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Given that I defined let mapleader="\<Space>", I would like to get in the vimscript the value of the leader as <Space> and not as ' '. The latter may be obtained by using get(g:,"mapleader","\\"), but how to get the former? I'm searching for a formal solution to get Tab character as <Tab>, escape as <Esc>, etc.

Thank you

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You can simply use substitute():

substitute(get(g:,"mapleader","\\"), ' ', '<Space>', '')

Since there is only one case where get(g:,"mapleader","\\") will return a single whitespace this should work.

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  • I was hoping for some formal all-inclusive solution, e.g. to get Tab as <Tab>, etc. Is there something like this?
    – igorepst
    Commented Jun 20, 2018 at 7:11
  • @igorepst Maybe someone can prove me wrong but I don't think you have a built-in way to do that
    – statox
    Commented Jun 20, 2018 at 7:24
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    That's a pity. Let's wait for other answers before I accept yours
    – igorepst
    Commented Jun 20, 2018 at 7:36
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    I tried to come up with something by abusing nnoremap, which prints its RHS in this form. but it doesn't work for space and tab.. and just decided a look-up table is a lot simpler
    – Mass
    Commented Jun 21, 2018 at 21:00
  • Good, didn't think of that
    – igorepst
    Commented Jun 22, 2018 at 16:07

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