Thanks a ton Tony.
I checked how putty is treating to left and C-left.
The new settings which is working(for putty and xterm as well) in my case
is.
map C-t :tabnew
if has(gui_running) || (term == win32) || (term == pcterm) || (term
== xterm)
map C-left : tabprevCR
map C-right : tabnextCR
else
map Esc[D :tabprevCR
map Esc[C :tabnextCR
endif
It was tough for me but your valuable input made it easy.
Regards,
Jagpreet
-Original Message-
From: A.J.Mechelynck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:38 PM
To: J A G P R E E T
Cc: Vim mailing list
Subject: Re: Mapping doesn't work in putty.
J A G P R E E T wrote:
Hi There,
I have these mappings defined in my .vimrc file.
map C-t :tabnew
map C-left :tabpCR
map C-right :tabnCR
I'm using putty(terminal emulator) to access the unix server.
The fist mapping works absolutely fine.
The other two doesn't work at all and gives the error(E388: Couldn't find
definition).
Furthermore I checked C-left shows the definition for the variable under
cursor.
No clues why its not overridden from my mapping.
When I changed map C-left : tabpCR to
Map F2 : tabpCR
It works.
Another point is the mapping(C-left, C-right) works if I use Exceed or
x-Manager.
I have no clue at all why its not working in putty.
As far as I know for mapping at least; graphics support is not a must.
Whats missing for this mapping in putty.
Regards,
Jagpreet
This is the kind of error that could be the result of a bad or incomplete
termcap/terminfo entry.
In console Vim, you can see what codes any key or keychord sends to Vim by
hitting it in Insert mode, prefixed by Ctrl-V (or by ctrl-Q if your Ctrl-V
is
the paste key). In gvim the same procedure (on a non-printable key or
keychord) gives you the notation for what gvim thinks you have pressed.
By the above method you can check, for instance, if Vim can tell the
difference between Left and Ctrl-Left, Right and Ctrl-Right. (When I run Vim
in GUI mode, it can; when I run the same executable in console mode, either
in
a konsole xterm or in /dev/tty with no access to X-windows, it cannot). If
it cannot tell the difference, then you must use something else for the
{lhs}
of your mappings -- S-Left and S-Right are likely candidates.
If Vim can tell the difference, it still mightn't know that what you've hit
is
Ctrl-Left. In that case, one method (there are others) is to use the raw
keycode sequence as the {lhs} of the mapping. You may have to bracket the
mapping definition by a test on term since different terminals give
different
keycodes. Example (in the vimrc):
if has(gui_running) || (term == win32) || (term == pcterm)
we're either on our way to a GUI session
or on a terminal where C-Left etc. are defined correctly
map C-Left :tabprevCR
map C-Right :tabnextCR
elseif term =~ '^xterm'
local xterm console
Left and Ctrl-Left are the same
map Backslash-Left instead
map BslashEscOD :tabprevCR
map BslashEscOC :tabprevCR
elseif term == linux
non-X text console
here too, map Backslash-Left
map BslashEsc[D :tabprevCR
map BslashEsc[C :tabnextCR
elseif term == putty
putty connection
... etc. ...
else
unknown type of console terminal
assume that Left is OK but C-Left isn't
map BslashLeft :tabprevCR
map BslashRight :tabnextCR
endif
Note: The expression (term == putty) is a guess on my part. You may have
to
use something else depending on what Vim sees as the terminal type when in a
putty session.
Best regards,
Tony
