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created August 21, 2003 · complexity intermediate · author urlwolf · version 6.0

I like the Windows default behavior (ctrl-c for copy, ctrl-v for paste, etc) even when I'm running vim on a unix terminal. However, using mswin doesn't give the right "mark block" behavior in the terminal I use (putty). This may hold true for other Xterm emulators: the shift-arrows (mark block) don't work because shift-arrow sends exactly the same signal as just arrows. I have some maps that fix this by assigning some imaps and vmaps to the combination of ctrl-arrows.

" make arrow keys work in visual mode
vmap <Esc>OA k
vmap <Esc>OB j
vmap <Esc>OC l
vmap <Esc>OD h
" simulate shift-arrows (select block in windows) with control-arrows
inoremap <Esc>[A <C-O>vk
vnoremap <Esc>[A k
inoremap <Esc>[B <C-O>vj
vnoremap <Esc>[B j
inoremap <Esc>[C <C-O>vl
vnoremap <Esc>[C l
inoremap <Esc>[D <C-O>vh
vnoremap <Esc>[D h

Comments[]

I have learnt about ":behave" today, although all I wanted is probably:

set keymodel=behave
set selectmode=key

":behave mswin" might work great, albeit the strange name of it. I have not added anything of this to my vimrc yet, but I tend to go with ":behave mswin" for now.

--Blueyed 21:42, March 3, 2011 (UTC)

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-I like the Windows default behavior (ctrl-c for copy, ctrl-v for paste, etc) even when I'm running vimon a unix terminal. However, using mswin doesn't give the right "mark block" behavior in the terminal I use (putty). This may hold true for other Xterm emulators: the shift-arrows (mark block) don't work because shift-arrow sends exactly the same signal as just arrows. I have some maps that fix this by assigning some imaps and vmaps to the combination of ctrl-arrows.
+I like the Windows default behavior (ctrl-c for copy, ctrl-v for paste, etc) even when I'm running vim on a unix terminal. However, using mswin doesn't give the right "mark block" behavior in the terminal I use (putty). This may hold true for other Xterm emulators: the shift-arrows (mark block) don't work because shift-arrow sends exactly the same signal as just arrows. I have some maps that fix this by assigning some imaps and vmaps to the combination of ctrl-arrows.
 <pre>
 " make arrow keys work in visual mode
-vmap &lt;ESC&gt;OA k
+vmap <Esc>OA k
-vmap &lt;ESC&gt;OB j
+vmap <Esc>OB j
-vmap &lt;ESC&gt;OC l
+vmap <Esc>OC l
-vmap &lt;ESC&gt;OD h
+vmap <Esc>OD h
 " simulate shift-arrows (select block in windows) with control-arrows
-inoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[A &lt;C-O&gt;vk
+inoremap <Esc>[A <C-O>vk
-vnoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[A k
+vnoremap <Esc>[A k
-inoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[B &lt;C-O&gt;vj
+inoremap <Esc>[B <C-O>vj
-vnoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[B j
+vnoremap <Esc>[B j
-inoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[C &lt;C-O&gt;vl
+inoremap <Esc>[C <C-O>vl
-vnoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[C l
+vnoremap <Esc>[C l
-inoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[D &lt;C-O&gt;vh
+inoremap <Esc>[D <C-O>vh
-vnoremap &lt;ESC&gt;[D h
+vnoremap <Esc>[D h
 </pre>
 ==Comments==
+I have learnt about ":behave" today, although all I wanted is probably:
+<pre>
-----
+set keymodel=behave
+set selectmode=key
+</pre>
+":behave mswin" might work great, albeit the strange name of it.
+I have not added anything of this to my vimrc yet, but I tend to go with ":behave mswin" for now.
+--[[User:Blueyed|Blueyed]] 21:42, March 3, 2011 (UTC)