HI, Im beginning VIM. I hate pressing the Esc command, which is a little far in T61, in order to return to command mode. How do I map it to F4?
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A:
Another way to exit insert mode is to use Ctrl+C. Not sure whether that helps in your situation though.
Greg Hewgill
2009-04-19 00:45:29
Alt+[ should work too, although I'm not sure it helps.
Nick Presta
2009-04-19 00:46:59
@Nick Presta: Perhaps you mean Ctrl+[, which is the same character as Esc in ASCII.
Greg Hewgill
2009-04-19 01:01:11
I didn't know that, nice!
Mike Cooper
2009-04-19 08:28:16
Type this into the `:` prompt (hit `:` and then type it), or put it on a line on its own in a file called `.vimrc` in your home directory.
Samir Talwar
2009-04-19 01:01:24
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A:
For a single session, you could just enter the following keystrokes exactly:
esc:imapspace<f4>space<esc>enter
The esc key ensures that you're in command mode, colon starts a line command, and the imap maps the F4 key to ESCAPE.
However, if you want this retained for every session, you'll need to put in in your Vim start-up file.
The location of this varies depending on your environment (for my Ubuntu, it's at $HOME/.gvimrc for gvim, $HOME/.vimrc for vim). You'll need to find it and add the line:
imap <f4> <esc>
One trick you can use is to start a naked Vim session (vim without an argument) then enter
:e $MYVIMRC
which will open up your current start-up file.
Also,
:echo $HOME
should tell you the location of it under Windows.
paxdiablo
2009-04-19 01:05:17
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A:
Just like many Emacs users rebind their "Caps Lock" key to "Control", vimmers rebind their "Caps Lock" to "Escape".
...At least I do. And it works wonders.
Vicent Marti
2009-04-19 16:59:25