
Vim commands such as :yank or :put normally operate with the unnamed register "".
gVim loads both Vim's and gVim's configuration file, while Vim only loads Vim's configuration file. Alternatively, to enable defaults.vim even when ~/.vimrc is present, see :h defaults in vim. Add let skip_defaults_vim=1 to /etc/vimrc to disable loading of defaults.vim completely. Commonly expected behavior such as syntax highlighting is enabled in defaults.vim, which is loaded when no ~/.vimrc is present. Global Vim files such as defaults.vim and archlinux.vim are located inside /usr/share/vim/.įor gVim, the user-specific configuration file is located at ~/.gvimrc and the global configuration file is located at /etc/gvimrc. The global configuration file is located at /etc/vimrc. Vim's user-specific configuration file is located in the home directory: ~/.vimrc, and Vim files of current user are located inside ~/.vim/. Use the :h command (without any subject) for information about the help system and jumping between subjects. Subjects include commands, configuration options, key bindings, plugins etc. Vim includes a broad help system that can be accessed with the :h subject command. #UPDATE TIME VIMR HOW TO#
The unofficial repository herecura also provides a number of Vim/gVim variants: vim-cli, vim-gvim-common, vim-gvim-gtk3, vim-rt and vim-tiny.įor a basic overview on how to use Vim, follow the vim tutorial by running either vimtutor (for the terminal version) or gvimtutor (for the graphical version).The gvim package provides also the CLI version of Vim with the +clipboard feature. The vim package is built without Xorg support specifically the +clipboard feature is missing, so Vim will not be able to operate with the primary and clipboard selection buffers.