On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:11:36PM EDT, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: [..] > see > :help 'timeout' > :help 'ttimeout' > :help 'timeoutlen' > :help 'ttimeoutlen' > shame on me..
":h timeout" followed by a <Ctrl-D> would have gotten me all four of 'em.. :-( > For instance, to time out mappings after 10 seconds but keyboard > auto-generated key sequences (for special keys in some terminals) after > 0.25 seconds: > > :set timeout timeoutlen=10000 ttimeoutlen=250 > > The 'ttimeoutlen' setting should be large enough for your hardware > (including the communication line if you're using Vim on a remote > machine); 'timeoutlen' should be large enough for your typing speed > (including hesitations). > My feeling is that this behavior is not obvious unless (until) you become a fairly mature user. I initially posted this a month ago because I couldn't figure out what was happening and only just realized that this is just how Vim works in the case of multicharacter commands. When this didn't work with the latex suite commands a couple of days ago.. I automatically tried typing faster and only after the fact did I "rationally" guess what must be going on behind the scenes. Well.. if anything, this may come in handy when/if another novice runs into the same problem and googles for a similar problem. Thanks cga
