Yes, you can use &lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt; to replay the last used macro.

As a bonus, use &lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;:&lt;/kbd&gt; to replay the last `ex` command.  (And then that becomes the &quot;last used macro&quot; that can be repeated with &lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt;.)

I find &lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt; a bit hard to type and as I don&#39;t use `,` much - and it&#39;s close enough to `.`:

    :map , @@

What&#39;s the difference between new Show(), ShowDialog() and Application.Run() functions?
In `main` (winforms) I saw :
     
    Application.Run(new Form1());

Then, for Form1, I also saw `Form1.Show()` with description: &quot;Shows the control to the user.&quot;
For ShowDialog, it said &quot;Shows the form as a modal dialog box&quot;. 

What does this mean? 

What are each of their uses and which is most common?



What&#39;s the difference between Show(), ShowDialog() and Application.Run() functions?

I have a python 2.6 script (yes I know I should upgrade to at least 2.7) that looks like this:

    ret_code = 0
    
    def some_func()
      global ret_code
      ...

    if __name__ == &#39;__main__&#39;:
      global ret_code
      ...

Now I get a warning if I run the code:
*SyntaxWarning: name &#39;ret_code&#39; is assigned to before global declaration global ret_code*

Why do I get this warning?

I can solve the problem by doing so:


    def some_func()
          global ret_code
          ...

    if __name__ == &#39;__main__&#39;:
      global ret_code
      ret_code = 0 #assign 0 here instead of above
      ...

Still that doesn&#39;t answer my question. What is wrong with the original code?


global variable warning in python

I know how to repeat the last command in Vim. I use &lt;kbd&gt;.&lt;/kbd&gt;.

But how can I repeat the last macro? It&#39;s a little non-comfortable to press &lt;kbd&gt;@&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;q&lt;/kbd&gt; everytime I want to repeat it.

I tried with &lt;kbd&gt;.&lt;/kbd&gt; but it just repeats the last command from the macro.

Is there a shorter way of doing that?

How can I repeat the last VIM macro?

I know how to repeat the last command in Vim. I use <kbd>.</kbd>.
But how can I repeat the last macro? It's a little non-comfortable to press <kbd>@</kbd><kbd>q</kbd> everytime I want to repeat it.
I tried with <kbd>.</kbd> but it just repeats the last command from the macro.
Is there a shorter way of doing that?

The following is from the documentation about the quickfix list and location list. But I am not sure what actually different. The image below shows the same things from the location list and quickfix list. When do I use one or another in vimgrep and lvimgrep. 

    In Vim the quickfix commands are used more generally to find a list of positions 
    in files.For example, |:vimgrep| finds pattern matches.  You can use the positions 
    in a script with the |getqflist()| function. Thus you can do a lot more than the
    edit/compile/fix cycle!
    ...
    ...
    
   					         *location-list* *E776* 
    A location list is similar to a quickfix list and contains a list of positions 
    in files.  A location list is associated with a window and each window can have 
    a separate location list.  A location list can be associated with only one window.  
    The location list is independent of the quickfix list.

    ...



![enter image description here][1]

**UPDATE**

I found the following [from here][2].


    These commands all fill a list with the results of their search. &quot;grep&quot; and 
    &quot;vimgrep&quot; fill the &quot;quickfix list&quot;, which can be opened with :cw or :copen, 
    and is a list shared between ALL windows. &quot;lgrep&quot; and &quot;lvimgrep&quot; fill the 
    &quot;location list,&quot; which is local to the current window, and can be opened 
    with :lw or :lopen. Both of these lists can be used to instantly jump to 
    the matching line in whatever file it occurs in.

So the difference is all windows for quickfix list and local window for location list. However I can open location list from any other windows. So what is the difference then??

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/eVz8S.png
  [2]: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Find_in_files_within_Vim

What is the difference between location list and quickfix list in vim

I am using OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks).

What are the systematic steps to install to Gvim or MacVim in Mac OS? If you write the steps using 1, 2, 3, ..., it would be easy to follow. 

I must confess that I failed to understand all the instructions provided on MacVim page. Other google-searched webpages do not clarify. 
E.g. 

What is `$VIMRUNTIME` ? 
What version of vim should I install for my OS? 

Now somehow I have installed MacVim in my system (Not systematically I believe).
I can see that I have a folder `/Applications/gvim.app/MacVim.app/`. 

Now when I open a text file from MacVim, which was already written using vi-editor, MacVim does not recognize it. Also vi does not recognize whatever is written in MacVim! 

How can I resolve this?

  

How can I install MacVim on OS X?

In Vim, is there a way to search for lines that match say `abc` but do not also contain `xyz` later on the line? So the following lines would match:

    The abc is the best
    The first three letters are abc

and the following would not match:

    The abc is the best but xyz is cheaper
    The first three letters are abc and the last are xyz

I know about syntax like the following:

    /abc$xyz$\@!

but that only avoids matching `abcxyz` and not if there is anything in between, such as `abc-xyz`. Using

    /abc.*$xyz$\@!

also does not work because there are many positions later in the line where `xyz` is not matched.

(I should note that on the command line I would do something like `grep abc &lt;infile | grep -v xyz` but I would like to do the above interactively in Vim.)

Is there a way to do negative lookahead in vim regex?

Is there any WORKING plugin for Vim 7.4 that would automatically close brackets (&#39;{}&#39;, &#39;[]&#39;, &#39;()&#39;) and maybe insert some carriage returns (for &#39;{}&#39; at least)?

I know this question has been asked quite a few times but none of the answers either do not seem to work in vim 7.4 or the plugin has not been updated or something.

So far I&#39;ve tried vim-smartinput, autoclose and delimitmate and NONE of these have managed to insert any closing characters even though I have enabled the plugins and they otherwise seem to be active. I don&#39;t know if there has been some changes in vim that somehow breaks these plugins. None of these plugins seem to be updated in a ~year at least. Any working solutions that would work with vim 7.4?

Automatic closing brackets for Vim

I am learning Vim but I thought this was a simple task but I cannot get it to work. I have browser SO but the solutions are not working for me.

I am trying to correctly indent an file (xml). The command I use is:
   
    gg=G 
or
    ggVG= (made this one up myself probably does something different ;))

My .vimrc is:

    syntax on 
    filetype plugin indent on 
    set nu 


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