Re: imapping issue

On 11 December 2013, Ajabu Tex <ajabutex@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hallo.
>
> On Vim I want to imap the following sequence of command under the
> hotkey Ctrl-S:
>
> imap <C-S> <Esc>:w<Enter>i
> imap <Ctrl>S <Esc>:w<Enter>i
>
> but it doesnt work, nor the first version nor the second one.
>
> It works properly if I change hotkey, for example:
>
> imap <F12> <Esc>:w<Enter>i
>
> works as one can expect.
>
> What is wrong with Ctrl_S?

On UNIX terminals Ctrl-S is the default stop character for the tty
line discipline:

$ stty -a | grep '\^S'
eol2 = <undef>; swtch = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R;

Try this:

(1) open a file in Vim, enter insert mode;
(2) press Ctrl-S;
(3) type something;
(4) press Ctrl-Q.

/lcd

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