Map Suspend Function

[Derek Litz]

Hey I'm trying to map ^Z to save and then suspend.

:map ^Z :w<CR>^Z

I think I've got it right because I tried replacing the ^Z on the right side
and it works perfectly. Problem is with anything I've put before ^Z it
repeats infinity. Luckily this was just the w command at first, but was a
little dangerous when I had to interrupt a save to get out of the save file
infinite loop...

Any ideas?
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[Ben Schmidt]

> Hey I'm trying to map ^Z to save and then suspend.
>
> :map ^Z :w<CR>^Z
>
> I think I've got it right because I tried replacing the ^Z on the right side
> and it works perfectly. Problem is with anything I've put before ^Z it
> repeats infinity. Luckily this was just the w command at first, but was a
> little dangerous when I had to interrupt a save to get out of the save file
> infinite loop...

Use :noremap not :map so it doesn't map itself.

You can use <C-z> instead of ^Z, too:

:noremap <C-z> :w<CR><C-z>

Ben.

[Charles Campbell]

Derek Litz wrote:
> Hey I'm trying to map ^Z to save and then suspend.
>
> :map ^Z :w<CR>^Z
>
> I think I've got it right because I tried replacing the ^Z on the right side
> and it works perfectly. Problem is with anything I've put before ^Z it
> repeats infinity. Luckily this was just the w command at first, but was a
> little dangerous when I had to interrupt a save to get out of the save file
> infinite loop...
>
> Any ideas?
>

:help noremap

Regards,
Chip Campbell

[Marc Weber]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:51:07PM -0800, Derek Litz wrote:
>
>
> Hey I'm trying to map ^Z to save and then suspend.

Have you had a look at :h 'autowrite' ?
Maybe setting that option is enough?

Sincerly
Marc Weber

[Derek Litz]

Thanks! This would make sense as to why it was repeating... :)
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[Tony Mechelynck]

On 18/12/08 21:51, Derek Litz wrote:
>
> Hey I'm trying to map ^Z to save and then suspend.
>
> :map ^Z :w<CR>^Z
>
> I think I've got it right because I tried replacing the ^Z on the right side
> and it works perfectly. Problem is with anything I've put before ^Z it
> repeats infinity. Luckily this was just the w command at first, but was a
> little dangerous when I had to interrupt a save to get out of the save file
> infinite loop...
>
> Any ideas?

Possibility 1) Use :noremap instead of :map

Possibility 2) Use

:map <C-Z> :wall | suspend<CR>

Best regards,
Tony.
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