On Wed, 18 May 2011, sinbad wrote:
On May 19, 8:57 am, sinbad wrote:
On May 19, 7:15 am, Tim Chase wrote:
On 05/18/2011 08:58 PM, sinbad wrote:
to avoid this i've been thinking if i can make the shift and ctrl
keys sticky it might help to reduce the pain
Usually sticky-keys are an accessibility feature of your OS. Since
Vim doesn't see the individual shift/ctrl keypress (but rather just
sees the combined key-code, e.g. "control+R"), it doesn't have a way
to detect these modifiers.
With further info about your OS (and if Linux/BSD, what sort of
desktop environment), it would be easier to guide you to an
appropriate setting.
-tim
i am running on windows vista. but actually i use vim in linux
environment.
i telnet to the linux server using putty. that' where i work.
it's sad to hear that vim can't listen to individual ctrl shift key
hits.
It's not sad. It's unnecessary. <ctrl> doesn't do anything in Vim, so
Vim doesn't need to listen for <ctrl> pressed by itself.
Windows Vista should have plenty of support for sticky keys. Just
holding down <shift> for 8 or more seconds should bring up a prompt
asking about accessibility options. If that doesn't work (usually
because the prompt was disabled in the past), just google:
Windows Vista sticky keys
And you'll get a large list of instructions. The first suggests that
pressing the Windows logo key <Win> and <u> at the same time will bring
up the "Ease of Access Center". There, you should be able to adjust
keyboard settings, including "Sticky Keys".
btw, i use vim inside a gnu screen session, if that matters.
The above instructions (either just holding <shift> or the "Ease of
Access Center") should work for any application at all under Windows.
With the exception of games and applications that hide their keyboard
shortcuts or menus until you hold <alt>, most programs (under most
OS'es) don't listen for so-called "modifier keys" on their own.
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Best,
Ben
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