Odd mapping behavior...

[Sonny Chee]

Hey Guys,

I have the following two mappings to turn on and then turn off the paste setting.

inoremap <F8> <esc>:set paste<cr>i
inoremap <s-F8> <esc>:set nopaste<cr>i

The first mapping works and when I press F8 while in insert mode, I see the label on my status line.

INSERT (paste)

However, when I pressed shift-F8 while in insert mode, I just the follt owing characters in my current buffer

<S-F8>

Can anyone help me understand why my second mapping isn't working as (I) expected?

[Dmitri Vereshchagin]

* Sonny Chee <sonny...@gmail.com> [2016-04-28 23:03]:

> I have the following two mappings to turn on and then turn off the paste setting.
>
> inoremap <F8> <esc>:set paste<cr>i
> inoremap <s-F8> <esc>:set nopaste<cr>i
>

> [...]

>
> However, when I pressed shift-F8 while in insert mode, I just the follt owing characters in my current buffer
>
> <S-F8>

When paste is on mapping in Insert mode is disabled. Check pastetoggle
option.

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Dmitri Vereshchagin

[Sonny Chee]

Thanks Dmitri, that solved my problem.