |+lua/dyn|
5446 feature}
Bram Moolenaar25e4fcd2016-01-09 14:57:47 +01005447 Specifies the name of the Lua shared library. The default is
5448 DYNAMIC_LUA_DLL, which was specified at compile time.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02005449 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01005450 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5451 security reasons.
5452
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00005453 *'macatsui'* *'nomacatsui'*
5454'macatsui' boolean (default on)
5455 global
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02005456 {not supported}
5457 No longer supported, as the Mac OS X GUI code was removed.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005458
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005459 *'magic'* *'nomagic'*
5460'magic' boolean (default on)
5461 global
5462 Changes the special characters that can be used in search patterns.
5463 See |pattern|.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02005464 WARNING: Switching this option off most likely breaks plugins! That
5465 is because many patterns assume it's on and will fail when it's off.
5466 Only switch it off when working with old Vi scripts. In any other
5467 situation write patterns that work when 'magic' is on. Include "\M"
5468 when you want to |/\M|.
Bram Moolenaar4072ba52020-12-23 13:56:35 +01005469 In |Vim9| script the value of 'magic' is ignored, patterns behave like
5470 it is always set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005471
5472 *'makeef'* *'mef'*
5473'makeef' 'mef' string (default: "")
5474 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005475 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
5476 feature}
5477 Name of the errorfile for the |:make| command (see |:make_makeprg|)
5478 and the |:grep| command.
5479 When it is empty, an internally generated temp file will be used.
5480 When "##" is included, it is replaced by a number to make the name
5481 unique. This makes sure that the ":make" command doesn't overwrite an
5482 existing file.
5483 NOT used for the ":cf" command. See 'errorfile' for that.
5484 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
5485 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
5486 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5487 security reasons.
5488
Bram Moolenaar2c7292d2017-03-05 17:43:31 +01005489 *'makeencoding'* *'menc'*
5490'makeencoding' 'menc' string (default "")
5491 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar2c7292d2017-03-05 17:43:31 +01005492 Encoding used for reading the output of external commands. When empty,
5493 encoding is not converted.
5494 This is used for `:make`, `:lmake`, `:grep`, `:lgrep`, `:grepadd`,
5495 `:lgrepadd`, `:cfile`, `:cgetfile`, `:caddfile`, `:lfile`, `:lgetfile`,
5496 and `:laddfile`.
5497
5498 This would be mostly useful when you use MS-Windows and set 'encoding'
5499 to "utf-8". If |+iconv| is enabled and GNU libiconv is used, setting
5500 'makeencoding' to "char" has the same effect as setting to the system
5501 locale encoding. Example: >
5502 :set encoding=utf-8
5503 :set makeencoding=char " system locale is used
5504<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005505 *'makeprg'* *'mp'*
5506'makeprg' 'mp' string (default "make", VMS: "MMS")
5507 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005508 Program to use for the ":make" command. See |:make_makeprg|.
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01005509 This option may contain '%' and '#' characters (see |:_%| and |:_#|),
5510 which are expanded to the current and alternate file name. Use |::S|
Bram Moolenaar26df0922014-02-23 23:39:13 +01005511 to escape file names in case they contain special characters.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005512 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. See |option-backslash|
5513 about including spaces and backslashes.
5514 Note that a '|' must be escaped twice: once for ":set" and once for
5515 the interpretation of a command. When you use a filter called
5516 "myfilter" do it like this: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005517 :set makeprg=gmake\ \\\|\ myfilter
5518< The placeholder "$*" can be given (even multiple times) to specify
5519 where the arguments will be included, for example: >
5520 :set makeprg=latex\ \\\\nonstopmode\ \\\\input\\{$*}
5521< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5522 security reasons.
5523
5524 *'matchpairs'* *'mps'*
5525'matchpairs' 'mps' string (default "(:),{:},[:]")
5526 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005527 Characters that form pairs. The |%| command jumps from one to the
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01005528 other.
5529 Only character pairs are allowed that are different, thus you cannot
5530 jump between two double quotes.
5531 The characters must be separated by a colon.
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005532 The pairs must be separated by a comma. Example for including '<' and
Bram Moolenaar130cbfc2021-04-07 21:07:20 +02005533 '>' (for HTML): >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005534 :set mps+=<:>
5535
5536< A more exotic example, to jump between the '=' and ';' in an
5537 assignment, useful for languages like C and Java: >
5538 :au FileType c,cpp,java set mps+==:;
5539
5540< For a more advanced way of using "%", see the matchit.vim plugin in
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01005541 the $VIMRUNTIME/pack/dist/opt/matchit directory. |add-local-help|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005542
5543 *'matchtime'* *'mat'*
5544'matchtime' 'mat' number (default 5)
5545 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005546 Tenths of a second to show the matching paren, when 'showmatch' is
5547 set. Note that this is not in milliseconds, like other options that
5548 set a time. This is to be compatible with Nvi.
5549
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00005550 *'maxcombine'* *'mco'*
5551'maxcombine' 'mco' number (default 2)
5552 global
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00005553 The maximum number of combining characters supported for displaying.
5554 Only used when 'encoding' is "utf-8".
5555 The default is OK for most languages. Hebrew may require 4.
5556 Maximum value is 6.
5557 Even when this option is set to 2 you can still edit text with more
5558 combining characters, you just can't see them. Use |g8| or |ga|.
5559 See |mbyte-combining|.
5560
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005561 *'maxfuncdepth'* *'mfd'*
5562'maxfuncdepth' 'mfd' number (default 100)
5563 global
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02005564 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005565 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005566 Maximum depth of function calls for user functions. This normally
5567 catches endless recursion. When using a recursive function with
5568 more depth, set 'maxfuncdepth' to a bigger number. But this will use
5569 more memory, there is the danger of failing when memory is exhausted.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01005570 Increasing this limit above 200 also changes the maximum for Ex
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +02005571 command recursion, see |E169|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005572 See also |:function|.
zeertzjqfe583b12023-12-21 16:59:26 +01005573 Also used for maximum depth of callback functions.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005574
5575 *'maxmapdepth'* *'mmd'* *E223*
5576'maxmapdepth' 'mmd' number (default 1000)
5577 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005578 Maximum number of times a mapping is done without resulting in a
5579 character to be used. This normally catches endless mappings, like
5580 ":map x y" with ":map y x". It still does not catch ":map g wg",
5581 because the 'w' is used before the next mapping is done. See also
5582 |key-mapping|.
5583
5584 *'maxmem'* *'mm'*
5585'maxmem' 'mm' number (default between 256 to 5120 (system
5586 dependent) or half the amount of memory
5587 available)
5588 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005589 Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for one buffer. When this
5590 limit is reached allocating extra memory for a buffer will cause
Bram Moolenaarcafafb32018-02-22 21:07:09 +01005591 other memory to be freed.
5592 The maximum usable value is about 2000000. Use this to work without a
5593 limit.
5594 The value is ignored when 'swapfile' is off.
5595 Also see 'maxmemtot'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005596
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00005597 *'maxmempattern'* *'mmp'*
5598'maxmempattern' 'mmp' number (default 1000)
5599 global
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00005600 Maximum amount of memory (in Kbyte) to use for pattern matching.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005601 The maximum value is about 2000000. Use this to work without a limit.
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00005602 *E363*
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00005603 When Vim runs into the limit it gives an error message and mostly
5604 behaves like CTRL-C was typed.
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00005605 Running into the limit often means that the pattern is very
5606 inefficient or too complex. This may already happen with the pattern
5607 "\(.\)*" on a very long line. ".*" works much better.
Bram Moolenaarfd358112018-07-07 23:21:31 +02005608 Might also happen on redraw, when syntax rules try to match a complex
5609 text structure.
5610 Vim may run out of memory before hitting the 'maxmempattern' limit, in
5611 which case you get an "Out of memory" error instead.
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00005612
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005613 *'maxmemtot'* *'mmt'*
5614'maxmemtot' 'mmt' number (default between 2048 and 10240 (system
5615 dependent) or half the amount of memory
5616 available)
5617 global
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005618 Maximum amount of memory in Kbyte to use for all buffers together.
5619 The maximum usable value is about 2000000 (2 Gbyte). Use this to work
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01005620 without a limit.
5621 On 64 bit machines higher values might work. But hey, do you really
5622 need more than 2 Gbyte for text editing? Keep in mind that text is
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02005623 stored in the swap file, one can edit files > 2 Gbyte anyway. We do
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01005624 need the memory to store undo info.
Bram Moolenaarcafafb32018-02-22 21:07:09 +01005625 Buffers with 'swapfile' off still count to the total amount of memory
5626 used.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005627 Also see 'maxmem'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005628
5629 *'menuitems'* *'mis'*
5630'menuitems' 'mis' number (default 25)
5631 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005632 {not available when compiled without the |+menu|
5633 feature}
5634 Maximum number of items to use in a menu. Used for menus that are
5635 generated from a list of items, e.g., the Buffers menu. Changing this
5636 option has no direct effect, the menu must be refreshed first.
5637
Christian Brabandt51d4d842024-12-06 17:26:25 +01005638 *'messagesopt'* *'mopt'*
5639'messagesopt' 'mopt' string (default "hit-enter,history:500")
5640 global
5641
zeertzjq8cc43da2024-12-07 16:09:08 +01005642 Option settings for outputting messages. It can consist of the
Christian Brabandt51d4d842024-12-06 17:26:25 +01005643 following items. Items must be separated by a comma.
5644
zeertzjq8cc43da2024-12-07 16:09:08 +01005645 hit-enter Use a |hit-enter| prompt when the message is longer than
Christian Brabandt51d4d842024-12-06 17:26:25 +01005646 'cmdheight' size.
5647
zeertzjq8cc43da2024-12-07 16:09:08 +01005648 wait:{n} Instead of using a |hit-enter| prompt, simply wait for
5649 {n} milliseconds so that the user has a chance to read
5650 the message. The maximum value of {n} is 10000. Use
5651 0 to disable the wait (but then the user may miss an
5652 important message).
5653 This item is ignored when "hit-enter" is present, but
5654 required when "hit-enter" is not present.
Christian Brabandt51d4d842024-12-06 17:26:25 +01005655
5656 history:{n} Determines how many entries are remembered in the
5657 |:messages| history. The maximum value is 10000.
5658 Setting it to zero clears the message history.
zeertzjq8cc43da2024-12-07 16:09:08 +01005659 This item must always be present.
Christian Brabandt51d4d842024-12-06 17:26:25 +01005660
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00005661 *'mkspellmem'* *'msm'*
5662'mkspellmem' 'msm' string (default "460000,2000,500")
5663 global
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00005664 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
5665 feature}
5666 Parameters for |:mkspell|. This tunes when to start compressing the
5667 word tree. Compression can be slow when there are many words, but
5668 it's needed to avoid running out of memory. The amount of memory used
5669 per word depends very much on how similar the words are, that's why
5670 this tuning is complicated.
5671
5672 There are three numbers, separated by commas:
5673 {start},{inc},{added}
5674
5675 For most languages the uncompressed word tree fits in memory. {start}
5676 gives the amount of memory in Kbyte that can be used before any
5677 compression is done. It should be a bit smaller than the amount of
5678 memory that is available to Vim.
5679
5680 When going over the {start} limit the {inc} number specifies the
5681 amount of memory in Kbyte that can be allocated before another
5682 compression is done. A low number means compression is done after
5683 less words are added, which is slow. A high number means more memory
5684 will be allocated.
5685
5686 After doing compression, {added} times 1024 words can be added before
5687 the {inc} limit is ignored and compression is done when any extra
5688 amount of memory is needed. A low number means there is a smaller
5689 chance of hitting the {inc} limit, less memory is used but it's
5690 slower.
5691
5692 The languages for which these numbers are important are Italian and
5693 Hungarian. The default works for when you have about 512 Mbyte. If
5694 you have 1 Gbyte you could use: >
5695 :set mkspellmem=900000,3000,800
5696< If you have less than 512 Mbyte |:mkspell| may fail for some
5697 languages, no matter what you set 'mkspellmem' to.
5698
dkearns8ebdbc92023-10-29 06:26:19 +11005699 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5700 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar07607392019-05-26 19:20:43 +02005701
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005702 *'modeline'* *'ml'* *'nomodeline'* *'noml'*
Bram Moolenaar8243a792007-05-01 17:05:03 +00005703'modeline' 'ml' boolean (Vim default: on (off for root),
5704 Vi default: off)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005705 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02005706 If 'modeline' is on 'modelines' gives the number of lines that is
5707 checked for set commands. If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is zero
5708 no lines are checked. See |modeline|.
5709
5710 *'modelineexpr'* *'mle'* *'nomodelineexpr'* *'nomle'*
5711'modelineexpr' 'mle' boolean (default: off)
5712 global
5713 When on allow some options that are an expression to be set in the
5714 modeline. Check the option for whether it is affected by
5715 'modelineexpr'. Also see |modeline|.
Bram Moolenaar1c6fd1e2019-05-23 22:11:59 +02005716 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5717 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02005718
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005719 *'modelines'* *'mls'*
5720'modelines' 'mls' number (default 5)
5721 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005722 If 'modeline' is on 'modelines' gives the number of lines that is
5723 checked for set commands. If 'modeline' is off or 'modelines' is zero
5724 no lines are checked. See |modeline|.
5725 NOTE: 'modeline' is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
5726 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
5727
5728 *'modifiable'* *'ma'* *'nomodifiable'* *'noma'*
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02005729 *E21*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005730'modifiable' 'ma' boolean (default on)
5731 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005732 When off the buffer contents cannot be changed. The 'fileformat' and
5733 'fileencoding' options also can't be changed.
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01005734 Can be reset on startup with the |-M| command line argument.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005735
5736 *'modified'* *'mod'* *'nomodified'* *'nomod'*
5737'modified' 'mod' boolean (default off)
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02005738 local to buffer |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005739 When on, the buffer is considered to be modified. This option is set
5740 when:
5741 1. A change was made to the text since it was last written. Using the
5742 |undo| command to go back to the original text will reset the
5743 option. But undoing changes that were made before writing the
5744 buffer will set the option again, since the text is different from
5745 when it was written.
5746 2. 'fileformat' or 'fileencoding' is different from its original
5747 value. The original value is set when the buffer is read or
5748 written. A ":set nomodified" command also resets the original
5749 values to the current values and the 'modified' option will be
5750 reset.
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01005751 Similarly for 'eol' and 'bomb'.
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02005752 This option is not set when a change is made to the buffer as the
5753 result of a BufNewFile, BufRead/BufReadPost, BufWritePost,
5754 FileAppendPost or VimLeave autocommand event. See |gzip-example| for
5755 an explanation.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005756 When 'buftype' is "nowrite" or "nofile" this option may be set, but
5757 will be ignored.
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +01005758 Note that the text may actually be the same, e.g. 'modified' is set
5759 when using "rA" on an "A".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005760
5761 *'more'* *'nomore'*
5762'more' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
5763 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005764 When on, listings pause when the whole screen is filled. You will get
5765 the |more-prompt|. When this option is off there are no pauses, the
5766 listing continues until finished.
5767 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
5768 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
5769
Bram Moolenaar98a29d02021-01-18 19:55:44 +01005770 *'mouse'*
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01005771'mouse' string (default "", "a" for GUI and Win32,
Bram Moolenaar5b418992019-10-27 18:50:25 +01005772 set to "a" or "nvi" in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005773 global
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01005774 Enable the use of the mouse. Works for most terminals (xterm, Win32
5775 |win32-mouse|, QNX pterm, *BSD console with sysmouse and Linux console
5776 with gpm). For using the mouse in the GUI, see |gui-mouse|. The
5777 mouse can be enabled for different modes:
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005778 n Normal mode and Terminal modes
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005779 v Visual mode
5780 i Insert mode
5781 c Command-line mode
5782 h all previous modes when editing a help file
5783 a all previous modes
5784 r for |hit-enter| and |more-prompt| prompt
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02005785 Normally you would enable the mouse in all five modes with: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005786 :set mouse=a
Bram Moolenaar5b418992019-10-27 18:50:25 +01005787< If your terminal can't overrule the mouse events going to the
5788 application, use: >
5789 :set mouse=nvi
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +02005790< Then you can press ":", select text for the system, and press Esc to go
Bram Moolenaar5b418992019-10-27 18:50:25 +01005791 back to Vim using the mouse events.
5792 In |defaults.vim| "nvi" is used if the 'term' option is not matching
5793 "xterm".
5794
5795 When the mouse is not enabled, the GUI will still use the mouse for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005796 modeless selection. This doesn't move the text cursor.
5797
5798 See |mouse-using|. Also see |'clipboard'|.
5799
5800 Note: When enabling the mouse in a terminal, copy/paste will use the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00005801 "* register if there is access to an X-server. The xterm handling of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005802 the mouse buttons can still be used by keeping the shift key pressed.
5803 Also see the 'clipboard' option.
5804
5805 *'mousefocus'* *'mousef'* *'nomousefocus'* *'nomousef'*
5806'mousefocus' 'mousef' boolean (default off)
5807 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005808 {only works in the GUI}
5809 The window that the mouse pointer is on is automatically activated.
5810 When changing the window layout or window focus in another way, the
5811 mouse pointer is moved to the window with keyboard focus. Off is the
5812 default because it makes using the pull down menus a little goofy, as
5813 a pointer transit may activate a window unintentionally.
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +01005814 MS-Windows: Also see 'scrollfocus' for what window is scrolled when
Bram Moolenaar1d9215b2020-01-25 13:27:42 +01005815 using the mouse scroll wheel.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005816
5817 *'mousehide'* *'mh'* *'nomousehide'* *'nomh'*
5818'mousehide' 'mh' boolean (default on)
5819 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005820 {only works in the GUI}
5821 When on, the mouse pointer is hidden when characters are typed.
5822 The mouse pointer is restored when the mouse is moved.
5823
5824 *'mousemodel'* *'mousem'*
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01005825'mousemodel' 'mousem' string (default "extend", "popup" for Win32)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005826 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005827 Sets the model to use for the mouse. The name mostly specifies what
5828 the right mouse button is used for:
5829 extend Right mouse button extends a selection. This works
5830 like in an xterm.
5831 popup Right mouse button pops up a menu. The shifted left
5832 mouse button extends a selection. This works like
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00005833 with Microsoft Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005834 popup_setpos Like "popup", but the cursor will be moved to the
5835 position where the mouse was clicked, and thus the
5836 selected operation will act upon the clicked object.
5837 If clicking inside a selection, that selection will
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00005838 be acted upon, i.e. no cursor move. This implies of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005839 course, that right clicking outside a selection will
5840 end Visual mode.
5841 Overview of what button does what for each model:
5842 mouse extend popup(_setpos) ~
5843 left click place cursor place cursor
5844 left drag start selection start selection
5845 shift-left search word extend selection
5846 right click extend selection popup menu (place cursor)
5847 right drag extend selection -
5848 middle click paste paste
5849
5850 In the "popup" model the right mouse button produces a pop-up menu.
5851 You need to define this first, see |popup-menu|.
5852
5853 Note that you can further refine the meaning of buttons with mappings.
5854 See |gui-mouse-mapping|. But mappings are NOT used for modeless
5855 selection (because that's handled in the GUI code directly).
5856
5857 The 'mousemodel' option is set by the |:behave| command.
5858
h_east59858792023-10-25 22:47:05 +09005859 *'mousemoveevent'* *'mousemev'* *'nomousemoveevent'* *'nomousemev'*
Ernie Raelc4cb5442022-04-03 15:47:28 +01005860'mousemoveevent' 'mousemev' boolean (default off)
5861 global
5862 {only works in the GUI}
5863 When on, mouse move events are delivered to the input queue and are
5864 available for mapping. The default, off, avoids the mouse movement
5865 overhead except when needed. See |gui-mouse-mapping|.
5866 Warning: Setting this option can make pending mappings to be aborted
5867 when the mouse is moved.
5868 Currently only works in the GUI, may be made to work in a terminal
5869 later.
5870
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005871 *'mouseshape'* *'mouses'* *E547*
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01005872'mouseshape' 'mouses' string (default "i-r:beam,s:updown,sd:udsizing,
5873 vs:leftright,vd:lrsizing,m:no,
5874 ml:up-arrow,v:rightup-arrow")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005875 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005876 {only available when compiled with the |+mouseshape|
5877 feature}
5878 This option tells Vim what the mouse pointer should look like in
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01005879 different modes. The option is a comma-separated list of parts, much
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005880 like used for 'guicursor'. Each part consist of a mode/location-list
5881 and an argument-list:
5882 mode-list:shape,mode-list:shape,..
5883 The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes/locations:
5884 In a normal window: ~
5885 n Normal mode
5886 v Visual mode
5887 ve Visual mode with 'selection' "exclusive" (same as 'v',
5888 if not specified)
5889 o Operator-pending mode
5890 i Insert mode
5891 r Replace mode
5892
5893 Others: ~
5894 c appending to the command-line
5895 ci inserting in the command-line
5896 cr replacing in the command-line
5897 m at the 'Hit ENTER' or 'More' prompts
5898 ml idem, but cursor in the last line
5899 e any mode, pointer below last window
5900 s any mode, pointer on a status line
5901 sd any mode, while dragging a status line
5902 vs any mode, pointer on a vertical separator line
5903 vd any mode, while dragging a vertical separator line
5904 a everywhere
5905
5906 The shape is one of the following:
5907 avail name looks like ~
5908 w x arrow Normal mouse pointer
5909 w x blank no pointer at all (use with care!)
5910 w x beam I-beam
5911 w x updown up-down sizing arrows
5912 w x leftright left-right sizing arrows
5913 w x busy The system's usual busy pointer
5914 w x no The system's usual 'no input' pointer
5915 x udsizing indicates up-down resizing
5916 x lrsizing indicates left-right resizing
5917 x crosshair like a big thin +
5918 x hand1 black hand
5919 x hand2 white hand
5920 x pencil what you write with
5921 x question big ?
5922 x rightup-arrow arrow pointing right-up
5923 w x up-arrow arrow pointing up
5924 x <number> any X11 pointer number (see X11/cursorfont.h)
5925
5926 The "avail" column contains a 'w' if the shape is available for Win32,
5927 x for X11.
5928 Any modes not specified or shapes not available use the normal mouse
5929 pointer.
5930
5931 Example: >
5932 :set mouseshape=s:udsizing,m:no
5933< will make the mouse turn to a sizing arrow over the status lines and
5934 indicate no input when the hit-enter prompt is displayed (since
5935 clicking the mouse has no effect in this state.)
5936
5937 *'mousetime'* *'mouset'*
5938'mousetime' 'mouset' number (default 500)
5939 global
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01005940 Only for GUI, Win32 and Unix with xterm. Defines the maximum
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005941 time in msec between two mouse clicks for the second click to be
5942 recognized as a multi click.
5943
Shougo Matsushita4bd9b2b2024-11-14 22:31:48 +01005944
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +01005945 *'mzquantum'* *'mzq'*
5946'mzquantum' 'mzq' number (default 100)
5947 global
5948 {not available when compiled without the |+mzscheme|
5949 feature}
5950 The number of milliseconds between polls for MzScheme threads.
5951 Negative or zero value means no thread scheduling.
5952 NOTE: This option is set to the Vim default value when 'compatible'
5953 is reset.
5954
Bram Moolenaar0ab35b22017-10-08 17:41:37 +02005955 *'mzschemedll'*
5956'mzschemedll' string (default depends on the build)
5957 global
Bram Moolenaar0ab35b22017-10-08 17:41:37 +02005958 {only available when compiled with the |+mzscheme/dyn|
5959 feature}
5960 Specifies the name of the MzScheme shared library. The default is
5961 DYNAMIC_MZSCH_DLL which was specified at compile time.
5962 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01005963 The value must be set in the |vimrc| script or earlier. In the
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01005964 startup, before the |load-plugins| step.
Bram Moolenaar0ab35b22017-10-08 17:41:37 +02005965 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5966 security reasons.
5967
5968 *'mzschemegcdll'*
5969'mzschemegcdll' string (default depends on the build)
5970 global
Bram Moolenaar0ab35b22017-10-08 17:41:37 +02005971 {only available when compiled with the |+mzscheme/dyn|
5972 feature}
5973 Specifies the name of the MzScheme GC shared library. The default is
5974 DYNAMIC_MZGC_DLL which was specified at compile time.
5975 The value can be equal to 'mzschemedll' if it includes the GC code.
5976 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
5977 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
5978 security reasons.
5979
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005980 *'nrformats'* *'nf'*
Bram Moolenaar8c08b5b2016-07-28 22:24:15 +02005981'nrformats' 'nf' string (default "bin,octal,hex",
5982 set to "bin,hex" in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005983 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005984 This defines what bases Vim will consider for numbers when using the
5985 CTRL-A and CTRL-X commands for adding to and subtracting from a number
5986 respectively; see |CTRL-A| for more info on these commands.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005987 alpha If included, single alphabetical characters will be
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005988 incremented or decremented. This is useful for a list with a
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01005989 letter index a), b), etc. *octal-nrformats*
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005990 octal If included, numbers that start with a zero will be considered
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005991 to be octal. Example: Using CTRL-A on "007" results in "010".
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005992 hex If included, numbers starting with "0x" or "0X" will be
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005993 considered to be hexadecimal. Example: Using CTRL-X on
5994 "0x100" results in "0x0ff".
Bram Moolenaar25e4fcd2016-01-09 14:57:47 +01005995 bin If included, numbers starting with "0b" or "0B" will be
5996 considered to be binary. Example: Using CTRL-X on
5997 "0b1000" subtracts one, resulting in "0b0111".
Bram Moolenaaraaad9952020-05-31 15:08:59 +02005998 unsigned If included, numbers are recognized as unsigned. Thus a
5999 leading dash or negative sign won't be considered as part of
6000 the number. Examples:
6001 Using CTRL-X on "2020" in "9-2020" results in "9-2019"
6002 (without "unsigned" it would become "9-2021").
6003 Using CTRL-A on "2020" in "9-2020" results in "9-2021"
6004 (without "unsigned" it would become "9-2019").
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +02006005 Using CTRL-X on "0" or CTRL-A on "18446744073709551615"
6006 (2^64 - 1) has no effect, overflow is prevented.
distobs25ac6d62024-07-06 17:50:09 +02006007 blank If included, treat numbers as signed or unsigned based on
h-east52e7cc22024-07-28 17:03:29 +02006008 preceding whitespace. If a number with a leading dash has its
distobs25ac6d62024-07-06 17:50:09 +02006009 dash immediately preceded by a non-whitespace character (i.e.,
6010 not a tab or a " "), the negative sign won't be considered as
6011 part of the number. For example:
6012 Using CTRL-A on "14" in "Carbon-14" results in "Carbon-15"
6013 (without "blank" it would become "Carbon-13").
6014 Using CTRL-X on "8" in "Carbon -8" results in "Carbon -9"
h-east52e7cc22024-07-28 17:03:29 +02006015 (because -8 is preceded by whitespace. If "unsigned" was
distobs25ac6d62024-07-06 17:50:09 +02006016 set, it would result in "Carbon -7").
6017 If this format is included, overflow is prevented as if
h-east52e7cc22024-07-28 17:03:29 +02006018 "unsigned" were set. If both this format and "unsigned" are
distobs25ac6d62024-07-06 17:50:09 +02006019 included, "unsigned" will take precedence.
6020
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006021 Numbers which simply begin with a digit in the range 1-9 are always
6022 considered decimal. This also happens for numbers that are not
6023 recognized as octal or hex.
6024
6025 *'number'* *'nu'* *'nonumber'* *'nonu'*
6026'number' 'nu' boolean (default off)
6027 local to window
6028 Print the line number in front of each line. When the 'n' option is
6029 excluded from 'cpoptions' a wrapped line will not use the column of
6030 line numbers (this is the default when 'compatible' isn't set).
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00006031 The 'numberwidth' option can be used to set the room used for the line
6032 number.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006033 When a long, wrapped line doesn't start with the first character, '-'
6034 characters are put before the number.
James McCoya80aad72021-12-22 19:45:28 +00006035 For highlighting see |hl-LineNr|, and |hl-CursorLineNr|, and the
6036 |:sign-define| "numhl" argument.
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02006037 *number_relativenumber*
6038 The 'relativenumber' option changes the displayed number to be
6039 relative to the cursor. Together with 'number' there are these
6040 four combinations (cursor in line 3):
6041
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01006042 'nonu' 'nu' 'nonu' 'nu'
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02006043 'nornu' 'nornu' 'rnu' 'rnu'
6044
6045 |apple | 1 apple | 2 apple | 2 apple
6046 |pear | 2 pear | 1 pear | 1 pear
6047 |nobody | 3 nobody | 0 nobody |3 nobody
6048 |there | 4 there | 1 there | 1 there
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006049
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00006050 *'numberwidth'* *'nuw'*
6051'numberwidth' 'nuw' number (Vim default: 4 Vi default: 8)
6052 local to window
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00006053 {only available when compiled with the |+linebreak|
6054 feature}
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00006055 Minimal number of columns to use for the line number. Only relevant
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02006056 when the 'number' or 'relativenumber' option is set or printing lines
6057 with a line number. Since one space is always between the number and
6058 the text, there is one less character for the number itself.
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00006059 The value is the minimum width. A bigger width is used when needed to
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02006060 fit the highest line number in the buffer respectively the number of
6061 rows in the window, depending on whether 'number' or 'relativenumber'
6062 is set. Thus with the Vim default of 4 there is room for a line number
6063 up to 999. When the buffer has 1000 lines five columns will be used.
Bram Moolenaarf8a07122019-07-01 22:06:07 +02006064 The minimum value is 1, the maximum value is 20.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01006065 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
6066 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00006067
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +00006068 *'omnifunc'* *'ofu'*
6069'omnifunc' 'ofu' string (default: empty)
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +00006070 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02006071 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
Bram Moolenaare2c453d2019-08-21 14:37:09 +02006072 feature}
Bram Moolenaarc7486e02005-12-29 22:48:26 +00006073 This option specifies a function to be used for Insert mode omni
6074 completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00006075 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of how the function is
Yegappan Lakshmanan8658c752021-12-03 11:09:29 +00006076 invoked and what it should return. The value can be the name of a
6077 function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for
6078 more information.
Bram Moolenaar043545e2006-10-10 16:44:07 +00006079 This option is usually set by a filetype plugin:
Bram Moolenaar9c102382006-05-03 21:26:49 +00006080 |:filetype-plugin-on|
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006081 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6082 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +00006083
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00006084 *'opendevice'* *'odev'* *'noopendevice'* *'noodev'*
Bram Moolenaar043545e2006-10-10 16:44:07 +00006085'opendevice' 'odev' boolean (default off)
6086 global
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00006087 {only for MS-Windows} *E796*
Bram Moolenaar043545e2006-10-10 16:44:07 +00006088 Enable reading and writing from devices. This may get Vim stuck on a
6089 device that can be opened but doesn't actually do the I/O. Therefore
6090 it is off by default.
6091 Note that on MS-Windows editing "aux.h", "lpt1.txt" and the like also
6092 result in editing a device.
6093
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00006094 *'operatorfunc'* *'opfunc'*
6095'operatorfunc' 'opfunc' string (default: empty)
6096 global
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00006097 This option specifies a function to be called by the |g@| operator.
Yegappan Lakshmanan777175b2021-11-18 22:08:57 +00006098 See |:map-operator| for more info and an example. The value can be
6099 the name of a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See
6100 |option-value-function| for more information.
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00006101
6102 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6103 security reasons.
6104
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02006105 *'osfiletype'* *'oft'*
6106'osfiletype' 'oft' string (default: "")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006107 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02006108 This option was supported on RISC OS, which has been removed.
6109
Bram Moolenaarf6fee0e2016-02-21 23:02:49 +01006110 *'packpath'* *'pp'*
6111'packpath' 'pp' string (default: see 'runtimepath')
Bram Moolenaarf6fee0e2016-02-21 23:02:49 +01006112 Directories used to find packages. See |packages|.
dkearns8ebdbc92023-10-29 06:26:19 +11006113 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6114 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaarf6fee0e2016-02-21 23:02:49 +01006115
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006116 *'paragraphs'* *'para'*
Bram Moolenaar57e48462008-03-12 16:38:55 +00006117'paragraphs' 'para' string (default "IPLPPPQPP TPHPLIPpLpItpplpipbp")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006118 global
6119 Specifies the nroff macros that separate paragraphs. These are pairs
6120 of two letters (see |object-motions|).
6121
6122 *'paste'* *'nopaste'*
6123'paste' boolean (default off)
6124 global
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006125 Put Vim in Paste mode. This is useful if you want to cut or copy
6126 some text from one window and paste it in Vim. This will avoid
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006127 unexpected effects.
6128 Setting this option is useful when using Vim in a terminal, where Vim
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006129 cannot distinguish between typed text and pasted text. In the GUI, Vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006130 knows about pasting and will mostly do the right thing without 'paste'
6131 being set. The same is true for a terminal where Vim handles the
6132 mouse clicks itself.
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +00006133 This option is reset when starting the GUI. Thus if you set it in
6134 your .vimrc it will work in a terminal, but not in the GUI. Setting
6135 'paste' in the GUI has side effects: e.g., the Paste toolbar button
6136 will no longer work in Insert mode, because it uses a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006137 When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):
6138 - mapping in Insert mode and Command-line mode is disabled
6139 - abbreviations are disabled
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006140 - 'autoindent' is reset
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02006141 - 'expandtab' is reset
Bram Moolenaar4d8f4762021-06-27 15:18:56 +02006142 - 'hkmap' is reset
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006143 - 'revins' is reset
6144 - 'ruler' is reset
6145 - 'showmatch' is reset
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02006146 - 'smarttab' is reset
6147 - 'softtabstop' is set to 0
6148 - 'textwidth' is set to 0
6149 - 'wrapmargin' is set to 0
Bram Moolenaar4d8f4762021-06-27 15:18:56 +02006150 - 'varsofttabstop' is made empty
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006151 These options keep their value, but their effect is disabled:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006152 - 'cindent'
Bram Moolenaar4d8f4762021-06-27 15:18:56 +02006153 - 'formatoptions' is used like it is empty
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02006154 - 'indentexpr'
6155 - 'lisp'
Bram Moolenaar4d8f4762021-06-27 15:18:56 +02006156 - 'smartindent'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006157 NOTE: When you start editing another file while the 'paste' option is
6158 on, settings from the modelines or autocommands may change the
6159 settings again, causing trouble when pasting text. You might want to
6160 set the 'paste' option again.
6161 When the 'paste' option is reset the mentioned options are restored to
6162 the value before the moment 'paste' was switched from off to on.
6163 Resetting 'paste' before ever setting it does not have any effect.
6164 Since mapping doesn't work while 'paste' is active, you need to use
6165 the 'pastetoggle' option to toggle the 'paste' option with some key.
6166
6167 *'pastetoggle'* *'pt'*
6168'pastetoggle' 'pt' string (default "")
6169 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006170 When non-empty, specifies the key sequence that toggles the 'paste'
6171 option. This is like specifying a mapping: >
6172 :map {keys} :set invpaste<CR>
6173< Where {keys} is the value of 'pastetoggle'.
6174 The difference is that it will work even when 'paste' is set.
6175 'pastetoggle' works in Insert mode and Normal mode, but not in
6176 Command-line mode.
6177 Mappings are checked first, thus overrule 'pastetoggle'. However,
6178 when 'paste' is on mappings are ignored in Insert mode, thus you can do
6179 this: >
6180 :map <F10> :set paste<CR>
6181 :map <F11> :set nopaste<CR>
6182 :imap <F10> <C-O>:set paste<CR>
6183 :imap <F11> <nop>
6184 :set pastetoggle=<F11>
6185< This will make <F10> start paste mode and <F11> stop paste mode.
6186 Note that typing <F10> in paste mode inserts "<F10>", since in paste
6187 mode everything is inserted literally, except the 'pastetoggle' key
6188 sequence.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006189 When the value has several bytes 'ttimeoutlen' applies.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006190
6191 *'pex'* *'patchexpr'*
6192'patchexpr' 'pex' string (default "")
6193 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006194 {not available when compiled without the |+diff|
6195 feature}
6196 Expression which is evaluated to apply a patch to a file and generate
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006197 the resulting new version of the file. See |diff-patchexpr|.
dkearns8ebdbc92023-10-29 06:26:19 +11006198 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6199 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006200
Bram Moolenaardbc28022014-07-26 13:40:44 +02006201 *'patchmode'* *'pm'* *E205* *E206*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006202'patchmode' 'pm' string (default "")
6203 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006204 When non-empty the oldest version of a file is kept. This can be used
6205 to keep the original version of a file if you are changing files in a
6206 source distribution. Only the first time that a file is written a
6207 copy of the original file will be kept. The name of the copy is the
6208 name of the original file with the string in the 'patchmode' option
6209 appended. This option should start with a dot. Use a string like
Bram Moolenaardf980db2017-12-24 13:22:00 +01006210 ".orig" or ".org". 'backupdir' must not be empty for this to work
6211 (Detail: The backup file is renamed to the patchmode file after the
6212 new file has been successfully written, that's why it must be possible
6213 to write a backup file). If there was no file to be backed up, an
6214 empty file is created.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006215 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a patchmode file is not made.
6216 Using 'patchmode' for compressed files appends the extension at the
6217 end (e.g., "file.gz.orig"), thus the resulting name isn't always
6218 recognized as a compressed file.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00006219 Only normal file name characters can be used, "/\*?[|<>" are illegal.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006220
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01006221 *'path'* *'pa'* *E343* *E345* *E347* *E854*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006222'path' 'pa' string (default on Unix: ".,/usr/include,,"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006223 other systems: ".,,")
6224 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006225 This is a list of directories which will be searched when using the
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00006226 |gf|, [f, ]f, ^Wf, |:find|, |:sfind|, |:tabfind| and other commands,
6227 provided that the file being searched for has a relative path (not
6228 starting with "/", "./" or "../"). The directories in the 'path'
6229 option may be relative or absolute.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006230 - Use commas to separate directory names: >
6231 :set path=.,/usr/local/include,/usr/include
6232< - Spaces can also be used to separate directory names (for backwards
6233 compatibility with version 3.0). To have a space in a directory
6234 name, precede it with an extra backslash, and escape the space: >
6235 :set path=.,/dir/with\\\ space
6236< - To include a comma in a directory name precede it with an extra
6237 backslash: >
6238 :set path=.,/dir/with\\,comma
6239< - To search relative to the directory of the current file, use: >
6240 :set path=.
6241< - To search in the current directory use an empty string between two
6242 commas: >
6243 :set path=,,
6244< - A directory name may end in a ':' or '/'.
6245 - Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
6246 - When using |netrw.vim| URLs can be used. For example, adding
6247 "http://www.vim.org" will make ":find index.html" work.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00006248 - Search upwards and downwards in a directory tree using "*", "**" and
6249 ";". See |file-searching| for info and syntax.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006250 - Careful with '\' characters, type two to get one in the option: >
6251 :set path=.,c:\\include
6252< Or just use '/' instead: >
6253 :set path=.,c:/include
6254< Don't forget "." or files won't even be found in the same directory as
6255 the file!
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006256 The maximum length is limited. How much depends on the system, mostly
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006257 it is something like 256 or 1024 characters.
6258 You can check if all the include files are found, using the value of
6259 'path', see |:checkpath|.
6260 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
6261 directories from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
6262 uses another default. To remove the current directory use: >
6263 :set path-=
6264< To add the current directory use: >
6265 :set path+=
6266< To use an environment variable, you probably need to replace the
6267 separator. Here is an example to append $INCL, in which directory
Dominique Pellédf62c622024-07-15 20:29:59 +02006268 names are separated with a semicolon: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006269 :let &path = &path .. "," .. substitute($INCL, ';', ',', 'g')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006270< Replace the ';' with a ':' or whatever separator is used. Note that
6271 this doesn't work when $INCL contains a comma or white space.
6272
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02006273 *'perldll'*
6274'perldll' string (default depends on the build)
6275 global
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02006276 {only available when compiled with the |+perl/dyn|
6277 feature}
6278 Specifies the name of the Perl shared library. The default is
6279 DYNAMIC_PERL_DLL, which was specified at compile time.
6280 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
6281 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6282 security reasons.
6283
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006284 *'preserveindent'* *'pi'* *'nopreserveindent'* *'nopi'*
6285'preserveindent' 'pi' boolean (default off)
6286 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006287 When changing the indent of the current line, preserve as much of the
6288 indent structure as possible. Normally the indent is replaced by a
6289 series of tabs followed by spaces as required (unless |'expandtab'| is
6290 enabled, in which case only spaces are used). Enabling this option
6291 means the indent will preserve as many existing characters as possible
6292 for indenting, and only add additional tabs or spaces as required.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006293 'expandtab' does not apply to the preserved white space, a Tab remains
6294 a Tab.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006295 NOTE: When using ">>" multiple times the resulting indent is a mix of
6296 tabs and spaces. You might not like this.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01006297 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006298 Also see 'copyindent'.
6299 Use |:retab| to clean up white space.
6300
6301 *'previewheight'* *'pvh'*
6302'previewheight' 'pvh' number (default 12)
6303 global
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02006304 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
6305 feature}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006306 Default height for a preview window. Used for |:ptag| and associated
Bram Moolenaar79648732019-07-18 21:43:07 +02006307 commands. Used for |CTRL-W_}| when no count is given. Not used when
6308 'previewpopup' is set.
6309
6310 *'previewpopup'* *'pvp'*
6311'previewpopup' 'pvp' string (default empty)
6312 global
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02006313 {not available when compiled without the |+textprop|
6314 or |+quickfix| feature}
Bram Moolenaar79648732019-07-18 21:43:07 +02006315 When not empty a popup window is used for commands that would open a
6316 preview window. See |preview-popup|.
Bram Moolenaar576a4a62019-08-18 15:25:17 +02006317 Not used for the insert completion info, add "popup" to
6318 'completeopt' for that.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006319
6320 *'previewwindow'* *'nopreviewwindow'*
6321 *'pvw'* *'nopvw'* *E590*
6322'previewwindow' 'pvw' boolean (default off)
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02006323 local to window |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar62a0cb42019-08-18 16:35:23 +02006324 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
6325 feature}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006326 Identifies the preview window. Only one window can have this option
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006327 set. It's normally not set directly, but by using one of the commands
6328 |:ptag|, |:pedit|, etc.
6329
6330 *'printdevice'* *'pdev'*
6331'printdevice' 'pdev' string (default empty)
6332 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006333 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
6334 feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006335 The name of the printer to be used for |:hardcopy|.
6336 See |pdev-option|.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00006337 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6338 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006339
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006340 *'printencoding'* *'penc'*
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02006341'printencoding' 'penc' string (default empty, except for some systems)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006342 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006343 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
6344 and |+postscript| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006345 Sets the character encoding used when printing.
6346 See |penc-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006347
6348 *'printexpr'* *'pexpr'*
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02006349'printexpr' 'pexpr' string (default: see below)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006350 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006351 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
6352 and |+postscript| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006353 Expression used to print the PostScript produced with |:hardcopy|.
6354 See |pexpr-option|.
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01006355 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6356 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006357
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006358 *'printfont'* *'pfn'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006359'printfont' 'pfn' string (default "courier")
6360 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006361 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
6362 feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006363 The name of the font that will be used for |:hardcopy|.
6364 See |pfn-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006365
6366 *'printheader'* *'pheader'*
6367'printheader' 'pheader' string (default "%<%f%h%m%=Page %N")
6368 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006369 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
6370 feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006371 The format of the header produced in |:hardcopy| output.
6372 See |pheader-option|.
6373
6374 *'printmbcharset'* *'pmbcs'*
6375'printmbcharset' 'pmbcs' string (default "")
6376 global
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +01006377 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
6378 and |+postscript| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006379 The CJK character set to be used for CJK output from |:hardcopy|.
6380 See |pmbcs-option|.
6381
6382 *'printmbfont'* *'pmbfn'*
6383'printmbfont' 'pmbfn' string (default "")
6384 global
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +01006385 {only available when compiled with the |+printer|
6386 and |+postscript| features}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006387 List of font names to be used for CJK output from |:hardcopy|.
6388 See |pmbfn-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006389
6390 *'printoptions'* *'popt'*
6391'printoptions' 'popt' string (default "")
6392 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006393 {only available when compiled with |+printer| feature}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00006394 List of items that control the format of the output of |:hardcopy|.
6395 See |popt-option|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006396
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00006397 *'prompt'* *'noprompt'*
6398'prompt' boolean (default on)
6399 global
6400 When on a ":" prompt is used in Ex mode.
6401
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00006402 *'pumheight'* *'ph'*
6403'pumheight' 'ph' number (default 0)
6404 global
Bram Moolenaar06a89a52006-04-29 22:01:03 +00006405 Determines the maximum number of items to show in the popup menu for
6406 Insert mode completion. When zero as much space as available is used.
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00006407 |ins-completion-menu|.
6408
Bram Moolenaara8f04aa2018-02-10 15:36:55 +01006409 *'pumwidth'* *'pw'*
Bram Moolenaarcafafb32018-02-22 21:07:09 +01006410'pumwidth' 'pw' number (default 15)
Bram Moolenaara8f04aa2018-02-10 15:36:55 +01006411 global
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01006412 Determines the minimum width to use for the popup menu for Insert mode
Bram Moolenaarcafafb32018-02-22 21:07:09 +01006413 completion. |ins-completion-menu|.
Bram Moolenaara8f04aa2018-02-10 15:36:55 +01006414
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006415 *'pythondll'*
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01006416'pythondll' string (default depends on the build)
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006417 global
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006418 {only available when compiled with the |+python/dyn|
6419 feature}
Bram Moolenaar25e4fcd2016-01-09 14:57:47 +01006420 Specifies the name of the Python 2.x shared library. The default is
6421 DYNAMIC_PYTHON_DLL, which was specified at compile time.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02006422 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006423 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6424 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar7d47b6e2006-03-15 22:59:18 +00006425
Bram Moolenaar94073162018-01-31 21:49:05 +01006426 *'pythonhome'*
6427'pythonhome' string (default "")
6428 global
Bram Moolenaar94073162018-01-31 21:49:05 +01006429 {only available when compiled with the |+python/dyn|
6430 feature}
6431 Specifies the name of the Python 2.x home directory. When 'pythonhome'
6432 and the PYTHONHOME environment variable are not set, PYTHON_HOME,
6433 which was specified at compile time, will be used for the Python 2.x
6434 home directory.
6435 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
6436 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6437 security reasons.
6438
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01006439 *'pythonthreedll'*
Bram Moolenaar25e4fcd2016-01-09 14:57:47 +01006440'pythonthreedll' string (default depends on the build)
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01006441 global
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01006442 {only available when compiled with the |+python3/dyn|
6443 feature}
Bram Moolenaar25e4fcd2016-01-09 14:57:47 +01006444 Specifies the name of the Python 3 shared library. The default is
6445 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3_DLL, which was specified at compile time.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02006446 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01006447 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6448 security reasons.
6449
Bram Moolenaar94073162018-01-31 21:49:05 +01006450 *'pythonthreehome'*
6451'pythonthreehome' string (default "")
6452 global
Bram Moolenaar94073162018-01-31 21:49:05 +01006453 {only available when compiled with the |+python3/dyn|
6454 feature}
6455 Specifies the name of the Python 3 home directory. When
6456 'pythonthreehome' and the PYTHONHOME environment variable are not set,
6457 PYTHON3_HOME, which was specified at compile time, will be used for
6458 the Python 3 home directory.
6459 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
6460 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6461 security reasons.
6462
Bram Moolenaarf42dd3c2017-01-28 16:06:38 +01006463 *'pyxversion'* *'pyx'*
6464'pyxversion' 'pyx' number (default depends on the build)
6465 global
Bram Moolenaarf42dd3c2017-01-28 16:06:38 +01006466 {only available when compiled with the |+python| or
6467 the |+python3| feature}
6468 Specifies the python version used for pyx* functions and commands
6469 |python_x|. The default value is as follows:
6470
6471 Compiled with Default ~
6472 |+python| and |+python3| 0
6473 only |+python| 2
6474 only |+python3| 3
6475
6476 Available values are 0, 2 and 3.
6477 If 'pyxversion' is 0, it is set to 2 or 3 after the first execution of
6478 any python2/3 commands or functions. E.g. `:py` sets to 2, and `:py3`
6479 sets to 3. `:pyx` sets it to 3 if Python 3 is available, otherwise sets
6480 to 2 if Python 2 is available.
6481 See also: |has-pythonx|
6482
6483 If Vim is compiled with only |+python| or |+python3| setting
6484 'pyxversion' has no effect. The pyx* functions and commands are
6485 always the same as the compiled version.
6486
6487 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6488 security reasons.
6489
Bram Moolenaar858ba062020-05-31 23:11:59 +02006490 *'quickfixtextfunc'* *'qftf'*
6491'quickfixtextfunc' 'qftf' string (default "")
6492 global
6493 {only available when compiled with the |+quickfix|
6494 feature}
6495 This option specifies a function to be used to get the text to display
6496 in the quickfix and location list windows. This can be used to
6497 customize the information displayed in the quickfix or location window
6498 for each entry in the corresponding quickfix or location list. See
6499 |quickfix-window-function| for an explanation of how to write the
Yegappan Lakshmanan777175b2021-11-18 22:08:57 +00006500 function and an example. The value can be the name of a function, a
6501 |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for more
6502 information.
Bram Moolenaar858ba062020-05-31 23:11:59 +02006503
6504 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6505 security reasons.
6506
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00006507 *'quoteescape'* *'qe'*
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00006508'quoteescape' 'qe' string (default "\")
6509 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00006510 The characters that are used to escape quotes in a string. Used for
6511 objects like a', a" and a` |a'|.
6512 When one of the characters in this option is found inside a string,
6513 the following character will be skipped. The default value makes the
6514 text "foo\"bar\\" considered to be one string.
6515
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006516 *'readonly'* *'ro'* *'noreadonly'* *'noro'*
6517'readonly' 'ro' boolean (default off)
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02006518 local to buffer |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006519 If on, writes fail unless you use a '!'. Protects you from
6520 accidentally overwriting a file. Default on when Vim is started
6521 in read-only mode ("vim -R") or when the executable is called "view".
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00006522 When using ":w!" the 'readonly' option is reset for the current
6523 buffer, unless the 'Z' flag is in 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +02006524 When using the ":view" command the 'readonly' option is set for the
6525 newly edited buffer.
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01006526 See 'modifiable' for disallowing changes to the buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006527
Bram Moolenaar91a4e822008-01-19 14:59:58 +00006528 *'redrawtime'* *'rdt'*
6529'redrawtime' 'rdt' number (default 2000)
6530 global
Bram Moolenaar91a4e822008-01-19 14:59:58 +00006531 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime|
6532 feature}
6533 The time in milliseconds for redrawing the display. This applies to
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02006534 searching for patterns for 'hlsearch', |:match| highlighting and syntax
Bram Moolenaar06f1ed22017-06-18 22:41:03 +02006535 highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar91a4e822008-01-19 14:59:58 +00006536 When redrawing takes more than this many milliseconds no further
Bram Moolenaar06f1ed22017-06-18 22:41:03 +02006537 matches will be highlighted.
6538 For syntax highlighting the time applies per window. When over the
6539 limit syntax highlighting is disabled until |CTRL-L| is used.
6540 This is used to avoid that Vim hangs when using a very complicated
6541 pattern.
Bram Moolenaar91a4e822008-01-19 14:59:58 +00006542
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02006543 *'regexpengine'* *'re'*
Bram Moolenaare6ae6222013-05-21 21:01:10 +02006544'regexpengine' 're' number (default 0)
6545 global
Bram Moolenaare6ae6222013-05-21 21:01:10 +02006546 This selects the default regexp engine. |two-engines|
6547 The possible values are:
6548 0 automatic selection
6549 1 old engine
6550 2 NFA engine
6551 Note that when using the NFA engine and the pattern contains something
6552 that is not supported the pattern will not match. This is only useful
6553 for debugging the regexp engine.
Bram Moolenaarfda37292014-11-05 14:27:36 +01006554 Using automatic selection enables Vim to switch the engine, if the
6555 default engine becomes too costly. E.g., when the NFA engine uses too
6556 many states. This should prevent Vim from hanging on a combination of
6557 a complex pattern with long text.
Bram Moolenaare6ae6222013-05-21 21:01:10 +02006558
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02006559 *'relativenumber'* *'rnu'* *'norelativenumber'* *'nornu'*
6560'relativenumber' 'rnu' boolean (default off)
6561 local to window
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02006562 Show the line number relative to the line with the cursor in front of
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006563 each line. Relative line numbers help you use the |count| you can
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02006564 precede some vertical motion commands (e.g. j k + -) with, without
6565 having to calculate it yourself. Especially useful in combination with
6566 other commands (e.g. y d c < > gq gw =).
6567 When the 'n' option is excluded from 'cpoptions' a wrapped
6568 line will not use the column of line numbers (this is the default when
6569 'compatible' isn't set).
6570 The 'numberwidth' option can be used to set the room used for the line
6571 number.
6572 When a long, wrapped line doesn't start with the first character, '-'
6573 characters are put before the number.
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02006574 See |hl-LineNr| and |hl-CursorLineNr| for the highlighting used for
6575 the number.
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01006576
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02006577 The number in front of the cursor line also depends on the value of
6578 'number', see |number_relativenumber| for all combinations of the two
6579 options.
Bram Moolenaar64486672010-05-16 15:46:46 +02006580
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006581 *'remap'* *'noremap'*
6582'remap' boolean (default on)
6583 global
6584 Allows for mappings to work recursively. If you do not want this for
6585 a single entry, use the :noremap[!] command.
Bram Moolenaara3227e22006-03-08 21:32:40 +00006586 NOTE: To avoid portability problems with Vim scripts, always keep
6587 this option at the default "on". Only switch it off when working with
6588 old Vi scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006589
zeertzjqd086b8f2024-02-25 15:42:52 +08006590 *'renderoptions'* *'rop'*
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006591'renderoptions' 'rop' string (default: empty)
6592 global
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006593 {only available when compiled with GUI and DIRECTX on
6594 MS-Windows}
6595 Select a text renderer and set its options. The options depend on the
6596 renderer.
6597
6598 Syntax: >
6599 set rop=type:{renderer}(,{name}:{value})*
6600<
6601 Currently, only one optional renderer is available.
6602
6603 render behavior ~
6604 directx Vim will draw text using DirectX (DirectWrite). It makes
6605 drawn glyphs more beautiful than default GDI.
6606 It requires 'encoding' is "utf-8", and only works on
6607 MS-Windows Vista or newer version.
6608
6609 Options:
6610 name meaning type value ~
6611 gamma gamma float 1.0 - 2.2 (maybe)
6612 contrast enhancedContrast float (unknown)
6613 level clearTypeLevel float (unknown)
6614 geom pixelGeometry int 0 - 2 (see below)
6615 renmode renderingMode int 0 - 6 (see below)
6616 taamode textAntialiasMode int 0 - 3 (see below)
Bram Moolenaara338adc2018-01-31 20:51:47 +01006617 scrlines Scroll Lines int (deprecated)
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006618
Bram Moolenaar92467d32017-12-05 13:22:16 +01006619 See this URL for detail (except for scrlines):
6620 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368190.aspx
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006621
6622 For geom: structure of a device pixel.
6623 0 - DWRITE_PIXEL_GEOMETRY_FLAT
6624 1 - DWRITE_PIXEL_GEOMETRY_RGB
6625 2 - DWRITE_PIXEL_GEOMETRY_BGR
6626
6627 See this URL for detail:
Bram Moolenaar92467d32017-12-05 13:22:16 +01006628 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368114.aspx
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006629
6630 For renmode: method of rendering glyphs.
6631 0 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_DEFAULT
6632 1 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_ALIASED
6633 2 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_GDI_CLASSIC
6634 3 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_GDI_NATURAL
6635 4 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_NATURAL
6636 5 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_NATURAL_SYMMETRIC
6637 6 - DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_OUTLINE
6638
6639 See this URL for detail:
Bram Moolenaar92467d32017-12-05 13:22:16 +01006640 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368118.aspx
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006641
6642 For taamode: antialiasing mode used for drawing text.
6643 0 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_DEFAULT
6644 1 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_CLEARTYPE
6645 2 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_GRAYSCALE
6646 3 - D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_ALIASED
6647
6648 See this URL for detail:
Bram Moolenaar92467d32017-12-05 13:22:16 +01006649 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd368170.aspx
6650
Bram Moolenaara338adc2018-01-31 20:51:47 +01006651 For scrlines:
6652 This was used for optimizing scrolling behavior, however this
6653 is now deprecated. If specified, it is simply ignored.
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006654
6655 Example: >
6656 set encoding=utf-8
Bram Moolenaard7ccc4d2017-11-26 14:29:32 +01006657 set gfn=Ricty_Diminished:h12
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006658 set rop=type:directx
6659<
Bram Moolenaard7ccc4d2017-11-26 14:29:32 +01006660 If select a raster font (Courier, Terminal or FixedSys which
6661 have ".fon" extension in file name) to 'guifont', it will be
Bram Moolenaar92467d32017-12-05 13:22:16 +01006662 drawn by GDI as a fallback.
Bram Moolenaard7ccc4d2017-11-26 14:29:32 +01006663
6664 NOTE: It is known that some fonts and options combination
6665 causes trouble on drawing glyphs.
6666
Bram Moolenaar92467d32017-12-05 13:22:16 +01006667 - 'renmode:5' and 'renmode:6' will not work with some
Bram Moolenaard7ccc4d2017-11-26 14:29:32 +01006668 special made fonts (True-Type fonts which includes only
6669 bitmap glyphs).
6670 - 'taamode:3' will not work with some vector fonts.
6671
6672 NOTE: With this option, you can display colored emoji
6673 (emoticon) in Windows 8.1 or later. To display colored emoji,
6674 there are some conditions which you should notice.
6675
6676 - If your font includes non-colored emoji already, it will
6677 be used.
6678 - If your font doesn't have emoji, the system chooses an
6679 alternative symbol font. On Windows 10, "Segoe UI Emoji"
6680 will be used.
6681 - When this alternative font didn't have fixed width glyph,
6682 emoji might be rendered beyond the bounding box of drawing
6683 cell.
Bram Moolenaarb5a7a8b2014-08-06 14:52:30 +02006684
6685 Other render types are currently not supported.
6686
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006687 *'report'*
6688'report' number (default 2)
6689 global
6690 Threshold for reporting number of lines changed. When the number of
6691 changed lines is more than 'report' a message will be given for most
6692 ":" commands. If you want it always, set 'report' to 0.
6693 For the ":substitute" command the number of substitutions is used
6694 instead of the number of lines.
6695
6696 *'restorescreen'* *'rs'* *'norestorescreen'* *'nors'*
6697'restorescreen' 'rs' boolean (default on)
6698 global
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +01006699 {only in MS-Windows console version}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006700 When set, the screen contents is restored when exiting Vim. This also
6701 happens when executing external commands.
6702
6703 For non-Windows Vim: You can set or reset the 't_ti' and 't_te'
6704 options in your .vimrc. To disable restoring:
6705 set t_ti= t_te=
6706 To enable restoring (for an xterm):
6707 set t_ti=^[7^[[r^[[?47h t_te=^[[?47l^[8
6708 (Where ^[ is an <Esc>, type CTRL-V <Esc> to insert it)
6709
6710 *'revins'* *'ri'* *'norevins'* *'nori'*
6711'revins' 'ri' boolean (default off)
6712 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006713 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
6714 feature}
6715 Inserting characters in Insert mode will work backwards. See "typing
6716 backwards" |ins-reverse|. This option can be toggled with the CTRL-_
6717 command in Insert mode, when 'allowrevins' is set.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02006718 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
6719 This option is reset when 'paste' is set and restored when 'paste' is
6720 reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006721
6722 *'rightleft'* *'rl'* *'norightleft'* *'norl'*
6723'rightleft' 'rl' boolean (default off)
6724 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006725 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
6726 feature}
6727 When on, display orientation becomes right-to-left, i.e., characters
6728 that are stored in the file appear from the right to the left.
6729 Using this option, it is possible to edit files for languages that
6730 are written from the right to the left such as Hebrew and Arabic.
6731 This option is per window, so it is possible to edit mixed files
6732 simultaneously, or to view the same file in both ways (this is
6733 useful whenever you have a mixed text file with both right-to-left
6734 and left-to-right strings so that both sets are displayed properly
6735 in different windows). Also see |rileft.txt|.
6736
Bram Moolenaar607cc1e2010-07-18 18:47:44 +02006737 *'rightleftcmd'* *'rlc'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006738'rightleftcmd' 'rlc' string (default "search")
6739 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006740 {only available when compiled with the |+rightleft|
6741 feature}
6742 Each word in this option enables the command line editing to work in
6743 right-to-left mode for a group of commands:
6744
6745 search "/" and "?" commands
6746
6747 This is useful for languages such as Hebrew, Arabic and Farsi.
6748 The 'rightleft' option must be set for 'rightleftcmd' to take effect.
6749
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006750 *'rubydll'*
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01006751'rubydll' string (default: depends on the build)
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006752 global
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006753 {only available when compiled with the |+ruby/dyn|
6754 feature}
Bram Moolenaar25e4fcd2016-01-09 14:57:47 +01006755 Specifies the name of the Ruby shared library. The default is
6756 DYNAMIC_RUBY_DLL, which was specified at compile time.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02006757 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
Bram Moolenaard94464e2015-11-02 15:28:18 +01006758 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6759 security reasons.
6760
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006761 *'ruler'* *'ru'* *'noruler'* *'noru'*
Bram Moolenaar8c08b5b2016-07-28 22:24:15 +02006762'ruler' 'ru' boolean (default off, set in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006763 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006764 Show the line and column number of the cursor position, separated by a
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006765 comma. When there is room, the relative position of the displayed
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006766 text in the file is shown on the far right:
6767 Top first line is visible
6768 Bot last line is visible
6769 All first and last line are visible
6770 45% relative position in the file
6771 If 'rulerformat' is set, it will determine the contents of the ruler.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006772 Each window has its own ruler. If a window has a status line, the
Bram Moolenaara2a89732022-08-31 14:46:18 +01006773 ruler is shown there. Otherwise it is shown in the last line of the
6774 screen. If the statusline is given by 'statusline' (i.e. not empty),
6775 this option takes precedence over 'ruler' and 'rulerformat'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006776 If the number of characters displayed is different from the number of
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02006777 bytes in the text (e.g., for a TAB or a multibyte character), both
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006778 the text column (byte number) and the screen column are shown,
6779 separated with a dash.
6780 For an empty line "0-1" is shown.
6781 For an empty buffer the line number will also be zero: "0,0-1".
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02006782 This option is reset when 'paste' is set and restored when 'paste' is
6783 reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006784 If you don't want to see the ruler all the time but want to know where
6785 you are, use "g CTRL-G" |g_CTRL-G|.
6786 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
6787
6788 *'rulerformat'* *'ruf'*
6789'rulerformat' 'ruf' string (default empty)
6790 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006791 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline|
6792 feature}
6793 When this option is not empty, it determines the content of the ruler
6794 string, as displayed for the 'ruler' option.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00006795 The format of this option is like that of 'statusline'.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02006796 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
6797
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006798 The default ruler width is 17 characters. To make the ruler 15
6799 characters wide, put "%15(" at the start and "%)" at the end.
6800 Example: >
6801 :set rulerformat=%15(%c%V\ %p%%%)
6802<
6803 *'runtimepath'* *'rtp'* *vimfiles*
6804'runtimepath' 'rtp' string (default:
Christian Brabandtc3e6e392024-05-04 09:48:15 +02006805 Unix: "$HOME/.vim or
6806 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006807 $VIM/vimfiles,
6808 $VIMRUNTIME,
6809 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
6810 $HOME/.vim/after"
6811 Amiga: "home:vimfiles,
6812 $VIM/vimfiles,
6813 $VIMRUNTIME,
6814 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
6815 home:vimfiles/after"
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01006816 MS-Windows: "$HOME/vimfiles,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006817 $VIM/vimfiles,
6818 $VIMRUNTIME,
6819 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
6820 $HOME/vimfiles/after"
Bram Moolenaarb3f74062020-02-26 16:16:53 +01006821 Haiku: "$BE_USER_SETTINGS/vim,
6822 $VIM/vimfiles,
6823 $VIMRUNTIME,
6824 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01006825 $BE_USER_SETTINGS/vim/after"
6826 VMS: "sys$login:vimfiles,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006827 $VIM/vimfiles,
6828 $VIMRUNTIME,
6829 $VIM/vimfiles/after,
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00006830 sys$login:vimfiles/after")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006831 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006832 This is a list of directories which will be searched for runtime
6833 files:
6834 filetype.vim filetypes by file name |new-filetype|
6835 scripts.vim filetypes by file contents |new-filetype-scripts|
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00006836 autoload/ automatically loaded scripts |autoload-functions|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006837 colors/ color scheme files |:colorscheme|
6838 compiler/ compiler files |:compiler|
6839 doc/ documentation |write-local-help|
6840 ftplugin/ filetype plugins |write-filetype-plugin|
Bram Moolenaar8a7d6542020-01-26 15:56:19 +01006841 import/ files that are found by `:import`
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006842 indent/ indent scripts |indent-expression|
6843 keymap/ key mapping files |mbyte-keymap|
RestorerZ96509102024-07-11 21:14:15 +02006844 lang/ message translations |:menutrans| and |multi-lang|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006845 menu.vim GUI menus |menu.vim|
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02006846 pack/ packages |:packadd|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006847 plugin/ plugin scripts |write-plugin|
6848 print/ files for printing |postscript-print-encoding|
Bram Moolenaarafeb4fa2006-02-01 21:51:12 +00006849 spell/ spell checking files |spell|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006850 syntax/ syntax files |mysyntaxfile|
6851 tutor/ files for vimtutor |tutor|
6852
6853 And any other file searched for with the |:runtime| command.
6854
Christian Brabandtc3e6e392024-05-04 09:48:15 +02006855 For $XDG_CONFIG_HOME see |xdg-base-dir|.
6856
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006857 The defaults for most systems are setup to search five locations:
6858 1. In your home directory, for your personal preferences.
6859 2. In a system-wide Vim directory, for preferences from the system
6860 administrator.
6861 3. In $VIMRUNTIME, for files distributed with Vim.
6862 *after-directory*
6863 4. In the "after" directory in the system-wide Vim directory. This is
6864 for the system administrator to overrule or add to the distributed
6865 defaults (rarely needed)
6866 5. In the "after" directory in your home directory. This is for
6867 personal preferences to overrule or add to the distributed defaults
6868 or system-wide settings (rarely needed).
6869
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02006870 More entries are added when using |packages|. If it gets very long
6871 then `:set rtp` will be truncated, use `:echo &rtp` to see the full
6872 string.
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02006873
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006874 Note that, unlike 'path', no wildcards like "**" are allowed. Normal
6875 wildcards are allowed, but can significantly slow down searching for
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006876 runtime files. For speed, use as few items as possible and avoid
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006877 wildcards.
6878 See |:runtime|.
6879 Example: >
6880 :set runtimepath=~/vimruntime,/mygroup/vim,$VIMRUNTIME
6881< This will use the directory "~/vimruntime" first (containing your
6882 personal Vim runtime files), then "/mygroup/vim" (shared between a
6883 group of people) and finally "$VIMRUNTIME" (the distributed runtime
6884 files).
6885 You probably should always include $VIMRUNTIME somewhere, to use the
6886 distributed runtime files. You can put a directory before $VIMRUNTIME
6887 to find files which replace a distributed runtime files. You can put
6888 a directory after $VIMRUNTIME to find files which add to distributed
6889 runtime files.
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +01006890 When Vim is started with |--clean| the home directory entries are not
6891 included.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006892 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
6893 security reasons.
6894
6895 *'scroll'* *'scr'*
6896'scroll' 'scr' number (default: half the window height)
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02006897 local to window |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006898 Number of lines to scroll with CTRL-U and CTRL-D commands. Will be
6899 set to half the number of lines in the window when the window size
Bram Moolenaar74667062020-12-28 15:41:41 +01006900 changes. This may happen when enabling the |status-line| or
6901 'tabline' option after setting the 'scroll' option.
6902 If you give a count to the CTRL-U or CTRL-D command it will
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00006903 be used as the new value for 'scroll'. Reset to half the window
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02006904 height with ":set scroll=0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006905
6906 *'scrollbind'* *'scb'* *'noscrollbind'* *'noscb'*
6907'scrollbind' 'scb' boolean (default off)
6908 local to window
zeertzjq5277cfa2023-09-28 01:00:12 +08006909 See also |scroll-binding|. When this option is set, scrolling the
6910 current window also scrolls other scrollbind windows (windows that
6911 also have this option set). This option is useful for viewing the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006912 differences between two versions of a file, see 'diff'.
6913 See |'scrollopt'| for options that determine how this option should be
6914 interpreted.
6915 This option is mostly reset when splitting a window to edit another
6916 file. This means that ":split | edit file" results in two windows
6917 with scroll-binding, but ":split file" does not.
6918
Bram Moolenaarae20f342019-11-05 21:09:23 +01006919 *'scrollfocus'* *'scf'* *'noscrollfocus'* *'noscf'*
6920'scrollfocus' 'scf' boolean (default off)
6921 global
6922 {only for MS-Windows GUI}
6923 When using the scroll wheel and this option is set, the window under
6924 the mouse pointer is scrolled. With this option off the current
6925 window is scrolled.
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +01006926 Systems other than MS-Windows always behave like this option is on.
Bram Moolenaarae20f342019-11-05 21:09:23 +01006927
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006928 *'scrolljump'* *'sj'*
6929'scrolljump' 'sj' number (default 1)
6930 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006931 Minimal number of lines to scroll when the cursor gets off the
6932 screen (e.g., with "j"). Not used for scroll commands (e.g., CTRL-E,
6933 CTRL-D). Useful if your terminal scrolls very slowly.
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00006934 When set to a negative number from -1 to -100 this is used as the
6935 percentage of the window height. Thus -50 scrolls half the window
6936 height.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006937 NOTE: This option is set to 1 when 'compatible' is set.
6938
6939 *'scrolloff'* *'so'*
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02006940'scrolloff' 'so' number (default 0, set to 5 in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar375e3392019-01-31 18:26:10 +01006941 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006942 Minimal number of screen lines to keep above and below the cursor.
6943 This will make some context visible around where you are working. If
6944 you set it to a very large value (999) the cursor line will always be
6945 in the middle of the window (except at the start or end of the file or
6946 when long lines wrap).
Bram Moolenaar375e3392019-01-31 18:26:10 +01006947 After using the local value, go back the global value with one of
6948 these two: >
6949 setlocal scrolloff<
6950 setlocal scrolloff=-1
6951< For scrolling horizontally see 'sidescrolloff'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006952 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
6953
6954 *'scrollopt'* *'sbo'*
6955'scrollopt' 'sbo' string (default "ver,jump")
6956 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006957 This is a comma-separated list of words that specifies how
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00006958 'scrollbind' windows should behave. 'sbo' stands for ScrollBind
6959 Options.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006960 The following words are available:
6961 ver Bind vertical scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
6962 hor Bind horizontal scrolling for 'scrollbind' windows
6963 jump Applies to the offset between two windows for vertical
6964 scrolling. This offset is the difference in the first
6965 displayed line of the bound windows. When moving
6966 around in a window, another 'scrollbind' window may
6967 reach a position before the start or after the end of
6968 the buffer. The offset is not changed though, when
6969 moving back the 'scrollbind' window will try to scroll
6970 to the desired position when possible.
6971 When now making that window the current one, two
6972 things can be done with the relative offset:
6973 1. When "jump" is not included, the relative offset is
6974 adjusted for the scroll position in the new current
6975 window. When going back to the other window, the
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00006976 new relative offset will be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006977 2. When "jump" is included, the other windows are
6978 scrolled to keep the same relative offset. When
6979 going back to the other window, it still uses the
6980 same relative offset.
6981 Also see |scroll-binding|.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00006982 When 'diff' mode is active there always is vertical scroll binding,
6983 even when "ver" isn't there.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006984
6985 *'sections'* *'sect'*
6986'sections' 'sect' string (default "SHNHH HUnhsh")
6987 global
6988 Specifies the nroff macros that separate sections. These are pairs of
6989 two letters (See |object-motions|). The default makes a section start
6990 at the nroff macros ".SH", ".NH", ".H", ".HU", ".nh" and ".sh".
6991
6992 *'secure'* *'nosecure'* *E523*
6993'secure' boolean (default off)
6994 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006995 When on, ":autocmd", shell and write commands are not allowed in
6996 ".vimrc" and ".exrc" in the current directory and map commands are
6997 displayed. Switch it off only if you know that you will not run into
6998 problems, or when the 'exrc' option is off. On Unix this option is
6999 only used if the ".vimrc" or ".exrc" is not owned by you. This can be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007000 dangerous if the systems allows users to do a "chown". You better set
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007001 'secure' at the end of your ~/.vimrc then.
7002 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7003 security reasons.
7004
7005 *'selection'* *'sel'*
7006'selection' 'sel' string (default "inclusive")
7007 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007008 This option defines the behavior of the selection. It is only used
7009 in Visual and Select mode.
7010 Possible values:
7011 value past line inclusive ~
7012 old no yes
7013 inclusive yes yes
7014 exclusive yes no
7015 "past line" means that the cursor is allowed to be positioned one
7016 character past the line.
7017 "inclusive" means that the last character of the selection is included
7018 in an operation. For example, when "x" is used to delete the
7019 selection.
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02007020 When "old" is used and 'virtualedit' allows the cursor to move past
7021 the end of line the line break still isn't included.
Christian Brabandted892062024-12-14 20:23:39 +01007022 When "exclusive" is used, cursor position in visual mode will be
7023 adjusted for inclusive motions |inclusive-motion-selection-exclusive|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007024 Note that when "exclusive" is used and selecting from the end
7025 backwards, you cannot include the last character of a line, when
7026 starting in Normal mode and 'virtualedit' empty.
7027
7028 The 'selection' option is set by the |:behave| command.
7029
7030 *'selectmode'* *'slm'*
7031'selectmode' 'slm' string (default "")
7032 global
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01007033 This is a comma-separated list of words, which specifies when to start
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007034 Select mode instead of Visual mode, when a selection is started.
7035 Possible values:
7036 mouse when using the mouse
7037 key when using shifted special keys
7038 cmd when using "v", "V" or CTRL-V
7039 See |Select-mode|.
7040 The 'selectmode' option is set by the |:behave| command.
7041
7042 *'sessionoptions'* *'ssop'*
7043'sessionoptions' 'ssop' string (default: "blank,buffers,curdir,folds,
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +01007044 help,options,tabpages,winsize,terminal")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007045 global
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007046 {not available when compiled without the |+mksession|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007047 feature}
7048 Changes the effect of the |:mksession| command. It is a comma
7049 separated list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring
7050 something:
7051 word save and restore ~
7052 blank empty windows
7053 buffers hidden and unloaded buffers, not just those in windows
7054 curdir the current directory
7055 folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
7056 fold options
7057 globals global variables that start with an uppercase letter
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +00007058 and contain at least one lowercase letter. Only
7059 String and Number types are stored.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007060 help the help window
7061 localoptions options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
7062 global values for local options)
7063 options all options and mappings (also global values for local
7064 options)
Bram Moolenaard23b7142021-04-17 21:04:34 +02007065 skiprtp exclude 'runtimepath' and 'packpath' from the options
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007066 resize size of the Vim window: 'lines' and 'columns'
7067 sesdir the directory in which the session file is located
7068 will become the current directory (useful with
7069 projects accessed over a network from different
7070 systems)
7071 slash backslashes in file names replaced with forward
7072 slashes
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00007073 tabpages all tab pages; without this only the current tab page
7074 is restored, so that you can make a session for each
7075 tab page separately
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02007076 terminal include terminal windows where the command can be
7077 restored
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007078 unix with Unix end-of-line format (single <NL>), even when
7079 on Windows or DOS
7080 winpos position of the whole Vim window
7081 winsize window sizes
7082
7083 Don't include both "curdir" and "sesdir".
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007084 When neither "curdir" nor "sesdir" is included, file names are stored
7085 with absolute paths.
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00007086 If you leave out "options" many things won't work well after restoring
7087 the session.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007088 "slash" and "unix" are useful on Windows when sharing session files
7089 with Unix. The Unix version of Vim cannot source dos format scripts,
7090 but the Windows version of Vim can source unix format scripts.
7091
7092 *'shell'* *'sh'* *E91*
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +01007093'shell' 'sh' string (default $SHELL or "sh", Win32: "cmd.exe")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007094 global
7095 Name of the shell to use for ! and :! commands. When changing the
7096 value also check these options: 'shelltype', 'shellpipe', 'shellslash'
7097 'shellredir', 'shellquote', 'shellxquote' and 'shellcmdflag'.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007098 It is allowed to give an argument to the command, e.g. "csh -f".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007099 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
7100 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
Bram Moolenaar4bfa8af2018-02-03 15:14:46 +01007101
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00007102 In |restricted-mode| shell commands will not be possible. This mode
7103 is used if the value of $SHELL ends in "false" or "nologin".
7104
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +01007105 If the name of the shell contains a space, you need to enclose it in
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +01007106 quotes and escape the space. Example with quotes: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007107 :set shell=\"c:\program\ files\unix\sh.exe\"\ -f
7108< Note the backslash before each quote (to avoid starting a comment) and
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007109 each space (to avoid ending the option value). Also note that the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007110 "-f" is not inside the quotes, because it is not part of the command
Bram Moolenaar4bfa8af2018-02-03 15:14:46 +01007111 name. Vim automagically recognizes the backslashes that are path
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007112 separators.
Bram Moolenaar4bfa8af2018-02-03 15:14:46 +01007113 Example with escaped space (Vim will do this when initializing the
7114 option from $SHELL): >
7115 :set shell=/bin/with\\\ space/sh
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02007116< The resulting value of 'shell' is "/bin/with\ space/sh", two
Bram Moolenaar4bfa8af2018-02-03 15:14:46 +01007117 backslashes are consumed by `:set`.
7118
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007119 Under MS-Windows, when the executable ends in ".com" it must be
7120 included. Thus setting the shell to "command.com" or "4dos.com"
7121 works, but "command" and "4dos" do not work for all commands (e.g.,
7122 filtering).
7123 For unknown reasons, when using "4dos.com" the current directory is
7124 changed to "C:\". To avoid this set 'shell' like this: >
7125 :set shell=command.com\ /c\ 4dos
7126< This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7127 security reasons.
7128
7129 *'shellcmdflag'* *'shcf'*
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01007130'shellcmdflag' 'shcf' string (default: "-c";
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007131 Win32, when 'shell' contains "powershell":
7132 "-Command", or when it does not contain "sh"
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01007133 somewhere: "/c")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007134 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007135 Flag passed to the shell to execute "!" and ":!" commands; e.g.,
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007136 "bash.exe -c ls", "powershell.exe -Command dir", or "cmd.exe /c dir".
7137 For MS-Windows, the default is set according to the value of 'shell',
7138 to reduce the need to set this option by the user.
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02007139 On Unix it can have more than one flag. Each white space separated
7140 part is passed as an argument to the shell command.
7141 See |option-backslash| about including spaces and backslashes.
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007142 Also see |dos-shell| and |dos-powershell| for MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007143 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7144 security reasons.
7145
7146 *'shellpipe'* *'sp'*
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007147'shellpipe' 'sp' string (default ">", ">%s 2>&1", "| tee", "|& tee"
7148 "2>&1| tee", or
7149 "2>&1 | Out-File -Encoding default")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007150 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007151 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix|
7152 feature}
7153 String to be used to put the output of the ":make" command in the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007154 error file. See also |:make_makeprg|. See |option-backslash| about
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007155 including spaces and backslashes.
7156 The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
7157 (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
7158 of this option).
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007159 For the Amiga the default is ">". For MS-Windows using powershell the
7160 default is "2>&1 | Out-File -Encoding default", otherwise the default
7161 is ">%s 2>&1". The output is directly saved in a file and not echoed
7162 to the screen.
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +02007163 For Unix the default is "| tee". The stdout of the compiler is saved
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007164 in a file and echoed to the screen. If the 'shell' option is "csh" or
7165 "tcsh" after initializations, the default becomes "|& tee". If the
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +02007166 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh", "mksh", "pdksh", "zsh", "zsh-beta",
Natanael Copa56318362021-05-06 18:46:35 +02007167 "bash", "fish", "ash" or "dash" the default becomes "2>&1| tee". This
7168 means that stderr is also included. Before using the 'shell' option a
7169 path is removed, thus "/bin/sh" uses "sh".
Mike Williamsa3d1b292021-06-30 20:56:00 +02007170 For Unix and MS-Windows, when the 'shell' option is "pwsh" the default
7171 becomes ">%s 2>&1" and the output is not echoed to the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007172 The initialization of this option is done after reading the ".vimrc"
7173 and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
7174 there, the 'shellpipe' option changes automatically, unless it was
7175 explicitly set before.
7176 When 'shellpipe' is set to an empty string, no redirection of the
7177 ":make" output will be done. This is useful if you use a 'makeprg'
7178 that writes to 'makeef' by itself. If you want no piping, but do
7179 want to include the 'makeef', set 'shellpipe' to a single space.
7180 Don't forget to precede the space with a backslash: ":set sp=\ ".
7181 In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
7182 become obsolete (at least for Unix).
7183 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7184 security reasons.
7185
7186 *'shellquote'* *'shq'*
Mike Williamsa3d1b292021-06-30 20:56:00 +02007187'shellquote' 'shq' string (default: "")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007188 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007189 Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
7190 the "!" and ":!" commands. The redirection is kept outside of the
7191 quoting. See 'shellxquote' to include the redirection. It's
7192 probably not useful to set both options.
7193 This is an empty string by default. Only known to be useful for
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01007194 third-party shells on MS-Windows-like systems, such as the MKS Korn
Mike Williamsa3d1b292021-06-30 20:56:00 +02007195 Shell or bash, where it should be "\"". See |dos-shell|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007196 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7197 security reasons.
7198
7199 *'shellredir'* *'srr'*
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007200'shellredir' 'srr' string (default ">", ">&", ">%s 2>&1", or
7201 "2>&1 | Out-File -Encoding default")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007202 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007203 String to be used to put the output of a filter command in a temporary
7204 file. See also |:!|. See |option-backslash| about including spaces
7205 and backslashes.
7206 The name of the temporary file can be represented by "%s" if necessary
7207 (the file name is appended automatically if no %s appears in the value
7208 of this option).
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +02007209 The default is ">". For Unix, if the 'shell' option is "csh" or
7210 "tcsh" during initializations, the default becomes ">&". If the
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01007211 'shell' option is "sh", "ksh", "mksh", "pdksh", "zsh", "zsh-beta",
Mike Williamsa3d1b292021-06-30 20:56:00 +02007212 "bash", "fish", or "pwsh", the default becomes ">%s 2>&1". This means
7213 that stderr is also included. For Win32, the Unix checks are done and
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007214 additionally "cmd" is checked for, which makes the default ">%s 2>&1",
7215 and "powershell" is checked for which makes the default
Mike Williamsa3d1b292021-06-30 20:56:00 +02007216 "2>&1 | Out-File -Encoding default" (see |dos-powershell|). Also, the
7217 same names with ".exe" appended are checked for.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007218 The initialization of this option is done after reading the ".vimrc"
7219 and the other initializations, so that when the 'shell' option is set
7220 there, the 'shellredir' option changes automatically unless it was
7221 explicitly set before.
7222 In the future pipes may be used for filtering and this option will
7223 become obsolete (at least for Unix).
7224 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7225 security reasons.
7226
7227 *'shellslash'* *'ssl'* *'noshellslash'* *'nossl'*
7228'shellslash' 'ssl' boolean (default off)
7229 global
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01007230 {only for MS-Windows}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007231 When set, a forward slash is used when expanding file names. This is
Mike Williamsa3d1b292021-06-30 20:56:00 +02007232 useful when a Unix-like shell is used instead of cmd.exe, pwsh.exe, or
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007233 powershell.exe. Backward slashes can still be typed, but they are
7234 changed to forward slashes by Vim.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007235 Note that setting or resetting this option has no effect for some
7236 existing file names, thus this option needs to be set before opening
7237 any file for best results. This might change in the future.
7238 'shellslash' only works when a backslash can be used as a path
7239 separator. To test if this is so use: >
7240 if exists('+shellslash')
Bram Moolenaarac3150d2019-07-28 16:36:39 +02007241< Also see 'completeslash'.
7242
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007243 *'shelltemp'* *'stmp'* *'noshelltemp'* *'nostmp'*
7244'shelltemp' 'stmp' boolean (Vi default off, Vim default on)
7245 global
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007246 When on, use temp files for shell commands. When off use a pipe.
7247 When using a pipe is not possible temp files are used anyway.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02007248 Currently a pipe is only supported on Unix and MS-Windows 2K and
7249 later. You can check it with: >
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007250 :if has("filterpipe")
7251< The advantage of using a pipe is that nobody can read the temp file
7252 and the 'shell' command does not need to support redirection.
7253 The advantage of using a temp file is that the file type and encoding
7254 can be detected.
7255 The |FilterReadPre|, |FilterReadPost| and |FilterWritePre|,
7256 |FilterWritePost| autocommands event are not triggered when
7257 'shelltemp' is off.
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02007258 The `system()` function does not respect this option and always uses
7259 temp files.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01007260 NOTE: This option is set to the Vim default value when 'compatible'
7261 is reset.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007262
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007263 *'shelltype'* *'st'*
7264'shelltype' 'st' number (default 0)
7265 global
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +02007266 {only for the Amiga}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007267 On the Amiga this option influences the way how the commands work
7268 which use a shell.
7269 0 and 1: always use the shell
7270 2 and 3: use the shell only to filter lines
7271 4 and 5: use shell only for ':sh' command
7272 When not using the shell, the command is executed directly.
7273
7274 0 and 2: use "shell 'shellcmdflag' cmd" to start external commands
7275 1 and 3: use "shell cmd" to start external commands
7276
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01007277 *'shellxescape'* *'sxe'*
7278'shellxescape' 'sxe' string (default: "";
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01007279 for MS-Windows: "\"&|<>()@^")
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01007280 global
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01007281 When 'shellxquote' is set to "(" then the characters listed in this
7282 option will be escaped with a '^' character. This makes it possible
7283 to execute most external commands with cmd.exe.
dkearns8ebdbc92023-10-29 06:26:19 +11007284 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7285 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01007286
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007287 *'shellxquote'* *'sxq'*
7288'shellxquote' 'sxq' string (default: "";
Bram Moolenaarf66b3fc2012-02-20 22:18:30 +01007289 for Win32, when 'shell' is cmd.exe: "("
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007290 for Win32, when 'shell' is
7291 powershell.exe: "\""
Bram Moolenaarf66b3fc2012-02-20 22:18:30 +01007292 for Win32, when 'shell' contains "sh"
7293 somewhere: "\""
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007294 for Unix, when using system(): "\"")
7295 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007296 Quoting character(s), put around the command passed to the shell, for
7297 the "!" and ":!" commands. Includes the redirection. See
7298 'shellquote' to exclude the redirection. It's probably not useful
7299 to set both options.
Bram Moolenaarf66b3fc2012-02-20 22:18:30 +01007300 When the value is '(' then ')' is appended. When the value is '"('
7301 then ')"' is appended.
7302 When the value is '(' then also see 'shellxescape'.
Bram Moolenaara64ba222012-02-12 23:23:31 +01007303 This is an empty string by default on most systems, but is known to be
Mike Williamsa3d1b292021-06-30 20:56:00 +02007304 useful for on Win32 version, either for cmd.exe, powershell.exe, or
7305 pwsh.exe which automatically strips off the first and last quote on a
7306 command, or 3rd-party shells such as the MKS Korn Shell or bash, where
7307 it should be "\"". The default is adjusted according the value of
Mike Williams12795022021-06-28 20:53:58 +02007308 'shell', to reduce the need to set this option by the user. See
7309 |dos-shell|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007310 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7311 security reasons.
7312
7313 *'shiftround'* *'sr'* *'noshiftround'* *'nosr'*
7314'shiftround' 'sr' boolean (default off)
7315 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007316 Round indent to multiple of 'shiftwidth'. Applies to > and <
7317 commands. CTRL-T and CTRL-D in Insert mode always round the indent to
7318 a multiple of 'shiftwidth' (this is Vi compatible).
7319 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
7320
7321 *'shiftwidth'* *'sw'*
7322'shiftwidth' 'sw' number (default 8)
7323 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007324 Number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent. Used for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007325 |'cindent'|, |>>|, |<<|, etc.
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +01007326 When zero the 'tabstop' value will be used. Use the |shiftwidth()|
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02007327 function to get the effective shiftwidth value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007328
7329 *'shortmess'* *'shm'*
Bram Moolenaar9dfa3132019-05-04 21:08:40 +02007330'shortmess' 'shm' string (Vim default "filnxtToOS", Vi default: "S",
7331 POSIX default: "AS")
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007332 global *E1336*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007333 This option helps to avoid all the |hit-enter| prompts caused by file
Dominique Pellédf62c622024-07-15 20:29:59 +02007334 messages, for example with CTRL-G, and to avoid some other messages.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007335 It is a list of flags:
7336 flag meaning when present ~
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007337 f use "(3 of 5)" instead of "(file 3 of 5)" *shm-f*
7338 i use "[noeol]" instead of "[Incomplete last line]" *shm-i*
7339 l use "999L, 888B" instead of "999 lines, 888 bytes" *shm-l*
7340 m use "[+]" instead of "[Modified]" *shm-m*
7341 n use "[New]" instead of "[New File]" *shm-n*
7342 r use "[RO]" instead of "[readonly]" *shm-r*
7343 w use "[w]" instead of "written" for file write message *shm-w*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007344 and "[a]" instead of "appended" for ':w >> file' command
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007345 x use "[dos]" instead of "[dos format]", "[unix]" *shm-x*
7346 instead of "[unix format]" and "[mac]" instead of "[mac
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007347 format]"
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007348 a all of the above abbreviations *shm-a*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007349
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007350 o overwrite message for writing a file with subsequent *shm-o*
7351 message for reading a file (useful for ":wn" or when
7352 'autowrite' on)
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007353 O message for reading a file overwrites any previous *shm-O*
7354 message; also for quickfix message (e.g., ":cn")
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007355 s don't give "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" or *shm-s*
7356 "search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM" messages; when using
Christian Brabandte2995912024-06-01 20:40:25 +02007357 the search count do not show "W" before the count message
7358 (see |shm-S| below)
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007359 t truncate file message at the start if it is too long *shm-t*
7360 to fit on the command-line, "<" will appear in the left most
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007361 column; ignored in Ex mode
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007362 T truncate other messages in the middle if they are too *shm-T*
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007363 long to fit on the command line; "..." will appear in the
7364 middle; ignored in Ex mode
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007365 W don't give "written" or "[w]" when writing a file *shm-W*
7366 A don't give the "ATTENTION" message when an existing *shm-A*
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007367 swap file is found
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007368 I don't give the intro message when starting Vim, *shm-I*
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +00007369 see |:intro|
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007370 c don't give |ins-completion-menu| messages; for *shm-c*
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +00007371 example, "-- XXX completion (YYY)", "match 1 of 2", "The only
7372 match", "Pattern not found", "Back at original", etc.
7373 C don't give messages while scanning for ins-completion *shm-C*
7374 items, for instance "scanning tags"
7375 q use "recording" instead of "recording @a" *shm-q*
7376 F don't give the file info when editing a file, like *shm-F*
7377 `:silent` was used for the command; note that this also
Shougo Matsushita9db39b02024-03-06 20:58:41 +01007378 affects messages from autocommands and 'autoread' reloading
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +00007379 S do not show search count message when searching, e.g. *shm-S*
Christian Brabandte2995912024-06-01 20:40:25 +02007380 "[1/5]". When the "S" flag is not present (e.g. search count
7381 is shown), the "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" and
7382 "search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM" messages are only
7383 indicated by a "W" (Mnemonic: Wrapped) letter before the
7384 search count statistics.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007385
7386 This gives you the opportunity to avoid that a change between buffers
7387 requires you to hit <Enter>, but still gives as useful a message as
7388 possible for the space available. To get the whole message that you
7389 would have got with 'shm' empty, use ":file!"
7390 Useful values:
7391 shm= No abbreviation of message.
7392 shm=a Abbreviation, but no loss of information.
7393 shm=at Abbreviation, and truncate message when necessary.
7394
7395 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
7396 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
7397
7398 *'shortname'* *'sn'* *'noshortname'* *'nosn'*
7399'shortname' 'sn' boolean (default off)
7400 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007401 Filenames are assumed to be 8 characters plus one extension of 3
7402 characters. Multiple dots in file names are not allowed. When this
7403 option is on, dots in file names are replaced with underscores when
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01007404 adding an extension (".~" or ".swp"). This option is useful
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007405 when editing files on an MS-DOS compatible filesystem, e.g., messydos
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +01007406 or crossdos.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007407
7408 *'showbreak'* *'sbr'* *E595*
7409'showbreak' 'sbr' string (default "")
Bram Moolenaaree857022019-11-09 23:26:40 +01007410 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02007411 {not available when compiled without the |+linebreak|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007412 feature}
7413 String to put at the start of lines that have been wrapped. Useful
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007414 values are "> " or "+++ ": >
7415 :set showbreak=>\
7416< Note the backslash to escape the trailing space. It's easier like
7417 this: >
Bram Moolenaar1a384422010-07-14 19:53:30 +02007418 :let &showbreak = '+++ '
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007419< Only printable single-cell characters are allowed, excluding <Tab> and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007420 comma (in a future version the comma might be used to separate the
7421 part that is shown at the end and at the start of a line).
7422 The characters are highlighted according to the '@' flag in
7423 'highlight'.
7424 Note that tabs after the showbreak will be displayed differently.
7425 If you want the 'showbreak' to appear in between line numbers, add the
7426 "n" flag to 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaaree857022019-11-09 23:26:40 +01007427 A window-local value overrules a global value. If the global value is
7428 set and you want no value in the current window use NONE: >
7429 :setlocal showbreak=NONE
7430<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007431 *'showcmd'* *'sc'* *'noshowcmd'* *'nosc'*
Bram Moolenaar8c08b5b2016-07-28 22:24:15 +02007432'showcmd' 'sc' boolean (Vim default: on, off for Unix,
7433 Vi default: off, set in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007434 global
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00007435 Show (partial) command in the last line of the screen. Set this
7436 option off if your terminal is slow.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007437 In Visual mode the size of the selected area is shown:
7438 - When selecting characters within a line, the number of characters.
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02007439 If the number of bytes is different it is also displayed: "2-6"
7440 means two characters and six bytes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007441 - When selecting more than one line, the number of lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007442 - When selecting a block, the size in screen characters:
7443 {lines}x{columns}.
Luuk van Baalba936f62022-12-15 13:15:39 +00007444 This information can be displayed in an alternative location using the
7445 'showcmdloc' option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007446 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
7447 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
7448
Luuk van Baalba936f62022-12-15 13:15:39 +00007449 *'showcmdloc'* *'sloc'*
7450'showcmdloc' 'sloc' string (default "last")
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007451 global
Luuk van Baalba936f62022-12-15 13:15:39 +00007452 This option can be used to display the (partially) entered command in
7453 another location. Possible values are:
7454 last Last line of the screen (default).
7455 statusline Status line of the current window.
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +00007456 tabline First line of the screen if 'showtabline' is enabled.
Luuk van Baalba936f62022-12-15 13:15:39 +00007457 Setting this option to "statusline" or "tabline" means that these will
7458 be redrawn whenever the command changes, which can be on every key
7459 pressed.
7460 The %S 'statusline' item can be used in 'statusline' or 'tabline' to
7461 place the text. Without a custom 'statusline' or 'tabline' it will be
7462 displayed in a convenient location.
7463
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007464 *'showfulltag'* *'sft'* *'noshowfulltag'* *'nosft'*
7465'showfulltag' 'sft' boolean (default off)
7466 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007467 When completing a word in insert mode (see |ins-completion|) from the
7468 tags file, show both the tag name and a tidied-up form of the search
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007469 pattern (if there is one) as possible matches. Thus, if you have
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007470 matched a C function, you can see a template for what arguments are
7471 required (coding style permitting).
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007472 Note that this doesn't work well together with having "longest" in
7473 'completeopt', because the completion from the search pattern may not
7474 match the typed text.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007475
7476 *'showmatch'* *'sm'* *'noshowmatch'* *'nosm'*
7477'showmatch' 'sm' boolean (default off)
7478 global
7479 When a bracket is inserted, briefly jump to the matching one. The
7480 jump is only done if the match can be seen on the screen. The time to
7481 show the match can be set with 'matchtime'.
7482 A Beep is given if there is no match (no matter if the match can be
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02007483 seen or not).
7484 This option is reset when 'paste' is set and restored when 'paste' is
7485 reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007486 When the 'm' flag is not included in 'cpoptions', typing a character
7487 will immediately move the cursor back to where it belongs.
7488 See the "sm" field in 'guicursor' for setting the cursor shape and
7489 blinking when showing the match.
7490 The 'matchpairs' option can be used to specify the characters to show
7491 matches for. 'rightleft' and 'revins' are used to look for opposite
7492 matches.
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00007493 Also see the matchparen plugin for highlighting the match when moving
7494 around |pi_paren.txt|.
7495 Note: Use of the short form is rated PG.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007496
7497 *'showmode'* *'smd'* *'noshowmode'* *'nosmd'*
7498'showmode' 'smd' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
7499 global
7500 If in Insert, Replace or Visual mode put a message on the last line.
7501 Use the 'M' flag in 'highlight' to set the type of highlighting for
7502 this message.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007503 When |XIM| may be used the message will include "XIM". But this
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007504 doesn't mean XIM is really active, especially when 'imactivatekey' is
7505 not set.
7506 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
7507 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
7508
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00007509 *'showtabline'* *'stal'*
7510'showtabline' 'stal' number (default 1)
7511 global
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00007512 The value of this option specifies when the line with tab page labels
7513 will be displayed:
7514 0: never
7515 1: only if there are at least two tab pages
7516 2: always
7517 This is both for the GUI and non-GUI implementation of the tab pages
7518 line.
7519 See |tab-page| for more information about tab pages.
7520
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007521 *'sidescroll'* *'ss'*
7522'sidescroll' 'ss' number (default 0)
7523 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007524 The minimal number of columns to scroll horizontally. Used only when
7525 the 'wrap' option is off and the cursor is moved off of the screen.
7526 When it is zero the cursor will be put in the middle of the screen.
7527 When using a slow terminal set it to a large number or 0. When using
7528 a fast terminal use a small number or 1. Not used for "zh" and "zl"
7529 commands.
7530
7531 *'sidescrolloff'* *'siso'*
7532'sidescrolloff' 'siso' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar375e3392019-01-31 18:26:10 +01007533 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007534 The minimal number of screen columns to keep to the left and to the
Bram Moolenaar482aaeb2005-09-29 18:26:07 +00007535 right of the cursor if 'nowrap' is set. Setting this option to a
7536 value greater than 0 while having |'sidescroll'| also at a non-zero
7537 value makes some context visible in the line you are scrolling in
7538 horizontally (except at beginning of the line). Setting this option
7539 to a large value (like 999) has the effect of keeping the cursor
7540 horizontally centered in the window, as long as one does not come too
7541 close to the beginning of the line.
Bram Moolenaar375e3392019-01-31 18:26:10 +01007542 After using the local value, go back the global value with one of
7543 these two: >
7544 setlocal sidescrolloff<
7545 setlocal sidescrolloff=-1
7546< NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007547
7548 Example: Try this together with 'sidescroll' and 'listchars' as
7549 in the following example to never allow the cursor to move
Bram Moolenaar95ec9d62016-08-12 18:29:59 +02007550 onto the "extends" character: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007551
7552 :set nowrap sidescroll=1 listchars=extends:>,precedes:<
7553 :set sidescrolloff=1
Bram Moolenaar95ec9d62016-08-12 18:29:59 +02007554<
7555 *'signcolumn'* *'scl'*
7556'signcolumn' 'scl' string (default "auto")
7557 local to window
Bram Moolenaar95ec9d62016-08-12 18:29:59 +02007558 {not available when compiled without the |+signs|
7559 feature}
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02007560 Whether or not to draw the signcolumn. Valid values are:
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +00007561 "auto" only when there is a sign to display
7562 "no" never
7563 "yes" always
Bram Moolenaar394c5d82019-06-17 21:48:05 +02007564 "number" display signs in the 'number' column. If the number
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +02007565 column is not present, then behaves like "auto".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007566
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007567 *'smartcase'* *'scs'* *'nosmartcase'* *'noscs'*
7568'smartcase' 'scs' boolean (default off)
7569 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007570 Override the 'ignorecase' option if the search pattern contains upper
7571 case characters. Only used when the search pattern is typed and
7572 'ignorecase' option is on. Used for the commands "/", "?", "n", "N",
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02007573 ":g" and ":s". Not used for "*", "#", "gd", tag search, etc. After
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007574 "*" and "#" you can make 'smartcase' used by doing a "/" command,
7575 recalling the search pattern from history and hitting <Enter>.
7576 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
7577
7578 *'smartindent'* *'si'* *'nosmartindent'* *'nosi'*
7579'smartindent' 'si' boolean (default off)
7580 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007581 Do smart autoindenting when starting a new line. Works for C-like
7582 programs, but can also be used for other languages. 'cindent' does
7583 something like this, works better in most cases, but is more strict,
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01007584 see |C-indenting|. When 'cindent' is on or 'indentexpr' is set,
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01007585 setting 'si' has no effect. 'indentexpr' is a more advanced
7586 alternative.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007587 Normally 'autoindent' should also be on when using 'smartindent'.
7588 An indent is automatically inserted:
7589 - After a line ending in '{'.
7590 - After a line starting with a keyword from 'cinwords'.
7591 - Before a line starting with '}' (only with the "O" command).
7592 When typing '}' as the first character in a new line, that line is
7593 given the same indent as the matching '{'.
7594 When typing '#' as the first character in a new line, the indent for
7595 that line is removed, the '#' is put in the first column. The indent
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007596 is restored for the next line. If you don't want this, use this
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007597 mapping: ":inoremap # X^H#", where ^H is entered with CTRL-V CTRL-H.
7598 When using the ">>" command, lines starting with '#' are not shifted
7599 right.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01007600 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02007601 This option is reset when 'paste' is set and restored when 'paste' is
7602 reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007603
7604 *'smarttab'* *'sta'* *'nosmarttab'* *'nosta'*
7605'smarttab' 'sta' boolean (default off)
7606 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007607 When on, a <Tab> in front of a line inserts blanks according to
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00007608 'shiftwidth'. 'tabstop' or 'softtabstop' is used in other places. A
7609 <BS> will delete a 'shiftwidth' worth of space at the start of the
7610 line.
Bram Moolenaarafeb4fa2006-02-01 21:51:12 +00007611 When off, a <Tab> always inserts blanks according to 'tabstop' or
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00007612 'softtabstop'. 'shiftwidth' is only used for shifting text left or
7613 right |shift-left-right|.
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00007614 What gets inserted (a <Tab> or spaces) depends on the 'expandtab'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007615 option. Also see |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00007616 number of spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02007617 This option is reset when 'paste' is set and restored when 'paste' is
7618 reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007619 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
7620
Bram Moolenaarf6196f42022-10-02 21:29:55 +01007621 *'smoothscroll'* *'sms'* *'nosmoothscroll'* *'nosms'*
7622'smoothscroll' 'sms' boolean (default off)
7623 local to window
7624 Scrolling works with screen lines. When 'wrap' is set and the first
7625 line in the window wraps part of it may not be visible, as if it is
Bram Moolenaarf269eab2022-10-03 18:04:35 +01007626 above the window. "<<<" is displayed at the start of the first line,
7627 highlighted with |hl-NonText|.
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +01007628 You may also want to add "lastline" to the 'display' option to show as
7629 much of the last line as possible.
zeertzjqad493ef2024-03-29 10:23:19 +01007630 NOTE: partly implemented, doesn't work yet for |gj| and |gk|.
Bram Moolenaarf6196f42022-10-02 21:29:55 +01007631
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007632 *'softtabstop'* *'sts'*
7633'softtabstop' 'sts' number (default 0)
7634 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007635 Number of spaces that a <Tab> counts for while performing editing
7636 operations, like inserting a <Tab> or using <BS>. It "feels" like
7637 <Tab>s are being inserted, while in fact a mix of spaces and <Tab>s is
7638 used. This is useful to keep the 'ts' setting at its standard value
7639 of 8, while being able to edit like it is set to 'sts'. However,
7640 commands like "x" still work on the actual characters.
7641 When 'sts' is zero, this feature is off.
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02007642 When 'sts' is negative, the value of 'shiftwidth' is used.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02007643 'softtabstop' is set to 0 when the 'paste' option is set and restored
7644 when 'paste' is reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007645 See also |ins-expandtab|. When 'expandtab' is not set, the number of
7646 spaces is minimized by using <Tab>s.
7647 The 'L' flag in 'cpoptions' changes how tabs are used when 'list' is
7648 set.
7649 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
7650
Bram Moolenaar04958cb2018-06-23 19:23:02 +02007651 If Vim is compiled with the |+vartabs| feature then the value of
7652 'softtabstop' will be ignored if |'varsofttabstop'| is set to
7653 anything other than an empty string.
7654
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00007655 *'spell'* *'nospell'*
7656'spell' boolean (default off)
7657 local to window
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00007658 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7659 feature}
7660 When on spell checking will be done. See |spell|.
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00007661 The languages are specified with 'spelllang'.
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00007662
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00007663 *'spellcapcheck'* *'spc'*
Bram Moolenaar0dc065e2005-07-04 22:49:24 +00007664'spellcapcheck' 'spc' string (default "[.?!]\_[\])'" \t]\+")
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00007665 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00007666 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7667 feature}
7668 Pattern to locate the end of a sentence. The following word will be
7669 checked to start with a capital letter. If not then it is highlighted
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00007670 with SpellCap |hl-SpellCap| (unless the word is also badly spelled).
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00007671 When this check is not wanted make this option empty.
7672 Only used when 'spell' is set.
Bram Moolenaar0dc065e2005-07-04 22:49:24 +00007673 Be careful with special characters, see |option-backslash| about
7674 including spaces and backslashes.
Bram Moolenaar90cfdbe2005-08-12 19:59:19 +00007675 To set this option automatically depending on the language, see
7676 |set-spc-auto|.
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00007677
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00007678 *'spellfile'* *'spf'*
7679'spellfile' 'spf' string (default empty)
7680 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00007681 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7682 feature}
7683 Name of the word list file where words are added for the |zg| and |zw|
Bram Moolenaar045e82d2005-07-08 22:25:33 +00007684 commands. It must end in ".{encoding}.add". You need to include the
7685 path, otherwise the file is placed in the current directory.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +01007686 The path may include characters from 'isfname', space, comma and '@'.
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00007687 *E765*
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01007688 It may also be a comma-separated list of names. A count before the
Bram Moolenaar0d9c26d2005-07-02 23:19:16 +00007689 |zg| and |zw| commands can be used to access each. This allows using
7690 a personal word list file and a project word list file.
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00007691 When a word is added while this option is empty Vim will set it for
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00007692 you: Using the first directory in 'runtimepath' that is writable. If
7693 there is no "spell" directory yet it will be created. For the file
7694 name the first language name that appears in 'spelllang' is used,
Bram Moolenaar3b506942005-06-23 22:36:45 +00007695 ignoring the region.
7696 The resulting ".spl" file will be used for spell checking, it does not
7697 have to appear in 'spelllang'.
7698 Normally one file is used for all regions, but you can add the region
7699 name if you want to. However, it will then only be used when
7700 'spellfile' is set to it, for entries in 'spelllang' only files
7701 without region name will be found.
Bram Moolenaare7566042005-06-17 22:00:15 +00007702 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7703 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00007704
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00007705 *'spelllang'* *'spl'*
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +00007706'spelllang' 'spl' string (default "en")
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00007707 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00007708 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7709 feature}
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01007710 A comma-separated list of word list names. When the 'spell' option is
Bram Moolenaar3b506942005-06-23 22:36:45 +00007711 on spellchecking will be done for these languages. Example: >
7712 set spelllang=en_us,nl,medical
7713< This means US English, Dutch and medical words are recognized. Words
7714 that are not recognized will be highlighted.
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +02007715 The word list name must consist of alphanumeric characters, a dash or
7716 an underscore. It should not include a comma or dot. Using a dash is
Bram Moolenaar3b506942005-06-23 22:36:45 +00007717 recommended to separate the two letter language name from a
7718 specification. Thus "en-rare" is used for rare English words.
7719 A region name must come last and have the form "_xx", where "xx" is
7720 the two-letter, lower case region name. You can use more than one
7721 region by listing them: "en_us,en_ca" supports both US and Canadian
7722 English, but not words specific for Australia, New Zealand or Great
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01007723 Britain. (Note: currently en_au and en_nz dictionaries are older than
7724 en_ca, en_gb and en_us).
Bram Moolenaarcc63c642013-11-12 04:44:01 +01007725 If the name "cjk" is included East Asian characters are excluded from
7726 spell checking. This is useful when editing text that also has Asian
7727 words.
Bram Moolenaar6c391a72021-09-09 21:55:11 +02007728 Note that the "medical" dictionary does not exist, it is just an
7729 example of a longer name.
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00007730 *E757*
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +00007731 As a special case the name of a .spl file can be given as-is. The
7732 first "_xx" in the name is removed and used as the region name
7733 (_xx is an underscore, two letters and followed by a non-letter).
7734 This is mainly for testing purposes. You must make sure the correct
7735 encoding is used, Vim doesn't check it.
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00007736 When 'encoding' is set the word lists are reloaded. Thus it's a good
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +00007737 idea to set 'spelllang' after setting 'encoding' to avoid loading the
7738 files twice.
Bram Moolenaar3b506942005-06-23 22:36:45 +00007739 How the related spell files are found is explained here: |spell-load|.
Bram Moolenaar217ad922005-03-20 22:37:15 +00007740
Bram Moolenaar98692072006-02-04 00:57:42 +00007741 If the |spellfile.vim| plugin is active and you use a language name
7742 for which Vim cannot find the .spl file in 'runtimepath' the plugin
7743 will ask you if you want to download the file.
7744
Bram Moolenaar90cfdbe2005-08-12 19:59:19 +00007745 After this option has been set successfully, Vim will source the files
7746 "spell/LANG.vim" in 'runtimepath'. "LANG" is the value of 'spelllang'
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +01007747 up to the first character that is not an ASCII letter or number and
7748 not a dash. Also see |set-spc-auto|.
Bram Moolenaar90cfdbe2005-08-12 19:59:19 +00007749
Bram Moolenaar362b44b2020-06-10 21:47:00 +02007750 *'spelloptions'* *'spo'*
7751'spelloptions' 'spo' string (default "")
7752 local to buffer
7753 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7754 feature}
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01007755 A comma-separated list of options for spell checking:
Bram Moolenaar362b44b2020-06-10 21:47:00 +02007756 camel When a word is CamelCased, assume "Cased" is a
7757 separate word: every upper-case character in a word
7758 that comes after a lower case character indicates the
7759 start of a new word.
Bram Moolenaar90cfdbe2005-08-12 19:59:19 +00007760
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00007761 *'spellsuggest'* *'sps'*
7762'spellsuggest' 'sps' string (default "best")
7763 global
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00007764 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
7765 feature}
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00007766 Methods used for spelling suggestions. Both for the |z=| command and
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00007767 the |spellsuggest()| function. This is a comma-separated list of
7768 items:
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00007769
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00007770 best Internal method that works best for English. Finds
7771 changes like "fast" and uses a bit of sound-a-like
7772 scoring to improve the ordering.
7773
7774 double Internal method that uses two methods and mixes the
7775 results. The first method is "fast", the other method
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00007776 computes how much the suggestion sounds like the bad
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00007777 word. That only works when the language specifies
7778 sound folding. Can be slow and doesn't always give
7779 better results.
7780
7781 fast Internal method that only checks for simple changes:
7782 character inserts/deletes/swaps. Works well for
7783 simple typing mistakes.
7784
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00007785 {number} The maximum number of suggestions listed for |z=|.
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +00007786 Not used for |spellsuggest()|. The number of
7787 suggestions is never more than the value of 'lines'
7788 minus two.
7789
Bram Moolenaar585ee072022-01-29 11:22:17 +00007790 timeout:{millisec} Limit the time searching for suggestions to
Dominique Pellédf62c622024-07-15 20:29:59 +02007791 {millisec} milliseconds. Applies to the following
Bram Moolenaar585ee072022-01-29 11:22:17 +00007792 methods. When omitted the limit is 5000. When
7793 negative there is no limit. {only works when built
Bram Moolenaar8a3b8052022-06-26 12:21:15 +01007794 with the |+reltime| feature}
Bram Moolenaar585ee072022-01-29 11:22:17 +00007795
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00007796 file:{filename} Read file {filename}, which must have two columns,
7797 separated by a slash. The first column contains the
7798 bad word, the second column the suggested good word.
7799 Example:
7800 theribal/terrible ~
7801 Use this for common mistakes that do not appear at the
7802 top of the suggestion list with the internal methods.
7803 Lines without a slash are ignored, use this for
7804 comments.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02007805 The word in the second column must be correct,
7806 otherwise it will not be used. Add the word to an
7807 ".add" file if it is currently flagged as a spelling
7808 mistake.
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00007809 The file is used for all languages.
7810
7811 expr:{expr} Evaluate expression {expr}. Use a function to avoid
Bram Moolenaara4e0b972022-10-01 19:43:52 +01007812 trouble with spaces. Best is to call a function
7813 without arguments, see |expr-option-function|.
7814 |v:val| holds the badly spelled word. The expression
7815 must evaluate to a List of Lists, each with a
7816 suggestion and a score.
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00007817 Example:
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01007818 [['the', 33], ['that', 44]] ~
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00007819 Set 'verbose' and use |z=| to see the scores that the
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00007820 internal methods use. A lower score is better.
7821 This may invoke |spellsuggest()| if you temporarily
7822 set 'spellsuggest' to exclude the "expr:" part.
7823 Errors are silently ignored, unless you set the
7824 'verbose' option to a non-zero value.
7825
7826 Only one of "best", "double" or "fast" may be used. The others may
7827 appear several times in any order. Example: >
7828 :set sps=file:~/.vim/sugg,best,expr:MySuggest()
7829<
7830 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
7831 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00007832
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007833 *'splitbelow'* *'sb'* *'nosplitbelow'* *'nosb'*
7834'splitbelow' 'sb' boolean (default off)
7835 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007836 When on, splitting a window will put the new window below the current
7837 one. |:split|
7838
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +01007839 *'splitkeep'* *'spk'*
Luuk van Baal13ece2a2022-10-03 15:28:08 +01007840'splitkeep' 'spk' string (default "cursor")
7841 global
7842 The value of this option determines the scroll behavior when opening,
7843 closing or resizing horizontal splits.
7844
7845 Possible values are:
7846 cursor Keep the same relative cursor position.
7847 screen Keep the text on the same screen line.
7848 topline Keep the topline the same.
7849
7850 For the "screen" and "topline" values, the cursor position will be
7851 changed when necessary. In this case, the jumplist will be populated
7852 with the previous cursor position. For "screen", the text cannot always
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +01007853 be kept on the same screen line when 'wrap' is enabled.
Luuk van Baal13ece2a2022-10-03 15:28:08 +01007854
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007855 *'splitright'* *'spr'* *'nosplitright'* *'nospr'*
7856'splitright' 'spr' boolean (default off)
7857 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007858 When on, splitting a window will put the new window right of the
7859 current one. |:vsplit|
7860
7861 *'startofline'* *'sol'* *'nostartofline'* *'nosol'*
7862'startofline' 'sol' boolean (default on)
7863 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007864 When "on" the commands listed below move the cursor to the first
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00007865 non-blank of the line. When off the cursor is kept in the same column
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +01007866 (if possible). This applies to the commands:
7867 - CTRL-D, CTRL-U, CTRL-B, CTRL-F, "G", "H", "M", "L", "gg"
Christian Brabandtfd4e47e2024-10-06 17:57:53 +02007868 - "d", "<<", "==" and ">>" with a linewise operator
7869 (|operator-resulting-pos|)
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +01007870 - "%" with a count
7871 - buffer changing commands (CTRL-^, :bnext, :bNext, etc.)
7872 - Ex commands that only has a line number, e.g., ":25" or ":+".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007873 In case of buffer changing commands the cursor is placed at the column
7874 where it was the last time the buffer was edited.
7875 NOTE: This option is set when 'compatible' is set.
7876
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01007877 *'statusline'* *'stl'* *E540* *E542*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007878'statusline' 'stl' string (default empty)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00007879 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007880 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline|
7881 feature}
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00007882 When non-empty, this option determines the content of the status line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007883 Also see |status-line|.
7884
7885 The option consists of printf style '%' items interspersed with
7886 normal text. Each status line item is of the form:
7887 %-0{minwid}.{maxwid}{item}
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01007888 All fields except the {item} are optional. A single percent sign can
Bram Moolenaar8133cc62020-10-26 21:05:27 +01007889 be given as "%%".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007890
Yegappan Lakshmananac023e82024-11-27 20:55:45 +01007891 *stl-%!*
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00007892 When the option starts with "%!" then it is used as an expression,
7893 evaluated and the result is used as the option value. Example: >
7894 :set statusline=%!MyStatusLine()
Bram Moolenaar1c6fd1e2019-05-23 22:11:59 +02007895< The *g:statusline_winid* variable will be set to the |window-ID| of the
7896 window that the status line belongs to.
7897 The result can contain %{} items that will be evaluated too.
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02007898 Note that the "%!" expression is evaluated in the context of the
7899 current window and buffer, while %{} items are evaluated in the
7900 context of the window that the statusline belongs to.
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00007901
7902 When there is error while evaluating the option then it will be made
7903 empty to avoid further errors. Otherwise screen updating would loop.
Bram Moolenaar1b5f03e2023-01-09 20:12:45 +00007904 When the result contains unprintable characters the result is
7905 unpredictable.
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00007906
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007907 Note that the only effect of 'ruler' when this option is set (and
7908 'laststatus' is 2) is controlling the output of |CTRL-G|.
7909
7910 field meaning ~
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00007911 - Left justify the item. The default is right justified
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007912 when minwid is larger than the length of the item.
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00007913 0 Leading zeroes in numeric items. Overridden by '-'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007914 minwid Minimum width of the item, padding as set by '-' & '0'.
7915 Value must be 50 or less.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007916 maxwid Maximum width of the item. Truncation occurs with a '<'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007917 on the left for text items. Numeric items will be
7918 shifted down to maxwid-2 digits followed by '>'number
7919 where number is the amount of missing digits, much like
7920 an exponential notation.
7921 item A one letter code as described below.
7922
7923 Following is a description of the possible statusline items. The
7924 second character in "item" is the type:
7925 N for number
7926 S for string
7927 F for flags as described below
7928 - not applicable
7929
7930 item meaning ~
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00007931 f S Path to the file in the buffer, as typed or relative to current
7932 directory.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007933 F S Full path to the file in the buffer.
7934 t S File name (tail) of file in the buffer.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00007935 m F Modified flag, text is "[+]"; "[-]" if 'modifiable' is off.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007936 M F Modified flag, text is ",+" or ",-".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00007937 r F Readonly flag, text is "[RO]".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007938 R F Readonly flag, text is ",RO".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00007939 h F Help buffer flag, text is "[help]".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007940 H F Help buffer flag, text is ",HLP".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00007941 w F Preview window flag, text is "[Preview]".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007942 W F Preview window flag, text is ",PRV".
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00007943 y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., "[vim]". See 'filetype'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007944 Y F Type of file in the buffer, e.g., ",VIM". See 'filetype'.
Bram Moolenaar7fd73202010-07-25 16:58:46 +02007945 q S "[Quickfix List]", "[Location List]" or empty.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007946 k S Value of "b:keymap_name" or 'keymap' when |:lmap| mappings are
7947 being used: "<keymap>"
7948 n N Buffer number.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01007949 b N Value of character under cursor.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007950 B N As above, in hexadecimal.
7951 o N Byte number in file of byte under cursor, first byte is 1.
7952 Mnemonic: Offset from start of file (with one added)
7953 {not available when compiled without |+byte_offset| feature}
7954 O N As above, in hexadecimal.
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00007955 N N Printer page number. (Only works in the 'printheader' option.)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007956 l N Line number.
7957 L N Number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +02007958 c N Column number (byte index).
7959 v N Virtual column number (screen column).
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00007960 V N Virtual column number as -{num}. Not displayed if equal to 'c'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007961 p N Percentage through file in lines as in |CTRL-G|.
7962 P S Percentage through file of displayed window. This is like the
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02007963 percentage described for 'ruler'. Always 3 in length, unless
7964 translated.
Luuk van Baalba936f62022-12-15 13:15:39 +00007965 S S 'showcmd' content, see 'showcmdloc'.
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00007966 a S Argument list status as in default title. ({current} of {max})
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007967 Empty if the argument file count is zero or one.
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00007968 { NF Evaluate expression between '%{' and '}' and substitute result.
Bram Moolenaar6d150f72018-04-21 20:03:20 +02007969 Note that there is no '%' before the closing '}'. The
7970 expression cannot contain a '}' character, call a function to
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01007971 work around that. See |stl-%{| below.
shadmansaleh30e3de22021-05-15 17:23:28 +02007972 {% - This is almost same as { except the result of the expression is
7973 re-evaluated as a statusline format string. Thus if the
7974 return value of expr contains % items they will get expanded.
7975 The expression can contain the } character, the end of
7976 expression is denoted by %}.
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +01007977 For example: >
shadmansaleh30e3de22021-05-15 17:23:28 +02007978 func! Stl_filename() abort
7979 return "%t"
7980 endfunc
7981< `stl=%{Stl_filename()}` results in `"%t"`
7982 `stl=%{%Stl_filename()%}` results in `"Name of current file"`
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +01007983 %} - End of `{%` expression
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007984 ( - Start of item group. Can be used for setting the width and
7985 alignment of a section. Must be followed by %) somewhere.
7986 ) - End of item group. No width fields allowed.
Bram Moolenaard1f56e62006-02-22 21:25:37 +00007987 T N For 'tabline': start of tab page N label. Use %T after the last
7988 label. This information is used for mouse clicks.
7989 X N For 'tabline': start of close tab N label. Use %X after the
7990 label, e.g.: %3Xclose%X. Use %999X for a "close current tab"
7991 mark. This information is used for mouse clicks.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007992 < - Where to truncate line if too long. Default is at the start.
7993 No width fields allowed.
Yegappan Lakshmanan3ec78f92023-02-11 11:15:25 +00007994 = - Separation point between alignment sections. Each section will
7995 be separated by an equal number of spaces. With one %= what
7996 comes after it will be right-aligned. With two %= there is a
7997 middle part, with white space left and right of it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007998 No width fields allowed.
Bram Moolenaar238a5642006-02-21 22:12:05 +00007999 # - Set highlight group. The name must follow and then a # again.
8000 Thus use %#HLname# for highlight group HLname. The same
8001 highlighting is used, also for the statusline of non-current
8002 windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008003 * - Set highlight group to User{N}, where {N} is taken from the
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00008004 minwid field, e.g. %1*. Restore normal highlight with %* or %0*.
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +00008005 The difference between User{N} and StatusLine will be applied to
8006 StatusLineNC for the statusline of non-current windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008007 The number N must be between 1 and 9. See |hl-User1..9|
8008
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00008009 When displaying a flag, Vim removes the leading comma, if any, when
8010 that flag comes right after plaintext. This will make a nice display
8011 when flags are used like in the examples below.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008012
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00008013 When all items in a group becomes an empty string (i.e. flags that are
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008014 not set) and a minwid is not set for the group, the whole group will
8015 become empty. This will make a group like the following disappear
8016 completely from the statusline when none of the flags are set. >
8017 :set statusline=...%(\ [%M%R%H]%)...
Bram Moolenaar1c6fd1e2019-05-23 22:11:59 +02008018< Beware that an expression is evaluated each and every time the status
8019 line is displayed.
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01008020 *stl-%{* *g:actual_curbuf* *g:actual_curwin*
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +01008021 While evaluating %{} the current buffer and current window will be set
8022 temporarily to that of the window (and buffer) whose statusline is
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01008023 currently being drawn. The expression will evaluate in this context.
8024 The variable "g:actual_curbuf" is set to the `bufnr()` number of the
8025 real current buffer and "g:actual_curwin" to the |window-ID| of the
8026 real current window. These values are strings.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00008027
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02008028 The 'statusline' option will be evaluated in the |sandbox| if set from
8029 a modeline, see |sandbox-option|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02008030 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +00008031
8032 It is not allowed to change text or jump to another window while
8033 evaluating 'statusline' |textlock|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008034
8035 If the statusline is not updated when you want it (e.g., after setting
8036 a variable that's used in an expression), you can force an update by
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01008037 using `:redrawstatus`.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008038
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01008039 A result of all digits is regarded a number for display purposes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008040 Otherwise the result is taken as flag text and applied to the rules
8041 described above.
8042
Bram Moolenaarcd71fa32005-03-11 22:46:48 +00008043 Watch out for errors in expressions. They may render Vim unusable!
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008044 If you are stuck, hold down ':' or 'Q' to get a prompt, then quit and
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02008045 edit your .vimrc or whatever with "vim --clean" to get it right.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008046
8047 Examples:
8048 Emulate standard status line with 'ruler' set >
saher7b5e52d2024-10-14 19:52:50 +02008049 :set statusline=%<%f\ %h%w%m%r%=%-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %P
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008050< Similar, but add ASCII value of char under the cursor (like "ga") >
8051 :set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%b\ 0x%B\ \ %l,%c%V\ %P
8052< Display byte count and byte value, modified flag in red. >
8053 :set statusline=%<%f%=\ [%1*%M%*%n%R%H]\ %-19(%3l,%02c%03V%)%O'%02b'
8054 :hi User1 term=inverse,bold cterm=inverse,bold ctermfg=red
8055< Display a ,GZ flag if a compressed file is loaded >
8056 :set statusline=...%r%{VarExists('b:gzflag','\ [GZ]')}%h...
8057< In the |:autocmd|'s: >
8058 :let b:gzflag = 1
8059< And: >
8060 :unlet b:gzflag
8061< And define this function: >
8062 :function VarExists(var, val)
8063 : if exists(a:var) | return a:val | else | return '' | endif
8064 :endfunction
8065<
8066 *'suffixes'* *'su'*
8067'suffixes' 'su' string (default ".bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj")
8068 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008069 Files with these suffixes get a lower priority when multiple files
8070 match a wildcard. See |suffixes|. Commas can be used to separate the
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008071 suffixes. Spaces after the comma are ignored. A dot is also seen as
8072 the start of a suffix. To avoid a dot or comma being recognized as a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008073 separator, precede it with a backslash (see |option-backslash| about
8074 including spaces and backslashes).
8075 See 'wildignore' for completely ignoring files.
8076 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
8077 suffixes from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
8078 uses another default.
8079
8080 *'suffixesadd'* *'sua'*
8081'suffixesadd' 'sua' string (default "")
8082 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01008083 Comma-separated list of suffixes, which are used when searching for a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008084 file for the "gf", "[I", etc. commands. Example: >
8085 :set suffixesadd=.java
8086<
8087 *'swapfile'* *'swf'* *'noswapfile'* *'noswf'*
8088'swapfile' 'swf' boolean (default on)
8089 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008090 Use a swapfile for the buffer. This option can be reset when a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008091 swapfile is not wanted for a specific buffer. For example, with
8092 confidential information that even root must not be able to access.
8093 Careful: All text will be in memory:
8094 - Don't use this for big files.
8095 - Recovery will be impossible!
8096 A swapfile will only be present when |'updatecount'| is non-zero and
8097 'swapfile' is set.
8098 When 'swapfile' is reset, the swap file for the current buffer is
8099 immediately deleted. When 'swapfile' is set, and 'updatecount' is
8100 non-zero, a swap file is immediately created.
8101 Also see |swap-file| and |'swapsync'|.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01008102 If you want to open a new buffer without creating a swap file for it,
8103 use the |:noswapfile| modifier.
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01008104 See 'directory' for where the swap file is created.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008105
8106 This option is used together with 'bufhidden' and 'buftype' to
8107 specify special kinds of buffers. See |special-buffers|.
8108
8109 *'swapsync'* *'sws'*
8110'swapsync' 'sws' string (default "fsync")
8111 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008112 When this option is not empty a swap file is synced to disk after
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008113 writing to it. This takes some time, especially on busy unix systems.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008114 When this option is empty parts of the swap file may be in memory and
8115 not written to disk. When the system crashes you may lose more work.
8116 On Unix the system does a sync now and then without Vim asking for it,
8117 so the disadvantage of setting this option off is small. On some
8118 systems the swap file will not be written at all. For a unix system
8119 setting it to "sync" will use the sync() call instead of the default
8120 fsync(), which may work better on some systems.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00008121 The 'fsync' option is used for the actual file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008122
8123 *'switchbuf'* *'swb'*
8124'switchbuf' 'swb' string (default "")
8125 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008126 This option controls the behavior when switching between buffers.
Yegappan Lakshmanan54be5fb2023-05-12 17:49:13 +01008127 This option is checked, when
8128 - jumping to errors with the |quickfix| commands (|:cc|, |:cn|, |:cp|,
h_east59858792023-10-25 22:47:05 +09008129 etc.).
Yegappan Lakshmanan54be5fb2023-05-12 17:49:13 +01008130 - jumping to a tag using the |:stag| command.
8131 - opening a file using the |CTRL-W_f| or |CTRL-W_F| command.
8132 - jumping to a buffer using a buffer split command (e.g. |:sbuffer|,
8133 |:sbnext|, or |:sbrewind|).
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01008134 Possible values (comma-separated list):
Yegappan Lakshmanan54be5fb2023-05-12 17:49:13 +01008135 useopen If included, jump to the first open window in the
8136 current tab page that contains the specified buffer
8137 (if there is one). Otherwise: Do not examine other
8138 windows.
Bram Moolenaar779b74b2006-04-10 14:55:34 +00008139 usetab Like "useopen", but also consider windows in other tab
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00008140 pages.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008141 split If included, split the current window before loading
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02008142 a buffer for a |quickfix| command that display errors.
Bram Moolenaar63b74a82019-03-24 15:09:13 +01008143 Otherwise: do not split, use current window (when used
8144 in the quickfix window: the previously used window or
8145 split if there is no other window).
Bram Moolenaara594d772015-06-19 14:41:49 +02008146 vsplit Just like "split" but split vertically.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008147 newtab Like "split", but open a new tab page. Overrules
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +02008148 "split" when both are present.
Bram Moolenaar539aa6b2019-11-17 18:09:38 +01008149 uselast If included, jump to the previously used window when
8150 jumping to errors with |quickfix| commands.
Colin Kennedy21570352024-03-03 16:16:47 +01008151 If a window has 'winfixbuf' enabled, 'switchbuf' is currently not
8152 applied to the split window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008153
Bram Moolenaar3b56eb32005-07-11 22:40:32 +00008154 *'synmaxcol'* *'smc'*
8155'synmaxcol' 'smc' number (default 3000)
8156 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar3b56eb32005-07-11 22:40:32 +00008157 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
8158 feature}
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +00008159 Maximum column in which to search for syntax items. In long lines the
8160 text after this column is not highlighted and following lines may not
8161 be highlighted correctly, because the syntax state is cleared.
Bram Moolenaar3b56eb32005-07-11 22:40:32 +00008162 This helps to avoid very slow redrawing for an XML file that is one
8163 long line.
8164 Set to zero to remove the limit.
8165
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008166 *'syntax'* *'syn'*
8167'syntax' 'syn' string (default empty)
Christian Brabandt596ad662023-08-16 00:11:09 +02008168 local to buffer |local-noglobal|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008169 {not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
8170 feature}
8171 When this option is set, the syntax with this name is loaded, unless
8172 syntax highlighting has been switched off with ":syntax off".
8173 Otherwise this option does not always reflect the current syntax (the
8174 b:current_syntax variable does).
8175 This option is most useful in a modeline, for a file which syntax is
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00008176 not automatically recognized. Example, in an IDL file:
8177 /* vim: set syntax=idl : */ ~
8178 When a dot appears in the value then this separates two filetype
8179 names. Example:
8180 /* vim: set syntax=c.doxygen : */ ~
8181 This will use the "c" syntax first, then the "doxygen" syntax.
8182 Note that the second one must be prepared to be loaded as an addition,
8183 otherwise it will be skipped. More than one dot may appear.
8184 To switch off syntax highlighting for the current file, use: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008185 :set syntax=OFF
8186< To switch syntax highlighting on according to the current value of the
8187 'filetype' option: >
8188 :set syntax=ON
8189< What actually happens when setting the 'syntax' option is that the
8190 Syntax autocommand event is triggered with the value as argument.
8191 This option is not copied to another buffer, independent of the 's' or
8192 'S' flag in 'cpoptions'.
Millyae62fe52024-10-02 19:30:41 +02008193 Only alphanumeric characters, '.', '-' and '_' can be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008194
LemonBoy5247b0b2024-07-12 19:30:58 +02008195 *'tabclose'* *'tcl'*
8196'tabclose' 'tcl' string (default "")
8197 global
8198 This option controls the behavior when closing tab pages (e.g., using
8199 |:tabclose|). When empty Vim goes to the next (right) tab page.
8200
8201 Possible values (comma-separated list):
8202 left If included, go to the previous tab page instead of
8203 the next one.
8204 uselast If included, go to the previously used tab page if
8205 possible. This option takes precedence over the
8206 others.
8207
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00008208 *'tabline'* *'tal'*
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00008209'tabline' 'tal' string (default empty)
Bram Moolenaar7e8fd632006-02-18 22:14:51 +00008210 global
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00008211 When non-empty, this option determines the content of the tab pages
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00008212 line at the top of the Vim window. When empty Vim will use a default
Bram Moolenaard1f56e62006-02-22 21:25:37 +00008213 tab pages line. See |setting-tabline| for more info.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00008214
8215 The tab pages line only appears as specified with the 'showtabline'
Bram Moolenaar5c8837f2006-02-25 21:52:33 +00008216 option and only when there is no GUI tab line. When 'e' is in
8217 'guioptions' and the GUI supports a tab line 'guitablabel' is used
Bram Moolenaar7f036442010-08-15 15:24:20 +02008218 instead. Note that the two tab pages lines are very different.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00008219
8220 The value is evaluated like with 'statusline'. You can use
8221 |tabpagenr()|, |tabpagewinnr()| and |tabpagebuflist()| to figure out
Bram Moolenaard1f56e62006-02-22 21:25:37 +00008222 the text to be displayed. Use "%1T" for the first label, "%2T" for
8223 the second one, etc. Use "%X" items for closing labels.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00008224
Bram Moolenaare12bab32019-01-08 22:02:56 +01008225 When changing something that is used in 'tabline' that does not
8226 trigger it to be updated, use |:redrawtabline|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02008227 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
Bram Moolenaare12bab32019-01-08 22:02:56 +01008228
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00008229 Keep in mind that only one of the tab pages is the current one, others
8230 are invisible and you can't jump to their windows.
8231
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00008232 *'tabpagemax'* *'tpm'*
8233'tabpagemax' 'tpm' number (default 10)
8234 global
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00008235 Maximum number of tab pages to be opened by the |-p| command line
8236 argument or the ":tab all" command. |tabpage|
8237
Bram Moolenaarfd2ac762006-03-01 22:09:21 +00008238 *'tabstop'* *'ts'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008239'tabstop' 'ts' number (default 8)
8240 local to buffer
8241 Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for. Also see
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00008242 the |:retab| command, and the 'softtabstop' option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008243
8244 Note: Setting 'tabstop' to any other value than 8 can make your file
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00008245 appear wrong in many places, e.g., when printing it.
8246 The value must be more than 0 and less than 10000.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008247
Song-Tianxiangab01adf2024-03-25 16:31:02 +01008248 There are five main ways to use tabs in Vim:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008249 1. Always keep 'tabstop' at 8, set 'softtabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to 4
8250 (or 3 or whatever you prefer) and use 'noexpandtab'. Then Vim
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00008251 will use a mix of tabs and spaces, but typing <Tab> and <BS> will
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008252 behave like a tab appears every 4 (or 3) characters.
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +01008253 This is the recommended way, the file will look the same with other
8254 tools and when listing it in a terminal.
8255 2. Set 'softtabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use
8256 'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The
8257 formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed (leave
8258 it at 8 just in case). The file will be a bit larger.
8259 You do need to check if no Tabs exist in the file. You can get rid
8260 of them by first setting 'expandtab' and using `%retab!`, making
8261 sure the value of 'tabstop' is set correctly.
8262 3. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008263 'expandtab'. This way you will always insert spaces. The
8264 formatting will never be messed up when 'tabstop' is changed.
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +01008265 You do need to check if no Tabs exist in the file, just like in the
8266 item just above.
8267 4. Set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to whatever you prefer and use a
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008268 |modeline| to set these values when editing the file again. Only
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +01008269 works when using Vim to edit the file, other tools assume a tabstop
8270 is worth 8 spaces.
8271 5. Always set 'tabstop' and 'shiftwidth' to the same value, and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008272 'noexpandtab'. This should then work (for initial indents only)
8273 for any tabstop setting that people use. It might be nice to have
8274 tabs after the first non-blank inserted as spaces if you do this
8275 though. Otherwise aligned comments will be wrong when 'tabstop' is
8276 changed.
8277
Bram Moolenaar04958cb2018-06-23 19:23:02 +02008278 If Vim is compiled with the |+vartabs| feature then the value of
8279 'tabstop' will be ignored if |'vartabstop'| is set to anything other
8280 than an empty string.
8281
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008282 *'tagbsearch'* *'tbs'* *'notagbsearch'* *'notbs'*
8283'tagbsearch' 'tbs' boolean (default on)
8284 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008285 When searching for a tag (e.g., for the |:ta| command), Vim can either
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008286 use a binary search or a linear search in a tags file. Binary
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008287 searching makes searching for a tag a LOT faster, but a linear search
8288 will find more tags if the tags file wasn't properly sorted.
8289 Vim normally assumes that your tags files are sorted, or indicate that
8290 they are not sorted. Only when this is not the case does the
8291 'tagbsearch' option need to be switched off.
8292
8293 When 'tagbsearch' is on, binary searching is first used in the tags
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008294 files. In certain situations, Vim will do a linear search instead for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008295 certain files, or retry all files with a linear search. When
8296 'tagbsearch' is off, only a linear search is done.
8297
8298 Linear searching is done anyway, for one file, when Vim finds a line
8299 at the start of the file indicating that it's not sorted: >
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008300 !_TAG_FILE_SORTED 0 /some comment/
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008301< [The whitespace before and after the '0' must be a single <Tab>]
8302
8303 When a binary search was done and no match was found in any of the
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01008304 files listed in 'tags', and case is ignored or a pattern is used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008305 instead of a normal tag name, a retry is done with a linear search.
8306 Tags in unsorted tags files, and matches with different case will only
8307 be found in the retry.
8308
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00008309 If a tag file indicates that it is case-fold sorted, the second,
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01008310 linear search can be avoided when case is ignored. Use a value of '2'
8311 in the "!_TAG_FILE_SORTED" line for this. A tag file can be case-fold
8312 sorted with the -f switch to "sort" in most unices, as in the command:
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +00008313 "sort -f -o tags tags". For Universal ctags and Exuberant ctags
8314 version 5.x or higher (at least 5.5) the --sort=foldcase switch can be
8315 used for this as well. Note that case must be folded to uppercase for
8316 this to work.
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01008317
8318 By default, tag searches are case-sensitive. Case is ignored when
8319 'ignorecase' is set and 'tagcase' is "followic", or when 'tagcase' is
8320 "ignore".
Bram Moolenaar66e29d72016-08-20 16:57:02 +02008321 Also when 'tagcase' is "followscs" and 'smartcase' is set, or
8322 'tagcase' is "smart", and the pattern contains only lowercase
8323 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008324
8325 When 'tagbsearch' is off, tags searching is slower when a full match
8326 exists, but faster when no full match exists. Tags in unsorted tags
8327 files may only be found with 'tagbsearch' off.
8328 When the tags file is not sorted, or sorted in a wrong way (not on
8329 ASCII byte value), 'tagbsearch' should be off, or the line given above
8330 must be included in the tags file.
8331 This option doesn't affect commands that find all matching tags (e.g.,
8332 command-line completion and ":help").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008333
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01008334 *'tagcase'* *'tc'*
8335'tagcase' 'tc' string (default "followic")
8336 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01008337 This option specifies how case is handled when searching the tags
8338 file:
8339 followic Follow the 'ignorecase' option
Bram Moolenaar66e29d72016-08-20 16:57:02 +02008340 followscs Follow the 'smartcase' and 'ignorecase' options
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01008341 ignore Ignore case
8342 match Match case
Bram Moolenaar66e29d72016-08-20 16:57:02 +02008343 smart Ignore case unless an upper case letter is used
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01008344 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
8345 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
Bram Moolenaar0f6562e2015-11-24 18:48:14 +01008346
Bram Moolenaar45e18cb2019-04-28 18:05:35 +02008347 *'tagfunc'* *'tfu'*
8348'tagfunc' 'tfu' string (default: empty)
8349 local to buffer
8350 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
8351 feature}
8352 This option specifies a function to be used to perform tag searches.
8353 The function gets the tag pattern and should return a List of matching
8354 tags. See |tag-function| for an explanation of how to write the
Yegappan Lakshmanan19916a82021-11-24 16:32:55 +00008355 function and an example. The value can be the name of a function, a
8356 |lambda| or a |Funcref|. See |option-value-function| for more
8357 information.
dkearns8ebdbc92023-10-29 06:26:19 +11008358 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
8359 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar45e18cb2019-04-28 18:05:35 +02008360
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008361 *'taglength'* *'tl'*
8362'taglength' 'tl' number (default 0)
8363 global
8364 If non-zero, tags are significant up to this number of characters.
8365
8366 *'tagrelative'* *'tr'* *'notagrelative'* *'notr'*
8367'tagrelative' 'tr' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
8368 global
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +00008369 If on and using a tags file in another directory, file names in that
8370 tags file are relative to the directory where the tags file is.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008371 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
8372 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
8373
8374 *'tags'* *'tag'* *E433*
8375'tags' 'tag' string (default "./tags,tags", when compiled with
8376 |+emacs_tags|: "./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS")
8377 global or local to buffer |global-local|
8378 Filenames for the tag command, separated by spaces or commas. To
Yee Cheng Chin54844852023-10-09 18:12:31 +02008379 include a space or comma in a file name, precede it with backslashes
8380 (see |option-backslash| about including spaces/commas and backslashes).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008381 When a file name starts with "./", the '.' is replaced with the path
8382 of the current file. But only when the 'd' flag is not included in
8383 'cpoptions'. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|. Also see
8384 |tags-option|.
8385 "*", "**" and other wildcards can be used to search for tags files in
Bram Moolenaare2b590e2010-08-08 18:29:48 +02008386 a directory tree. See |file-searching|. E.g., "/lib/**/tags" will
8387 find all files named "tags" below "/lib". The filename itself cannot
8388 contain wildcards, it is used as-is. E.g., "/lib/**/tags?" will find
Bram Moolenaar2bd9dbc2022-08-25 18:12:06 +01008389 files called "tags?".
Bram Moolenaare7eb9df2005-09-09 19:49:30 +00008390 The |tagfiles()| function can be used to get a list of the file names
8391 actually used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008392 If Vim was compiled with the |+emacs_tags| feature, Emacs-style tag
8393 files are also supported. They are automatically recognized. The
8394 default value becomes "./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS", unless case
8395 differences are ignored (MS-Windows). |emacs-tags|
8396 The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
8397 file names from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
8398 uses another default.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008399
8400 *'tagstack'* *'tgst'* *'notagstack'* *'notgst'*
8401'tagstack' 'tgst' boolean (default on)
8402 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008403 When on, the |tagstack| is used normally. When off, a ":tag" or
8404 ":tselect" command with an argument will not push the tag onto the
8405 tagstack. A following ":tag" without an argument, a ":pop" command or
8406 any other command that uses the tagstack will use the unmodified
8407 tagstack, but does change the pointer to the active entry.
8408 Resetting this option is useful when using a ":tag" command in a
8409 mapping which should not change the tagstack.
8410
Bram Moolenaar8a5115c2016-01-09 19:41:11 +01008411 *'tcldll'*
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01008412'tcldll' string (default depends on the build)
Bram Moolenaar8a5115c2016-01-09 19:41:11 +01008413 global
Bram Moolenaar8a5115c2016-01-09 19:41:11 +01008414 {only available when compiled with the |+tcl/dyn|
8415 feature}
8416 Specifies the name of the Tcl shared library. The default is
8417 DYNAMIC_TCL_DLL, which was specified at compile time.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02008418 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
Bram Moolenaar8a5115c2016-01-09 19:41:11 +01008419 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
8420 security reasons.
8421
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008422 *'term'* *E529* *E530* *E531*
8423'term' string (default is $TERM, if that fails:
8424 in the GUI: "builtin_gui"
8425 on Amiga: "amiga"
Bram Moolenaarb3f74062020-02-26 16:16:53 +01008426 on Haiku: "xterm"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008427 on Mac: "mac-ansi"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008428 on Unix: "ansi"
8429 on VMS: "ansi"
8430 on Win 32: "win32")
8431 global
8432 Name of the terminal. Used for choosing the terminal control
8433 characters. Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
8434 For example: >
8435 :set term=$TERM
8436< See |termcap|.
8437
8438 *'termbidi'* *'tbidi'*
8439 *'notermbidi'* *'notbidi'*
8440'termbidi' 'tbidi' boolean (default off, on for "mlterm")
8441 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008442 {only available when compiled with the |+arabic|
8443 feature}
8444 The terminal is in charge of Bi-directionality of text (as specified
8445 by Unicode). The terminal is also expected to do the required shaping
8446 that some languages (such as Arabic) require.
8447 Setting this option implies that 'rightleft' will not be set when
8448 'arabic' is set and the value of 'arabicshape' will be ignored.
8449 Note that setting 'termbidi' has the immediate effect that
8450 'arabicshape' is ignored, but 'rightleft' isn't changed automatically.
8451 This option is reset when the GUI is started.
8452 For further details see |arabic.txt|.
8453
8454 *'termencoding'* *'tenc'*
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02008455'termencoding' 'tenc' string (default ""; with GTK+ GUI: "utf-8")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008456 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008457 Encoding used for the terminal. This specifies what character
8458 encoding the keyboard produces and the display will understand. For
Bram Moolenaar3848e002016-03-19 18:42:29 +01008459 the GUI it only applies to the keyboard ('encoding' is used for the
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02008460 display).
Bram Moolenaar4b7cdca2020-01-01 16:18:38 +01008461 *E617* *E950*
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01008462 Note: This does not apply to the GTK+ GUI. After the GUI has been
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008463 successfully initialized, 'termencoding' is forcibly set to "utf-8".
8464 Any attempts to set a different value will be rejected, and an error
8465 message is shown.
Bram Moolenaarac360bf2015-09-01 20:31:20 +02008466 For the Win32 GUI and console versions 'termencoding' is not used,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008467 because the Win32 system always passes Unicode characters.
8468 When empty, the same encoding is used as for the 'encoding' option.
8469 This is the normal value.
8470 Not all combinations for 'termencoding' and 'encoding' are valid. See
8471 |encoding-table|.
8472 The value for this option must be supported by internal conversions or
8473 iconv(). When this is not possible no conversion will be done and you
8474 will probably experience problems with non-ASCII characters.
8475 Example: You are working with the locale set to euc-jp (Japanese) and
8476 want to edit a UTF-8 file: >
8477 :let &termencoding = &encoding
8478 :set encoding=utf-8
8479< You need to do this when your system has no locale support for UTF-8.
8480
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +00008481 *'termguicolors'* *'tgc'* *'notermguicolors'* *'notgc'* *E954*
Bram Moolenaar61be73b2016-04-29 22:59:22 +02008482'termguicolors' 'tgc' boolean (default off)
8483 global
Bram Moolenaar61be73b2016-04-29 22:59:22 +02008484 {not available when compiled without the
8485 |+termguicolors| feature}
8486 When on, uses |highlight-guifg| and |highlight-guibg| attributes in
Bram Moolenaarcafafb32018-02-22 21:07:09 +01008487 the terminal (thus using 24-bit color).
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01008488
Bram Moolenaarcafafb32018-02-22 21:07:09 +01008489 Requires a ISO-8613-3 compatible terminal. If setting this option
8490 does not work (produces a colorless UI) reading |xterm-true-color|
8491 might help.
8492
8493 For Win32 console, Windows 10 version 1703 (Creators Update) or later
8494 is required. Use this check to find out: >
8495 if has('vcon')
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01008496< This requires Vim to be built with the |+vtp| feature.
8497
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02008498 Note that the "cterm" attributes are still used, not the "gui" ones.
Yasuhiro Matsumotoaa04e1b2022-05-07 14:09:19 +01008499
8500 When using Vim with Windows Terminal, the background of Windows
8501 Terminal is normally filled with the Vim background color. Setting
8502 'termguicolors' and the guibg of the Normal highlight group to NONE
8503 will make the background transparent: >
8504 :hi Normal guibg=NONE
8505<
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01008506 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar61be73b2016-04-29 22:59:22 +02008507
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02008508 *'termwinkey'* *'twk'*
8509'termwinkey' 'twk' string (default "")
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02008510 local to window
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02008511 The key that starts a CTRL-W command in a terminal window. Other keys
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02008512 are sent to the job running in the window.
Millya9c6f902024-10-06 16:47:02 +02008513 The key can be specified as a single character, a |key-notation| (e.g.
8514 <Up>, <C-F>) or a letter preceded with a caret (e.g. `^F` is CTRL-F): >
8515 :set twk=X
8516 :set twk=^I
8517 :set twk=<C-L>
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02008518< The string must be one key stroke but can be multiple bytes.
8519 When not set CTRL-W is used, so that CTRL-W : gets you to the command
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02008520 line. If 'termwinkey' is set to CTRL-L then CTRL-L : gets you to the
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02008521 command line.
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02008522
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +02008523 *'termwinscroll'* *'twsl'*
8524'termwinscroll' 'twsl' number (default 10000)
8525 local to buffer
8526 {not available when compiled without the
8527 |+terminal| feature}
8528 Number of scrollback lines to keep. When going over this limit the
8529 first 10% of the scrollback lines are deleted. This is just to reduce
8530 the memory usage. See |Terminal-Normal|.
Bram Moolenaar36968af2021-11-15 17:13:11 +00008531 Also used as a limit for text sent to the terminal in one write,
8532 multiplied by the number of columns times 3 (average number of bytes
8533 per cell).
Bram Moolenaar6c60f472019-04-28 16:00:35 +02008534
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02008535 *'termwinsize'* *'tws'*
8536'termwinsize' 'tws' string (default "")
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02008537 local to window
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +02008538 Size used when opening the |terminal| window. Format:
8539 {rows}x{columns} or {rows}*{columns}.
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02008540 - When empty the terminal gets the size from the window.
Bram Moolenaar498c2562018-04-15 23:45:15 +02008541 - When set with a "x" (e.g., "24x80") the terminal size is not
8542 adjusted to the window size. If the window is smaller only the
8543 top-left part is displayed.
8544 - When set with a "*" (e.g., "10*50") the terminal size follows the
8545 window size, but will not be smaller than the specified rows and/or
8546 columns.
8547 - When rows is zero then use the height of the window.
8548 - When columns is zero then use the width of the window.
8549 - Using "0x0" or "0*0" is the same as empty.
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +02008550 - Can be overruled in the |term_start()| options with "term_rows" and
8551 "term_cols".
Bram Moolenaar498c2562018-04-15 23:45:15 +02008552
8553 Examples:
8554 "30x0" uses 30 rows and the current window width.
8555 "20*0" uses at least 20 rows and the current window width.
8556 "0*40" uses the current window height and at least 40 columns.
Bram Moolenaar1f2903c2017-07-23 19:51:01 +02008557 Note that the command running in the terminal window may still change
8558 the size of the terminal. In that case the Vim window will be
8559 adjusted to that size, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02008560
Bram Moolenaarc6ddce32019-02-08 12:47:03 +01008561 *'termwintype'* *'twt'*
8562'termwintype' 'twt' string (default "")
8563 global
Bram Moolenaarc6ddce32019-02-08 12:47:03 +01008564 {only available when compiled with the |terminal|
8565 feature on MS-Windows}
8566 Specify the virtual console (pty) used when opening the terminal
8567 window.
8568
8569 Possible values are:
Bram Moolenaard9ef1b82019-02-13 19:23:10 +01008570 "" use ConPTY if it is stable, winpty otherwise
Bram Moolenaarc6ddce32019-02-08 12:47:03 +01008571 "winpty" use winpty, fail if not supported
8572 "conpty" use |ConPTY|, fail if not supported
8573
Bram Moolenaard9ef1b82019-02-13 19:23:10 +01008574 |ConPTY| support depends on the platform. Windows 10 October 2018
8575 Update is the first version that supports ConPTY, however it is still
8576 considered unstable. ConPTY might become stable in the next release
8577 of Windows 10. winpty support needs to be installed. If neither is
Bram Moolenaarc6ddce32019-02-08 12:47:03 +01008578 supported then you cannot open a terminal window.
8579
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008580 *'terse'* *'noterse'*
8581'terse' boolean (default off)
8582 global
8583 When set: Add 's' flag to 'shortmess' option (this makes the message
8584 for a search that hits the start or end of the file not being
8585 displayed). When reset: Remove 's' flag from 'shortmess' option. {Vi
8586 shortens a lot of messages}
8587
8588 *'textauto'* *'ta'* *'notextauto'* *'nota'*
8589'textauto' 'ta' boolean (Vim default: on, Vi default: off)
8590 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008591 This option is obsolete. Use 'fileformats'.
8592 For backwards compatibility, when 'textauto' is set, 'fileformats' is
8593 set to the default value for the current system. When 'textauto' is
8594 reset, 'fileformats' is made empty.
8595 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
8596 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
8597
8598 *'textmode'* *'tx'* *'notextmode'* *'notx'*
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01008599'textmode' 'tx' boolean (Win32: default on,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008600 others: default off)
8601 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008602 This option is obsolete. Use 'fileformat'.
8603 For backwards compatibility, when 'textmode' is set, 'fileformat' is
8604 set to "dos". When 'textmode' is reset, 'fileformat' is set to
8605 "unix".
8606
8607 *'textwidth'* *'tw'*
8608'textwidth' 'tw' number (default 0)
8609 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008610 Maximum width of text that is being inserted. A longer line will be
8611 broken after white space to get this width. A zero value disables
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02008612 this.
8613 'textwidth' is set to 0 when the 'paste' option is set and restored
8614 when 'paste' is reset.
8615 When 'textwidth' is zero, 'wrapmargin' may be used. See also
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008616 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +00008617 When 'formatexpr' is set it will be used to break the line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008618 NOTE: This option is set to 0 when 'compatible' is set.
8619
8620 *'thesaurus'* *'tsr'*
8621'thesaurus' 'tsr' string (default "")
8622 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008623 List of file names, separated by commas, that are used to lookup words
Bram Moolenaarf4d8b762021-10-17 14:13:09 +01008624 for thesaurus completion commands |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|. See
8625 |compl-thesaurus|.
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +01008626
Bram Moolenaarf4d8b762021-10-17 14:13:09 +01008627 This option is not used if 'thesaurusfunc' is set, either for the
8628 buffer or globally.
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +01008629
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008630 To include a comma in a file name precede it with a backslash. Spaces
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008631 after a comma are ignored, otherwise spaces are included in the file
Bram Moolenaarf4d8b762021-10-17 14:13:09 +01008632 name. See |option-backslash| about using backslashes. The use of
8633 |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing directories
8634 from the list. This avoids problems when a future version uses
8635 another default. Backticks cannot be used in this option for security
8636 reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008637
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00008638 *'thesaurusfunc'* *'tsrfu'*
Yegappan Lakshmanan160e9942021-10-16 15:41:29 +01008639'thesaurusfunc' 'tsrfu' string (default: empty)
Bram Moolenaarf4d8b762021-10-17 14:13:09 +01008640 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Yegappan Lakshmanan160e9942021-10-16 15:41:29 +01008641 {not available when compiled without the |+eval|
8642 feature}
8643 This option specifies a function to be used for thesaurus completion
Bram Moolenaarf4d8b762021-10-17 14:13:09 +01008644 with CTRL-X CTRL-T. |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T| See |compl-thesaurusfunc|.
Yegappan Lakshmanan8658c752021-12-03 11:09:29 +00008645 The value can be the name of a function, a |lambda| or a |Funcref|.
8646 See |option-value-function| for more information.
Bram Moolenaarf4d8b762021-10-17 14:13:09 +01008647
Yegappan Lakshmanan160e9942021-10-16 15:41:29 +01008648 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
8649 security reasons.
8650
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008651 *'tildeop'* *'top'* *'notildeop'* *'notop'*
8652'tildeop' 'top' boolean (default off)
8653 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008654 When on: The tilde command "~" behaves like an operator.
8655 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
8656
8657 *'timeout'* *'to'* *'notimeout'* *'noto'*
8658'timeout' 'to' boolean (default on)
8659 global
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +01008660
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008661 *'ttimeout'* *'nottimeout'*
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02008662'ttimeout' boolean (default off, set in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008663 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008664 These two options together determine the behavior when part of a
8665 mapped key sequence or keyboard code has been received:
8666
8667 'timeout' 'ttimeout' action ~
8668 off off do not time out
8669 on on or off time out on :mappings and key codes
8670 off on time out on key codes
8671
8672 If both options are off, Vim will wait until either the complete
8673 mapping or key sequence has been received, or it is clear that there
8674 is no mapping or key sequence for the received characters. For
8675 example: if you have mapped "vl" and Vim has received 'v', the next
8676 character is needed to see if the 'v' is followed by an 'l'.
8677 When one of the options is on, Vim will wait for about 1 second for
8678 the next character to arrive. After that the already received
8679 characters are interpreted as single characters. The waiting time can
8680 be changed with the 'timeoutlen' option.
8681 On slow terminals or very busy systems timing out may cause
8682 malfunctioning cursor keys. If both options are off, Vim waits
8683 forever after an entered <Esc> if there are key codes that start
8684 with <Esc>. You will have to type <Esc> twice. If you do not have
8685 problems with key codes, but would like to have :mapped key
8686 sequences not timing out in 1 second, set the 'ttimeout' option and
8687 reset the 'timeout' option.
8688
8689 NOTE: 'ttimeout' is reset when 'compatible' is set.
8690
8691 *'timeoutlen'* *'tm'*
8692'timeoutlen' 'tm' number (default 1000)
8693 global
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02008694
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008695 *'ttimeoutlen'* *'ttm'*
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02008696'ttimeoutlen' 'ttm' number (default -1, set to 100 in |defaults.vim|)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008697 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008698 The time in milliseconds that is waited for a key code or mapped key
8699 sequence to complete. Also used for CTRL-\ CTRL-N and CTRL-\ CTRL-G
8700 when part of a command has been typed.
8701 Normally only 'timeoutlen' is used and 'ttimeoutlen' is -1. When a
8702 different timeout value for key codes is desired set 'ttimeoutlen' to
8703 a non-negative number.
8704
8705 ttimeoutlen mapping delay key code delay ~
8706 < 0 'timeoutlen' 'timeoutlen'
8707 >= 0 'timeoutlen' 'ttimeoutlen'
8708
8709 The timeout only happens when the 'timeout' and 'ttimeout' options
8710 tell so. A useful setting would be >
8711 :set timeout timeoutlen=3000 ttimeoutlen=100
8712< (time out on mapping after three seconds, time out on key codes after
8713 a tenth of a second).
8714
8715 *'title'* *'notitle'*
8716'title' boolean (default off, on when title can be restored)
8717 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008718 When on, the title of the window will be set to the value of
8719 'titlestring' (if it is not empty), or to:
8720 filename [+=-] (path) - VIM
8721 Where:
8722 filename the name of the file being edited
8723 - indicates the file cannot be modified, 'ma' off
8724 + indicates the file was modified
8725 = indicates the file is read-only
8726 =+ indicates the file is read-only and modified
8727 (path) is the path of the file being edited
8728 - VIM the server name |v:servername| or "VIM"
8729 Only works if the terminal supports setting window titles
8730 (currently Amiga console, Win32 console, all GUI versions and
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +02008731 terminals with a non-empty 't_ts' option - these are Unix xterm and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008732 iris-ansi by default, where 't_ts' is taken from the builtin termcap).
8733 *X11*
8734 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original title will
8735 be restored if possible. The output of ":version" will include "+X11"
8736 when HAVE_X11 was defined, otherwise it will be "-X11". This also
8737 works for the icon name |'icon'|.
8738 But: When Vim was started with the |-X| argument, restoring the title
8739 will not work (except in the GUI).
8740 If the title cannot be restored, it is set to the value of 'titleold'.
8741 You might want to restore the title outside of Vim then.
Christian Brabandt1b7fbe72024-01-30 20:41:07 +01008742 When using an xterm from a remote machine you can use this command: >
8743
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008744 rsh machine_name xterm -display $DISPLAY &
Christian Brabandt1b7fbe72024-01-30 20:41:07 +01008745 ssh -X machine_name xterm &
8746<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008747 then the WINDOWID environment variable should be inherited and the
8748 title of the window should change back to what it should be after
8749 exiting Vim.
8750
8751 *'titlelen'*
8752'titlelen' number (default 85)
8753 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008754 Gives the percentage of 'columns' to use for the length of the window
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008755 title. When the title is longer, only the end of the path name is
8756 shown. A '<' character before the path name is used to indicate this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008757 Using a percentage makes this adapt to the width of the window. But
8758 it won't work perfectly, because the actual number of characters
8759 available also depends on the font used and other things in the title
8760 bar. When 'titlelen' is zero the full path is used. Otherwise,
8761 values from 1 to 30000 percent can be used.
8762 'titlelen' is also used for the 'titlestring' option.
8763
8764 *'titleold'*
8765'titleold' string (default "Thanks for flying Vim")
8766 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008767 This option will be used for the window title when exiting Vim if the
8768 original title cannot be restored. Only happens if 'title' is on or
8769 'titlestring' is not empty.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00008770 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
8771 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008772 *'titlestring'*
8773'titlestring' string (default "")
8774 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008775 When this option is not empty, it will be used for the title of the
8776 window. This happens only when the 'title' option is on.
8777 Only works if the terminal supports setting window titles (currently
8778 Amiga console, Win32 console, all GUI versions and terminals with a
8779 non-empty 't_ts' option).
8780 When Vim was compiled with HAVE_X11 defined, the original title will
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01008781 be restored if possible, see |X11|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02008782
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008783 When this option contains printf-style '%' items, they will be
Milly6c2fc372024-10-16 22:11:17 +02008784 expanded according to the rules used for 'statusline'. If it contains
8785 an invalid '%' format, the value is used as-is and no error or warning
8786 will be given when the value is set.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02008787 This option cannot be set in a modeline when 'modelineexpr' is off.
8788
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008789 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008790 :auto BufEnter * let &titlestring = hostname() .. "/" .. expand("%:p")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008791 :set title titlestring=%<%F%=%l/%L-%P titlelen=70
8792< The value of 'titlelen' is used to align items in the middle or right
8793 of the available space.
8794 Some people prefer to have the file name first: >
8795 :set titlestring=%t%(\ %M%)%(\ (%{expand(\"%:~:.:h\")})%)%(\ %a%)
8796< Note the use of "%{ }" and an expression to get the path of the file,
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008797 without the file name. The "%( %)" constructs are used to add a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008798 separating space only when needed.
8799 NOTE: Use of special characters in 'titlestring' may cause the display
8800 to be garbled (e.g., when it contains a CR or NL character).
8801 {not available when compiled without the |+statusline| feature}
8802
8803 *'toolbar'* *'tb'*
8804'toolbar' 'tb' string (default "icons,tooltips")
8805 global
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01008806 {only for |+GUI_GTK|, |+GUI_Motif| and |+GUI_Photon|}
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008807 The contents of this option controls various toolbar settings. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008808 possible values are:
8809 icons Toolbar buttons are shown with icons.
8810 text Toolbar buttons shown with text.
8811 horiz Icon and text of a toolbar button are
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00008812 horizontally arranged. {only in GTK+ 2 GUI}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008813 tooltips Tooltips are active for toolbar buttons.
8814 Tooltips refer to the popup help text which appears after the mouse
8815 cursor is placed over a toolbar button for a brief moment.
8816
8817 If you want the toolbar to be shown with icons as well as text, do the
8818 following: >
8819 :set tb=icons,text
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01008820< Motif cannot display icons and text at the same time. They
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008821 will show icons if both are requested.
8822
8823 If none of the strings specified in 'toolbar' are valid or if
8824 'toolbar' is empty, this option is ignored. If you want to disable
8825 the toolbar, you need to set the 'guioptions' option. For example: >
8826 :set guioptions-=T
8827< Also see |gui-toolbar|.
8828
8829 *'toolbariconsize'* *'tbis'*
8830'toolbariconsize' 'tbis' string (default "small")
8831 global
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01008832 {only in the GTK+ GUI}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008833 Controls the size of toolbar icons. The possible values are:
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01008834 tiny Use tiny icons.
8835 small Use small icons (default).
8836 medium Use medium-sized icons.
8837 large Use large icons.
8838 huge Use even larger icons.
8839 giant Use very big icons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008840 The exact dimensions in pixels of the various icon sizes depend on
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01008841 the current theme. Common dimensions are giant=48x48, huge=32x32,
8842 large=24x24, medium=24x24, small=20x20 and tiny=16x16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008843
8844 If 'toolbariconsize' is empty, the global default size as determined
8845 by user preferences or the current theme is used.
8846
8847 *'ttybuiltin'* *'tbi'* *'nottybuiltin'* *'notbi'*
8848'ttybuiltin' 'tbi' boolean (default on)
8849 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008850 When on, the builtin termcaps are searched before the external ones.
8851 When off the builtin termcaps are searched after the external ones.
8852 When this option is changed, you should set the 'term' option next for
8853 the change to take effect, for example: >
8854 :set notbi term=$TERM
8855< See also |termcap|.
8856 Rationale: The default for this option is "on", because the builtin
8857 termcap entries are generally better (many systems contain faulty
8858 xterm entries...).
8859
8860 *'ttyfast'* *'tf'* *'nottyfast'* *'notf'*
Bram Moolenaarc1cf4c92022-11-25 15:09:35 +00008861'ttyfast' 'tf' boolean (default on)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008862 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008863 Indicates a fast terminal connection. More characters will be sent to
8864 the screen for redrawing, instead of using insert/delete line
8865 commands. Improves smoothness of redrawing when there are multiple
8866 windows and the terminal does not support a scrolling region.
8867 Also enables the extra writing of characters at the end of each screen
8868 line for lines that wrap. This helps when using copy/paste with the
8869 mouse in an xterm and other terminals.
8870
Bram Moolenaarc1cf4c92022-11-25 15:09:35 +00008871 The default used to be set only for some terminal names, but these
8872 days nearly all terminals are fast, therefore the default is now "on".
8873 If you have a slow connection you may want to set this option off,
8874 e.g. depending on the host name: >
8875 if hostname() =~ 'faraway'
8876 set nottyfast
8877 endif
8878<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008879 *'ttymouse'* *'ttym'*
8880'ttymouse' 'ttym' string (default depends on 'term')
8881 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008882 {only in Unix and VMS, doesn't work in the GUI; not
8883 available when compiled without |+mouse|}
8884 Name of the terminal type for which mouse codes are to be recognized.
Bram Moolenaar2c7a7632007-05-10 18:19:11 +00008885 Currently these strings are valid:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008886 *xterm-mouse*
8887 xterm xterm-like mouse handling. The mouse generates
8888 "<Esc>[Mscr", where "scr" is three bytes:
8889 "s" = button state
8890 "c" = column plus 33
8891 "r" = row plus 33
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02008892 This only works up to 223 columns! See "dec",
8893 "urxvt", and "sgr" for solutions.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008894 xterm2 Works like "xterm", but with the xterm reporting the
8895 mouse position while the mouse is dragged. This works
8896 much faster and more precise. Your xterm must at
Bram Moolenaarbc7aa852005-03-06 23:38:09 +00008897 least at patchlevel 88 / XFree 3.3.3 for this to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008898 work. See below for how Vim detects this
8899 automatically.
8900 *netterm-mouse*
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02008901 netterm NetTerm mouse handling. A left mouse click generates
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008902 "<Esc>}r,c<CR>", where "r,c" are two decimal numbers
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02008903 for the row and column. No other mouse events are
8904 supported.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008905 *dec-mouse*
8906 dec DEC terminal mouse handling. The mouse generates a
8907 rather complex sequence, starting with "<Esc>[".
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00008908 This is also available for an Xterm, if it was
8909 configured with "--enable-dec-locator".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008910 *jsbterm-mouse*
8911 jsbterm JSB term mouse handling.
8912 *pterm-mouse*
8913 pterm QNX pterm mouse handling.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01008914 *urxvt-mouse*
8915 urxvt Mouse handling for the urxvt (rxvt-unicode) terminal.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02008916 The mouse works only if the terminal supports this
8917 encoding style, but it does not have 223 columns limit
8918 unlike "xterm" or "xterm2".
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02008919 *sgr-mouse*
8920 sgr Mouse handling for the terminal that emits SGR-styled
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02008921 mouse reporting. The mouse works even in columns
8922 beyond 223. This option is backward compatible with
8923 "xterm2" because it can also decode "xterm2" style
8924 mouse codes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008925
8926 The mouse handling must be enabled at compile time |+mouse_xterm|
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02008927 |+mouse_dec| |+mouse_netterm| |+mouse_jsbterm| |+mouse_urxvt|
8928 |+mouse_sgr|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008929 Only "xterm"(2) is really recognized. NetTerm mouse codes are always
8930 recognized, if enabled at compile time. DEC terminal mouse codes
8931 are recognized if enabled at compile time, and 'ttymouse' is not
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02008932 "xterm", "xterm2", "urxvt" or "sgr" (because dec mouse codes conflict
8933 with them).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008934 This option is automatically set to "xterm", when the 'term' option is
Bram Moolenaar45758762016-10-12 23:08:06 +02008935 set to a name that starts with "xterm", "mlterm", "screen", "tmux",
8936 "st" (full match only), "st-" or "stterm", and 'ttymouse' is not set
8937 already.
Bram Moolenaar06cd14d2023-01-10 12:37:38 +00008938 If the terminfo/termcap entry "XM" exists and the first number is
8939 "1006" then 'ttymouse' will be set to "sgr". This works for many
8940 modern terminals.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02008941 Additionally, if vim is compiled with the |+termresponse| feature and
8942 |t_RV| is set to the escape sequence to request the xterm version
Bram Moolenaarf8a07122019-07-01 22:06:07 +02008943 number, more intelligent detection is done.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008944 The "xterm2" value will be set if the xterm version is reported to be
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +01008945 from 95 to 276. The "sgr" value will be set if Vim detects Mac
8946 Terminal.app, iTerm2 or mintty, and when the xterm version is 277 or
8947 higher.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02008948 If you do not want 'ttymouse' to be set to "xterm2" or "sgr"
8949 automatically, set t_RV to an empty string: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008950 :set t_RV=
8951<
8952 *'ttyscroll'* *'tsl'*
8953'ttyscroll' 'tsl' number (default 999)
8954 global
8955 Maximum number of lines to scroll the screen. If there are more lines
8956 to scroll the window is redrawn. For terminals where scrolling is
8957 very slow and redrawing is not slow this can be set to a small number,
8958 e.g., 3, to speed up displaying.
8959
8960 *'ttytype'* *'tty'*
8961'ttytype' 'tty' string (default from $TERM)
8962 global
8963 Alias for 'term', see above.
8964
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02008965 *'undodir'* *'udir'*
8966'undodir' 'udir' string (default ".")
8967 global
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008968 {only when compiled with the |+persistent_undo| feature}
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02008969 List of directory names for undo files, separated with commas.
Bram Moolenaarb230bd52010-05-25 21:02:00 +02008970 See |'backupdir'| for details of the format.
Bram Moolenaar6a244fe2010-05-24 22:02:24 +02008971 "." means using the directory of the file. The undo file name for
8972 "file.txt" is ".file.txt.un~".
8973 For other directories the file name is the full path of the edited
8974 file, with path separators replaced with "%".
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02008975 When writing: The first directory that exists is used. "." always
8976 works, no directories after "." will be used for writing.
8977 When reading all entries are tried to find an undo file. The first
8978 undo file that exists is used. When it cannot be read an error is
8979 given, no further entry is used.
8980 See |undo-persistence|.
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02008981 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
8982 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02008983
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02008984 *'undofile'* *'noundofile'* *'udf'* *'noudf'*
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02008985'undofile' 'udf' boolean (default off)
8986 local to buffer
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008987 {only when compiled with the |+persistent_undo| feature}
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02008988 When on, Vim automatically saves undo history to an undo file when
8989 writing a buffer to a file, and restores undo history from the same
8990 file on buffer read.
Bram Moolenaarb230bd52010-05-25 21:02:00 +02008991 The directory where the undo file is stored is specified by 'undodir'.
8992 For more information about this feature see |undo-persistence|.
Bram Moolenaar59f931e2010-07-24 20:27:03 +02008993 The undo file is not read when 'undoreload' causes the buffer from
8994 before a reload to be saved for undo.
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01008995 When 'undofile' is turned off the undo file is NOT deleted.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01008996 NOTE: This option is reset when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +02008997
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008998 *'undolevels'* *'ul'*
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +01008999'undolevels' 'ul' number (default 100, 1000 for Unix, VMS and Win32)
Bram Moolenaarf5a2fd82013-11-06 05:26:15 +01009000 global or local to buffer |global-local|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009001 Maximum number of changes that can be undone. Since undo information
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +02009002 is kept in memory, higher numbers will cause more memory to be used.
9003 Nevertheless, a single change can already use a large amount of memory.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009004 Set to 0 for Vi compatibility: One level of undo and "u" undoes
9005 itself: >
9006 set ul=0
9007< But you can also get Vi compatibility by including the 'u' flag in
9008 'cpoptions', and still be able to use CTRL-R to repeat undo.
Bram Moolenaar945e2db2010-06-05 17:43:32 +02009009 Also see |undo-two-ways|.
Bram Moolenaarf5a2fd82013-11-06 05:26:15 +01009010 Set to -1 for no undo at all. You might want to do this only for the
9011 current buffer: >
9012 setlocal ul=-1
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009013< This helps when you run out of memory for a single change.
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01009014
9015 The local value is set to -123456 when the global value is to be used.
9016
Bram Moolenaar945e2db2010-06-05 17:43:32 +02009017 Also see |clear-undo|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009018
Bram Moolenaar59f931e2010-07-24 20:27:03 +02009019 *'undoreload'* *'ur'*
9020'undoreload' 'ur' number (default 10000)
9021 global
Bram Moolenaar59f931e2010-07-24 20:27:03 +02009022 Save the whole buffer for undo when reloading it. This applies to the
9023 ":e!" command and reloading for when the buffer changed outside of
9024 Vim. |FileChangedShell|
Bram Moolenaar24a98a02017-09-27 22:23:55 +02009025 The save only happens when this option is negative or when the number
Bram Moolenaar59f931e2010-07-24 20:27:03 +02009026 of lines is smaller than the value of this option.
9027 Set this option to zero to disable undo for a reload.
9028
9029 When saving undo for a reload, any undo file is not read.
9030
9031 Note that this causes the whole buffer to be stored in memory. Set
9032 this option to a lower value if you run out of memory.
9033
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009034 *'updatecount'* *'uc'*
9035'updatecount' 'uc' number (default: 200)
9036 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009037 After typing this many characters the swap file will be written to
9038 disk. When zero, no swap file will be created at all (see chapter on
9039 recovery |crash-recovery|). 'updatecount' is set to zero by starting
9040 Vim with the "-n" option, see |startup|. When editing in readonly
9041 mode this option will be initialized to 10000.
9042 The swapfile can be disabled per buffer with |'swapfile'|.
9043 When 'updatecount' is set from zero to non-zero, swap files are
9044 created for all buffers that have 'swapfile' set. When 'updatecount'
9045 is set to zero, existing swap files are not deleted.
9046 Also see |'swapsync'|.
9047 This option has no meaning in buffers where |'buftype'| is "nofile"
9048 or "nowrite".
9049
9050 *'updatetime'* *'ut'*
9051'updatetime' 'ut' number (default 4000)
9052 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009053 If this many milliseconds nothing is typed the swap file will be
9054 written to disk (see |crash-recovery|). Also used for the
9055 |CursorHold| autocommand event.
9056
Bram Moolenaar04958cb2018-06-23 19:23:02 +02009057 *'varsofttabstop'* *'vsts'*
9058'varsofttabstop' 'vsts' string (default "")
9059 local to buffer
9060 {only available when compiled with the |+vartabs|
9061 feature}
Bram Moolenaar04958cb2018-06-23 19:23:02 +02009062 A list of the number of spaces that a <Tab> counts for while editing,
9063 such as inserting a <Tab> or using <BS>. It "feels" like variable-
9064 width <Tab>s are being inserted, while in fact a mixture of spaces
9065 and <Tab>s is used. Tab widths are separated with commas, with the
9066 final value applying to all subsequent tabs.
9067
9068 For example, when editing assembly language files where statements
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +02009069 start in the 9th column and comments in the 41st, it may be useful
Bram Moolenaar04958cb2018-06-23 19:23:02 +02009070 to use the following: >
9071 :set varsofttabstop=8,32,8
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +02009072< This will set soft tabstops with 8 and 8 + 32 spaces, and 8 more
9073 for every column thereafter.
Bram Moolenaar04958cb2018-06-23 19:23:02 +02009074
9075 Note that the value of |'softtabstop'| will be ignored while
9076 'varsofttabstop' is set.
9077
9078 *'vartabstop'* *'vts'*
9079'vartabstop' 'vts' string (default "")
9080 local to buffer
9081 {only available when compiled with the |+vartabs|
9082 feature}
Bram Moolenaar04958cb2018-06-23 19:23:02 +02009083 A list of the number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for,
9084 separated by commas. Each value corresponds to one tab, with the
9085 final value applying to all subsequent tabs. For example: >
9086 :set vartabstop=4,20,10,8
9087< This will make the first tab 4 spaces wide, the second 20 spaces,
9088 the third 10 spaces, and all following tabs 8 spaces.
9089
9090 Note that the value of |'tabstop'| will be ignored while 'vartabstop'
9091 is set.
9092
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009093 *'verbose'* *'vbs'*
9094'verbose' 'vbs' number (default 0)
9095 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009096 When bigger than zero, Vim will give messages about what it is doing.
9097 Currently, these messages are given:
9098 >= 1 When the viminfo file is read or written.
9099 >= 2 When a file is ":source"'ed.
Bram Moolenaar647a5302020-05-03 17:01:24 +02009100 >= 4 Shell commands.
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00009101 >= 5 Every searched tags file and include file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009102 >= 8 Files for which a group of autocommands is executed.
9103 >= 9 Every executed autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar647a5302020-05-03 17:01:24 +02009104 >= 11 Finding items in a path
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009105 >= 12 Every executed function.
9106 >= 13 When an exception is thrown, caught, finished, or discarded.
9107 >= 14 Anything pending in a ":finally" clause.
Bram Moolenaar823654b2020-05-29 23:03:09 +02009108 >= 15 Every executed Ex command from a script (truncated at 200
9109 characters).
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02009110 >= 16 Every executed Ex command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009111
9112 This option can also be set with the "-V" argument. See |-V|.
9113 This option is also set by the |:verbose| command.
9114
Bram Moolenaar5c06f8b2005-05-31 22:14:58 +00009115 When the 'verbosefile' option is set then the verbose messages are not
9116 displayed.
9117
9118 *'verbosefile'* *'vfile'*
9119'verbosefile' 'vfile' string (default empty)
9120 global
Bram Moolenaar5c06f8b2005-05-31 22:14:58 +00009121 When not empty all messages are written in a file with this name.
9122 When the file exists messages are appended.
9123 Writing to the file ends when Vim exits or when 'verbosefile' is made
Bram Moolenaar80794b12010-06-13 05:20:42 +02009124 empty. Writes are buffered, thus may not show up for some time.
Bram Moolenaar5c06f8b2005-05-31 22:14:58 +00009125 Setting 'verbosefile' to a new value is like making it empty first.
9126 The difference with |:redir| is that verbose messages are not
9127 displayed when 'verbosefile' is set.
dkearns8ebdbc92023-10-29 06:26:19 +11009128 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
9129 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar5c06f8b2005-05-31 22:14:58 +00009130
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009131 *'viewdir'* *'vdir'*
h_east59858792023-10-25 22:47:05 +09009132'viewdir' 'vdir' string (default for Amiga: "home:vimfiles/view",
Bram Moolenaar801961d2023-06-23 16:15:13 +01009133 for Win32: "$HOME/vimfiles/view",
Christian Brabandtc3e6e392024-05-04 09:48:15 +02009134 for Unix: "$HOME/.vim/view" or
9135 "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/view"
Bram Moolenaar801961d2023-06-23 16:15:13 +01009136 for VMS: "sys$login:vimfiles/view")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009137 global
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02009138 {not available when compiled without the |+mksession|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009139 feature}
9140 Name of the directory where to store files for |:mkview|.
Christian Brabandtc3e6e392024-05-04 09:48:15 +02009141 For $XDG_CONFIG_HOME see |xdg-base-dir|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009142 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
9143 security reasons.
9144
9145 *'viewoptions'* *'vop'*
Bram Moolenaar13e90412017-11-11 18:16:48 +01009146'viewoptions' 'vop' string (default: "folds,options,cursor,curdir")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009147 global
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02009148 {not available when compiled without the |+mksession|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009149 feature}
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01009150 Changes the effect of the |:mkview| command. It is a comma-separated
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009151 list of words. Each word enables saving and restoring something:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009152 word save and restore ~
9153 cursor cursor position in file and in window
9154 folds manually created folds, opened/closed folds and local
9155 fold options
9156 options options and mappings local to a window or buffer (not
9157 global values for local options)
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02009158 localoptions same as "options"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009159 slash backslashes in file names replaced with forward
9160 slashes
9161 unix with Unix end-of-line format (single <NL>), even when
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01009162 on MS-Windows
Bram Moolenaar13e90412017-11-11 18:16:48 +01009163 curdir the window-local directory, if set with `:lcd`
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009164
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01009165 "slash" and "unix" are useful on MS-Windows when sharing view files
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009166 with Unix. The Unix version of Vim cannot source dos format scripts,
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01009167 but the MS-Windows version of Vim can source unix format scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009168
9169 *'viminfo'* *'vi'* *E526* *E527* *E528*
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +01009170'viminfo' 'vi' string (Vi default: "", Vim default for
9171 MS-Windows: '100,<50,s10,h,rA:,rB:,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01009172 for Amiga: '100,<50,s10,h,rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:
9173 for others: '100,<50,s10,h)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009174 global
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02009175 {not available when compiled without the |+viminfo|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009176 feature}
9177 When non-empty, the viminfo file is read upon startup and written
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02009178 when exiting Vim (see |viminfo-file|). Except when 'viminfofile' is
9179 "NONE".
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01009180 The string should be a comma-separated list of parameters, each
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02009181 consisting of a single character identifying the particular parameter,
9182 followed by a number or string which specifies the value of that
9183 parameter. If a particular character is left out, then the default
9184 value is used for that parameter. The following is a list of the
9185 identifying characters and the effect of their value.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009186 CHAR VALUE ~
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009187 *viminfo-!*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009188 ! When included, save and restore global variables that start
9189 with an uppercase letter, and don't contain a lowercase
9190 letter. Thus "KEEPTHIS and "K_L_M" are stored, but "KeepThis"
Bram Moolenaar680eeca2010-10-20 17:44:42 +02009191 and "_K_L_M" are not. Nested List and Dict items may not be
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01009192 read back correctly, you end up with an empty item.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009193 *viminfo-quote*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009194 " Maximum number of lines saved for each register. Old name of
9195 the '<' item, with the disadvantage that you need to put a
9196 backslash before the ", otherwise it will be recognized as the
9197 start of a comment!
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009198 *viminfo-%*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009199 % When included, save and restore the buffer list. If Vim is
9200 started with a file name argument, the buffer list is not
9201 restored. If Vim is started without a file name argument, the
Bram Moolenaard042dc82015-11-24 19:18:36 +01009202 buffer list is restored from the viminfo file. Quickfix
9203 ('buftype'), unlisted ('buflisted'), unnamed and buffers on
9204 removable media (|viminfo-r|) are not saved.
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +00009205 When followed by a number, the number specifies the maximum
9206 number of buffers that are stored. Without a number all
9207 buffers are stored.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009208 *viminfo-'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009209 ' Maximum number of previously edited files for which the marks
9210 are remembered. This parameter must always be included when
9211 'viminfo' is non-empty.
9212 Including this item also means that the |jumplist| and the
9213 |changelist| are stored in the viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009214 *viminfo-/*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009215 / Maximum number of items in the search pattern history to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009216 saved. If non-zero, then the previous search and substitute
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009217 patterns are also saved. When not included, the value of
9218 'history' is used.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009219 *viminfo-:*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009220 : Maximum number of items in the command-line history to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009221 saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009222 *viminfo-<*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009223 < Maximum number of lines saved for each register. If zero then
9224 registers are not saved. When not included, all lines are
9225 saved. '"' is the old name for this item.
9226 Also see the 's' item below: limit specified in Kbyte.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009227 *viminfo-@*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009228 @ Maximum number of items in the input-line history to be
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009229 saved. When not included, the value of 'history' is used.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009230 *viminfo-c*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009231 c When included, convert the text in the viminfo file from the
9232 'encoding' used when writing the file to the current
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00009233 'encoding'. See |viminfo-encoding|.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009234 *viminfo-f*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009235 f Whether file marks need to be stored. If zero, file marks ('0
9236 to '9, 'A to 'Z) are not stored. When not present or when
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009237 non-zero, they are all stored. '0 is used for the current
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009238 cursor position (when exiting or when doing ":wviminfo").
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009239 *viminfo-h*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009240 h Disable the effect of 'hlsearch' when loading the viminfo
9241 file. When not included, it depends on whether ":nohlsearch"
9242 has been used since the last search command.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009243 *viminfo-n*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009244 n Name of the viminfo file. The name must immediately follow
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02009245 the 'n'. Must be at the end of the option! If the
9246 'viminfofile' option is set, that file name overrides the one
9247 given here with 'viminfo'. Environment variables are
Bram Moolenaar063b9d12016-07-09 20:21:48 +02009248 expanded when opening the file, not when setting the option.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009249 *viminfo-r*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009250 r Removable media. The argument is a string (up to the next
9251 ','). This parameter can be given several times. Each
9252 specifies the start of a path for which no marks will be
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01009253 stored. This is to avoid removable media. For MS-Windows you
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009254 could use "ra:,rb:", for Amiga "rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:". You can
9255 also use it for temp files, e.g., for Unix: "r/tmp". Case is
9256 ignored. Maximum length of each 'r' argument is 50
9257 characters.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01009258 *viminfo-s*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009259 s Maximum size of an item in Kbyte. If zero then registers are
9260 not saved. Currently only applies to registers. The default
9261 "s10" will exclude registers with more than 10 Kbyte of text.
9262 Also see the '<' item above: line count limit.
9263
9264 Example: >
9265 :set viminfo='50,<1000,s100,:0,n~/vim/viminfo
9266<
9267 '50 Marks will be remembered for the last 50 files you
9268 edited.
9269 <1000 Contents of registers (up to 1000 lines each) will be
9270 remembered.
9271 s100 Registers with more than 100 Kbyte text are skipped.
9272 :0 Command-line history will not be saved.
9273 n~/vim/viminfo The name of the file to use is "~/vim/viminfo".
9274 no / Since '/' is not specified, the default will be used,
9275 that is, save all of the search history, and also the
9276 previous search and substitute patterns.
9277 no % The buffer list will not be saved nor read back.
9278 no h 'hlsearch' highlighting will be restored.
9279
9280 When setting 'viminfo' from an empty value you can use |:rviminfo| to
9281 load the contents of the file, this is not done automatically.
9282
9283 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
9284 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01009285 NOTE: This option is set to the Vim default value when 'compatible'
9286 is reset.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009287
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02009288 *'viminfofile'* *'vif'*
9289'viminfofile' 'vif' string (default: "")
9290 global
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02009291 {not available when compiled without the |+viminfo|
9292 feature}
9293 When non-empty, overrides the file name used for viminfo.
9294 When equal to "NONE" no viminfo file will be read or written.
9295 This option can be set with the |-i| command line flag. The |--clean|
9296 command line flag sets it to "NONE".
Bram Moolenaar110289e2019-05-23 15:38:06 +02009297 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
9298 security reasons.
Bram Moolenaarc4da1132017-07-15 19:39:43 +02009299
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009300 *'virtualedit'* *'ve'*
9301'virtualedit' 've' string (default "")
Gary Johnson51ad8502021-08-03 18:33:08 +02009302 global or local to window |global-local|
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01009303 A comma-separated list of these words:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009304 block Allow virtual editing in Visual block mode.
9305 insert Allow virtual editing in Insert mode.
9306 all Allow virtual editing in all modes.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00009307 onemore Allow the cursor to move just past the end of the line
Gary Johnson53ba05b2021-07-26 22:19:10 +02009308 none When used as the local value, do not allow virtual
9309 editing even when the global value is set. When used
9310 as the global value, "none" is the same as "".
9311 NONE Alternative spelling of "none".
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009312
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009313 Virtual editing means that the cursor can be positioned where there is
Bram Moolenaarebcbd022007-05-12 14:28:25 +00009314 no actual character. This can be halfway into a tab or beyond the end
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009315 of the line. Useful for selecting a rectangle in Visual mode and
9316 editing a table.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00009317 "onemore" is not the same, it will only allow moving the cursor just
9318 after the last character of the line. This makes some commands more
9319 consistent. Previously the cursor was always past the end of the line
9320 if the line was empty. But it is far from Vi compatible. It may also
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009321 break some plugins or Vim scripts. For example because |l| can move
9322 the cursor after the last character. Use with care!
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02009323 Using the `$` command will move to the last character in the line, not
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009324 past it. This may actually move the cursor to the left!
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02009325 The `g$` command will move to the end of the screen line.
Bram Moolenaarefd2bf12006-03-16 21:41:35 +00009326 It doesn't make sense to combine "all" with "onemore", but you will
9327 not get a warning for it.
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +02009328 When combined with other words, "none" is ignored.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01009329 NOTE: This option is set to "" when 'compatible' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009330
9331 *'visualbell'* *'vb'* *'novisualbell'* *'novb'* *beep*
9332'visualbell' 'vb' boolean (default off)
9333 global
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02009334 Use a visual bell instead of beeping. The terminal code to display the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009335 visual bell is given with 't_vb'. When no beep or flash is wanted,
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02009336 use: >
9337 :set vb t_vb=
9338< If you want a short flash, you can use this on many terminals: >
9339 :set vb t_vb=[?5h$<100>[?5l
9340< Here $<100> specifies the time, you can use a smaller or bigger value
9341 to get a shorter or longer flash.
9342
9343 Note: Vim will limit the bell to once per half a second. This avoids
9344 having to wait for the flashing to finish when there are lots of
9345 bells, e.g. on key repeat. This also happens without 'visualbell'
9346 set.
9347
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009348 In the GUI, 't_vb' defaults to "<Esc>|f", which inverts the display
9349 for 20 msec. If you want to use a different time, use "<Esc>|40f",
9350 where 40 is the time in msec.
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02009351
9352 Note: When the GUI starts, 't_vb' is reset to its default value. You
9353 might want to set it again in your |gvimrc|.
9354
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009355 Does not work on the Amiga, you always get a screen flash.
9356 Also see 'errorbells'.
9357
9358 *'warn'* *'nowarn'*
9359'warn' boolean (default on)
9360 global
9361 Give a warning message when a shell command is used while the buffer
9362 has been changed.
9363
9364 *'weirdinvert'* *'wiv'* *'noweirdinvert'* *'nowiv'*
9365'weirdinvert' 'wiv' boolean (default off)
9366 global
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00009367 This option has the same effect as the 't_xs' terminal option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009368 It is provided for backwards compatibility with version 4.x.
9369 Setting 'weirdinvert' has the effect of making 't_xs' non-empty, and
9370 vice versa. Has no effect when the GUI is running.
9371
9372 *'whichwrap'* *'ww'*
9373'whichwrap' 'ww' string (Vim default: "b,s", Vi default: "")
9374 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009375 Allow specified keys that move the cursor left/right to move to the
9376 previous/next line when the cursor is on the first/last character in
9377 the line. Concatenate characters to allow this for these keys:
9378 char key mode ~
9379 b <BS> Normal and Visual
9380 s <Space> Normal and Visual
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00009381 h "h" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
9382 l "l" Normal and Visual (not recommended)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009383 < <Left> Normal and Visual
9384 > <Right> Normal and Visual
9385 ~ "~" Normal
9386 [ <Left> Insert and Replace
9387 ] <Right> Insert and Replace
9388 For example: >
9389 :set ww=<,>,[,]
9390< allows wrap only when cursor keys are used.
9391 When the movement keys are used in combination with a delete or change
9392 operator, the <EOL> also counts for a character. This makes "3h"
9393 different from "3dh" when the cursor crosses the end of a line. This
9394 is also true for "x" and "X", because they do the same as "dl" and
9395 "dh". If you use this, you may also want to use the mapping
9396 ":map <BS> X" to make backspace delete the character in front of the
9397 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00009398 When 'l' is included and it is used after an operator at the end of a
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02009399 line (not an empty line) then it will not move to the next line. This
9400 makes "dl", "cl", "yl" etc. work normally.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009401 NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
9402 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
9403
9404 *'wildchar'* *'wc'*
9405'wildchar' 'wc' number (Vim default: <Tab>, Vi default: CTRL-E)
9406 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009407 Character you have to type to start wildcard expansion in the
9408 command-line, as specified with 'wildmode'.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009409 More info here: |cmdline-completion|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009410 The character is not recognized when used inside a macro. See
9411 'wildcharm' for that.
Bram Moolenaar34cc7d82021-09-21 20:09:51 +02009412 Some keys will not work, such as CTRL-C, <CR> and Enter.
Yee Cheng Chin8f4fb002023-10-17 10:06:56 +02009413 <Esc> can be used, but hitting it twice in a row will still exit
9414 command-line as a failsafe measure.
Millya9c6f902024-10-06 16:47:02 +02009415 Although 'wc' is a number option, it can be specified as a number, a
9416 single character, a |key-notation| (e.g. <Up>, <C-F>) or a letter
9417 preceded with a caret (e.g. `^F` is CTRL-F): >
9418 :set wc=27
9419 :set wc=X
9420 :set wc=^I
Bram Moolenaar34cc7d82021-09-21 20:09:51 +02009421 :set wc=<Tab>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009422< NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
9423 set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
9424
9425 *'wildcharm'* *'wcm'*
9426'wildcharm' 'wcm' number (default: none (0))
9427 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009428 'wildcharm' works exactly like 'wildchar', except that it is
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00009429 recognized when used inside a macro. You can find "spare" command-line
9430 keys suitable for this option by looking at |ex-edit-index|. Normally
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009431 you'll never actually type 'wildcharm', just use it in mappings that
9432 automatically invoke completion mode, e.g.: >
9433 :set wcm=<C-Z>
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009434 :cnoremap ss so $vim/sessions/*.vim<C-Z>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009435< Then after typing :ss you can use CTRL-P & CTRL-N.
9436
9437 *'wildignore'* *'wig'*
9438'wildignore' 'wig' string (default "")
9439 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009440 A list of file patterns. A file that matches with one of these
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02009441 patterns is ignored when expanding |wildcards|, completing file or
9442 directory names, and influences the result of |expand()|, |glob()| and
9443 |globpath()| unless a flag is passed to disable this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009444 The pattern is used like with |:autocmd|, see |autocmd-patterns|.
9445 Also see 'suffixes'.
9446 Example: >
9447 :set wildignore=*.o,*.obj
9448< The use of |:set+=| and |:set-=| is preferred when adding or removing
9449 a pattern from the list. This avoids problems when a future version
9450 uses another default.
9451
h_east596a9f22023-11-21 21:24:23 +09009452 *'wildignorecase'* *'wic'* *'nowildignorecase'* *'nowic'*
Bram Moolenaar94950a92010-12-02 16:01:29 +01009453'wildignorecase' 'wic' boolean (default off)
9454 global
Bram Moolenaar94950a92010-12-02 16:01:29 +01009455 When set case is ignored when completing file names and directories.
Bram Moolenaar71afbfe2013-03-19 16:49:16 +01009456 Has no effect when 'fileignorecase' is set.
Bram Moolenaar94950a92010-12-02 16:01:29 +01009457 Does not apply when the shell is used to expand wildcards, which
9458 happens when there are special characters.
9459
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009460 *'wildmenu'* *'wmnu'* *'nowildmenu'* *'nowmnu'*
Luca Saccarola437bc132024-11-14 21:21:17 +01009461'wildmenu' 'wmnu' boolean (default on)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009462 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009463 When 'wildmenu' is on, command-line completion operates in an enhanced
9464 mode. On pressing 'wildchar' (usually <Tab>) to invoke completion,
Bram Moolenaar54162322022-08-26 16:58:51 +01009465 the possible matches are shown.
9466 When 'wildoptions' contains "pum", then the completion matches are
9467 shown in a popup menu. Otherwise they are displayed just above the
9468 command line, with the first match highlighted (overwriting the status
9469 line, if there is one).
Yegappan Lakshmanan3908ef52022-02-08 12:08:07 +00009470 Keys that show the previous/next match, such as <Tab> or
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009471 CTRL-P/CTRL-N, cause the highlight to move to the appropriate match.
9472 When 'wildmode' is used, "wildmenu" mode is used where "full" is
9473 specified. "longest" and "list" do not start "wildmenu" mode.
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01009474 You can check the current mode with |wildmenumode()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009475 If there are more matches than can fit in the line, a ">" is shown on
9476 the right and/or a "<" is shown on the left. The status line scrolls
9477 as needed.
9478 The "wildmenu" mode is abandoned when a key is hit that is not used
9479 for selecting a completion.
Yee Cheng Chin2bbd0d32023-10-14 02:23:45 -07009480 While the "wildmenu" is active, the following keys have special
9481 meanings:
9482 CTRL-P - go to the previous entry
9483 CTRL-N - go to the next entry
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009484 <CR> - in menu completion, when the cursor is just after a
9485 dot: move into a submenu.
Yee Cheng Chin209ec902023-10-17 10:56:25 +02009486 CTRL-E - end completion, go back to what was there before
9487 selecting a match.
9488 CTRL-Y - accept the currently selected match and stop
9489 completion.
Yee Cheng Chin2bbd0d32023-10-14 02:23:45 -07009490
9491 When not using the popup menu for command line completion, the
9492 following keys have special meanings:
9493 <Left> <Right> - select previous/next match (like CTRL-P/CTRL-N)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009494 <Up> - in filename/menu name completion: move up into
9495 parent directory or parent menu.
Yee Cheng Chin2bbd0d32023-10-14 02:23:45 -07009496 <Down> - in filename/menu name completion: move into a
9497 subdirectory or submenu.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009498
Yegappan Lakshmanan3908ef52022-02-08 12:08:07 +00009499 When using the popup menu for command line completion, the following
9500 keys have special meanings:
Yee Cheng Chin2bbd0d32023-10-14 02:23:45 -07009501 <Up> <Down> - select previous/next match (like CTRL-P/CTRL-N)
zeertzjq3c81f472023-10-15 16:02:08 +08009502 <PageUp> - select a match several entries back
9503 <PageDown> - select a match several entries further
Yegappan Lakshmanan3908ef52022-02-08 12:08:07 +00009504 <Left> - in filename/menu name completion: move up into
9505 parent directory or parent menu.
9506 <Right> - in filename/menu name completion: move into a
9507 subdirectory or submenu.
Yegappan Lakshmanan3908ef52022-02-08 12:08:07 +00009508
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009509 This makes the menus accessible from the console |console-menus|.
9510
9511 If you prefer the <Left> and <Right> keys to move the cursor instead
9512 of selecting a different match, use this: >
9513 :cnoremap <Left> <Space><BS><Left>
9514 :cnoremap <Right> <Space><BS><Right>
9515<
9516 The "WildMenu" highlighting is used for displaying the current match
9517 |hl-WildMenu|.
9518
9519 *'wildmode'* *'wim'*
9520'wildmode' 'wim' string (Vim default: "full")
9521 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009522 Completion mode that is used for the character specified with
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01009523 'wildchar'. It is a comma-separated list of up to four parts. Each
Bram Moolenaar02467872007-05-06 13:22:01 +00009524 part specifies what to do for each consecutive use of 'wildchar'. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009525 first part specifies the behavior for the first use of 'wildchar',
9526 The second part for the second use, etc.
Bram Moolenaar130cbfc2021-04-07 21:07:20 +02009527
9528 Each part consists of a colon separated list consisting of the
9529 following possible values:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009530 "" Complete only the first match.
9531 "full" Complete the next full match. After the last match,
9532 the original string is used and then the first match
Bram Moolenaar130cbfc2021-04-07 21:07:20 +02009533 again. Will also start 'wildmenu' if it is enabled.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009534 "longest" Complete till longest common string. If this doesn't
9535 result in a longer string, use the next part.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009536 "list" When more than one match, list all matches.
Bram Moolenaar130cbfc2021-04-07 21:07:20 +02009537 "lastused" When completing buffer names and more than one buffer
9538 matches, sort buffers by time last used (other than
9539 the current buffer).
9540 When there is only a single match, it is fully completed in all cases.
9541
9542 Examples of useful colon-separated values:
9543 "longest:full" Like "longest", but also start 'wildmenu' if it is
9544 enabled. Will not complete to the next full match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009545 "list:full" When more than one match, list all matches and
9546 complete first match.
9547 "list:longest" When more than one match, list all matches and
9548 complete till longest common string.
Bram Moolenaar130cbfc2021-04-07 21:07:20 +02009549 "list:lastused" When more than one buffer matches, list all matches
9550 and sort buffers by time last used (other than the
9551 current buffer).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009552
9553 Examples: >
9554 :set wildmode=full
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00009555< Complete first full match, next match, etc. (the default) >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009556 :set wildmode=longest,full
9557< Complete longest common string, then each full match >
9558 :set wildmode=list:full
9559< List all matches and complete each full match >
9560 :set wildmode=list,full
9561< List all matches without completing, then each full match >
9562 :set wildmode=longest,list
9563< Complete longest common string, then list alternatives.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009564 More info here: |cmdline-completion|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009565
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00009566 *'wildoptions'* *'wop'*
9567'wildoptions' 'wop' string (default "")
9568 global
Yegappan Lakshmanan3908ef52022-02-08 12:08:07 +00009569 A list of words that change how |cmdline-completion| is done.
9570 The following values are supported:
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +00009571 fuzzy Use |fuzzy-matching| to find completion matches. When
Yegappan Lakshmanan38b85cb2022-02-24 13:28:41 +00009572 this value is specified, wildcard expansion will not
9573 be used for completion. The matches will be sorted by
9574 the "best match" rather than alphabetically sorted.
9575 This will find more matches than the wildcard
9576 expansion. Currently fuzzy matching based completion
9577 is not supported for file and directory names and
9578 instead wildcard expansion is used.
Bram Moolenaar8a3b8052022-06-26 12:21:15 +01009579 pum Display the completion matches using the popup menu
Yegappan Lakshmanan3908ef52022-02-08 12:08:07 +00009580 in the same style as the |ins-completion-menu|.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00009581 tagfile When using CTRL-D to list matching tags, the kind of
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00009582 tag and the file of the tag is listed. Only one match
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00009583 is displayed per line. Often used tag kinds are:
9584 d #define
9585 f function
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00009586
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009587 *'winaltkeys'* *'wak'*
9588'winaltkeys' 'wak' string (default "menu")
9589 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009590 {only used in Win32, Motif, GTK and Photon GUI}
9591 Some GUI versions allow the access to menu entries by using the ALT
9592 key in combination with a character that appears underlined in the
9593 menu. This conflicts with the use of the ALT key for mappings and
9594 entering special characters. This option tells what to do:
9595 no Don't use ALT keys for menus. ALT key combinations can be
9596 mapped, but there is no automatic handling. This can then be
9597 done with the |:simalt| command.
9598 yes ALT key handling is done by the windowing system. ALT key
9599 combinations cannot be mapped.
9600 menu Using ALT in combination with a character that is a menu
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009601 shortcut key, will be handled by the windowing system. Other
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009602 keys can be mapped.
9603 If the menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', the ALT
9604 key is never used for the menu.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00009605 This option is not used for <F10>; on Win32 and with GTK <F10> will
9606 select the menu, unless it has been mapped.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009607
Bram Moolenaar4d784b22019-05-25 19:51:39 +02009608 *'wincolor'* *'wcr'*
9609'wincolor' 'wcr' string (default empty)
9610 local to window
9611 Highlight group name to use for this window instead of the Normal
9612 color |hl-Normal|.
9613
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00009614 *'window'* *'wi'*
9615'window' 'wi' number (default screen height - 1)
9616 global
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +02009617 Window height used for |CTRL-F| and |CTRL-B| when there is only one
9618 window and the value is smaller than 'lines' minus one. The screen
9619 will scroll 'window' minus two lines, with a minimum of one.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00009620 When 'window' is equal to 'lines' minus one CTRL-F and CTRL-B scroll
9621 in a much smarter way, taking care of wrapping lines.
Luuk van Baal5a2e3ec2024-03-28 10:07:29 +01009622 When resizing the Vim window, and the value is smaller than 1 or more
9623 than or equal to 'lines' it will be set to 'lines' minus 1.
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +02009624 Note: Do not confuse this with the height of the Vim window, use
9625 'lines' for that.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00009626
Colin Kennedy21570352024-03-03 16:16:47 +01009627 *'winfixbuf'*
9628'winfixbuf' 'wfb' boolean (default off)
9629 local to window
zeertzjq0049a492024-03-11 23:13:16 +08009630 If enabled, the window and the buffer it is displaying are paired.
Colin Kennedy21570352024-03-03 16:16:47 +01009631 For example, attempting to change the buffer with |:edit| will fail.
9632 Other commands which change a window's buffer such as |:cnext| will
zeertzjq0049a492024-03-11 23:13:16 +08009633 also skip any window with 'winfixbuf' enabled. However if an Ex
9634 command has a "!" modifier, it can force switching buffers.
Colin Kennedy21570352024-03-03 16:16:47 +01009635
laburnumT3f7855a2023-12-05 18:37:03 +01009636 *'winfixheight'* *'wfh'* *'nowinfixheight'* *'nowfh'*
9637'winfixheight' 'wfh' boolean (default off)
9638 local to window |local-noglobal|
9639 Keep the window height when windows are opened or closed and
9640 'equalalways' is set. Also for |CTRL-W_=|. Set by default for the
9641 |preview-window| and |quickfix-window|.
9642 The height may be changed anyway when running out of room.
9643
9644 *'winfixwidth'* *'wfw'* *'nowinfixwidth'* *'nowfw'*
9645'winfixwidth' 'wfw' boolean (default off)
9646 local to window |local-noglobal|
9647 Keep the window width when windows are opened or closed and
9648 'equalalways' is set. Also for |CTRL-W_=|.
9649 The width may be changed anyway when running out of room.
9650
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009651 *'winheight'* *'wh'* *E591*
9652'winheight' 'wh' number (default 1)
9653 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009654 Minimal number of lines for the current window. This is not a hard
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009655 minimum, Vim will use fewer lines if there is not enough room. If the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009656 focus goes to a window that is smaller, its size is increased, at the
9657 cost of the height of other windows.
9658 Set 'winheight' to a small number for normal editing.
9659 Set it to 999 to make the current window fill most of the screen.
9660 Other windows will be only 'winminheight' high. This has the drawback
9661 that ":all" will create only two windows. To avoid "vim -o 1 2 3 4"
9662 to create only two windows, set the option after startup is done,
9663 using the |VimEnter| event: >
9664 au VimEnter * set winheight=999
9665< Minimum value is 1.
9666 The height is not adjusted after one of the commands that change the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009667 height of the current window.
9668 'winheight' applies to the current window. Use 'winminheight' to set
9669 the minimal height for other windows.
9670
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009671 *'winminheight'* *'wmh'*
9672'winminheight' 'wmh' number (default 1)
9673 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009674 The minimal height of a window, when it's not the current window.
9675 This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
9676 When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero lines (i.e. just a
9677 status bar) if necessary. They will return to at least one line when
9678 they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere to go.)
9679 Use 'winheight' to set the minimal height of the current window.
9680 This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
9681 large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
9682 windows. A value of 0 to 3 is reasonable.
9683
9684 *'winminwidth'* *'wmw'*
9685'winminwidth' 'wmw' number (default 1)
9686 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009687 The minimal width of a window, when it's not the current window.
9688 This is a hard minimum, windows will never become smaller.
9689 When set to zero, windows may be "squashed" to zero columns (i.e. just
9690 a vertical separator) if necessary. They will return to at least one
9691 line when they become active (since the cursor has to have somewhere
9692 to go.)
9693 Use 'winwidth' to set the minimal width of the current window.
9694 This option is only checked when making a window smaller. Don't use a
9695 large number, it will cause errors when opening more than a few
9696 windows. A value of 0 to 12 is reasonable.
9697
Bram Moolenaar9e13aa72017-08-16 23:14:08 +02009698 *'winptydll'*
9699'winptydll' string (default "winpty32.dll" or "winpty64.dll")
9700 global
Bram Moolenaar9e13aa72017-08-16 23:14:08 +02009701 {only available when compiled with the |terminal|
9702 feature on MS-Windows}
9703 Specifies the name of the winpty shared library, used for the
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02009704 |:terminal| command. The default depends on whether Vim was built as a
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02009705 32-bit or 64-bit executable. If not found, "winpty.dll" is tried as
Bram Moolenaar9e13aa72017-08-16 23:14:08 +02009706 a fallback.
9707 Environment variables are expanded |:set_env|.
9708 This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
9709 security reasons.
9710
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009711 *'winwidth'* *'wiw'* *E592*
9712'winwidth' 'wiw' number (default 20)
9713 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009714 Minimal number of columns for the current window. This is not a hard
9715 minimum, Vim will use fewer columns if there is not enough room. If
9716 the current window is smaller, its size is increased, at the cost of
9717 the width of other windows. Set it to 999 to make the current window
9718 always fill the screen. Set it to a small number for normal editing.
9719 The width is not adjusted after one of the commands to change the
9720 width of the current window.
9721 'winwidth' applies to the current window. Use 'winminwidth' to set
9722 the minimal width for other windows.
9723
9724 *'wrap'* *'nowrap'*
9725'wrap' boolean (default on)
9726 local to window
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009727 This option changes how text is displayed. It doesn't change the text
9728 in the buffer, see 'textwidth' for that.
9729 When on, lines longer than the width of the window will wrap and
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009730 displaying continues on the next line. When off lines will not wrap
9731 and only part of long lines will be displayed. When the cursor is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009732 moved to a part that is not shown, the screen will scroll
9733 horizontally.
9734 The line will be broken in the middle of a word if necessary. See
9735 'linebreak' to get the break at a word boundary.
9736 To make scrolling horizontally a bit more useful, try this: >
9737 :set sidescroll=5
9738 :set listchars+=precedes:<,extends:>
9739< See 'sidescroll', 'listchars' and |wrap-off|.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01009740 This option can't be set from a |modeline| when the 'diff' option is
9741 on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009742
9743 *'wrapmargin'* *'wm'*
9744'wrapmargin' 'wm' number (default 0)
9745 local to buffer
9746 Number of characters from the right window border where wrapping
9747 starts. When typing text beyond this limit, an <EOL> will be inserted
9748 and inserting continues on the next line.
9749 Options that add a margin, such as 'number' and 'foldcolumn', cause
9750 the text width to be further reduced. This is Vi compatible.
9751 When 'textwidth' is non-zero, this option is not used.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02009752 This option is set to 0 when 'paste' is set and restored when 'paste'
9753 is reset.
Bram Moolenaara6c27c42019-05-09 19:16:22 +02009754 See also 'formatoptions' and |ins-textwidth|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009755
9756 *'wrapscan'* *'ws'* *'nowrapscan'* *'nows'*
9757'wrapscan' 'ws' boolean (default on) *E384* *E385*
9758 global
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00009759 Searches wrap around the end of the file. Also applies to |]s| and
9760 |[s|, searching for spelling mistakes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009761
9762 *'write'* *'nowrite'*
9763'write' boolean (default on)
9764 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009765 Allows writing files. When not set, writing a file is not allowed.
9766 Can be used for a view-only mode, where modifications to the text are
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00009767 still allowed. Can be reset with the |-m| or |-M| command line
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009768 argument. Filtering text is still possible, even though this requires
9769 writing a temporary file.
9770
9771 *'writeany'* *'wa'* *'nowriteany'* *'nowa'*
9772'writeany' 'wa' boolean (default off)
9773 global
9774 Allows writing to any file with no need for "!" override.
9775
9776 *'writebackup'* *'wb'* *'nowritebackup'* *'nowb'*
9777'writebackup' 'wb' boolean (default on with |+writebackup| feature, off
9778 otherwise)
9779 global
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009780 Make a backup before overwriting a file. The backup is removed after
9781 the file was successfully written, unless the 'backup' option is
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02009782 also on.
9783 WARNING: Switching this option off means that when Vim fails to write
9784 your buffer correctly and then, for whatever reason, Vim exits, you
9785 lose both the original file and what you were writing. Only reset
9786 this option if your file system is almost full and it makes the write
9787 fail (and make sure not to exit Vim until the write was successful).
9788 See |backup-table| for another explanation.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009789 When the 'backupskip' pattern matches, a backup is not made anyway.
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01009790 Depending on 'backupcopy' the backup is a new file or the original
9791 file renamed (and a new file is written).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009792 NOTE: This option is set to the default value when 'compatible' is
9793 set.
9794
9795 *'writedelay'* *'wd'*
9796'writedelay' 'wd' number (default 0)
9797 global
Bram Moolenaar802a0d92016-06-26 16:17:58 +02009798 The number of milliseconds to wait for each character sent to the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009799 screen. When non-zero, characters are sent to the terminal one by
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01009800 one. For debugging purposes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009801
Bram Moolenaar6f79e612021-12-21 09:12:23 +00009802 *'xtermcodes'* *'noxtermcodes'*
9803'xtermcodes' boolean (default on)
9804 global
9805 When detecting xterm patchlevel 141 or higher with the termresponse
Bram Moolenaarfa3b7232021-12-24 13:18:38 +00009806 mechanism and this option is set, Vim will request the actual terminal
Bram Moolenaar6f79e612021-12-21 09:12:23 +00009807 key codes and number of colors from the terminal. This takes care of
9808 various configuration options of the terminal that cannot be obtained
9809 from the termlib/terminfo entry, see |xterm-codes|.
9810 A side effect may be that t_Co changes and Vim will redraw the
9811 display.
9812
9813
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