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A terminal emulator (or terminal, for short) displays characters, colours, and the cursor on the screen. Vi & Vim are run inside of a terminal, gVim is not.

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What's t_TE and t_TI added by vim 8?

First let me show a screenshot below. In the modeline, a strange sequence of characters(>4;m[>4;m
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how to change local directory of terminal buffer whenever its shell change directory

After :term ++curwin zsh, I use that buffer as an alternative of tmux window. But there is one caveat, if I cd in zsh, vim will not know. Which cause problem in below case In terminal normal mode, gf will not work correctly, since vim don't know zsh…
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Clear Vim Terminal window

Vim's new :terminal feature is pretty neat, but when I run something like a rails server, I want to be able to clear logging output every now and then. The usual methods in a non-vim term window don't seem to work, like (Cmd-k clears…
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Is it possible to change the default terminal of Vim?

I'd like to change the default terminal of Vim from cmd to cmder. By using :help :terminal I have read the terminal.txt but it seems that there is no setting instruction in that help file. So is it likely to change the default terminal of vim by…
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set -o vi in zsh: backspace doesn't delete non-inserted characters

I've used set -o vi on bash for a while. However, I've started using zsh, and I've found that when I try to use the "delete" key (backspace for mac), it doesn't delete non-inserted text. For instance: I can delete anything I've typed that using…
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search for sentences that contains a few keywords (that is not in proper order)

Is there script or function for vim to do search of words that is not in proper location (sorry, i don't know how to put it in question) ? Example: This is a vim user who like the functionality which is pure manual power. Question: I want to search…
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Double SSH on Vim

I can edit remotely a file located on Machine_1 using vim name@Machine_1/file_1.txt It uses my .vimrc, plugins and everything is great. However, there is also a Machine_2 in the history, that can only be accessed through Machine_1... I can edit the…
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Mouse highlight lines issue, root cause of data deletion / messed up

[https://gofile.io/d/zA8QPs]video of vim highlight issue1 I like vim a lot, the stability is wonderful.. However there is 1 protection feature that i need to have most. I am used to use vim with both mouse and keyboard (i found it is beneficial to…
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Open two terminal windows side by side

If I am in Bash and type vim -O file1 file2 I will get two files opened side by side. How can I get a similar effect but for :terminal windows, not for files?
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Opening a terminal window and executing the cd command

In my current vim session, I would like to open a new terminal window and immediately execute the cd command in that terminal to change to a specific directory. I have tried :terminal cd /home/me/folder But this does not work, and gives me the…
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Vim 8 terminal change width

Suppose I run :terminal someprg_wide_output the output is wrapped by current terminal window size wrapped hard way, so :set nowrap there can't help When I run same program not from vim like this: someprg_wide_output | vim - vim accepts the…
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How to detect terminal enter in vim8

Vim8 now has a terminal feature, how can I detect when a terminal is started? Neovim has TermOpen and TermClose autocommand events, does vim8 has an equivalent?
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Vim in Termite with Default Backgroundcolor not displaying ColorColumn ctermbg=0

I am currently setting up vim, for the first time. I'm on Arch and i3, fresh install. I installed termite as my default terminal emulator. I also tried st. Now st had a black background by default but termite had a greyish background. I guess, it's…
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Switching between terminal and vim for a touch-typist

I recently got into touch-typing as I thought it might help me in my work and increase my productivity (I am currently a programmer, sometimes editing text files). Oftentimes I find myself switching from vim to terminal to run a command or open a…
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How does vim terminal talk to the root terminal emulator?

I use vterm to denote terminal inside vim, rterm to denote root terminal emulator in this post: rterm--->vim--->vterm Question1 All rendition is done by rterm? All escape sequence and text must be sent to rterm? Question2 How does vterm talk to…
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