mapping <C-/>
gmguyx
mode but it doesn't work.
ie, I can do:
nmap<C-a>
nmap<C-b>
etc.
but not:
nmap<C-/>
nmap<C-[>
etc.
Is there a good reason why vim disallows this and is there any way to
circumvent this?
Tony Mechelynck
Control-[ is the Escape key. It can be remapped (I think), but you cannot map
<C-[> and <Esc> to different {rhs}es because (in cooked input mode) they are
indistinguishable. Similarly, you cannot remap Ctrl-a differently than Ctrl-A
(Ctrl-Shift-a) because they are indistinguishable (they both give 0x01).
Control-/ is not portably defined, because / (Ox2F) is a printable character
which is neither in the range [0x3F-0x5F] nor a lowercase letter. Ctrl-\ can
be remapped.
ASCII defines control keys as follows:
- if x is in the range [0x40-0x5F], Ctrl+x = x - 0x40
- if x is a lowercase letter, Ctrl+x is the same as Ctrl+upcase(x)
- Ctrl+? is 0x7F
NON-printable keys, such as the Fn keys or the cursor-movement keys, have
their keychords coded differently. They can be remapped -- if your window
manager lets them reach Vim (mine doesn't).
Best regards,
Tony.
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