Thanks, Tony, it works. It should be documented or mentioned. :help iminsert says nothing about it, as far as I understand.
Rergs, Milan On Fri Mar 09, 2007 at 04:30:03PM +0100, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > Milan Berta wrote: > > Hi, > > > > using: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled Feb 6 2007 18:55:12) > > Included patches: 1-188 > > > > when I load any keymaps after each other the b:keymap_name variable > > vanish after loading the second keymap and never appears again. > > > > So, > > - open vim $vim -u NONE --noplugin > > - :echo b:keymap_name #error message, the value doesn't exist, OK, true > > - :setlocal keymap=esperanto #or whatever else > > - :echo b:keymap_name #Eo message, OK, true > > - :setlocal keymap=esperanto #or whatever else > > - :echo b:keymap_name #error message, the value doesn't exist, ???, it's > > like :unlet b:keymap_name. > > > > Strange enough: the %k variable in the statusline works well all the > > time -- shows the right value: either nothing, or <lang> = nothing, or > > <Eo>. But it depends on the b:keymap_name value which stops to exist at > > some time. > > > > I couldn't find anything, which would point to a vanishing variable of > > b:keymap_name (which is actually defined in every keymap file) in the > > documentation or help: > > - help keymap > > - help loadkeymap > > - help statusline > > > > Regs, > > Milan > > > > Apparently, to change keymaps in a buffer where a keymap is defined, you > need to clear both the 'keymap' and 'iminsert' options: > > :setlocal keymap=esperanto > :setlocal keymap= iminsert=0 keymap=accents > > works (%k on the status line shows <acc> which is the b:keymap_name for the > "accents" keymap). > > Note that setting 'keymap' (from empty to nonempty) also sets 'iminsert' > (from 0 to 1). > > > Best regards, > Tony.
