On 22/04/09 17:42, Tim Chase wrote:
>
> Matt Wozniski wrote:
>>> I read up at
>>>
>>> :help mapmode-ic
>>> and just above the help for
>>> :help :map_l
>>> but neither details the difference between the two.
>>
>> Check out :help map-modes
>
> I've reread that section a third time (it's just above the
> "mapmode-ic" I had already read), and it takes seeing all three
> tables/sections (mapmode-nvo, mapmode-ic, and mapmode-x) as
> interrelated and mutually exclusive to discern "
>
>> :map lists normal, visual, select, and operator pending mappings,
>> :map! lists insert, command line, and language mappings.
>
> " from that. It might help to tweak the brief text at "help
> map-modes" to mention all three sections together to group them
> conceptually:
>
> Overview of which map command works in which mode:
> |mapmode-nvo|, |mapmode-x|, |mapmode-ic|
>
> (as an aside, it looks like there should be a help-target for
> "mapmode-xs" to follow the pattern of the other groupings)
>
> Thanks for pointing me to the bigger-picture structure of that
> section.
>
> -tim
>
Sorry for waking up an old thread; I'm really behind in reading my mail.
I think the fundamental difference between ":map" and ":map!" is that
":map!" (with exclamation mark) applies to modes (Insert/Replace and
Command-line) where letters, digits and punctuation are _typed_ as
letters, digits and punctuation (either into a buffer or on the
command-line) while ":map" (with no exclamation mark) applies to modes
where letters etc. are commands for various actions, motions, objects,
etc., but not characters to be typed (Normal, Visual and Operator-pending).
Best regards,
Tony.
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