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I want to map
;) to Escapeand wrote the following in my .vmrc
inoremap ; <ESC>
inoremap <C-;> ;
(1) allows me to escape from the insert mode, but (2) also behaves like Escape rather than giving ;.
What am I missing here? Any help is appreciated.
It looks like <C-;> does not work in vim. Might I suggest using <A-;> (Alt) instead? That one seems to work for me.
Ctrl-; is not a valid control sequence, so vim cannot capture it. You will need to use gvim or to configure your terminal emulator to translate Ctrl-; to something vim can capture
<c-;>is the same as;in your terminal. Press Ctrl-V and then Ctrl-;, you'll likely see just;. – muru May 17 '16 at 1:19Ctrl-Vand thenCtrl+;give;, indeed.Ctrl-Vand then;also give;. Isn'tCtrl-Vthe blockwise-visual mode? – T_T May 17 '16 at 4:24:help i_ctrl-v… Vim is a modal editor. – romainl May 17 '16 at 5:10