Mapping mouse events in vim through putty not working...

Question

I'm using Vim 6.3.81 on a x-term through putty. I wanted to map mouse events (like wheel-button click , double click) to specific events using my .vimrc . I've looked at the vim wiki and based on it, defined the following map in my .vimrc:

:nnoremap <2-LeftMouse> :set invnumber<CR>

However , it is not working - double-click is not toggling the line numbers as intended . Do I have to change my X settings to get vim to accept mouse events ?

Thanks...

Answer 1

As far as I know you cannot map mouse events through the putty window. The only thing you can do with the mouse is copy and paste.

It would probably be best if you tried to learn to live without the mouse as this is the "power editor philosophy". You're more efficient if your hands stay on the keyboard.

Answer 2

Have you issued a :set mouse=a or similar?

Vim can accept mouse input through the terminal, but it needs to be explicitly enabled. Both PuTTY and xTerm support it.

:help mouse for more details.