Re: Using Alt in my keymaps and utf-8

On 21.08.12 08:19, Ben Fritz wrote:
> Even though Vim sees the keys as a Unicode character, pressing the
> keys should still execute the mapping.
>
> I don't think Vim can reliably do CTRL+Alt mappings, but I believe
> Alt-{key} mappings normally work fine.

Mostly. Over here, with:

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Apr 18 2012 19:32:03)
Included patches: 1-496

these Alt mappings work for me in more cases than not:

" Putting åæø and «» on Alt, is handier than digraphs:
inoremap <expr> <A-a> "\uE5"
inoremap <expr> <A-e> "\uE6"
inoremap <expr> <A-o> "\uF8"
inoremap <expr> <A-<> "\uAB"
inoremap <expr> <A->> "\uBB"

They work fine in insert mode, and for single character replacement,
using "cl", but fail when using "r". e.g.

Applying "cl<A-a>" to "x" gives å, which is correct.
Applying "r<A-a>" to "x" gives á, which is wrong.

Maybe that has been fixed since patch 496. I've just learnt to use "cl"
instead of "r" - it's more flexible, anyway.

Erik

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