I am going through this document and this is what I gathered.
<Esc> Escape key
<C-G> CTRL-G
<Up> cursor up key
<C-LeftMouse> Control- left mouse click
<S-F11> Shifted function key 11
<M-a> Meta- a ('a' with bit 8 set)
<M-A> Meta- A ('A' with bit 8 set)
<t_kd> "kd" termcap entry (cursor down key)
However I don't see how I can map Command/Apple key here. I am using plugin mentioned here. It works great. I open a tab and then I hit Command-R and I get the list of files. I could not find where the mapping is done between Command-R and the function. I am using vim settings as mentioned here
the modifier "D" stands for the "Command" key
Or T- in gvim, but it doesn't work with all keys, e. g. not with letters. T-CR, T-F5 or T-DELETE are OK though. Availability could be checked with ^K or ^V
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The following items are useful to me in editing text, and I was wondering if vim had something for this built out of the box (though I didn't see it on the https://vimhelp.org/index.txt.html#index.txt page), or I had to create mappings for it:
Forward-delete a character. This is X in normal mode.
Forward-delete all text to the right of the cursor on the line. This is the inverse of ctrl-u.
Are either of these mappings available? And if not, are there 'standard' mappings for this that are common (for example, how it might be done in another unix program).
Note that this is the keyboard I have -- there is only one delete key (which acts like a normal backspace key) and there is no backspace key:
Note: for forward-delete, I am currently mapping ctrl-d as:
"Ctrl-d to forward-delete when in insert or command mode
noremap! <C-d> <Delete>
However, this interferes with the tab in insert mode (which I don't use) and the help-options in command mode (which I do use!) so I may have to modify this later, or hopefully someone suggests a better solution.
though I didn't see it on the https://vimhelp.org/index.txt.html#index.txt page
If you can't find it in the documentation, then it doesn't exist.
You can use fn+delete for "Forward-delete a character".
"Forward-delete all text to the right of the cursor on the line" is ctrl+k in MacOS, but Vim has its own use for that combo, :help i_ctrl-k so it is up to you to create a mapping for it.
Something like:
inoremap <key> <C-o>ld$
I am trying to modify my vimrc in the following way:
map <S-Up> <C-U>
map <S-Down> <C-D>
map <S-.> G
in order to :
move the screen up by pressing Shift+Up
move the screen down by pressing Shift+Down
go to a specific line by typing the line number then Shift+. (instead of typing line number then G)
But none of those mappings work.
I've browsed google and SO to figure out what I'm doing wrong but no luck.
Anyone can give any pointer?
Instead of <S-.> (assuming an US-English keyboard layout that has . and > on the same key), you can just write >. Then, the mapping will work.
In the graphical GVIM, your <S-Up> will work as well. In the terminal, things are complicated. For me (gnome-terminal), pressing Shift + ↑ does not send anything to Vim (to check, press :<C-v>, then the keys, and observe what gets inserted literally). For (unshifted) <Up>, I get ^[OA, the expected keycode.
So, if this is mostly about the terminal, it may make sense to select different (more ordinary) keys (cursor keys are frowned upon by Vim users, anyway :-).
I have a chromebook that I've modified to run Arch Linux on. I have a 'search' key just under the tab key that I'd like to map as autocomplete when in insert mode. xev tells me the value of the key is XF86Search. However this doesn't seem to be working:
#.vimrc
inoremap <XF86Search> <c-n> mapmode-i$
How can I make this mapping with an XF86 key?
edit: In fact, using AutoComplPop from this answer proved to be a better solution, but Ingo pointed me in the right direction. This question on superuser discusses remapping keys for vim and/or terminal using xmodmap and that's the way I would have had to go.
In insert or command-line mode, try typing the search key (maybe preceded by <C-V> for literal input). If nothing happens / is inserted, you cannot use that key combination directly in Vim. You would have to remap it outside to some unused key (e.g. <F13>) that is supported by Vim. Else, just insert the key literally into your .vimrc mapping definition, without the special <...> key notation.
I use capslock as control so it is more natural to use as : but noremap <C-;> : does not work. Is it possible to do such mapping in vim?
From Vim FAQ (also available through this nice plugin):
20.4. I am not able to create a mapping for the <xxx> key. What is wrong?
1) First make sure, the key is passed correctly to Vim. To determine if
this is the case, put Vim in Insert mode and then hit Ctrl-V (or
Ctrl-Q if your Ctrl-V is remapped to the paste operation (e.g. on
Windows if you are using the mswin.vim script file) followed by your
key.
If nothing appears in the buffer (and assuming that you have
'showcmd' on, ^V remains displayed near the bottom right of the Vim
screen), then Vim doesn't get your key correctly and there is nothing
to be done, other than selecting a different key for your mapping or
using GVim, which should recognise the key correctly.
Trying the above with <C-;> shows that it is not captured by vim/gvim...
Is there a way to use the alt+backspace in vim command line? It gets unruly when having to backspace /very/long/file/path individually instead of using alt+backspace to delete by words.
try using instead <c-w> (that is ctrl+w) to erase words or <c-u> (ctrl+u) to delete lines.
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Map_Ctrl-Backspace_to_delete_previous_word
:imap <C-BS> <C-W>
sets ctrl backspace, i have to look at how to do alt
If you are at the end of the path you can hit B followed by a dW (case matters). This will jump you to the beginning of the word (ignoring the slashes) and subsequently delete the word (again ignoring the slashes).
Hope this helps.
Vim is unable to receive alt input. skeept's answer seems to be the best alternative.
See this answer:
The Alt/Meta key is problematic in Vim and most terminals, see this answer of mine for an overview of the situation (the situation is the same for Meta and Alt).
In short, Vim doesn't receive Alt at all: hitting Alt+Backspace is exactly the same as hitting Backspace.
Anyway, it will be better for you in the long term to learn and get accustomed to Vim's default key-mappings.
The answer marked as right does not correspond to the behaviour in most UI editors for Alt + BackSpace. The vim shortcut which correspond to this behaviour is db - aka delete back ( a word ?! ), dw would delete word forth, which would be the (Altr or Ctrl ) Del shortcut in most ui programs.
Those work basically the same way as the w - move the cursor to the words beginnings and b, move the cursor back to the words beginning ...
Disclaimer: I have used for more than 10 years my .vimrc. , which might have some freaky twist which changes the default behaviour as well ...
Sure, it's as easy as:
if has('gui_running')
imap <M-BS> <C-W>
else
imap <Esc><BS> <C-W>
endif
The trick here is to know, given a hypothetical foo key, that after pressing a Alt+foo combination, many terminals will send an Escape code followed by foo. Apparently there are exceptions — some terminals do send something that vim can recognize as Alt. But if a imap <M-BS> <C-W> mapping doesn't work for you in terminal, then most likely your terminal sends an Esc instead, so the combination imap <Esc><BS> <C-W> should work for you.
You can read more about that in vim documentation by evaluating :help map-alt-keys
x then w should backspace per word as well.
d then w will also delete the current word the cursor is on.