Re: map to in command line

Matt Wozniski wrote:

> >
> > Jürgen Krämer wrote:
> >
> >> this is VI-compatible behavior. In VI pressing <Esc> on the command
> >> line executed the command. The only way to cancel a command was to
> >> press Ctrl-C. You should thus
> >>
> >>   :nmap <A-[> <C-C>
> >>
> >> For more information
> >>
> >>   :help c_<Esc>
> >>   :help c_<CTRL-C>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jürgen
> >>
> >
> > cnoremap <A-[> <C-C>
> >
> > The <C-C> did do the work. But I have set no VI-compatible
> mode. So, the previous mapping behavior should be strange.
>
> As Jürgen said,
>
> :help c_<Esc>
>
> explicitly explains that <Esc> behaves like <CR> in maps or macros, or
> when 'cpoptions' contains 'x'. I'm sure the reason for this is that
> there's a pretty good bet that if a map does ":w<Esc>" it's a
> vi-compatible macro that wants to write the file, meaning that
> changing this behavior would break even the most simple vi maps that
> users might have wanted to bring forwards, even though it's unlikely
> that the user really wanted to do some work and then throw it all
> away.
>
> ~Matt

Matt, I see. Thanks. I just ignore that the macro is just map in c_<Esc> help document.

Regards,
Liu

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