Vimrc – how to block comment

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I don't want to comment lines of text in a text file or code. I am looking for inserting block comments in a .vimrc file. To insert a single line comment " is used, for example:

" remove spaces and tabs as well  at the end of line automatically while saving
autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e

Now I've got a relatively large amount of settings/configs/plugins collected over the years after browsing through the internet to add cool features. I'm looking to add some large comment blocks to my .vimrc file. Adding " to each line is a option but I am looking for a block comment syntax. Similar to /**/ in C.

// is identical to "
/* */ is identical to _____ ?

Searching Unix.SE, SO and googling didn't help much.

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I do not think this is possible. The best you'll be able to do is block select some text, and do a search/replace on the first character s/^/"/ in vim to insert a " to the beginning of each line.

The vim plugin NERD Commenter might help make this easier as well.

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Temporary .vimrc

Suppose you have this other set of settings in /tmp/myvimrc. If my reading of man vim is correct you can start vim with this set of settings using the following:

$ vim -u /tmp/myvimrc

Thus, to make this an option for the rest of the session, I would create a function that sets this as an alias for vim. Thus, in bash I would put something like this in my .bashrc file:

function vimswitch {
    alias vim='vim -u /tmp/myvimrc'
}

Then, when I wanted my new vim settings, I would just run:

$ vimswitch

Note that I wouldn't store myvimrc in /tmp since this could easily be cleared out upon reboot. If you are using a shell other than bash this should still be possible, but the syntax could differ slightly.

How to highlight the current line and the cursor in .vimrc

You have to change the color of your cursor line to a color other than the color of your cursor. If you're in a terminal emulator like st or rxvt, Vim cannot change the color of your cursor; it will always be the color your terminal application decides to make it. Only the graphical version of Vim is able to change the color of your cursor.

You can change your cursor color through your terminal configuration though.

Some ~/.Xdefaults / ~/.Xresources examples:

XTerm*cursorColor: #FFFFFF
URxvt.cursorColor: white

You could also use the Vim command :set cursorcolumn to put your cursor in crosshairs.

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