Re: cmap not working

On Monday, November 11, 2013 9:28:47 AM UTC-6, Reckoner wrote:
> Hi,
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> Doing the following:
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> :cmap <del> <tab> not working
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> Does not trigger completion when I do <del> like it does when I do <tab>.
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> What am I missing here?
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I guess it's explicitly excluded from mappings:

*c_CTRL-I* *c_wildchar* *c_<Tab>*
'wildchar' option
A match is done on the pattern in front of the cursor. The
match (if there are several, the first match) is inserted
in place of the pattern. (Note: does not work inside a
macro, because <Tab> or <Esc> are mostly used as 'wildchar',
and these have a special meaning in some macros.)

But Vim does provide 'wildcharm' to allow you to map something to the wildchar. You could set that to <Tab> and your mapping will work. Alternatively, you could set your 'wildchar' option to <Del> and you don't even need the mapping.

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