On 16/07/08 17:18, François Ingelrest wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 16:57, Tony Mechelynck > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I've been using something like that for some time: >>> >>> inoremap<Esc> <Right><Esc> >>> >>> This works in GVim but breaks extended keys in Vim (they send<Esc> as >>> the first keycode). >>> >>> It seems that Vim doesn't wait a bit to see if another keycode >>> follows, but rather immediately applies the mapping. This does not >>> happen without the mapping, because in this case Vim correctly waits a >>> bit to see whether it's<Esc> or an extended keycode. Not sure whether >>> this a bug or something desirable though... >> IIUC it is usually a side-effect of 'ttimeoutlen' being at its default >> of -1 (wait just as long for keycodes as for mappings). With something like >> >> set timeout ttimeoutlen=100 timeoutlen=5000 >> >> keycodes will timeout after one-tenth of a second (fast for a human, but >> usually quite lazy for a keyboard driver or a telecom line) while >> mappings will only timeout after five seconds (which should be ample for >> a human typist). Then if<Esc> is followed by something within one-tenth >> of a second it is examined for a keycode, but after that it still counts >> for a mapping. > > Solely this does not work, because (if I got it correctly) the timeout > is the maximum time that Vim will wait to see whether a mapping has > been matched, not the minimum time. So when I hit<Esc>, Vim doesn't > wait at all, because a mapping already matched. > >> If it still doesn't work, add >> >> inoremap<Esc><Esc> <Esc> >> >> to force the full timeout (5s in my example) on the Esc key when not >> part of a keycode. > > This works a bit better, but when I hit<Esc> to go back to normal > mode, Vim applies my first mapping and then it still waits during 5 > seconds to see whether another mapping will match. If I hit an > extended key within those 5 seconds, the<Esc><Esc> mapping is > matched, and the second keycode is interpreted separately.
Well, hit Esc twice to go back to Normal mode, this mapping (which doesn't remap) will be used, and there will be no waiting. > > The best solution I could come up with was to map<Right><Esc> to > something than<Esc>. I'm used to the movement of the cursor upon > going back to the normal mode, but I still prefer when it doesn't > move. Best regards, Tony. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 77. The phone company asks you to test drive their new PBX system --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
