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I often repeat the following commands when I edit code:

  • yy - yank the line
  • gcc - comment out the line (so that I can visually see all the changes later)
  • p - paste back the copied version what I will edit
  • i - jump into insert mode

I tried to do the mapping as

nnoremap yc yygccpi

The problem seems to be with the commentary plugin's key-combination. Even if I remap gcc to yc, nothing happens. Other bindings, like yyp and 3l, are working. The nnoremap is at the end of my vimrc, well after the packloadall command.

How could I accomplish this keymapping, and what was the problem?

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    I would say you should put :normal yygccpi in the last column instead of just yygccpi to have it type it exactly as in normal mode.. I can't remember the exact reason we use :normal instead, but :normal is exactly as typing it key by key in ---[NORMAL]--- mode. Normally you'd use :normal! (plus asterisk) to ignore mappings, but I'm pretty sure gcc is a mapping so thats not what you want in this case :) read also :help :normal
    – dza
    Jan 17, 2020 at 11:56
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    Or just use nmap, no need to :normal
    – Maxim Kim
    Jan 17, 2020 at 12:00

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Change you mapping to nmap instead of nnoremap.

nnoremap uses "default" mappings on the right mapped side (it doesn't allow nested mappings, like gcc).

Thus

nmap yc yygccpi
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