Re: mapping keys in any mode

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 12:07:18 PM UTC-6, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz wrote:

If I want to map a function onto the same key in any mode, is this the
best way of doing it? :

map <silent> <F6> :nohlsearch<CR>
imap <silent> <F6> <Esc>:nohlsearch<CR>i

Some suggestions:

* For insert mode, a better way would probably be <C-O> instead of <Esc>...i

* Use nnoremap and xnoremap instead of just "map" which gets normal, operator-pending, and visual modes. You probably want to use a <C-U> in the visual mode mapping to remove the range, and you probably don't want to do it at all in operator-pending mode.

* Either use inoremap, or keep using imap but simply use the normal-mode mapping instead of re-defining it on the RHS

For example:

nnoremap <silent> <F6> :nohlsearch<CR>

xnoremap <silent> <F6> :<C-U>nohlsearch<CR>

imap <silent> <F6> <C-O><F6>

Other than that...it should work fine the way you have it.

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