Re: Editing non-latin texts

On Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:21:30 PM UTC-5, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a problem when using vim to edit Russian
> texts, because I always have to switch to the En-
> glish keyboard layout to enter normal-mode commands.
> For example, to replace a letter I have to:
>
> 1. Press ESC
> 2. Switch to English layout
> 3. Press 'r'
> 4. Switch to Russian layout
> 5. Type the substitute Russian letter
>
> Is it possible to make vim always assume English
> layout when in normal and command-line modes?
>

Maybe you could use a keymap (for insert, command-line, replace, search, etc. modes for entering text). :help 'keymap', :help mbyte-keymap.

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