Re: this nmap and imap work, but the vmap does not

On 27/12/09 16:28, Ben Fritz wrote:
>
>
> On Dec 25, 9:54 pm, Bee<200...@calcentral.com> wrote:
>> visually select 4 lines
>> This vmap does NOT work. How to make it work?
>> vmap<F5> <F5>gv
>>
>
> This mapping does not (as you seem to intend) trigger the normal-mode
> mapping for<F5>, because it never leaves visual mode. Instead, it
> just continually calls itself recursively until it reaches the limit
> defined in Vim, I think by a configurable option.

No, because the {lhs} is at the start of the {rhs}, see ":help
recursive-mapping". In this case the F5 is not mapped again, and so does
what F5 does by default in Visual mode (i.e. nothing) followed by gv

>
> You probably want something like:
>
> vmap<F5> <ESC><F5>gv
>

Best regards,
Tony.
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