Why disabling mapping doesn't work in my vim editor? - vim

In my vim editor, I can find two mappings of through following commands:
:imap <CR>
and it outputs:
i <CR> &#<SNR>60_AutoPairsOldCRWrapper73<SNR>60_AutoPairsReturn
i <CR> <CR><Plug>DiscretionaryEnd
I want to disable the first one, so I add it into my .vimrc file:
iunmap <buffer> <CR>
but vim shows error no such mapping error when I open my editor, but actually I can disable the mapping by typing command in editor:
:iunmap <buffer> <CR>
I want to know why I cann't make it work in my .vimrc configuration file.

Plugins are sourced after your vimrc so the mapping you want to disable is not defined when that comand is executed.
That said, the plugin's README tells you how to replace the default mappings. So… read it and experiment.

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Specific key mapping in Vim

How can I configure Vim to set
"require 'pry'; binding.pry"
in Ruby and
"debugger;"
in JavaScript when pressing F2 via key mapping?
You can set this in your .vimrc as follows:
autocmd FileType ruby map <F2> orequire 'pry'; binding.pry<ESC>
autocmd FileType javascript map <F2> odebugger;<ESC>
When the F2 key is pressed in a *.rb file, "require pry" will be set and "debugger" is set in a *.js file.
The other answer is correct, but not completely correct. You should use the noremap variant of map (see :h noremap), and the proper noremap for whatever mode your are in. If that's insert mode, then it's inoremap <F2> require..., or nnoremap for normal mode, etc.
You can also put those mappings into their own file instead of your vimrc so that you don't need to use autocommands (see :h ftplugin). And (thanks to the comments for reminding me) use <buffer> mappings so they only apply to the file you set them on (see :h <buffer>). In all, this is a good setup for you:
In ~/vim/after/ftplugin/ruby.vim, put the line:
inoremap <buffer> <F2> require 'pry'; binding.pry
and in ~/vim/after/ftplugin/javascript.vim, put the line:
inoremap <buffer> <F2> defbugger;
On windows, the vim directory is instead the vimfiles directory. If you want those mappings in normal mode instead of insert mode, you need to put i or O or another character like that at the front to go into insert mode and put <Esc> on the end to exit insert mode.

Vimrc ignoring my <cr>

I am trying to map the '-' key to move a line down
in my vimrc I have
noremap - :m .+1 <cr>
but the carriage return is ignored and displayed in the terminal as <cr>
After reading Vim ignores <cr> i tried adding an additional <cr> but that just echoes the characters twice.
So after pressing the '-' key I have to physically press the <enter> key to get the command to run.
I have tried this in mac and linux and get the same results.
It works if I set nocp.
I haven't come across any instructions that this must be set for <cr> to work.
So this is the issue.
set nocp is set if a vimrc is detected.
if you are testing a custom vimrc and starting vim with vim -u mycustomvimrc then despite the fact it is loading a vimrc file it does not set nocp and maintains backward compatibility. In such cases you need to set nocp explicitly.
Thanks for all the suggestions to get this resolved.

vim conditional keymap when a tex file is open

I am trying to make a keymap that will call latexmk when .tex is available (it would be better if .tex is the currently open and active buffer)
I tried :
:nnoremap <Leader>lw :if filereadable('*.tex')<cr>up!<cr>:!latexmk -pdf<cr>endif<cr>
when trying to make latexmk -pdf run, but unfortunately, its just prompting those line in the window, and doing nothing like:
~
:if filereadable('*.tex')
: up!
: :call Tex_RunLaTeX()
: endif
Press ENTER or type command to continue
kindly help.
(it will be great, as told, if this can be done when .tex is the currently open and active buffer.)
NB: this question and its variant has been asked here several time here eg this and this, hence sorry for the repetation. I have failed to solve my problem with those.
You need to do 3 things:
fix your mapping to run the command properly
create a mapping local to a specific buffer by using the <buffer> option for nnoremap.
load the mappings for just a specific filetype.
First fix the mapping by using executing the command as single ex command by using <bar> and removing :'s & <cr>'s. We also remove the filereadable portion because we just wrote the file.
nnoremap <buffer> :up!<bar>!latexmk -pdf<cr>
or you can use an expressing mapping like FDinoff suggested.
Note the <buffer> option on the mapping. This makes the mapping only available to the current buffer not every buffer.
Now we need to make sure this mapping only works for tex filetypes. This can be done via an autocommand in your .vimrc like so:
autocmd FileType tex nnoremap <buffer> :up!<bar>!latexmk -pdf<cr>
The other way option is by creating a filetype plugin. (see :h ftplugin for more details)
A simple example is do create a file named, ~/.vim/ftplugin/text.vim and place your mappings inside like so:
nnoremap <buffer> :up!<bar>!latexmk -pdf<cr>
I personally lean more towards the ftplugin approach but having a everything in your .vimrc file can be nice.
I feel like this could be done with an autocmd.
The autocmd only loads the mapping when the file is a tex file.
autocmd FileType tex nnoremap <leader>lw :up! \| !latexmk -pdf<CR>
If you want to do this filereadable('*.tex') which just checks to see if a file in the directory is a tex file. You could use the expr mapping from the first link. In the else part of the expression we just put an empty string so the mapping will do nothing.
nnoremap <expr> <leader>lw filereadable('*.txt') ? ':up! \| !latexmk -pdf<CR>' : ''

Arrow keys in vim (linux) in insert mode broken for me

When I use the arrow keys in vim in insert mode I get letters inserted instead of movement.
Up produces an A
Down produces a B
Left products a D
Right produces a C
Does anyone know what would cause this?
Thanks in advance
If these keys work fine in normal mode, but do not in insert then you must have some mappings to the first one or two characters (normally <Up> is either <Esc>[A (terminals that use CSI) or <Esc>OA (xterm)). Try checking out output of
verbose imap <Esc>
, there should be not much mappings starting with <Esc> in insert mode (I have none, for example). I can say, that with arrow keys working normally in insert mode, using
inoremap <Esc> <Esc>
produces just the same behavior as if you had problems with terminal recognition or had 'compatible' set.
Your vim seems to be starting in the vi compatibility mode. Do this
Open Vim editor,
Get the path of your home directory by typing :echo $HOME
Check if you have .vimrc file in $HOME location,(if you don't have create it)
Add the following line line to .vimrc file
:set nocompatible
Find more solutions for the same problem here ( Especially if your problem is terminal related, the re-mapping of keys solution might work for you )
The following worked for me. Just put it in your .vimrc
:set term=cons25
Open Vim editor.
Get the path of your home directory by typing: :echo $HOME.
Check if you have .vimrc file in $HOME location, and if you don't have create it.
Add the following line line to .vimrc file: :set nocompatible
Reference: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Fix_arrow_keys_that_display_A_B_C_D_on_remote_shell
None of the answer here worked for me. I'm in Linux, with konsole/yakuake terminal and tmux. This fix works for me:
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>OA <ESC>ki
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>OB <ESC>ji
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>OC <ESC>hi
nnoremap <silent> <ESC>OD <ESC>li
inoremap <silent> <ESC>OA <ESC>ki
inoremap <silent> <ESC>OB <ESC>ji
inoremap <silent> <ESC>OC <ESC>hi
inoremap <silent> <ESC>OD <ESC>li

vimrc help : trying to map Ctrl-s to :w

My current .vimrc file is
syntax on
colorscheme zellner
set nu
set ruler
set si "Smart indet
map <C-s> :w<cr>
I thought the last line would allow me to hit control-s to automatically save while in normal mode?
{
The last line is just the trim downed version of what I really want which is
map <C-s> <esc>:w<cr>a
}
Am I forgetting something?
I'm using vim 7.3 that came with my mac.
Like mentioned if you want it on both modes you have to just put
inoremap <C-s> <esc>:w<cr>a
nnoremap <C-s> :w<cr>a
in your .vimrc.
But note that if you are using the terminal vim then you might have a problem
mapping ctrl-s. By default it stops the flow. In that case add the following to your .bashrc (not sure if the same problem in zsh):
stty -ixon
If I got it right, you want
:inoremap <C-s> <esc>:w<cr>a
Whoops, just read you want it in normal mode
:nnoremap <C-s> :w<cr>
When you're writing commands in vim files (like .vimrc) you don't need the :. It is only a method of entering commands on the command line.

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