Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread arocker
Does anyone else feel nostalgia for the days when, once you'd got the terminal running at the right frequency, length and parity, you didn't have to worry about an unknown number of functions leaping out from under their bridges to molest your character strings, (except for Ctl-s)? :-)* -- --

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread M Kelly
Hi, I made progress after finding my mistakes. I will map 'something else' to C-\ in terminal mode and command mode. Thank you again for your replies which help so much. take care, -m -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 3:56 PM M Kelly wrote: > > Hi, > > If the window mgr grabs C-\ then I don't think it will work ? > I did test but will test again, I propably messed something up. As Christan said, if you map something else to Ctrl-\ the Ctrl-\ will never be actually generated and your

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread M Kelly
Hi, > window manager won't receive the key from inside Vim. So I think this is the issue - for me yes, the window mgr wins and I try to make sure it and vim do not use the same key sequences. thx, -m -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread Christian Brabandt
On Mo, 17 Dez 2018, M Kelly wrote: > Hi, > > If the window mgr grabs C-\ then I don't think it will work ? > I did test but will test again, I propably messed something up. > > I think what I'm hoping for is if perhaps we knew something like: > C-\ calls function foo() ... > then I can unmap

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread M Kelly
Hi, If the window mgr grabs C-\ then I don't think it will work ? I did test but will test again, I propably messed something up. I think what I'm hoping for is if perhaps we knew something like: C-\ calls function foo() ... then I can unmap C-\ and map C-x (or S-F12) to call function foo() and

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 1:58 PM M Kelly wrote: > > Tony, hi > > Sorry for not being more precise - > I mean make another key do what C-\ does, but my difficult point is > that another program (like a window mgr etc.) might grab C-\ before vim, > so I don't mean map C-x to C-\ for exmaple. > >

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread M Kelly
Tony, hi Sorry for not being more precise - I mean make another key do what C-\ does, but my difficult point is that another program (like a window mgr etc.) might grab C-\ before vim, so I don't mean map C-x to C-\ for exmaple. thx, -m -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use"

Re: remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 1:31 PM M Kelly wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it possible to remap C-\ to a different C- key ? 1. Do you mean "make it do something else than its default action" or "make a different key act like Ctrl-\"? 2. Have you tried? If you have, and bee

remap C-\ to a different C- key ?

2018-12-17 Thread M Kelly
Hi, Is it possible to remap C-\ to a different C- key ? thx for all that is vim, -m -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- Yo