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Is it possible to bind <C-->
(or <C-dash> or <C-minus>, I actually do not know) in vim to something, like <C-W><C-Q>?
What does it mean <C--> in the default binding?
user14416
Posted 2015-04-30T20:28:50.707
Reputation: 298
Vim map key combination of Control and Dash
Answers
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Perhaps you could make that binding work in gvim, but not in vim running in a terminal, because you are unlikely to find a keyboard configuration which sends a different sequence of characters for control/Minus. As a rule, the control modifier affects only a few non-alphabetic characters.
Here is a screenshot from vttest, which happens to illustrate the usual set of control keys:
Thomas Dickey
Posted 2015-04-30T20:28:50.707
Reputation: 6 891
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You can set the command by typing control-v, then the key combo you want.
So for "control" + "minus", enter the following on a new line in your ~/.vimrc:
nnoremap *type on your keyboard*<ctrl-v><ctrl-minus>*end type* :MyCommand<cr>
Hopefully this makes sense!
JesseBuesking
Posted 2015-04-30T20:28:50.707
Reputation: 119
Is
*type on your keyboard*really part of the command? – G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' – 2017-09-17T20:00:54.703No. That's my way of saying "literally enter these keystrokes". My explanation is an attempt to show you a mixture of the actual text that would appear in your
.vimrc, and what you would type at your keyboard. – JesseBuesking – 2017-09-18T04:45:50.877To whoever down-voted: did you try this and it did not work for you? I ask because earlier today I was looking to setup control+minus myself, and this is what I did to get it working. – JesseBuesking – 2017-09-18T04:48:09.040