Thank you, but
1. I'd like to use the standard keymap, compatible with all other
apps's.
2. I added that remapping myself to have the symbol { be accessible
from russian layout in all apps -- this is conenient for wiki editing
for example.
4. Yeah, now I do as you said, but it's inconvenient
On 9 апр, 12:17, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/04/09 09:33, netimen wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have mapped the numpad 4 key to a { symbol using xmodmap for both
> > russian and english layouts:
>
> > keycode 83 = braceleft braceleft braceleft braceleft
>
> > So everywhere except vim that key works like {. But in vim I use
> > russian-jcukenwin keymap for russian language, where I have:
>
> > { Х CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HA
>
> > So when I press the numpad 4 key, vim receives it like a { and maps it
> > to russian X. And I can't map the<kLeft> because vim receives
> > { instead of it. Can I map the raw keycode 83 to a { in vim for the
> > russian keymap?
>
> I don't think so; but there are several possible solutions:
>
> Possibility 1: Use a different keymap (or make one, see the example I
> sent), so that { is not mapped to Russian ha. I map Russian ha to h or x
> (Latin x or Latin h), and I can do that because, with my choice of
> Cyrillic layout, there is no conflict (I use % as a "dead key" prefix
> for ya yo yu and eh oborotnoye, as well as for che sha shcha and soft
> sign, which frees that many keys for something else -- respectively, a o
> u ye, tse es kha and apostrophe -- when not immediately preceded by %).
> And I used that because there was no obvious "phonetic" mapping for
> those letters.
>
> Possibility 2: Get rid of that remapping in X (it's unhealthy to have
> numpad keys mapped to something else). Probably move it to some AltGr
> combo (let's say AltGr-( or AltGr-[) if you have an AltGr key.
>
> Possibility 4: Keep everything as-is, but toggle keymaps off when you
> need the brace. Do that by hitting Ctrl-^ in Insert mode, or if you
> don't know where that is, by means of the mappings I provided in an
> earlier post.
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> When in doubt, do what the President does -- guess.
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