I was wondering if there is a way to see what commands are run by vim when I press a certain key.
In particular I am facing the rather weird behavior that vim does not execute my redefined behavior to switch between splits. I have the following lines in my .vimrc that remap the movement keys:
map <c-j> <c-w>j
map <c-k> <c-w>k
map <c-l> <c-w>l
map <c-h> <c-w>h
nnoremap j gj
nnoremap k gk
According to these remappings I want to be able to switch between splits by simply using ctrl + one of the movement keys.
It works for all keys except for j and I wanted to find out if that key might have been remapped by one of my installed plugins.
Is there any way to check this?
You can find out more about the mapping using the following command:
:verbose nnoremap j
I do not know about any really debuging feature but you can try :verbose map <shortcut>. It often provides useful info.
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I've been trying to create a shortcut for switching between open window splits in vim, rather than having to use ctrl+w+[arrowkey] I would prefer to just be able to use ctrl+[arrow keys].
This is what I currently have in my vimrc:
map <silent> <C-v> <c-w>v
map <silent> <C-Left> <c-w>h
map <silent> <C-Down> <c-w>j
map <silent> <C-Up> <c-w>k
map <silent> <C-Right> <c-w>l
The first shortcut for doing the vsplit works fine, however none of the others work. I've tried several variations of this and yet none of them do anything.
I'm using standard debian wheezy with KDE, vim is running from konsole and the only plugins I have installed are NERDTree and Airline.
I'm hoping someone can help provide a solution because I've been searching online for hours and trying hundreds of options and nothing seems to make any difference.
EDIT
verbatim insert for the shortcuts doesn't output anything at all, neither in shell or vim.
First, make sure that <C-Left> is not handled by konsole. Start a fresh one and use cat:
$ cat
^[[1;5D
That is how it should work for <C-Left>. Similar for other arrows. If <C-Left> doesn't work in such a way, search for "\e[1;5D": ... in /etc/inputrc and ~/.inputrc and comment it. You may have to log out and log in to get effect of these changes.
Next, use
:verbose map
in vim to display all mapped shortcuts and their source. You should see your bindings in this list. Your bindings are correct and all work in my case.
try this:
nnoremap <C-DOWN> <C-W><C-J>
nnoremap <C-UP> <C-W><C-K>
nnoremap <C-RIGHT> <C-W><C-L>
nnoremap <C-LEFT> <C-W><C-H>
In vim, the switch-window-key , <C-w><C-w> (press 2 times), is not comfortable to me, so I want to change it to <C-Tab>. What I do: adding map <C-w><C-w> <C-Tab> to the config file ~/.vimrc, but it does not work as if shortcut <C-Tab> has been used.
I'm not sure whether <C-w><C-w> is the right representation of the toggle window command,either. So how can I make it work pressing <C-Tab>?
First, the order of your mapping is wrong, you should do:
<map command> <desired shortcut> <action>
so, you should write your mapping like that:
map <C-Tab> <C-w><C-w>
and most certainly use nnoremap instead of map.
But <C-Tab> is an unreliable shortcut that won't work in many context so you should avoid it. I'd advise you to use <leader> (:help mapleader) or some other - better supported -- shortcut.
Note that <C-w><C-w> is not that bad: you just press Ctrl and hit ww. That's not that big of a deal.
it's better to map it that way, so you can toggle between windows with more flexibility:
map <c-j> <c-w>j "move up
map <c-k> <c-w>k "down
map <c-l> <c-w>l "right
map <c-h> <c-w>h "left
Hi I'm trying to optimise my window management in vim by mapping ctrlk to ctrl+w, k so i can just press ctrl+k to switch to the split window above the one I'm working in (I'm doing this for h,j and l also but it's only k that's causing the problem).
I've added this into my .vimrc
noremap <silent> <c-k> <C-W>k
noremap <silent> <c-j> <C-W>j
noremap <silent> <c-h> <C-W>h
noremap <silent> <c-l> <C-W>l
However if I press ctrl+k, then something weird happens. It changes depending on where I am in the document.
If I'm at the top of a document with many lines beneath my curser, the cursor hops down a few lines and columns into a completely different place.
If I'm at the bottom of a document, it creates loads of spaces from the cursor onwards.
I've tested and removing the above lines causes the symptoms to stop happening. I'm just really confused as to what is going on!
Some info: I'm using the vim binary that comes with macvim via the command line.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I can’t explain the second problem, but if you pasted everything directly from the vimrc then you have lots of trailing spaces that must not be there. It can explain the first problem. Try running
:%sm/\s\+$
then save and see whether problem disappears. If it is so, use
:set list listchars=trail:-
to be able to see trailing spaces so that you won’t run into this problem again.
Maybe <C-k> is already mapped to something else. Try :verbose map <C-k>.
Maybe your mapping is triggered in visual or operator mapping, where <c-w>k has a different meaning.
You could try this:
nnoremap <C-J> <C-W>j
nnoremap <C-K> <C-W>k
nnoremap <C-H> <C-W>h
nnoremap <C-L> <C-W>l
, which will trigger only in normal mode.
I am using NERDTree on vim and usually open files with i
Is there an easy way to switch between different panes? Currently I use CTRL+W+W to move from one pane to another.
Long ago I found a tip (once on vim.org, now on wikia, apparently) that I've stuck with. Remap ctrl-[hjkl] to navigate splits. It has served me well.
" Use ctrl-[hjkl] to select the active split!
nmap <silent> <c-k> :wincmd k<CR>
nmap <silent> <c-j> :wincmd j<CR>
nmap <silent> <c-h> :wincmd h<CR>
nmap <silent> <c-l> :wincmd l<CR>
I prefer hitting single keys over hitting key-chords. The following maps pane movement to arrow keys:
" Smart way to move between panes
map <up> <C-w><up>
map <down> <C-w><down>
map <left> <C-w><left>
map <right> <C-w><right>
I know this is an old question, but I have a perfect way. Using the number of the split.
split_number C-w C-w
The panes are numbered from top-left to bottom-right with the first one getting the number 1.
for example to go to split number 3 do this 3 C-w C-w, press Ctrl-w twice.
Key mappings are definitely the way to go. I use the mappings mentioned by overthink. I also include the following mappings in my vimrc to move the splits themselves.
" Move the splits arround!
nmap <silent> <c-s-k> <C-W>k
nmap <silent> <c-s-j> <C-W>j
nmap <silent> <c-s-h> <C-W>h
nmap <silent> <c-s-l> <C-W>l
This makes it so that if the split opens in the wrong spot (lets say the left side and I want it on the right) I go to that split and hit <C-S-l> and the split moves where I want it to.
In order to be consistent with changing tabs via gt & gT, I'm currently trying out the g mappings for changing splits. I tend to hit the shift key as I go for the Ctrl key so this helps me avoid that mistake until I get better at not doing so.
nnoremap gh <C-W><C-H>
nnoremap gj <C-W><C-J>
nnoremap gk <C-W><C-K>
nnoremap gl <C-W><C-L>
I have mapped ctrl+w ctrl+w to <tab> (under normal mode as in normal mode tab does not have any use)and that's have made my life easier as now I can switch between panes easily by pressing <tab>.
For switching to a particular pane, I can press <i> + <tab> to switch between panes as split window panes also got their own number which can replace i.
Ex. i = 1,2...n.
Very easy way of achieving it. Type this shortcut twice, and that should work
ctrl+w ctrl+w
I really like this vim trick to use the left and right arrows to flip between buffers:
"left/right arrows to switch buffers in normal mode
map <right> :bn<cr>
map <left> :bp<cr>
(Put that in ~/.vimrc)
But sometimes I'm munching on a sandwich or something when scrolling around a file and I really want the arrow keys to work normally.
I think what would make most sense is for the arrow keys to have the above buffer-flipping functionality only if there are actually multiple buffers open.
Is there a way to extend the above to accomplish that?
I'd rather have a completely different mapping because:
cursors are really useful, and not having them because you have a hidden buffer will annoy you a lot
some plugins use <left> and <right> because they are less obfuscated than l and h; those plugins are likely to break with such mappings
Anyway, you can try this:
nnoremap <expr> <right> (len(filter(range(0, bufnr('$')), 'buflisted(v:val)')) > 1 ? ":bn\<cr>" : "\<right>")
nnoremap <expr> <left> (len(filter(range(0, bufnr('$')), 'buflisted(v:val)')) > 1 ? ":bp\<cr>" : "\<left>")
To see documentation on the pieces above:
:h :map-<expr>
:h len()
:h filter()
:h range()
:h bufnr()
:h buflisted()
I use alt-direction to switch between buffers.
nmap <A-Left> :bp<CR>
nmap <A-Right> :bn<CR>
If you modifying hl's defaults, then the arrows would feel more useful. (Like changing whichwrap to allow hl to go past the end of line.)
I do something similar with jk to make them different from my arrows:
" work more logically with wrapped lines
set wrap
set linebreak
noremap j gj
noremap k gk
noremap gj j
noremap gk k
That will wrap long lines and jk will move to what looks like the line below. (If you have one long line, then you'll move to the part of that line below the cursor.) Great for editing prose or long comments.
See also
help showbreak
I map Tab and Shift+Tab to switch buffers when in normal mode (makes sense to my brain and the keys are not doing anything useful otherwise).
Add this to your .vimrc
" Use Tab and Shift-Tab to cycle through buffers
nnoremap <Tab> bnext<CR>
nnoremap <S-Tab> :bprevious<CR>