Hello, I could not find a way to avoid the error.
$ cat .vimrc set nocp nmap <buffer> ,nc :let @x='0ct*<tab>abcd <esc>f;i)<esc>+'<cr> $ LANG= vim -u .vimrc -U NONE --noplugin If I typed ',nc', then I've got error message. E115: Missing quote: '0ct*^Iabcd E15: Invalid expression: '0ct*^Iabcd Press ENTER or type command to continue Thanks in advance. Regards, namsh