Can't edit .vimrc #90
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Hi caoimhinp -- you say that /data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc has appropriate permissions for me to edit it, but I couldn't access it from my Moto G running Lollipop. This was a while back. I am now using v2.5r2, because it is a little more useable than the version in Google play (2.7r1). I'm hoping for a new version to appear. |
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Hey, ImLikeWhoa. That file is readable and writeable by root only on the Nexus 9. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 3:53 PM, ImLikeWhoa [email protected]
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Thanks caoimhinp On Mar 25, 2015, at 10:26 , caoimhinp wrote:
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Hello, I have used Vim touch on Android 4 with modified .vimrc. After upgrading to Android 5 (and unfortunately - resetting the device to factory settings) I am unable to do so. When I select the "edit vimrc" option in menu, it opens file ~/.vimrc that is readonly. The HOME seems to be pointing to /data - that is not writable. Seems like the issue mentioned above. Is there some workaround possible - till the issue is resolved correctly? Thanks. |
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Fortunately Yes, but with à rooted device What I did is that I located the app data folder (/data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files) and put my .vimrc in it. I even could get some plugin to work, and all theme files was working for me (badwolf). Tell me if it worked for you... |
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Hey, biotician, thanks, but this did not work for me. My device is not rooted. And I am able to write to the mentioned folder - in fact, I have created a .vimrc there but the file gets ignored... |
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Indeed, it worked a month ago for me, but I now have an Something may have changed since the last time I tried. A workaround could be to use the source command Le jeu. 30 juil. 2015 19:08, Robert Valík [email protected] a
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You may also try this
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Installing vim through termux is the best way! And it's a way more up to Em qui, 30 de jul de 2015 17:47, Josuah Demangeon [email protected]
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rafaeln, biotician, thanks, that works - somehow. But I miss "Open in Vim" context menu in other applications. So not a clean solution. But the Termux is a really nice package for non-rooted devices. |
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Yes indeed, this is not integrated with android. But it has a real unix
environment (with git & compilers).
You can run `apt list` to list them all.
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I have Note 4 with external card. I tried Termux after I couldn't get Vimtouch working, and the problem I ran into with Termux was that it couldn't write to the external SD card. Even though that is now allowed in Lollipop, it looks like your application has to request permission. The user can't just give any random app such permission. I'd be happy to be wrong on this. So, I went back to trying to get Vimtouch working. First thing I did was do a soft link of my files ( a vimwiki ) and my .vim directory from the external card to the vimtouch "home" directory, '~/'. To do this, just drop to a shell from within Vimtouch, e.g, This is ALMOST working, I'm having some difficulty getting the runtime path correct so pathogen will run and install all my plugins. I'd like to hear from anyone who has successfully run Vimtouch on a Note 4 using Lollipop. |
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Any update to this? |
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Any chance of an enhancement to allow non-rooted devices to have a custom vimrc please??? For instance, how about an optional vimrc in an accessible and editable (to non-root) part of the Android filesystem such as /storage/emulated/0/Download/vimrc |
If you can access '/data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc', the workaround is to set it readonly after modification: 'chmod 444 /data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc'. Then vimtouch will load modified version. |
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There is now another Vim android app that is supported and seems better than vim touch, though some gestures don't work. Instructions tell how to make a symbolic link to the user area where you can put your own .vimrc.
This app is called DroidVim
Best, TW
… On Mar 10, 2019, at 21:47, Haodong ***@***.***> wrote:
Any update to this?
For me '/data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc' is writable, but if I do a change to that file, it is overwritten after next vim start. Actually the whole vimrc is replaced with some template on each start. So, it's not possible for me to configure vim at the moment. My device is Samsung Galaxy S5 with Marshmallow 6.0.1 on it. And it is rooted of course.
If you can access '/data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc', the workaround is to set it readonly after modification: 'chmod 444 /data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc'. Then vimtouch will load modified version.
Note its system vimrc is $VIM/vimrc, which is '/data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc'
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Indeed, DroidVim is nice. |
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If you cannot access directly /data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc, which is usually the case in non rooted devices, you should be able to access it from vim touch itself. Once edited and saved the file, you can change the attributes directly by executing the shell command in vim touch: As a note, if you want to edit again the file, before editing you will need to change the attributes from readonly to writable, from inside Vim Touch, using e.g.: |
This is a leftover issue from the Google code page - issue 7.
The menu option for vimrc is nice but it looks for ~/.vimrc
The app user's home directory on a Nexus 9 with Lollipop defaults to /data. The user doesn't have permissions to write to /data so the open fails as it tries to make a recovery file.
I assume that the vimrc file in the vim directory for the application is the one that is actually parsed. If so, then the app should open /data/data/net.momodalo.app.vimtouch/files/vim/vimrc which does have the appropriate permissions.
Until there is some standardization on $HOME I would hard code the location.
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