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I'm trying to unmap the normal mode open cmdline-window bindings:
nnoremap q: <NOP>
nnoremap q? <NOP>
nnoremap q/ <NOP>
Do not have any effect, even though :verbose map q: shows it's correctly mapped to <Nop> in normal mode.
n q: * <Nop>
When I press q: it still opens the command line window.
How can I stop q: etc. from doing anything?
q:, q?, and q/ are not mappings so they can't be "unmapped" (or "remapped").
Mapping a built-in command to <NOP> is the correct way to get rid of it.
Your mappings should work as intended in $ vim -Nu NONE and $ vim --clean (they do, here). If they do, it means that the mappings themselves are correct but something in your config is interfering, which means that you will have to debug it.
:verbose map q: is identical in my vim that has loaded my config, and one that hasn't but where I have run :nnoremap q: <NOP>. I have no idea what else could be affecting this behaviour
Apr 3 at 11:57