Re: Remapping CTRL-I to

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 02:20:06PM EST, Ben Fritz wrote:
>
>
> On Jan 28, 12:14 pm, Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, while writing my reply, I tried a:
> >
> > | :inoremap <Esc>i <Esc>
> >
> > In my environment, this causes the <Alt+I> combo to send <Esc> to Vim..
> > and it looks like it might work with no side effects -- I first checked
> > in insert mode that <Alt+I> did not do anything that I could see and
> > I don't remember ever using it for anything else (?).
> >
>
> Alt keys do nothing special in Vim by default. If you're using GUI Vim
> you may need to read :help 'winaltkeys' but it sounds like you're
> sticking with the terminal.

Ah, yes.. that's probably what I had at the back of my mind re: using
the Alt modifier.

> You can probably map it directly:
>
> :inoremap <A-i> <Esc>
>
> or
>
> :inoremap <M-i> <Esc>

Well, you know what.. I've never been able to use the A- or M- syntax..
Tha's why I always specify <Esc> instead in my mappings. Time to revisit
this maybe..

> Note that Alt maps, unlike CTRL maps, are case-sensitive.

Interesting.. would mean that I can map Alt+<key> and Shift+Alt+<key> to
different things.. right?

Thanks,

cj

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