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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