On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 02:20:06PM EST, Ben Fritz wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 12:14 pm, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Actually, while writing my reply, I tried a: > > > > | :inoremap <Esc>i <Esc> > > > > In my environment, this causes the <Alt+I> combo to send <Esc> to Vim.. > > and it looks like it might work with no side effects -- I first checked > > in insert mode that <Alt+I> did not do anything that I could see and > > I don't remember ever using it for anything else (?). > > > > Alt keys do nothing special in Vim by default. If you're using GUI Vim > you may need to read :help 'winaltkeys' but it sounds like you're > sticking with the terminal.
Ah, yes.. that's probably what I had at the back of my mind re: using the Alt modifier. > You can probably map it directly: > > :inoremap <A-i> <Esc> > > or > > :inoremap <M-i> <Esc> Well, you know what.. I've never been able to use the A- or M- syntax.. Tha's why I always specify <Esc> instead in my mappings. Time to revisit this maybe.. > Note that Alt maps, unlike CTRL maps, are case-sensitive. Interesting.. would mean that I can map Alt+<key> and Shift+Alt+<key> to different things.. right? Thanks, cj -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
