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Mastering Vim

You're reading from   Mastering Vim Efficient and effortless editing with Vim and Vimscript

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835081877
Length 300 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ruslan Osipov Ruslan Osipov
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started 2. Chapter 2: Advanced Editing and Navigation FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Follow the Leader Plugin Management 4. Chapter 4: Understanding Structured Text 5. Chapter 5: Build, Test, and Execute 6. Chapter 6: Refactoring Code with Regex and Macros 7. Chapter 7: Making Vim Your Own 8. Chapter 8: Transcending the Mundane with Vimscript 9. Chapter 9: Where to Go from Here 10. Index

The leader key

You’ve probably already encountered a key referred to as the leader key. The leader key is essentially a namespace for user- or plugin-defined shortcuts. Within a second of pressing the leader key, any key that’s pressed will be in from that namespace.

The default leader key is a backslash, \, but it’s not the most comfortable binding. There are a few alternative keys that are popular in the community, with the comma (,) being the most popular. To rebind the leader key, set the following in your .vimrc file:

" Map the leader key to a comma.
let mapleader = ','

You’ll want to define your leader key closer to the top of .vimrc as the newly defined leader key will only apply to mappings defined after its definition.

Important note

When you rebind a key, its default functionality is overwritten. For example, comma (,) is used to replay the last t, f, T, or F movement commands, in the opposite direction.

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