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I have mapped [] and {} on my German keyboard with:
nmap Ö {
nmap Ä }
nmap ö [
nmap ä ]
but if I try, for example, to delete inside {} with di} it won't delete.
It also fails with f and t (for example, f} and t}).
Can someone tell me if there is an additional map command for such operations?
As Philipp has pointed out in his previous answer, :lmap can be used to get f and the likes to work with your mappings.
However, this will most likely not work out of the box for you since the 'iminsert' option needs to be set to 1 while the default is 0 or 2.
Unfortunately, this will result in the mapping being applied in every mode, e.g. typing Ö in insert mode will result in a { being inserted in the text.
To prevent this, you need to disable :lmap mappings in insert mode.
This can be done in two ways:
<C-^> to toggle between disabling an enabling :lmap mappings.
This solution has the additional drawback (aside from being rather tedious) that this key combination might not work on your keyboard (it didn't work on my german one).
Remapping other keys to this combination solves the issue, though.using auto commands to always disable them in insert mode using the InsertEnter and InsertLeave events.
In your case, the solution might look like this, using 'lmap' to make things work in cases like diÖ:
autocmd InsertEnter * set iminsert=2
autocmd InsertLeave * set iminsert=1
lmap Ö {
lmap Ä }
lmap ö [
lmap ä ]
set lmap=Ö{Ä}ö[ä]
'iminsert' was the missing thing to get this config much easier. And I want this in insertmode too, because I write at hte moment LaTex documents in english, so no need for the umlauts. I adset the ü key and mapped it to \ for the LaTeX too. Thanks @ingo for pointing me to a better solution. `set iminsert=1 imap \ \ lmap { { lmap } } lmap \ \ lmap [ [ lmap ] ] lmap \ : set lmap={{,}},[[,]],\\\,\: autocmd InsertEnter * imap \ \ autocmd InsertLeave * imap \ : map! { { map! } } map! [ [ map! ] ] map! \ : map! \ \ noremap! Ö { noremap! Ä } noremap! ö [ noremap! ä ] noremap! ü \ noremap! Ü `
I think you will be glad to have a look at :help omap-info. You can specify mappings for exactly this case, when a text object or movement is expected.
Since you want text-objects, rather than movements, i guess you have to use these:
onoremap iö i[
vnoremap iö i[
onoremap aö a[
vnoremap aö a[
onoremap iä i[
vnoremap iä i[
onoremap aä a[
vnoremap aä a[
onoremap iÖ i{
vnoremap iÖ i{
onoremap aÖ a{
vnoremap aÖ a{
onoremap iÄ i{
vnoremap iÄ i{
onoremap aÄ a{
vnoremap aÄ a{
As @VanLaser pointed out, the f and t take commands take characters, not movements or text objects. I just learned about :lmap and language-mapping myself, but could not get it to work. A brainless workaround would be this:
nnoremap tö t[
nnoremap fö f[
nnoremap tä t]
nnoremap fä f]
nnoremap Tö T[
nnoremap Fö F[
nnoremap Tä T]
nnoremap Fä F]
nnoremap tÖ t{
nnoremap fÖ f{
nnoremap tÄ t}
nnoremap fÄ f}
nnoremap TÖ T{
nnoremap FÖ F{
nnoremap TÄ T}
nnoremap FÄ F}
:onoremap ä ] and to see if its a Problem with the umlaut key :onoremap z ] but it didn’t work. I fond lmap in the heat and with :set lmap=ä] It work for things like di but not for the f and t with this the keys are treated as there originals. But the help says „|:lmap| mappings apply to {char}“ Any Ideas how I can get it work for this keys too.
lmap to work for the f command eventually.
Mar 13, 2016 at 0:09
<C-ö>mappings, and this is without the Control key...f{won't work by just mapping stuff - doesn'tfwant the actual character it sees in the searched text? You will probably have to mapfätof]and so on, to get that type of functionality. At this point, I'd solve the problem at OS level, by adding a US layout and switch (maybe automatically) between DE and US as need arises. OTOH, it's entirely possible I'm missing something with Vim (this always happens) :)inoremaps such asinoremap aa äand so on, to insert your specific characters.