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What is Ctrl V in vim?
Vim’s visual mode allows you to select and manipulate text. Press V to enter visual line mode, where the text is selected by line. Press Ctrl+v to enter visual block mode. In this mode, the text is selected by rectangle blocks.
What is the purpose of .vimrc file?
Settings file used by Vim, a text editing program often used by source code developers and system administrators; saves the default settings for the editor when it is opened; allows users to customize options for the editor. VIMRC files are saved in a plain text format.
Is there a way to disable mouse support in Vim?
If I run xterm, mouse support in vim is disabled by default, and I have the option to enable it ( :set mouse=a, which I never do) and disable it ( :set mouse= ). In contrast, when I run vim in gnome-terminal, mouse support is enabled by default and it is not possible to disable it ( :set mouse= has no effect).
How does GNOME Terminal work with the mouse?
Gnome-terminal supports control sequences indicating mouse events, and you are in fact seeing these sequences. Normally mouse support is activated by the application, not manually, so that the sequences are sent to applications that support them, and you can use the mouse for selection in applications that don’t themselves use the mouse.
Is there a solution short of changing GNOME-Terminal Emulator?
In contrast, when I run vim in gnome-terminal, mouse support is enabled by default and it is not possible to disable it ( :set mouse= has no effect). Is there a solution short of changing terminal emulator?
Is there a way to disable scrolling in Vim?
It is possible to disable scrolling with help of Synclient (command line utility to configure and query Synaptics driver settings) putting in your .vimrc. This solution is not optimal for disabling scrolling even outside of Vim for as long as Vim runs.