X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:reply-to:subject:references:to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=DYchGdI5OxTZGi5n zJiyDr9wi45I3ipyxgCsKclWbSFUo0KuQCS4Hp1ZgE6JDGfRLg6bHZ0FaJ5/i5u7 Qs9FLvwLXVJSHGMuPL31tfiDWFygSctb0DITU4oxHfS2LtfIUD21fxW3/H+Gq0ZQ 3v8A52/RGuQJk1Q4jlXvOOD5zCQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:reply-to:subject:references:to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=q+vzOJWeo0qgCy4qAY0N6t T4sUg=; b=lWITnQ5ONjRaDSFResvfVD8WjU0+iKsppgqUA4VCVlWEH4GmHJ5FgC k7J/YXh69q5ZDLIA3nuTSaBhaWMGAJoD4CJe+xp5ByVxiW0UD7Tjzy7ur6Sp4tEn dOszbxkBJR4DH7SFSKsgBZxOVMTovkgTK7Ds/A24ZZVww6MTncJiA= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,URI_TRY_3LD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=morris, Morris, calgary, Calgary X-HELO: smtp-out-no.shaw.ca X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=VYS1Bxh9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:117 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=za3MSoKqAAAA:8 a=uPZiAMpXAAAA:8 a=b4eMD0GmHX_ZvWjD-W0A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=uzcwCr_b7bYA:10 a=LQGAJmsFRDlAZqxAFLki:22 a=svzibyHiZmA4t4YY0eFS:22 Reply-To: Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca Subject: Re: updated vim broke arrow/delete keys References: <20160904151924 DOT GA3782 AT gmail DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Brian Inglis Message-ID: Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 14:48:17 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160904151924.GA3782@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfLa6FleVYZy1AZ+KA82YcigZfhVKFA+2hgfNzC6P436jqiqe3c0nZRnDhFAQLiNqdxkSM+uJhA7jeCyRq/Cafz3ZRKU8dIQtbsOwANePAqIZcuPFKm4I O6K+UtysS0+bzscwRpSQlZuJ09rtjIlIgiwtExPKrqvT59LWBKqh8a6zk7BoEMpUXlNGxOvVKlOjpA== X-IsSubscribed: yes On 2016-09-04 09:19, Felipe M. Vieira wrote: > The motive: > http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/chapters/10.html If the title alone does not put you off, it should be a warning, and the author warns it is not a tutorial, it is one way to learn how to customize vim, and I would add, should be done in a sandbox: a separate account from your working account, and only after reading the whole article from start to finish before trying anything, as the impact of the changes is nowhere clearly explained, just what the immediate effect is and whay that is considered desirable by the author. > The idea is to force yourself to use a faster escape key. > the output of that command: > timeoutlen=1000 > ttimeoutlen=-1 > I guess the final answer is the one from Randy Morris: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8488232/how-to-disable-esc-and-cursor-keys-in-vim > "In conclusion, don't remap escape, I almost guarantee you will have unexpected consequences." > It feels like and some other keys are a combination of other keys as Erik > pointed out. > I'm going to send an email to the author of vimscript to add a warning or > something like that. Send the email to the author of the article Steve Losh, and suggest his article could be improved by discussing the impact of his changes, and not just the immediate effect; I suspect the author of vim and its scripting language Bram Moolenaar would be unlikely to suggest remapping ! -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple