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remap keys in vim
Posted on 2011-01-12
Hello,
could you advise me how to remap the keys in vim editor in the following way?
1) caps lock should be instead of escape and vice versa
2) I don't want to press : before I enter some command. Instead of : I'd like to use quickly twice caps lock
or quickly twice space bar or shift (similar as you type dd when you want to delete a line)
thank you
could you advise me how to remap the keys in vim editor in the following way?
1) caps lock should be instead of escape and vice versa
2) I don't want to press : before I enter some command. Instead of : I'd like to use quickly twice caps lock
or quickly twice space bar or shift (similar as you type dd when you want to delete a line)
thank you
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AFAIK unfortunately, caps lock is not really a key, it's a key modifier. as such you won't get a response from "double tapping" they key.
I'd like to remap it so escape would be the key modifier and caps lock will have the functions as escape before. I heard that it's possible, but the discussion from that time was deleted.
For switching the keys try putting this in a file and running xmodmap on it:
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 9 = Caps_Lock
keycode 37 = Escape
add Lock = Caps_Lock
I don't think there is an easy way to assign a key to hitting a key twice fast.
This is for X Windows; if you want to do the same in the console you'd use loadkeys.
If you wanted to do the same in MS Windows there is a way to do it by setting registry keys.
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 9 = Caps_Lock
keycode 37 = Escape
add Lock = Caps_Lock
I don't think there is an easy way to assign a key to hitting a key twice fast.
This is for X Windows; if you want to do the same in the console you'd use loadkeys.
If you wanted to do the same in MS Windows there is a way to do it by setting registry keys.
Sorry, I think it should be 66 instead of 37 above for the Caps Lock key. I already remap my own keys so I got myself confused experimenting with it.
No problem,
if it's done globally in all operating system it's even better.
In vim, I'd like to replace the pressing of : for something convenient. Would it be problem to use spacebar? There should be no collisions with usefull keys and it should be easily pressable.
if it's done globally in all operating system it's even better.
In vim, I'd like to replace the pressing of : for something convenient. Would it be problem to use spacebar? There should be no collisions with usefull keys and it should be easily pressable.
I ran xmodmap on the file
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 9 = Caps_Lock
keycode 37 = Escape
add Lock = Caps_Lock
but now in vim does not work escape and caps lock
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keycode 9 = Caps_Lock
keycode 37 = Escape
add Lock = Caps_Lock
but now in vim does not work escape and caps lock
Try the same but use 66 instead of 37; I copied the wrong line. Restart X-Windows first if it's still messed up.
You could always change the ":" to " " in the Vim source code and recompile it.
You could always change the ":" to " " in the Vim source code and recompile it.
Thanks, with 37 it works (I overlooked it).
Recompilation could be solution, but
1) There should be no collisions with usefull keys and it should be easily pressable.
2) I haven't done this before. So it's quite possible that I won't have happy end. Could you navigate me, what do download, commands to use and what to edit? Isn't there easier solution with editing something in .vimrc?
Recompilation could be solution, but
1) There should be no collisions with usefull keys and it should be easily pressable.
2) I haven't done this before. So it's quite possible that I won't have happy end. Could you navigate me, what do download, commands to use and what to edit? Isn't there easier solution with editing something in .vimrc?
It should normally be possible to do something like that in .vimrc, but I couldn't figure out a way syntactically to specify a :map command to map space because it treats a space as whitespace and ignores it. I had no luck trying to escape it with quotes, backslash or ^V. There could be a way but I don't know what it is.
I just downloaded the Vim source; I'll take a look at it later tonight.
I just downloaded the Vim source; I'll take a look at it later tonight.
Aha! I found it; just add to your .vimrc:
map <Space> :
The <Space> is typed literally just like that with the angle-brackets and word Space.
map <Space> :
The <Space> is typed literally just like that with the angle-brackets and word Space.
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