On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8:02:15 PM UTC+12, aubertin.sylvain wrote: > Following VIM Manual (by Moolenaar) I type : > :map <F9> ipapa<Esc> (5 characters for <Esc> and 4 characters for <F5> ) > But it doesn't work. Instead of « papa « , it returns <F9> > Something is wrong, but where ??
That's a "normal mode" mapping, you appear to be want it to work in insert mode. Try :imap <F9> papa If you are shaky on modes, you could start at :help 02.2, "The Vim editor is a modal editor". If you understand modes, check out :help map-modes. Regards, John Little -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
