Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:56:41 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> Cc: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: key mapping in vi/nvi Message-ID: <19990714235641.D524@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9907150855320.28914-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>; from Jonathan Chen on Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 08:57:41AM %2B1200 References: <19990714183835.A269@marder-1> <Pine.SC5.4.10.9907150855320.28914-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
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On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 08:57:41AM +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 10:41:55AM +0300, Anand Buddhdev wrote:
> > > I've been trying to do some key mapping in vi, but I'm stuck. I can
> > > associate simple letters to words, eg. map n anand, so that a press of
> > > 'anand' will instead send 'anand' to the editor. However, I want to
> > > associate the function keys F1 to F12 with various more complex macros,
> > > for example a substitution macro, like:
> > >
> > > F1 = s/From: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org>/From: postmaster/
> > >
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > map ^[OP :s/From: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org>/From: postmaster/^M
>
> The more portable way is to use
>
> map #1 :s/From: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org>/From: postmaster/^M
>
> which will read the terminfo/termap files for function key mappings.
> Function keys #1 - #12 correspond to F1 - F12.
>
BTW, is there any way to add comment lines in ~/.exrc? I've tried
most characters but it either bitches and doesn't read subsequent
lines, or core dumps.
> Jonathan Chen
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