On Jun 29, 2:04 am, Jürgen Krämer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > John Magolske wrote: > > To avoid having to use the shift key when getting to the command > > prompt, I have this in my vimrc : > > > noremap ; : > > > I just switched over to a new machine with a fresh install of > > Debian, and I'm finding the ; keypress is now subject to timeout...but > > I can't figure out why. This was not the case on my old machine using > > the identical vimrc. How might I go about finding why this behavior > > is occurring? > > you probably have two or more mappings that start with ";". You can > check this with > > :noremap ; > > which will show you all (normal/visual/operator-pending mode) mappings. >
For some reason, ';' is a fairly common map leader (:help mapleader). I personally find the ';' command way too useful to override without a replacement. -- 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
