mån 2008-11-03 klockan 00:26 -0800 skrev Gary Johnson: > On 2008-11-02, peter holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > lör 2008-11-01 klockan 23:30 -0700 skrev Gary Johnson: > > > On 2008-11-01, peter holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a few mappings to the shift keys (to mimike the common ) > > > > > > > > Well - i don't get it to work in terminal. > > > > > > > > Any idea? > > > > > > In GUI mode, vim is able to see every combination of modifier-key(s) > > > and symbol-key that the user can press except for those combinations > > > intercepted by the OS and/or window manager. In terminal mode, vim > > > doesn't see key combinations directly but sees only sequences of > > > 7-bit and/or 8-bit characters emitted by the terminal program in > > > response to key combinations pressed by the user. Most terminal > > > programs emit unique character sequences for only a limited subset > > > of all the possible key combinations. > > > > > > So it is not surprising that some mappings that work in GUI mode do > > > not work in terminal mode. That being said, if you post exactly the > > > mappings you're having problems with, someone here might be able to > > > offer a solution, or be able to tell you for sure that they won't > > > work. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > > > > I had an earlier posting here, named : > > Select Text without jump between Insert Mode / Visual Mode > > and a user which name is Martin K. Schreder, kindley enough posted a > > complete set of mapping to me. > > > > Here between the dotted lines is part of our his ansver. > > .................................... > > Well, you could do it like this: > > > > " switch to visual mode and extend selection upwards > > :imap <S-Up> <esc>v<Up> > > " make sure the same key combination works in visual mode > > :vmap <S-Up> <Up> > > > > " do the same for other arrow keys > > :imap <S-Down> <esc>v<Down> > > :vmap <S-Down> <Down> > > :imap <S-Left> <esc>v<Left> > > :vmap <S-Left> <Left> > > :imap <S-Right> <esc>v<Right> > > :vmap <S-Right> <Right> > > > > " C-Insert yanks in vis mode and goes back to insert > > " Remapping C-Insert does not work for me in terminal > > :vmap <C-Ins> y<esc>i > > .................................... > > > > And here is a link to the complete posting: > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/12892e26ed72f3f5?pli=1# > > > > > > It's that mapping i really ought to get to work in terminal mode - and > > hopefully also in xterm and konsole. > > Your terminal and vim together determine which key combinations are > understood by vim. Vim uses the terminfo database to determine some > of these; I'm not sure how vim knows about the key combinations not > defined by terminfo. You can see which key combinations vim > recognizes by executing > > :set termcap > > For the rxvt terminal I'm using at the moment, vim recognizes > <Left>, <Right>, <Up>, <Down>, (S-Left> and <S-Right> but not <S-Up> > or <S-Down>. However, if I enter insert mode and hold the Ctrl key > while typing the letter v, then type the up arrow, I see that the > character sequence that the terminal emits for that key is > > ^[OA > > where ^[ indicates the Esc character. If while in insert mode I > hold the Ctrl key while typing the letter v again, then hold the > shift key while typing the up arrow, I see that the resulting > character sequence is > > ^[[a > > So this terminal does emit different character sequences for the > <Up> and <S-Up> keys. One way to get your mappings to work with > this terminal would be to also use these mappings: > > :imap <Esc>[a <S-Up> > :imap <Esc>[b <S-Down> > > You can perform similar experiments with your terminals to see if > they do emit unique character sequences for those key combinations > and it so, create mappings as I did. It may also be that some or > all of those terminals emit the same sequences for the shifted arrow > keys as they do for the unshifted arrow keys. In that case, you'll > have to have to use different key combinations for those mappings. > > I hope that was clear enough. See also > > :help i_CTRL-V > > Regards, > Gary
Thankyou very much Gary for that great piece of information. Now i will have some nice time experimenting with this. :) My Best Regards /Peter Holm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
