How to open a file with all folds opened?

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I've got the following line in my _vimrc file which enables folding for my PHP (and other) files:

set foldmethod=indent

However, whenever I open a file it starts with every fold closed, but I would like the file to start with its folds open.

How can I execute the command zi to open up folds when vim 7.4 is launched?

I tried putting this in the _vimrc but I get a pop up window with the error message:

E492: The following is not an editor command: zi

How do I fix this?

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/q/8316139/2558252 — nobe4, Aug 23 '15 at 18:35

Georg P. · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-23T09:21:12.020

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zi inverts the option foldenable. But you don't want to invert it, you want to disable it. So put the following in your .vimrc:

set nofoldenable

edited Jun 23 '20 at 09:21

answered Aug 24 '15 at 09:23

Georg P.

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:35

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Add the foldlevel option to your _vimrc:

set foldlevel=20

This opens 20 levels of folds automatically when you open a file.

I am not familiar with the zi command, I just know zR to open all folds from normal mode. In your _vimrc, you generally cannot use normal mode commands to my knowledge.

answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:35

cbaumhardt

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:help zi plus scrolling up a bit in the help was a useful read. One more command learned :) – cbaumhardt Aug 23 '15 at 18:50
You can use normal mode commands in vimrc with autocmd. Also, the article you refer to suggest using zR with autocmd. – M Imam Pratama Oct 22 '21 at 09:52

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