Hi Björn, Thank you for the extremely useful information!
:noremap <Help> <Insert> :noremap! <Help> <Insert> is exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks, Hai On May 30, 3:29 am, björn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
