On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:05:13AM -0500, hy...@lactose.homelinux.net wrote: > Greetings. > > I've just discovered the concept of "modelines" and I'm curious to see > how I can use it. > > Sadly, I am hampered in searching the documentation because the term > "modeline" is also used to describe the status line at the bottom of my > vile window. > > Anyway, my question is this: Can I use a modeline to do a key mapping?
no... I didn't consider this case, but back in the 90's there was some debate over the security issues of modeline. The original vi allowed "any" valid vi command to be part of a modeline, including shell commands. So when I implemented modelines, I limited it to setting buffer-modes (no global modes, no $variables, etc). > > Right now, I have this: > > :map! ^X^M ^[!!./codenames2points.pl^Mjjo > > in a local .vilerc in a specific directory. Can I put that into a modeline > since it really only applies to one specific file? It won't work, since map is a global thing, because it's initialized from the minibuffer (outside any editable buffer). There's only one set of key-binding tables as well (for different editing modes, of course). If you enable "popup-msgs" in your .vilerc, you'll probably see a warning for each try to execute that command: # vile:ts=5 map! ^X^M ^[!!./codenames2points.pl^Mjjo (if it's "vi" rather than "vile", that's simply ignored) > This isn't a situation where it matters. The .vilerc setup is working > fine, and I can't think of any real reason why I can't put this in my > main .vilerc . I'm just trying to learn what I can and can't do. > > --hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie > hy...@lactose.homelinux.net -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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