% VIMPAGER(1) vimpager user manual % Rafael Kitover rkitover@gmail.com % August 4, 2014

NAME

vimpager - less.sh replacement

SYNOPSIS

vimpager 'some file'

# or (this won't always syntax highlight as well)

cat 'some file' | vimpager

RUN-TIME DEPENDENCIES

• vim
• sharutils or some uudecode (optional)

BUILD DEPENDENCIES

• sharutils or some uuencode
• pandoc

INSTALL

git clone git://github.com/rkitover/vimpager
cd vimpager
sudo make install

In your ~/.bashrc add the following:

export PAGER=/usr/local/bin/vimpager
alias less=$PAGER
alias zless=$PAGER

DESCRIPTION

A slightly more sophisticated replacement for less.sh that also supports being set as the PAGER environment variable. Displays man pages, perldocs and python documentation properly. Works on Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OSX, Cygwin and msys. Should work on most other systems as well.

On GitHub: http://github.com/rkitover/vimpager

To use a different vimrc with vimpager, put your settings into a ~/.vimpagerrc or ~/.vim/vimpagerrc or a file pointed to by the VIMPAGER_RC environment variable.

You can also have a global config file for all users in /etc/vimpagerrc, users can override it by creating a ~/.vimpagerrc or a ~/.vim/vimpagerrc.

To disable loading plugins, put "set noloadplugins" into a vimpagerrc file.

You can also switch on the "vimpager" variable in your vimrc to set alternate settings for vimpager.

Put the following into your .vimrc/vimpagerrc if you want to use gvim/MacVim for your pager window:

let vimpager_use_gvim = 1

To turn off the feature of passing through text that is smaller than the terminal height use this:

let vimpager_passthrough = 0

See "PASSTHROUGH MODE" further down.

To start vim with -X (no x11 connection, a bit faster startup) put the following into your .vimrc/vimpagerrc:

let vimpager_disable_x11 = 1

The scroll offset (:help scrolloff), may be specified by placing the following into your .vimrc/vimpagerrc (default = 5, disable = 0):

let vimpager_scrolloff = 5

The process tree of vimpager is available in the "vimpager_ptree" variable, an example usage is as follows:

if exists("vimpager")
  if exists("vimpager_ptree") && vimpager_ptree[-2] == 'wman'
    set ft=man
  endif
endif

To disable the use of AnsiEsc.vim to display ANSI colors in the source, set:

let vimpager_disable_ansiesc = 1

see the section "ANSI ESCAPE SEQUENCES AND OVERSTRIKES" for more details.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

+ | +G

Start at the end of the file, just like less.

-c cmd

Run a vim command after opening the file.

ANSI ESCAPE SEQUENCES AND OVERSTRIKES

If your source is using ANSI escape codes, the AnsiEsc plugin will be used to show them, rather than the normal vim highlighting, however read the caveats below. If this is not possible, they will be stripped out and normal vim highlighting will be used instead.

Overstrikes such as in man pages will always be removed.

vimpager bundles the AnsiEsc plugin (it is expanded at runtime, there is nothing you have to do to enable it.)

However, your vim must have been compiled with the 'conceal' feature enabled. To check, try

:echo has("conceal")

if the result is '1' you have conceal, if it's '0' you do not, and the AnsiEsc plugin will not be enabled.

If you're on a Mac, the system vim does not enable this feature, install vim from Homebrew.

To disable the use of AnsiEsc.vim, set:

let vimpager_disable_ansiesc = 1

in your .vimrc.

PASSTHROUGH MODE

If the text sent to the pager is smaller than the terminal window, then it will be displayed without vim as text. If it has ansi codes, they will be preserved, depending on your "vimpager_disable_ansiesc" setting, otherwise the text will be highlighted with vimcat.

You can turn this off by putting

let vimpager_enable_passthrough = 0

Passthrough mode requires a POSIX shell with arithmetic expansion, if there is one on your system and it is not detected please submit an issue with the path and your OS version.

CYGWIN/MSYS/MSYS2 NOTES

vimpager works correctly with the native Windows gvim, just put it in your PATH and set the vimpager_use_gvim option as described above.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2014, Rafael Kitover rkitover@gmail.com and contributors (see the list of CONTRIBUTORS at the bottom of the 'vimpager' file.)

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

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