Re: ctrl-o with a mapping

On Feb 5, 4:05 am, ZyX <zyx....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Reply to message «Re: ctrl-o with a mapping»,
> sent 23:56:30 05 February 2011, Saturday
> by AK:
>
> > Well, this is a normal mode mapping (nnoremap), by definition all of its
> > contents should run under normal mode or not at all.
>
> The fact that it is normal mode mapping means that {lhs} will be replaced by
> {rhs} if you type {lhs} in normal mode. It never meant that it should run under
> normal mode, the fact that first command is run under normal mode is just a
> consequence of the fact that you press {lhs} in normal mode.
>

It seems strange to me that recorded macros behave differently from
normal mode mappings, especially if you interpret them as above. :help
@ even says "the register is executed like a mapping".

For example:

qa0:echo getfontname()<Enter>q
i<C-O>@a

This does not insert the :echo getfontname(), it does exactly as is
done in normal mode.

However,

:nnoremap <F9> 0:echo getfontname()<CR>
i<C-O><F9>

This inserts the :echo command in the text.

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