quote: "it is not possible to use greek characters in command mode"
May I ask why is that so? You said "command line" in our private exchange and I didn't understand what you were talking about. landmap is still great for me. When in command mode you can see what you type and switch. On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 22:48 +0200, Agathoklis D. Hatzimanikas wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, at 10:28 Paris wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 20:58 +0200, Agathoklis D. Hatzimanikas wrote: > > > Γειά σου Πάρη, > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 25, at 08:11 Paris wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am using vim to edit documents in greek and it is really frustrating > > > > to have to alt_shift all the time to enter commands. Can vim ignore the > > > > language when in command mode? If not, can I have it toggling the > > > > language while switching to command mode? > > > > > > This can be partly solved by using the 'langmap' option, see help > > > 'langmap' > > > for details, where is also a specific example for the greek language. > > > > > > However, until recently (patch 7.2.109) this option was broken for > > > multibyte locales and judging from the headers of your email this also > > > should apply to you. > > > > > > So the recommended solution is to upgrade Vim (current patchlevel is > > > 148). > > > > > > > I gave langmap a chance but it has problems... Actually the same > > problems that occur if I map all greek characters one by one to the > > appropriate english ones with map. > > ":" wont work neither will command sequences like "gg" > > All the normal commands and regular motions should work out of the box > (they do for me). > As I already told you in our private exchange, is not possible to use > greek characters in command mode, thus is not supported by 'langmap' or > any other known way to me. > There is also another patch By Konstantin Korikov for 7.0 that you can use > CTRL-* in GTK-Gui but I never used it. > > http://lostclus.linux.kiev.ua/Other_Works/Patches?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=vim70-langmapctrl.patch > > Regards, > Agathoklis > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
