vim mapping ctrl-; - vim

Question

In my case the move-right button is ;
I want Ctrl; to move the cursor 7 characters to the right.
I've tried the below .vimrc mapping, but it doesn't work:
nmap <c-;> 7;

Answer 1

Like previous comment says, it seems that ";" cannot be in the form <C-;>.
You can test typing Ctrl+V + key sequence.
Ctrl+V + ; gives only ; whereas Ctrl+V + L give ^L.
So I suppose that vim cannot recognize <C-;>.
You have some more information on the key codes help pages:
:help keycodes
:help <C-

Answer 2

I am not sure, but it might be because <C-;> does not map to an ASCII character. Only #, A-Z, [, \, ], ^ and _ map to ASCII characters (0 through 31 respectively) when combined with Ctrl.
EDIT
I did some searching and found this thread. In it, it is said that gvim.exe works the way I suggest: only use valid control characters, no other. Interestingly vim.exe works differently and you can do the mapping you want.

Answer 3

As others said <c-;> can't be mapped.
The best solution is:
nmap <C-l> 7l
nmap <C-h> 7h
You can remap the regular cursor keys instead.
something like this also would work:
nmap <C-Right> 7l
nmap <C-Left> 7h
Other side example for resizing windows:
" resize horzontal split window
nmap <C-Up> <C-W>-<C-W>-
nmap <C-Down> <C-W>+<C-W>+
" resize vertical split window
nmap <C-Right> <C-W>><C-W>>
nmap <C-Left> <C-W><<C-W><

Answer 4

You can hack your keyboard by using sxhkd + xkvbd. Just to give you an idea I was able to map C-LefMouse so my system recognize as if it was MiddleMouse:
# put this in your sxhkdrc
ctrl + button1
xvkbd -no-jump-pointer -xsendevent -text '\m2'
~/.config/nvim/lua/core/utils
local M = {}
-- https://blog.devgenius.io/create-custom-keymaps-in-neovim-with-lua-d1167de0f2c2
-- https://oroques.dev/notes/neovim-init/
M.map = function(mode, lhs, rhs, opts)
local options = { noremap = true }
if opts then
options = vim.tbl_extend("force", options, opts)
end
vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(mode, lhs, rhs, options)
end
return M
In our mappings.lua
local map = require('core.utils').map
-- copy to the primary selection on mouse release
map("v", "<LeftRelease>", '"*y')
map("i", "<C-MiddleMouse>", '<C-o>"*p')
map("n", "<C-MiddleMouse>", '"*p')
The idea is to make nvim recognize your Ctrl+; as if it was something it can handle, similarly as I did with this primary selection solution. Eventually, these ideas could help someone figure out solutions for other issues.

Answer 5

In KDE konsole terminal, you can add key bindings.
terminal right click menu --> Edit Current Profile --> keyboard --> Edit
I have added a value like this:
Key Combination => ;+Ctrl
Output => \E[9;8~
then you can check the value with Ctrl-V Ctrl-; in termnal.
if successfully printed ^[[9;8~ then you can use the value in vim key bindings something like this
inoremap ^[[9;8~ <esc>A;
you also need to type Ctrl-V Ctrl-; for the value after inoremap