To use the Spanish layout one has to remap an accent like the one over o: ö to : in Normal Mode. How can I do this in my .vimrc? I have to handle the accent only, not a character; I have no idea how to approach this task.
Open vim. Enter insert mode (i), then type Ctrl-V (<C-V> in vim notation) and hit your umlaut key. That should give you the key that vim sees, if any. You can map that key by
nnoremap <umlaut> :
Where <umlaut> you enter via the Ctrl-V as above.
If that method doesn’t produce a distinct key, but instead waits at another level (the terminal emulator, keyboard, window manager, OS, &c.) then you’ll need to fix it at that level somehow.
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We are almost there :) . After <C-V> umlaut shows all right. On Esc it disappears. – Alexey Orlov May 27 '19 at 17:00
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When you hit the umlaut normally does it show the umlaut while waiting for the next key? – D. Ben Knoble May 27 '19 at 17:02
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Yes, it does. Probably, it still does not count as a complete character. – Alexey Orlov May 27 '19 at 17:21
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@AlexeyOrlov my guess as well. Somebody will need to show you how to map that key at a higher level to do the right thing. Do you have a colon somewhere else on the keyboard? – D. Ben Knoble May 27 '19 at 17:27
:in Normal mode. – D. Ben Knoble May 27 '19 at 13:42help langremap– D. Ben Knoble May 27 '19 at 14:24