Re: good keys for mappings

2007-06-02 Thread John Little
Hi all Tony said: F2 to F12 (with the possible exception of F10), Shift-F1 to Shift-F12. Perhaps not the OP, but someone might find this useful. Vim, at least on Windows, also knows about F13, F14 and F15. I've never seen a keyboard with such, but registry mappings can be used to map the

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-06-02 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
John Little wrote: Hi all Tony said: F2 to F12 (with the possible exception of F10), Shift-F1 to Shift-F12. Perhaps not the OP, but someone might find this useful. Vim, at least on Windows, also knows about F13, F14 and F15. I've never seen a keyboard with such, but registry mappings can

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-06-02 Thread Yegappan Lakshmanan
Hi, On 5/31/07, Arn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? Maybe a dumb question but I hate having to unlearn something, I'd like to create a fair number of mappings that use a consistent convention and won't conflict

good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread Arn
Hi, Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? Maybe a dumb question but I hate having to unlearn something, I'd like to create a fair number of mappings that use a consistent convention and won't conflict with anything existing. I think Bram

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread Tim Chase
Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? [snip] I think Bram mentioned he's found prefixing with _ works well.. I believe that the backslash (\) is the only stand-alone lower-ASCII character available for mappings, and thus is the default

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread Peter Palm
Op donderdag 31 mei 2007, schreef Arn: Hi, Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? Maybe a dumb question but I hate having to unlearn something, I'd like to create a fair number of mappings that use a consistent convention and won't conflict

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread François Pinard
[Arn] Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? The usual is \ followed by something. I initially fought this convention, because \ is a bit hard to type on my keyboard, and tried other things instead, with various levels of conflicts and

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread DervishD
Hi Arn :) * Arn [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? Maybe a dumb question but I hate having to unlearn something, I'd like to create a fair number of mappings that use a consistent convention and won't

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread Yeti
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 11:15:18AM -0400, François Pinard wrote: I think Bram mentioned he's found prefixing with _ works well.. The _ key is sometimes suggested as well, and some say it is unused. But this is not true, _ is a very useful command for me (it brings the cursor back at the

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Arn wrote: Hi, Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? Maybe a dumb question but I hate having to unlearn something, I'd like to create a fair number of mappings that use a consistent convention and won't conflict with anything existing. I

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
DervishD wrote: Hi Arn :) * Arn [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: Any suggestions on keys/key combos that are good candidates for custom mappings etc? Maybe a dumb question but I hate having to unlearn something, I'd like to create a fair number of mappings that use a consistent convention and

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread DervishD
Hi Tony :) * A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: But I'd say the F keys are the safest in general, especially when taking portability into account. Of course: if you plan to use more than one vim or more than one keyboard type, the F keys are the best choice. In fact, for complex

Re: good keys for mappings

2007-05-31 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
DervishD wrote: Hi Tony :) * A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: But I'd say the F keys are the safest in general, especially when taking portability into account. Of course: if you plan to use more than one vim or more than one keyboard type, the F keys are the best choice. In