On Saturday, December 28, 2013 3:05:29 PM UTC+4, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 28/12/13 10:35, Alexey wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> 
> >
> 
> > i am using a Canadian Qwerty keyboard layout with dead keys for entering 
> > "^" and "¨" accents.  For example, typing what would be "[o" in US Qwerty 
> > produces "ô".
> 
> >
> 
> > Is it possible to map a dead key in Vim (in Normal mode for example)?  I 
> > would like to remap the keyboard so that pressing the US Qwerty <[> key 
> > acts as "[" even in Canadian layout.
> 
> >
> 
> > Thanks,
> 
> >
> 
> > Alexey.
> 
> >
> 
> 
> 
> It is not possible to map only the dead key, because when you hit it the 
> 
> keyboard interface (part of your OS or of X11 or…) sends nothing to Vim, 
> 
> it waits until you hit the next key. You can map â ê î ô û ŷ or even, if 

Thanks, but i do not think that Vim does not receive anything when i press a 
dead key: when in Insert mode i press the dead <^>, it shows "^", which turns 
into "ô" when i press <o>.

Alexey.

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