How to map angle brackets in Windows gVim?

Question

I code a lot of HTML and I'd like to map CTRL+> to > and CTRL+< to < respectively, to make it easier when typing out lots of text featuring those symbols.

After checking the Vim manual, I tried using imap <C->> &gt;, imap <C-\>> &gt; and even imap <C-S-.> &gt; but so far I've had no success. Any ideas?

Answer 1

All the <C-X> type combinations are for "Ctrl+X", you need:

:imap < &lt;
:imap > &lt;

As an alternative, you could also consider using :ab:

:iab < &lt;
:iab > &gt;

Then you type <SPACE and you'll get <. This allows you to type:

<a href

and get:

<a href

or type:

X < Y

and get:

X < Y

Hope that helps, for more information, see:

:help :imap
:help :abbreviations

Answer 2

As a compromise, I've found I can do imap <M-.> &gt; and imap <M-,> &lt;, which allows me to use ALT+. to type > and ALT+, to type < respectively. I suspect that not all CTRL+<key> combinations are supported.