2009/5/30 Hai Nguyen: > > I was wondering if it's possible to remap the "Insert" key (the > literal key - not the mode) in MacVim so it behaves like vim on Linux > and Windows? I use a Microsoft Natural keyboard and I have a bad habit > of hitting the "Insert" key to toggle between Insert/Replace. The > default behavior on Linux and Windows seems to do that - on MacVim - > it toggles the Help. > > I tried googling around to how to map specific keys - but I couldn't > find anything that seemed useful to someone with limited vim knowledge > like myself. Any help would be much appreciated.
Hello Hai, As you may know on a Mac keyboard there is a key labelled "Help" where the "Insert" key is on a PC keyboard which is why you get the help when pressing insert. If I remember correctly Vim calls this key <Help> (you can assure yourself of this by going into insert mode, hitting Ctrl-v and then the key you want information on and Vim will print the name of the key). I think what you are looking for is :noremap <Help> <Insert> but I have no way to test this so you may have to try something else (read the sections under ":h mapping" and ":h :map-modes"). Other than that I would suggest you train your muscle-memory to use "i", "I", "a", "A" etc. to enter insert mode instead of using the Insert key. :-) Björn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
