On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Ben Schmidt
<mail_ben_schm...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On 20/04/11 11:49 PM, Ben Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>> nmap ,bn <ESC>:bn<CR>
>>
>> ...
>>>
>>> nnoremap : ;
>>
>> So first the nmap types <Esc>, but you are already in Normal mode, so
>> Esc usually just beeps, which might abort the mapping; so that's not a
>> good idea.
>>
>> Even if it does get past that, though, it then types : but : has been
>> mapped to ; so instead of doing :bn<CR> it does ;bn<CR> (repeat last f
>> or t search in the same direction, or if there isn't one, probably just
>> beep and abort the mapping; or if it gets past that, then go back a
>> word, repeat the last search, and probably abort if the pattern is not
>> found, and then move down a line).
>>
>> Try :nnoremap in place of :nmap even for the ones which don't swap keys
>> and see how far that gets you.
>
> O, and leave out the Esc. E.g.
>
> :nnoremap ,bn :bn<CR>
>
> Smiles,
>
> Ben.
>
>
>
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