Thank you, this is the idiom I had wired in years ago and forgotten. I really appreciate your help.
-- Bertrand Meyer On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 5:21:57 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > On Sun, 1 Jan 2023 19:56:48 +0600 > Enan Ajmain <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 09:11:04 -0800 (PST) > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2. How do I represent ESC in a macro (my name for the result of a > ___map___)? I > > > want to define something like > > > > > > :map v iSOME TEXT<Esc> > > > > > > so that when I type ___v___ it will insert SOME_TEXT at the current > position > > > and then escape (get out of insert mode). But I no longer know how to > type > > > what appears above as <Esc> when entering the macro. I remembered > various > > > incantations involving CTRL-V or CTRL-G but they do not seem to work. > > > > Which version of Vim are you using? And it _is_ Vim, not Vi, right? > > Because in Vim, your map should work. What I will recommend is using > > 'nnoremap' instead of 'map' because: > > > > o You want "v" to be mapped only in normal mode. Otherwise you can't > > enter "v" in insert mode without using ':h i_CTRL-V'. > > See ':h nmap'. > > o You don't want nested or recursive mapping. See ':h noremap'. > > Sorry, I misunderstood your message. You're trying to map so that it > inserts the text "<Esc>". For that you need to add a literal 'Ctrl-V' > character in the map. Type this exactly (here ^V is a Ctrl-V): > > :nnoremap v iTEXT^V^V<Esc> > > To clarify, you need to press Ctrl-V twice, but only one literal Ctrl-V > will be inserted. It's quite intuitive once you know it. I am sure you > can explain the machinery yourself. Read ':h using_CTRL-V'. > > > -- > Enan > [email protected] > https://git.sr.ht/~enan/ > https://www.github.com/3N4N > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/31abedb8-e734-4895-99ab-44321477510dn%40googlegroups.com.
