.vimrc is the primary configuration file for the VIM text editor

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How can I set check interval for set autoread option in VIM

How can I set check interval for set autoread option in VIM? Is it possible?
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(g)vim - NerdTree and tagbar above each other left to edited file?

Any chance to get (g)vim displaying NerdTree and tagbar above each other left to edited file? +-----------+-------------+ | nerd tree | edited file | | contents | | +-----------+ ...
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How to insert both vimscript variable and string into vim search and replace

I've only just found out about Vimscript's existence as of today, so forgive me if this question is more basic than it seems, but I've been struggling to find an answer to this question for the better ...
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How can I jump to files from vim opening them in a separate tab?

I have installed tags so I can jump to a function body in another file via CTRL + ] I know that I can do gf to jump to another file. I know that I can do CTRL-w s to split the vim window. What I don't ...
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Why is this copy/paste in vim configuration not working properly?

I have the following in my .vimrc vmap <C-c> y imap <C-p> <esc>P So that I can do my classic sortcut for copy/paste. It works fine on Cygwin but not in my ssh session to ...
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VIM commenting out what I paste

I got this when trying to copy this gist on vim: https://gist.github.com/w0ng/3278077 I notice the same behaviour everywhere: If I paste something that includes a comment, everything that follows ...
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VIM map not working

I'm trying to map <c-y>, (from zencoding-vim) to <c-m>. I tried: map <C-m> <C-y>, map <C-m> <C-y>,<cr> But doesn't seems to be working. Maybe it's ...
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What is this VIM plugin?

It's a modified vim bar that includes current path and current git branch. I've been looking around but couldn't find anything. Found in: https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid
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Vimrc autosourcing not working

My vim configuration lives in $HOME/.vim/vimrc, which is symlinked to ~/.vimrc. Inside my vimrc I have: if has("autocmd") autocmd bufwritepost vimrc source $HOME/.vim/vimrc endif But is not ...
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vim and tmux are conflicting. How can I fix this?

I'm having a painful experience with tmux. I'm using solarized in vim but when I run tmux then my vim configuration does not work. It's as if solarized is not configured in my .vimrc. Out of tmux ...
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How to use colors/colorschemes/fonts in vim effectively so that the text is as readable as possible

I am trying to be more productive in vim and as part of this I am trying to make the text presentation i.e. colors etc as nice to the eyesight as possible. Although I managed to change the default ...
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Customised vimrc for subfolders and projects

I use vim in many different contexts ... actually, probably most people do: There is the editing of configuration files, programming, documenting, email and so forth. I very frequently found myself ...
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Vim powerline with broken encoding

I trying to learn using vim, I am enjoining a lot, but I copied the vimrc from github and I would like to understand what is causing the break of powerline encoding. . In the vimrc file I have: set ...
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Vim command mapping help

I'm a relatively recent convert to Vim, so I don't know a whole lot. My question is about mapping a multi-part command to a single key combo. In my .vimrc, I've got the following line: nnoremap ...
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Vim autocommand creates weird file

I've just set up slackware 14 on a virtualbox. As one does, I immediatly created/altered my .bashrc and, more importantly, my .vimrc files. To avoid writing huge lines of code, I usually add ...

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