On 2007-02-21, Sean Hubbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  I seem to be oblivious to what I am doing wrong. I have the following 
> mapping I would like to execute from vim:
> 
> nmap <F2> :!"/usr/bin/firefox 
> 'http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&q=+'<cword>"
> 
> I can execute the following from ex, but I am missing something from the 
> mapping, does anyone have an ideas?

1.  Get rid of the double-quotes (").  They make the argument appear 
    to the shell to be part of the command name.
2.  Add <CR> to the end.

    nmap <F2> :!/usr/bin/firefox 
'http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&q=+'<cword><CR>

HTH,
Gary

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Gary Johnson                 | Agilent Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED]     | Wireless Division
                             | Spokane, Washington, USA

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