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From: mayoff@cs.utexas.edu (Robert Mayoff)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: map the space bar
Message-ID: <1146@saltillo.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 91 00:28:01 GMT
References: <984@uncw.UUCP> <2878@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> <5108@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
Organization: Dept of Computer Sciences, UTexas, Austin
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In article <5108@lure.latrobe.edu.au> ECSGRT@lure.latrobe.edu.au (GEOFFREY TOBIN, ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING) writes:
>Alexios Zavras (usually zvr@theseas.ntua.gr,
>but until Feb.15 at az@doc.ic.ac.uk) writes:
>> Although it *is* possible, I would strongly advise against it.
>> The space key is actually used internally in vi !
>Hold everything!  Is Alexios accurate in stating that mapping
>a key will change its INTERNAL usage?

Yes, that is absolutely correct.  I for a long time had space mapped to
control-F, so that I could use vi as my pager if I wanted.  It took me quite a
while to figure out why not only tilde (~) but the "s" key wouldn't work!  This
was on SunOS (I don't remember the version, but how much does vi change
anymore?).  Moral: Don't map space.

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