Monday, September 24, 2012

Re: vim tabs nd ctrl-pgdn not working on cygwin cmd shell

On Friday, September 21, 2012 3:56:06 AM UTC-5, Gelonida N wrote:
> I'm running vim on multiple platforms.
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> I wanted o see whether vim tabs may be something useful for my way of
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> working.
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> On most of my platforms I can use 'CTRL-Pgdn' to change tabs
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> However this is not working on cygwin if started from a cmd (or an
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> rxvt-native) windows
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> If I start vim (not gvim) in an xterm CTRL-PgDn is working
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> However in a cmd shell this keyboard combination seems to be ignored.
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> Is Windows catching this combination?
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> If yes, can I convince it to leave my cmd window alone?
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> As I change platforms / workstations often not having the same keyboard
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> shortcuts on all machines makes a feature much less attractive.
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I'd recommend using gt and gT instead of <C-PageDown> and <C-PageUp>. They are synonyms, easier to type, and will work on all platforms without trouble and without any additional mappings.

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