Re: mapping :h to ;

On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:02:04 -0700 (PDT)
info@odyschrift.nl wrote:

> I am a novice in gVim. I often need the help function.
> <shift>:h<space>. I understand I can map this combination of 4
> keystrokes to a single key. Is ; a good choice?

No, ";" is used to repeat "f", "F", "t", or "T" search. See :help ;

A better choice is <F1> since it is help on many other apps.

:nnoremap <F1> :help<space>

The default mapping for <F1> is :help<CR> which brings up the
general help file, help.txt

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