Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:57:41 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> Cc: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: key mapping in vi/nvi Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9907150855320.28914-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19990714183835.A269@marder-1>
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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.
Jonathan Chen
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