Re: Is it possible to map dead keys (accents) in Normal mode?

On Saturday, December 28, 2013 3:05:29 PM UTC+4, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 28/12/13 10:35, Alexey wrote:
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> > Hello,
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> > i am using a Canadian Qwerty keyboard layout with dead keys for entering "^" and "¨" accents. For example, typing what would be "[o" in US Qwerty produces "ô".
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> > Is it possible to map a dead key in Vim (in Normal mode for example)? I would like to remap the keyboard so that pressing the US Qwerty <[> key acts as "[" even in Canadian layout.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Alexey.
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> It is not possible to map only the dead key, because when you hit it the
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> keyboard interface (part of your OS or of X11 or…) sends nothing to Vim,
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> it waits until you hit the next key. You can map â ê î ô û ŷ or even, if

Thanks, but i do not think that Vim does not receive anything when i press a dead key: when in Insert mode i press the dead <^>, it shows "^", which turns into "ô" when i press <o>.

Alexey.

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