The backslash key does work in insert mode... It is right above my 'ENTER' key on my keyboard. In insert mode, it behaves like any other ascii character typed from the keyboard.
-----Original Message----- From: Yakov Lerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:07 AM Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Newbie notation question: hotkeys On 6/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks for the response from both of you... Sadly the backslash isn't > working... I'm on a standard QWERTY keyboard in the U.S.... I'm not > sure what the rest of the specs for the keyboard are, but it has the > F1-F12 keys and a 'Windows' key on the lower left, as well as ESC, ALT, Ctrl... > Does that help anybody/anything? Does backslash key work in insert mode in vim ? Does it work in other applications ? Is it present on the keyboard ? Yakov > -----Original Message----- > From: Yakov Lerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 2:41 AM > To: A.J.Mechelynck > Cc: Pettis, Matthew (TLR Corp); [email protected] > Subject: Re: Newbie notation question: hotkeys > > On 6/16/06, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ex: in describing hotkeys, they use: > > > ... > > > \cl Line End Comment > > > \cf Frame Comment > > > \cu Function Description > > > \ch File Header (*.pl) > > > I believe the backslash > > represents a backslash. > > Indeed. The rare case when backslash represents a backslash :-) > > For \ch, for exampe, you need to press 3 keys in quick > sequence: 1. backslash 2. c 3 h. > > If you make excessive delays between these keys, mappnig will not > execute. :help ttimeout, :help timeout > > Yakov >
