1*term.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2021 Aug 29 2 3 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar 5 6 7Terminal information *terminal-info* 8 9Vim uses information about the terminal you are using to fill the screen and 10recognize what keys you hit. If this information is not correct, the screen 11may be messed up or keys may not be recognized. The actions which have to be 12performed on the screen are accomplished by outputting a string of 13characters. Special keys produce a string of characters. These strings are 14stored in the terminal options, see |terminal-options|. 15 16NOTE: Most of this is not used when running the |GUI|. 17 181. Startup |startup-terminal| 192. Terminal options |terminal-options| 203. Window size |window-size| 214. Slow and fast terminals |slow-fast-terminal| 225. Using the mouse |mouse-using| 23 24============================================================================== 251. Startup *startup-terminal* 26 27When Vim is started a default terminal type is assumed. For the Amiga this is 28a standard CLI window, for MS-Windows the pc terminal, for Unix an ansi 29terminal. A few other terminal types are always available, see below 30|builtin-terms|. 31 32You can give the terminal name with the '-T' Vim argument. If it is not given 33Vim will try to get the name from the TERM environment variable. 34 35 *termcap* *terminfo* *E557* *E558* *E559* 36On Unix the terminfo database or termcap file is used. This is referred to as 37"termcap" in all the documentation. At compile time, when running configure, 38the choice whether to use terminfo or termcap is done automatically. When 39running Vim the output of ":version" will show |+terminfo| if terminfo is 40used. Also see |xterm-screens|. 41 42On non-Unix systems a termcap is only available if Vim was compiled with 43TERMCAP defined. 44 45 *builtin-terms* *builtin_terms* 46Which builtin terminals are available depends on a few defines in feature.h, 47which need to be set at compile time: 48 define output of ":version" terminals builtin ~ 49NO_BUILTIN_TCAPS -builtin_terms none 50SOME_BUILTIN_TCAPS +builtin_terms most common ones (default) 51ALL_BUILTIN_TCAPS ++builtin_terms all available 52 53You can see a list of available builtin terminals with ":set term=xxx" (when 54not running the GUI). Also see |+builtin_terms|. 55 56If the termcap code is included Vim will try to get the strings for the 57terminal you are using from the termcap file and the builtin termcaps. Both 58are always used, if an entry for the terminal you are using is present. Which 59one is used first depends on the 'ttybuiltin' option: 60 61'ttybuiltin' on 1: builtin termcap 2: external termcap 62'ttybuiltin' off 1: external termcap 2: builtin termcap 63 64If an option is missing in one of them, it will be obtained from the other 65one. If an option is present in both, the one first encountered is used. 66 67Which external termcap file is used varies from system to system and may 68depend on the environment variables "TERMCAP" and "TERMPATH". See "man 69tgetent". 70 71Settings depending on terminal *term-dependent-settings* 72 73If you want to set options or mappings, depending on the terminal name, you 74can do this best in your .vimrc. Example: > 75 76 if &term == "xterm" 77 ... xterm maps and settings ... 78 elseif &term =~ "vt10." 79 ... vt100, vt102 maps and settings ... 80 endif 81< 82 *raw-terminal-mode* 83For normal editing the terminal will be put into "raw" mode. The strings 84defined with 't_ti', 't_TI' and 't_ks' will be sent to the terminal. Normally 85this puts the terminal in a state where the termcap codes are valid and 86activates the cursor and function keys. 87When Vim exits the terminal will be put back into the mode it was before Vim 88started. The strings defined with 't_te', 't_TE' and 't_ke' will be sent to 89the terminal. On the Amiga, with commands that execute an external command 90(e.g., "!!"), the terminal will be put into Normal mode for a moment. This 91means that you can stop the output to the screen by hitting a printing key. 92Output resumes when you hit <BS>. 93 94Note: When 't_ti' is not empty, Vim assumes that it causes switching to the 95alternate screen. This may slightly change what happens when executing a 96shell command or exiting Vim. To avoid this use 't_TI' and 't_TE'. 97 98 *xterm-bracketed-paste* 99When the 't_BE' option is set then 't_BE' will be sent to the 100terminal when entering "raw" mode and 't_BD' when leaving "raw" mode. The 101terminal is then expected to put 't_PS' before pasted text and 't_PE' after 102pasted text. This way Vim can separate text that is pasted from characters 103that are typed. The pasted text is handled like when the middle mouse button 104is used, it is inserted literally and not interpreted as commands. 105 106When the cursor is in the first column, the pasted text will be inserted 107before it. Otherwise the pasted text is appended after the cursor position. 108This means one cannot paste after the first column. Unfortunately Vim does 109not have a way to tell where the mouse pointer was. 110 111Note that in some situations Vim will not recognize the bracketed paste and 112you will get the raw text. In other situations Vim will only get the first 113pasted character and drop the rest, e.g. when using the "r" command. If you 114have a problem with this, disable bracketed paste by putting this in your 115.vimrc: > 116 set t_BE= 117If this is done while Vim is running the 't_BD' will be sent to the terminal 118to disable bracketed paste. 119 120If your terminal supports bracketed paste, but the options are not set 121automatically, you can try using something like this: > 122 123 if &term =~ "screen" 124 let &t_BE = "\e[?2004h" 125 let &t_BD = "\e[?2004l" 126 exec "set t_PS=\e[200~" 127 exec "set t_PE=\e[201~" 128 endif 129< 130 *tmux-integration* 131If you experience issues when running Vim inside tmux, here are a few hints. 132You can comment-out parts if something doesn't work (it may depend on the 133terminal that tmux is running in): > 134 135 if !has('gui_running') && &term =~ '^\%(screen\|tmux\)' 136 " Better mouse support, see :help 'ttymouse' 137 set ttymouse=sgr 138 139 " Enable true colors, see :help xterm-true-color 140 let &termguicolors = v:true 141 let &t_8f = "\<Esc>[38;2;%lu;%lu;%lum" 142 let &t_8b = "\<Esc>[48;2;%lu;%lu;%lum" 143 144 " Enable bracketed paste mode, see :help xterm-bracketed-paste 145 let &t_BE = "\<Esc>[?2004h" 146 let &t_BD = "\<Esc>[?2004l" 147 let &t_PS = "\<Esc>[200~" 148 let &t_PE = "\<Esc>[201~" 149 150 " Enable focus event tracking, see :help xterm-focus-event 151 let &t_fe = "\<Esc>[?1004h" 152 let &t_fd = "\<Esc>[?1004l" 153 154 " Enable modified arrow keys, see :help xterm-modifier-keys 155 execute "silent! set <xUp>=\<Esc>[@;*A" 156 execute "silent! set <xDown>=\<Esc>[@;*B" 157 execute "silent! set <xRight>=\<Esc>[@;*C" 158 execute "silent! set <xLeft>=\<Esc>[@;*D" 159 endif 160< 161 *cs7-problem* 162Note: If the terminal settings are changed after running Vim, you might have 163an illegal combination of settings. This has been reported on Solaris 2.5 164with "stty cs8 parenb", which is restored as "stty cs7 parenb". Use 165"stty cs8 -parenb -istrip" instead, this is restored correctly. 166 167Some termcap entries are wrong in the sense that after sending 't_ks' the 168cursor keys send codes different from the codes defined in the termcap. To 169avoid this you can set 't_ks' (and 't_ke') to empty strings. This must be 170done during initialization (see |initialization|), otherwise it's too late. 171 172Some termcap entries assume that the highest bit is always reset. For 173example: The cursor-up entry for the Amiga could be ":ku=\E[A:". But the 174Amiga really sends "\233A". This works fine if the highest bit is reset, 175e.g., when using an Amiga over a serial line. If the cursor keys don't work, 176try the entry ":ku=\233A:". 177 178Some termcap entries have the entry ":ku=\E[A:". But the Amiga really sends 179"\233A". On output "\E[" and "\233" are often equivalent, on input they 180aren't. You will have to change the termcap entry, or change the key code with 181the :set command to fix this. 182 183Many cursor key codes start with an <Esc>. Vim must find out if this is a 184single hit of the <Esc> key or the start of a cursor key sequence. It waits 185for a next character to arrive. If it does not arrive within one second a 186single <Esc> is assumed. On very slow systems this may fail, causing cursor 187keys not to work sometimes. If you discover this problem reset the 'timeout' 188option. Vim will wait for the next character to arrive after an <Esc>. If 189you want to enter a single <Esc> you must type it twice. Resetting the 190'esckeys' option avoids this problem in Insert mode, but you lose the 191possibility to use cursor and function keys in Insert mode. 192 193On the Amiga the recognition of window resizing is activated only when the 194terminal name is "amiga" or "builtin_amiga". 195 196Some terminals have confusing codes for the cursor keys. The televideo 925 is 197such a terminal. It sends a CTRL-H for cursor-left. This would make it 198impossible to distinguish a backspace and cursor-left. To avoid this problem 199CTRL-H is never recognized as cursor-left. 200 201 *vt100-cursor-keys* *xterm-cursor-keys* 202Other terminals (e.g., vt100 and xterm) have cursor keys that send <Esc>OA, 203<Esc>OB, etc. Unfortunately these are valid commands in insert mode: Stop 204insert, Open a new line above the new one, start inserting 'A', 'B', etc. 205Instead of performing these commands Vim will erroneously recognize this typed 206key sequence as a cursor key movement. To avoid this and make Vim do what you 207want in either case you could use these settings: > 208 :set notimeout " don't timeout on mappings 209 :set ttimeout " do timeout on terminal key codes 210 :set timeoutlen=100 " timeout after 100 msec 211This requires the key-codes to be sent within 100 msec in order to recognize 212them as a cursor key. When you type you normally are not that fast, so they 213are recognized as individual typed commands, even though Vim receives the same 214sequence of bytes. 215 216 *vt100-function-keys* *xterm-function-keys* 217An xterm can send function keys F1 to F4 in two modes: vt100 compatible or 218not. Because Vim may not know what the xterm is sending, both types of keys 219are recognized. The same happens for the <Home> and <End> keys. 220 normal vt100 ~ 221 <F1> t_k1 <Esc>[11~ <xF1> <Esc>OP *<xF1>-xterm* 222 <F2> t_k2 <Esc>[12~ <xF2> <Esc>OQ *<xF2>-xterm* 223 <F3> t_k3 <Esc>[13~ <xF3> <Esc>OR *<xF3>-xterm* 224 <F4> t_k4 <Esc>[14~ <xF4> <Esc>OS *<xF4>-xterm* 225 <Home> t_kh <Esc>[7~ <xHome> <Esc>OH *<xHome>-xterm* 226 <End> t_@7 <Esc>[4~ <xEnd> <Esc>OF *<xEnd>-xterm* 227 228When Vim starts, <xF1> is mapped to <F1>, <xF2> to <F2> etc. This means that 229by default both codes do the same thing. If you make a mapping for <xF2>, 230because your terminal does have two keys, the default mapping is overwritten, 231thus you can use the <F2> and <xF2> keys for something different. 232 233 *xterm-shifted-keys* 234Newer versions of xterm support shifted function keys and special keys. Vim 235recognizes most of them. Use ":set termcap" to check which are supported and 236what the codes are. Mostly these are not in a termcap, they are only 237supported by the builtin_xterm termcap. 238 239 *xterm-modifier-keys* 240Newer versions of xterm support Alt and Ctrl for most function keys. To avoid 241having to add all combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift for every key a special 242sequence is recognized at the end of a termcap entry: ";*X". The "X" can be 243any character, often '~' is used. The ";*" stands for an optional modifier 244argument. ";2" is Shift, ";3" is Alt, ";5" is Ctrl and ";9" is Meta (when 245it's different from Alt). They can be combined. Examples: > 246 :set <F8>=^[[19;*~ 247 :set <Home>=^[[1;*H 248Another speciality about these codes is that they are not overwritten by 249another code. That is to avoid that the codes obtained from xterm directly 250|t_RV| overwrite them. 251 252Another special value is a termcap entry ending in "@;*X". This is for cursor 253keys, which either use "CSI X" or "CSI 1 ; modifier X". Thus the "@" 254stands for either "1" if a modifier follows, or nothing. 255 *xterm-scroll-region* 256The default termcap entry for xterm on Sun and other platforms does not 257contain the entry for scroll regions. Add ":cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:" to the xterm 258entry in /etc/termcap and everything should work. 259 260 *xterm-end-home-keys* 261On some systems (at least on FreeBSD with XFree86 3.1.2) the codes that the 262<End> and <Home> keys send contain a <Nul> character. To make these keys send 263the proper key code, add these lines to your ~/.Xdefaults file: 264 265*VT100.Translations: #override \n\ 266 <Key>Home: string("0x1b") string("[7~") \n\ 267 <Key>End: string("0x1b") string("[8~") 268 269 *xterm-8bit* *xterm-8-bit* 270Xterm can be run in a mode where it uses 8-bit escape sequences. The CSI code 271is used instead of <Esc>[. The advantage is that an <Esc> can quickly be 272recognized in Insert mode, because it can't be confused with the start of a 273special key. 274For the builtin termcap entries, Vim checks if the 'term' option contains 275"8bit" anywhere. It then uses 8-bit characters for the termcap entries, the 276mouse and a few other things. You would normally set $TERM in your shell to 277"xterm-8bit" and Vim picks this up and adjusts to the 8-bit setting 278automatically. 279When Vim receives a response to the |t_RV| (request version) sequence and it 280starts with CSI, it assumes that the terminal is in 8-bit mode and will 281convert all key sequences to their 8-bit variants. 282 283============================================================================== 2842. Terminal options *terminal-options* *termcap-options* *E436* 285 286The terminal options can be set just like normal options. But they are not 287shown with the ":set all" command. Instead use ":set termcap". 288 289It is always possible to change individual strings by setting the 290appropriate option. For example: > 291 :set t_ce=^V^[[K (CTRL-V, <Esc>, [, K) 292 293The options are listed below. The associated termcap code is always equal to 294the last two characters of the option name. Only one termcap code is 295required: Cursor motion, 't_cm'. 296 297The options 't_da', 't_db', 't_ms', 't_xs', 't_xn' represent flags in the 298termcap. When the termcap flag is present, the option will be set to "y". 299But any non-empty string means that the flag is set. An empty string means 300that the flag is not set. 't_CS' works like this too, but it isn't a termcap 301flag. 302 303OUTPUT CODES *terminal-output-codes* 304 option meaning ~ 305 306 t_AB set background color (ANSI) *t_AB* *'t_AB'* 307 t_AF set foreground color (ANSI) *t_AF* *'t_AF'* 308 t_AL add number of blank lines *t_AL* *'t_AL'* 309 t_al add new blank line *t_al* *'t_al'* 310 t_bc backspace character *t_bc* *'t_bc'* 311 t_cd clear to end of screen *t_cd* *'t_cd'* 312 t_ce clear to end of line *t_ce* *'t_ce'* 313 t_cl clear screen *t_cl* *'t_cl'* 314 t_cm cursor motion (required!) *E437* *t_cm* *'t_cm'* 315 t_Co number of colors *t_Co* *'t_Co'* 316 t_CS if non-empty, cursor relative to scroll region *t_CS* *'t_CS'* 317 t_cs define scrolling region *t_cs* *'t_cs'* 318 t_CV define vertical scrolling region *t_CV* *'t_CV'* 319 t_da if non-empty, lines from above scroll down *t_da* *'t_da'* 320 t_db if non-empty, lines from below scroll up *t_db* *'t_db'* 321 t_DL delete number of lines *t_DL* *'t_DL'* 322 t_dl delete line *t_dl* *'t_dl'* 323 t_fs set window title end (from status line) *t_fs* *'t_fs'* 324 t_ke exit "keypad transmit" mode *t_ke* *'t_ke'* 325 t_ks start "keypad transmit" mode *t_ks* *'t_ks'* 326 t_le move cursor one char left *t_le* *'t_le'* 327 t_mb blinking mode *t_mb* *'t_mb'* 328 t_md bold mode *t_md* *'t_md'* 329 t_me Normal mode (undoes t_mr, t_mb, t_md and color) *t_me* *'t_me'* 330 t_mr reverse (invert) mode *t_mr* *'t_mr'* 331 *t_ms* *'t_ms'* 332 t_ms if non-empty, cursor can be moved in standout/inverse mode 333 t_nd non destructive space character *t_nd* *'t_nd'* 334 t_op reset to original color pair *t_op* *'t_op'* 335 t_RI cursor number of chars right *t_RI* *'t_RI'* 336 t_Sb set background color *t_Sb* *'t_Sb'* 337 t_Sf set foreground color *t_Sf* *'t_Sf'* 338 t_se standout end *t_se* *'t_se'* 339 t_so standout mode *t_so* *'t_so'* 340 t_sr scroll reverse (backward) *t_sr* *'t_sr'* 341 t_te end of "termcap" mode *t_te* *'t_te'* 342 t_ti put terminal into "termcap" mode *t_ti* *'t_ti'* 343 t_ts set window title start (to status line) *t_ts* *'t_ts'* 344 t_ue underline end *t_ue* *'t_ue'* 345 t_us underline mode *t_us* *'t_us'* 346 t_ut clearing uses the current background color *t_ut* *'t_ut'* 347 t_vb visual bell *t_vb* *'t_vb'* 348 t_ve cursor visible *t_ve* *'t_ve'* 349 t_vi cursor invisible *t_vi* *'t_vi'* 350 t_vs cursor very visible (blink) *t_vs* *'t_vs'* 351 *t_xs* *'t_xs'* 352 t_xs if non-empty, standout not erased by overwriting (hpterm) 353 *t_xn* *'t_xn'* 354 t_xn if non-empty, writing a character at the last screen cell 355 does not cause scrolling 356 t_ZH italics mode *t_ZH* *'t_ZH'* 357 t_ZR italics end *t_ZR* *'t_ZR'* 358 359Added by Vim (there are no standard codes for these): 360 t_AU set underline color (ANSI) *t_AU* *'t_AU'* 361 t_Ce undercurl end *t_Ce* *'t_Ce'* 362 t_Cs undercurl mode *t_Cs* *'t_Cs'* 363 t_Te strikethrough end *t_Te* *'t_Te'* 364 t_Ts strikethrough mode *t_Ts* *'t_Ts'* 365 t_IS set icon text start *t_IS* *'t_IS'* 366 t_IE set icon text end *t_IE* *'t_IE'* 367 t_WP set window position (Y, X) in pixels *t_WP* *'t_WP'* 368 t_GP get window position (Y, X) in pixels *t_GP* *'t_GP'* 369 t_WS set window size (height, width in cells) *t_WS* *'t_WS'* 370 t_VS cursor normally visible (no blink) *t_VS* *'t_VS'* 371 t_SI start insert mode (bar cursor shape) *t_SI* *'t_SI'* 372 t_SR start replace mode (underline cursor shape) *t_SR* *'t_SR'* 373 t_EI end insert or replace mode (block cursor shape) *t_EI* *'t_EI'* 374 |termcap-cursor-shape| 375 t_RV request terminal version string (for xterm) *t_RV* *'t_RV'* 376 The response is stored in |v:termresponse| 377 |xterm-8bit| |'ttymouse'| |xterm-codes| 378 t_u7 request cursor position (for xterm) *t_u7* *'t_u7'* 379 see |'ambiwidth'| 380 The response is stored in |v:termu7resp| 381 t_RF request terminal foreground color *t_RF* *'t_RF'* 382 The response is stored in |v:termrfgresp| 383 t_RB request terminal background color *t_RB* *'t_RB'* 384 The response is stored in |v:termrbgresp| 385 t_8f set foreground color (R, G, B) *t_8f* *'t_8f'* 386 |xterm-true-color| 387 t_8b set background color (R, G, B) *t_8b* *'t_8b'* 388 |xterm-true-color| 389 t_8u set underline color (R, G, B) *t_8u* *'t_8u'* 390 t_BE enable bracketed paste mode *t_BE* *'t_BE'* 391 |xterm-bracketed-paste| 392 t_BD disable bracketed paste mode *t_BD* *'t_BD'* 393 |xterm-bracketed-paste| 394 t_SC set cursor color start *t_SC* *'t_SC'* 395 t_EC set cursor color end *t_EC* *'t_EC'* 396 t_SH set cursor shape *t_SH* *'t_SH'* 397 t_RC request terminal cursor blinking *t_RC* *'t_RC'* 398 The response is stored in |v:termblinkresp| 399 t_RS request terminal cursor style *t_RS* *'t_RS'* 400 The response is stored in |v:termstyleresp| 401 t_ST save window title to stack *t_ST* *'t_ST'* 402 t_RT restore window title from stack *t_RT* *'t_RT'* 403 t_Si save icon text to stack *t_Si* *'t_Si'* 404 t_Ri restore icon text from stack *t_Ri* *'t_Ri'* 405 t_TE end of "raw" mode *t_TE* *'t_TE'* 406 t_TI put terminal into "raw" mode *t_TI* *'t_TI'* 407 t_fe enable focus-event tracking *t_fe* *'t_fe'* 408 |xterm-focus-event| 409 t_fd disable focus-event tracking *t_fd* *'t_fd'* 410 |xterm-focus-event| 411 412Some codes have a start, middle and end part. The start and end are defined 413by the termcap option, the middle part is text. 414 set title text: t_ts {title text} t_fs 415 set icon text: t_IS {icon text} t_IE 416 set cursor color: t_SC {color name} t_EC 417 418t_SH must take one argument: 419 0, 1 or none blinking block cursor 420 2 block cursor 421 3 blinking underline cursor 422 4 underline cursor 423 5 blinking vertical bar cursor 424 6 vertical bar cursor 425 426t_RS is sent only if the response to t_RV has been received. It is not used 427on Mac OS when Terminal.app could be recognized from the termresponse. 428 429 430KEY CODES *terminal-key-codes* 431Note: Use the <> form if possible 432 433 option name meaning ~ 434 435 t_ku <Up> arrow up *t_ku* *'t_ku'* 436 t_kd <Down> arrow down *t_kd* *'t_kd'* 437 t_kr <Right> arrow right *t_kr* *'t_kr'* 438 t_kl <Left> arrow left *t_kl* *'t_kl'* 439 <xUp> alternate arrow up *<xUp>* 440 <xDown> alternate arrow down *<xDown>* 441 <xRight> alternate arrow right *<xRight>* 442 <xLeft> alternate arrow left *<xLeft>* 443 <S-Up> shift arrow up 444 <S-Down> shift arrow down 445 t_%i <S-Right> shift arrow right *t_%i* *'t_%i'* 446 t_#4 <S-Left> shift arrow left *t_#4* *'t_#4'* 447 t_k1 <F1> function key 1 *t_k1* *'t_k1'* 448 <xF1> alternate F1 *<xF1>* 449 t_k2 <F2> function key 2 *<F2>* *t_k2* *'t_k2'* 450 <xF2> alternate F2 *<xF2>* 451 t_k3 <F3> function key 3 *<F3>* *t_k3* *'t_k3'* 452 <xF3> alternate F3 *<xF3>* 453 t_k4 <F4> function key 4 *<F4>* *t_k4* *'t_k4'* 454 <xF4> alternate F4 *<xF4>* 455 t_k5 <F5> function key 5 *<F5>* *t_k5* *'t_k5'* 456 t_k6 <F6> function key 6 *<F6>* *t_k6* *'t_k6'* 457 t_k7 <F7> function key 7 *<F7>* *t_k7* *'t_k7'* 458 t_k8 <F8> function key 8 *<F8>* *t_k8* *'t_k8'* 459 t_k9 <F9> function key 9 *<F9>* *t_k9* *'t_k9'* 460 t_k; <F10> function key 10 *<F10>* *t_k;* *'t_k;'* 461 t_F1 <F11> function key 11 *<F11>* *t_F1* *'t_F1'* 462 t_F2 <F12> function key 12 *<F12>* *t_F2* *'t_F2'* 463 t_F3 <F13> function key 13 *<F13>* *t_F3* *'t_F3'* 464 t_F4 <F14> function key 14 *<F14>* *t_F4* *'t_F4'* 465 t_F5 <F15> function key 15 *<F15>* *t_F5* *'t_F5'* 466 t_F6 <F16> function key 16 *<F16>* *t_F6* *'t_F6'* 467 t_F7 <F17> function key 17 *<F17>* *t_F7* *'t_F7'* 468 t_F8 <F18> function key 18 *<F18>* *t_F8* *'t_F8'* 469 t_F9 <F19> function key 19 *<F19>* *t_F9* *'t_F9'* 470 <S-F1> shifted function key 1 471 <S-xF1> alternate <S-F1> *<S-xF1>* 472 <S-F2> shifted function key 2 *<S-F2>* 473 <S-xF2> alternate <S-F2> *<S-xF2>* 474 <S-F3> shifted function key 3 *<S-F3>* 475 <S-xF3> alternate <S-F3> *<S-xF3>* 476 <S-F4> shifted function key 4 *<S-F4>* 477 <S-xF4> alternate <S-F4> *<S-xF4>* 478 <S-F5> shifted function key 5 *<S-F5>* 479 <S-F6> shifted function key 6 *<S-F6>* 480 <S-F7> shifted function key 7 *<S-F7>* 481 <S-F8> shifted function key 8 *<S-F8>* 482 <S-F9> shifted function key 9 *<S-F9>* 483 <S-F10> shifted function key 10 *<S-F10>* 484 <S-F11> shifted function key 11 *<S-F11>* 485 <S-F12> shifted function key 12 *<S-F12>* 486 t_%1 <Help> help key *t_%1* *'t_%1'* 487 t_&8 <Undo> undo key *t_&8* *'t_&8'* 488 t_kI <Insert> insert key *t_kI* *'t_kI'* 489 t_kD <Del> delete key *t_kD* *'t_kD'* 490 t_kb <BS> backspace key *t_kb* *'t_kb'* 491 t_kB <S-Tab> back-tab (shift-tab) *<S-Tab>* *t_kB* *'t_kB'* 492 t_kh <Home> home key *t_kh* *'t_kh'* 493 t_#2 <S-Home> shifted home key *<S-Home>* *t_#2* *'t_#2'* 494 <xHome> alternate home key *<xHome>* 495 t_@7 <End> end key *t_@7* *'t_@7'* 496 t_*7 <S-End> shifted end key *<S-End>* *t_star7* *'t_star7'* 497 <xEnd> alternate end key *<xEnd>* 498 t_kP <PageUp> page-up key *t_kP* *'t_kP'* 499 t_kN <PageDown> page-down key *t_kN* *'t_kN'* 500 t_K1 <kHome> keypad home key *t_K1* *'t_K1'* 501 t_K4 <kEnd> keypad end key *t_K4* *'t_K4'* 502 t_K3 <kPageUp> keypad page-up key *t_K3* *'t_K3'* 503 t_K5 <kPageDown> keypad page-down key *t_K5* *'t_K5'* 504 t_K6 <kPlus> keypad plus key *<kPlus>* *t_K6* *'t_K6'* 505 t_K7 <kMinus> keypad minus key *<kMinus>* *t_K7* *'t_K7'* 506 t_K8 <kDivide> keypad divide *<kDivide>* *t_K8* *'t_K8'* 507 t_K9 <kMultiply> keypad multiply *<kMultiply>* *t_K9* *'t_K9'* 508 t_KA <kEnter> keypad enter key *<kEnter>* *t_KA* *'t_KA'* 509 t_KB <kPoint> keypad decimal point *<kPoint>* *t_KB* *'t_KB'* 510 t_KC <k0> keypad 0 *<k0>* *t_KC* *'t_KC'* 511 t_KD <k1> keypad 1 *<k1>* *t_KD* *'t_KD'* 512 t_KE <k2> keypad 2 *<k2>* *t_KE* *'t_KE'* 513 t_KF <k3> keypad 3 *<k3>* *t_KF* *'t_KF'* 514 t_KG <k4> keypad 4 *<k4>* *t_KG* *'t_KG'* 515 t_KH <k5> keypad 5 *<k5>* *t_KH* *'t_KH'* 516 t_KI <k6> keypad 6 *<k6>* *t_KI* *'t_KI'* 517 t_KJ <k7> keypad 7 *<k7>* *t_KJ* *'t_KJ'* 518 t_KK <k8> keypad 8 *<k8>* *t_KK* *'t_KK'* 519 t_KL <k9> keypad 9 *<k9>* *t_KL* *'t_KL'* 520 <Mouse> leader of mouse code *<Mouse>* 521 *t_PS* *'t_PS'* 522 t_PS start of bracketed paste |xterm-bracketed-paste| 523 t_PE end of bracketed paste |xterm-bracketed-paste| *t_PE* *'t_PE'* 524 525Note about t_so and t_mr: When the termcap entry "so" is not present the 526entry for "mr" is used. And vice versa. The same is done for "se" and "me". 527If your terminal supports both inversion and standout mode, you can see two 528different modes. If your terminal supports only one of the modes, both will 529look the same. 530 531 *keypad-comma* 532The keypad keys, when they are not mapped, behave like the equivalent normal 533key. There is one exception: if you have a comma on the keypad instead of a 534decimal point, Vim will use a dot anyway. Use these mappings to fix that: > 535 :noremap <kPoint> , 536 :noremap! <kPoint> , 537< *xterm-codes* 538There is a special trick to obtain the key codes which currently only works 539for xterm. When |t_RV| is defined and a response is received which indicates 540an xterm with patchlevel 141 or higher, Vim uses special escape sequences to 541request the key codes directly from the xterm. The responses are used to 542adjust the various t_ codes. This avoids the problem that the xterm can 543produce different codes, depending on the mode it is in (8-bit, VT102, 544VT220, etc.). The result is that codes like <xF1> are no longer needed. 545Note: This is only done on startup. If the xterm options are changed after 546Vim has started, the escape sequences may not be recognized anymore. 547 548 *xterm-true-color* 549Vim supports using true colors in the terminal (taken from |highlight-guifg| 550and |highlight-guibg|), given that the terminal supports this. To make this 551work the 'termguicolors' option needs to be set. 552See https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728 for a list of terminals that 553support true colors. 554 555Sometimes setting 'termguicolors' is not enough and one has to set the |t_8f| 556and |t_8b| options explicitly. Default values of these options are 557"^[[38;2;%lu;%lu;%lum" and "^[[48;2;%lu;%lu;%lum" respectively, but it is only 558set when `$TERM` is `xterm`. Some terminals accept the same sequences, but 559with all semicolons replaced by colons (this is actually more compatible, but 560less widely supported): > 561 let &t_8f = "\<Esc>[38:2:%lu:%lu:%lum" 562 let &t_8b = "\<Esc>[48:2:%lu:%lu:%lum" 563 564These options contain printf strings, with |printf()| (actually, its C 565equivalent hence `l` modifier) invoked with the t_ option value and three 566unsigned long integers that may have any value between 0 and 255 (inclusive) 567representing red, green and blue colors respectively. 568 569 *xterm-resize* 570Window resizing with xterm only works if the allowWindowOps resource is 571enabled. On some systems and versions of xterm it's disabled by default 572because someone thought it would be a security issue. It's not clear if this 573is actually the case. 574 575To overrule the default, put this line in your ~/.Xdefaults or 576~/.Xresources: 577> 578 XTerm*allowWindowOps: true 579 580And run "xrdb -merge .Xresources" to make it effective. You can check the 581value with the context menu (right mouse button while CTRL key is pressed), 582there should be a tick at allow-window-ops. 583 584 *xterm-focus-event* 585Some terminals including xterm support the focus event tracking feature. 586If this feature is enabled by the 't_fe' sequence, special key sequences are 587sent from the terminal to Vim every time the terminal gains or loses focus. 588Vim fires focus events (|FocusGained|/|FocusLost|) by handling them accordingly. 589Focus event tracking is disabled by a 't_fd' sequence when exiting "raw" mode. 590If you would like to disable this feature, add the following to your .vimrc: 591 `set t_fd=` 592 `set t_fe=` 593If your terminal does support this but Vim does not recognize the terminal, 594you may have to set the options yourself: > 595 let &t_fe = "\<Esc>[?1004h" 596 let &t_fd = "\<Esc>[?1004l" 597If this causes garbage to show when Vim starts up then it doesn't work. 598 599 *termcap-colors* 600Note about colors: The 't_Co' option tells Vim the number of colors available. 601When it is non-zero, the 't_AB' and 't_AF' options are used to set the color. 602If one of these is not available, 't_Sb' and 't_Sf' are used. 't_me' is used 603to reset to the default colors. Also see 'termguicolors'. 604When the GUI is running 't_Co' is set to 16777216. 605 606 *termcap-cursor-shape* *termcap-cursor-color* 607When Vim enters Insert mode the 't_SI' escape sequence is sent. When Vim 608enters Replace mode the 't_SR' escape sequence is sent if it is set, otherwise 609't_SI' is sent. When leaving Insert mode or Replace mode 't_EI' is used. This 610can be used to change the shape or color of the cursor in Insert or Replace 611mode. These are not standard termcap/terminfo entries, you need to set them 612yourself. 613Example for an xterm, this changes the color of the cursor: > 614 if &term =~ "xterm" 615 let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;purple\x7" 616 let &t_SR = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7" 617 let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;blue\x7" 618 endif 619NOTE: When Vim exits the shape for Normal mode will remain. The shape from 620before Vim started will not be restored. 621{not available when compiled without the |+cursorshape| feature} 622 623 *termcap-title* 624The 't_ts' and 't_fs' options are used to set the window title if the terminal 625allows title setting via sending strings. They are sent before and after the 626title string, respectively. Similar 't_IS' and 't_IE' are used to set the 627icon text. These are Vim-internal extensions of the Unix termcap, so they 628cannot be obtained from an external termcap. However, the builtin termcap 629contains suitable entries for xterm and iris-ansi, so you don't need to set 630them here. 631 *hpterm* 632If inversion or other highlighting does not work correctly, try setting the 633't_xs' option to a non-empty string. This makes the 't_ce' code be used to 634remove highlighting from a line. This is required for "hpterm". Setting the 635'weirdinvert' option has the same effect as making 't_xs' non-empty, and vice 636versa. 637 638 *scroll-region* 639Some termcaps do not include an entry for "cs" (scroll region), although the 640terminal does support it. For example: xterm on a Sun. You can use the 641builtin_xterm or define t_cs yourself. For example: > 642 :set t_cs=^V^[[%i%d;%dr 643Where ^V is CTRL-V and ^[ is <Esc>. 644 645The vertical scroll region t_CV is not a standard termcap code. Vim uses it 646internally in the GUI. But it can also be defined for a terminal, if you can 647find one that supports it. The two arguments are the left and right column of 648the region which to restrict the scrolling to. Just like t_cs defines the top 649and bottom lines. Defining t_CV will make scrolling in vertically split 650windows a lot faster. Don't set t_CV when t_da or t_db is set (text isn't 651cleared when scrolling). 652 653Unfortunately it is not possible to deduce from the termcap how cursor 654positioning should be done when using a scrolling region: Relative to the 655beginning of the screen or relative to the beginning of the scrolling region. 656Most terminals use the first method. The 't_CS' option should be set to any 657string when cursor positioning is relative to the start of the scrolling 658region. It should be set to an empty string otherwise. 659 660Note for xterm users: The shifted cursor keys normally don't work. You can 661 make them work with the xmodmap command and some mappings in Vim. 662 663 Give these commands in the xterm: 664 xmodmap -e "keysym Up = Up F13" 665 xmodmap -e "keysym Down = Down F16" 666 xmodmap -e "keysym Left = Left F18" 667 xmodmap -e "keysym Right = Right F19" 668 669 And use these mappings in Vim: 670 :map <t_F3> <S-Up> 671 :map! <t_F3> <S-Up> 672 :map <t_F6> <S-Down> 673 :map! <t_F6> <S-Down> 674 :map <t_F8> <S-Left> 675 :map! <t_F8> <S-Left> 676 :map <t_F9> <S-Right> 677 :map! <t_F9> <S-Right> 678 679Instead of, say, <S-Up> you can use any other command that you want to use the 680shift-cursor-up key for. (Note: To help people that have a Sun keyboard with 681left side keys F14 is not used because it is confused with the undo key; F15 682is not used, because it does a window-to-front; F17 is not used, because it 683closes the window. On other systems you can probably use them.) 684 685============================================================================== 6863. Window size *window-size* 687 688[This is about the size of the whole window Vim is using, not a window that is 689created with the ":split" command.] 690 691If you are running Vim on an Amiga and the terminal name is "amiga" or 692"builtin_amiga", the amiga-specific window resizing will be enabled. On Unix 693systems three methods are tried to get the window size: 694 695- an ioctl call (TIOCGSIZE or TIOCGWINSZ, depends on your system) 696- the environment variables "LINES" and "COLUMNS" 697- from the termcap entries "li" and "co" 698 699If everything fails a default size of 24 lines and 80 columns is assumed. If 700a window-resize signal is received the size will be set again. If the window 701size is wrong you can use the 'lines' and 'columns' options to set the 702correct values. 703 704One command can be used to set the screen size: 705 706 *:mod* *:mode* *E359* 707:mod[e] [mode] 708 709Without argument this only detects the screen size and redraws the screen. 710[mode] was used on MS-DOS, but it doesn't work anymore. 711 712============================================================================== 7134. Slow and fast terminals *slow-fast-terminal* 714 *slow-terminal* 715 716If you have a fast terminal you may like to set the 'ruler' option. The 717cursor position is shown in the status line. If you are using horizontal 718scrolling ('wrap' option off) consider setting 'sidescroll' to a small 719number. 720 721If you have a slow terminal you may want to reset the 'showcmd' option. 722The command characters will not be shown in the status line. If the terminal 723scrolls very slowly, set the 'scrolljump' to 5 or so. If the cursor is moved 724off the screen (e.g., with "j") Vim will scroll 5 lines at a time. Another 725possibility is to reduce the number of lines that Vim uses with the command 726"z{height}<CR>". 727 728If the characters from the terminal are arriving with more than 1 second 729between them you might want to set the 'timeout' and/or 'ttimeout' option. 730See the "Options" chapter |options|. 731 732If your terminal does not support a scrolling region, but it does support 733insert/delete line commands, scrolling with multiple windows may make the 734lines jump up and down. If you don't want this set the 'ttyfast' option. 735This will redraw the window instead of scroll it. 736 737If your terminal scrolls very slowly, but redrawing is not slow, set the 738'ttyscroll' option to a small number, e.g., 3. This will make Vim redraw the 739screen instead of scrolling, when there are more than 3 lines to be scrolled. 740 741If you are using a color terminal that is slow, use this command: > 742 hi NonText cterm=NONE ctermfg=NONE 743This avoids that spaces are sent when they have different attributes. On most 744terminals you can't see this anyway. 745 746If you are using Vim over a slow serial line, you might want to try running 747Vim inside the "screen" program. Screen will optimize the terminal I/O quite 748a bit. 749 750If you are testing termcap options, but you cannot see what is happening, you 751might want to set the 'writedelay' option. When non-zero, one character is 752sent to the terminal at a time. This makes the screen updating a lot slower, 753making it possible to see what is happening. 754 755============================================================================== 7565. Using the mouse *mouse-using* 757 758This section is about using the mouse on a terminal or a terminal window. How 759to use the mouse in a GUI window is explained in |gui-mouse|. For scrolling 760with a mouse wheel see |scroll-mouse-wheel|. 761 762Don't forget to enable the mouse with this command: > 763 :set mouse=a 764Otherwise Vim won't recognize the mouse in all modes (See 'mouse'). 765 766Currently the mouse is supported for Unix in an xterm window, in a *BSD 767console with |sysmouse|, in a Linux console (with GPM |gpm-mouse|), and 768in a Windows console. 769Mouse clicks can be used to position the cursor, select an area and paste. 770 771These characters in the 'mouse' option tell in which situations the mouse will 772be used by Vim: 773 n Normal mode 774 v Visual mode 775 i Insert mode 776 c Command-line mode 777 h all previous modes when in a help file 778 a all previous modes 779 r for |hit-enter| prompt 780 781The default for 'mouse' is empty, the mouse is not used. Normally you would 782do: > 783 :set mouse=a 784to start using the mouse (this is equivalent to setting 'mouse' to "nvich"). 785If you only want to use the mouse in a few modes or also want to use it for 786the two questions you will have to concatenate the letters for those modes. 787For example: > 788 :set mouse=nv 789Will make the mouse work in Normal mode and Visual mode. > 790 :set mouse=h 791Will make the mouse work in help files only (so you can use "g<LeftMouse>" to 792jump to tags). 793 794Whether the selection that is started with the mouse is in Visual mode or 795Select mode depends on whether "mouse" is included in the 'selectmode' 796option. 797 *terminal-mouse* 798In an xterm, with the currently active mode included in the 'mouse' option, 799normal mouse clicks are used by Vim, mouse clicks with the shift or ctrl key 800pressed go to the xterm. With the currently active mode not included in 801'mouse' all mouse clicks go to the xterm. 802 803For terminals where it is not possible to have the mouse events be used by the 804terminal itself by using a modifier, a workaround is to not use mouse events 805for Vim in command-line mode: > 806 :set mouse=nvi 807Then to select text with the terminal, use ":" to go to command-line mode, 808select and copy the text to the system, then press Esc. 809 810Another way is to temporarily use ":sh" to run a shell, copy the text, then 811exit the shell. 'mouse' can remain set to "a" then. 812 *xterm-clipboard* 813In the Athena and Motif GUI versions, when running in a terminal and there is 814access to the X-server (DISPLAY is set), the copy and paste will behave like 815in the GUI. If not, the middle mouse button will insert the unnamed register. 816In that case, here is how you copy and paste a piece of text: 817 818Copy/paste with the mouse and Visual mode ('mouse' option must be set, see 819above): 8201. Press left mouse button on first letter of text, move mouse pointer to last 821 letter of the text and release the button. This will start Visual mode and 822 highlight the selected area. 8232. Press "y" to yank the Visual text in the unnamed register. 8243. Click the left mouse button at the insert position. 8254. Click the middle mouse button. 826 827Shortcut: If the insert position is on the screen at the same time as the 828Visual text, you can do 2, 3 and 4 all in one: Click the middle mouse button 829at the insert position. 830 831Note: When the |-X| command line argument is used, Vim will not connect to the 832X server and copy/paste to the X clipboard (selection) will not work. Use the 833shift key with the mouse buttons to let the xterm do the selection. 834 835 *xterm-command-server* 836When the X-server clipboard is available, the command server described in 837|x11-clientserver| can be enabled with the --servername command line argument. 838 839 *xterm-copy-paste* 840NOTE: In some (older) xterms, it's not possible to move the cursor past column 84195 or 223. This is an xterm problem, not Vim's. Get a newer xterm 842|color-xterm|. Also see |'ttymouse'|. 843 844Copy/paste in xterm with (current mode NOT included in 'mouse'): 8451. Press left mouse button on first letter of text, move mouse pointer to last 846 letter of the text and release the button. 8472. Use normal Vim commands to put the cursor at the insert position. 8483. Press "a" to start Insert mode. 8494. Click the middle mouse button. 8505. Press ESC to end Insert mode. 851(The same can be done with anything in 'mouse' if you keep the shift key 852pressed while using the mouse.) 853 854Note: if you lose the 8th bit when pasting (special characters are translated 855into other characters), you may have to do "stty cs8 -istrip -parenb" in your 856shell before starting Vim. 857 858Thus in an xterm the shift and ctrl keys cannot be used with the mouse. Mouse 859commands requiring the CTRL modifier can be simulated by typing the "g" key 860before using the mouse: 861 "g<LeftMouse>" is "<C-LeftMouse> (jump to tag under mouse click) 862 "g<RightMouse>" is "<C-RightMouse> ("CTRL-T") 863 864 *mouse-mode-table* *mouse-overview* 865A short overview of what the mouse buttons do, when 'mousemodel' is "extend": 866 867Normal Mode: 868event position selection change action ~ 869 cursor window ~ 870<LeftMouse> yes end yes 871<C-LeftMouse> yes end yes "CTRL-]" (2) 872<S-LeftMouse> yes no change yes "*" (2) *<S-LeftMouse>* 873<LeftDrag> yes start or extend (1) no *<LeftDrag>* 874<LeftRelease> yes start or extend (1) no 875<MiddleMouse> yes if not active no put 876<MiddleMouse> yes if active no yank and put 877<RightMouse> yes start or extend yes 878<A-RightMouse> yes start or extend blockw. yes *<A-RightMouse>* 879<S-RightMouse> yes no change yes "#" (2) *<S-RightMouse>* 880<C-RightMouse> no no change no "CTRL-T" 881<RightDrag> yes extend no *<RightDrag>* 882<RightRelease> yes extend no *<RightRelease>* 883 884Insert or Replace Mode: 885event position selection change action ~ 886 cursor window ~ 887<LeftMouse> yes (cannot be active) yes 888<C-LeftMouse> yes (cannot be active) yes "CTRL-O^]" (2) 889<S-LeftMouse> yes (cannot be active) yes "CTRL-O*" (2) 890<LeftDrag> yes start or extend (1) no like CTRL-O (1) 891<LeftRelease> yes start or extend (1) no like CTRL-O (1) 892<MiddleMouse> no (cannot be active) no put register 893<RightMouse> yes start or extend yes like CTRL-O 894<A-RightMouse> yes start or extend blockw. yes 895<S-RightMouse> yes (cannot be active) yes "CTRL-O#" (2) 896<C-RightMouse> no (cannot be active) no "CTRL-O CTRL-T" 897 898In a help window: 899event position selection change action ~ 900 cursor window ~ 901<2-LeftMouse> yes (cannot be active) no "^]" (jump to help tag) 902 903When 'mousemodel' is "popup", these are different: 904 905Normal Mode: 906event position selection change action ~ 907 cursor window ~ 908<S-LeftMouse> yes start or extend (1) no 909<A-LeftMouse> yes start or extend blockw. no *<A-LeftMouse>* 910<RightMouse> no popup menu no 911 912Insert or Replace Mode: 913event position selection change action ~ 914 cursor window ~ 915<S-LeftMouse> yes start or extend (1) no like CTRL-O (1) 916<A-LeftMouse> yes start or extend blockw. no 917<RightMouse> no popup menu no 918 919(1) only if mouse pointer moved since press 920(2) only if click is in same buffer 921 922Clicking the left mouse button causes the cursor to be positioned. If the 923click is in another window that window is made the active window. When 924editing the command-line the cursor can only be positioned on the 925command-line. When in Insert mode Vim remains in Insert mode. If 'scrolloff' 926is set, and the cursor is positioned within 'scrolloff' lines from the window 927border, the text is scrolled. 928 929A selection can be started by pressing the left mouse button on the first 930character, moving the mouse to the last character, then releasing the mouse 931button. You will not always see the selection until you release the button, 932only in some versions (GUI, Win32) will the dragging be shown immediately. 933Note that you can make the text scroll by moving the mouse at least one 934character in the first/last line in the window when 'scrolloff' is non-zero. 935 936In Normal, Visual and Select mode clicking the right mouse button causes the 937Visual area to be extended. When 'mousemodel' is "popup", the left button has 938to be used while keeping the shift key pressed. When clicking in a window 939which is editing another buffer, the Visual or Select mode is stopped. 940 941In Normal, Visual and Select mode clicking the right mouse button with the alt 942key pressed causes the Visual area to become blockwise. When 'mousemodel' is 943"popup" the left button has to be used with the alt key. Note that this won't 944work on systems where the window manager consumes the mouse events when the 945alt key is pressed (it may move the window). 946 947 *double-click* 948Double, triple and quadruple clicks are supported when the GUI is active, for 949Win32, and for an xterm (if the gettimeofday() function is available). For 950selecting text, extra clicks extend the selection: 951 click select ~ 952 double word or % match *<2-LeftMouse>* 953 triple line *<3-LeftMouse>* 954 quadruple rectangular block *<4-LeftMouse>* 955Exception: In a Help window a double click jumps to help for the word that is 956clicked on. 957A double click on a word selects that word. 'iskeyword' is used to specify 958which characters are included in a word. A double click on a character 959that has a match selects until that match (like using "v%"). If the match is 960an #if/#else/#endif block, the selection becomes linewise. 961For MS-Windows and xterm the time for double clicking can be set with the 962'mousetime' option. For the other systems this time is defined outside of Vim. 963An example, for using a double click to jump to the tag under the cursor: > 964 :map <2-LeftMouse> :exe "tag ". expand("<cword>")<CR> 965 966Dragging the mouse with a double click (button-down, button-up, button-down 967and then drag) will result in whole words to be selected. This continues 968until the button is released, at which point the selection is per character 969again. 970 971 *gpm-mouse* 972The GPM mouse is only supported when the |+mouse_gpm| feature was enabled at 973compile time. The GPM mouse driver (Linux console) does not support quadruple 974clicks. 975 976In Insert mode, when a selection is started, Vim goes into Normal mode 977temporarily. When Visual or Select mode ends, it returns to Insert mode. 978This is like using CTRL-O in Insert mode. Select mode is used when the 979'selectmode' option contains "mouse". 980 *sysmouse* 981The sysmouse is only supported when the |+mouse_sysmouse| feature was enabled 982at compile time. The sysmouse driver (*BSD console) does not support keyboard 983modifiers. 984 985 *drag-status-line* 986When working with several windows, the size of the windows can be changed by 987dragging the status line with the mouse. Point the mouse at a status line, 988press the left button, move the mouse to the new position of the status line, 989release the button. Just clicking the mouse in a status line makes that window 990the current window, without moving the cursor. If by selecting a window it 991will change position or size, the dragging of the status line will look 992confusing, but it will work (just try it). 993 994 *<MiddleRelease>* *<MiddleDrag>* 995Mouse clicks can be mapped. The codes for mouse clicks are: 996 code mouse button normal action ~ 997 <LeftMouse> left pressed set cursor position 998 <LeftDrag> left moved while pressed extend selection 999 <LeftRelease> left released set selection end 1000 <MiddleMouse> middle pressed paste text at cursor position 1001 <MiddleDrag> middle moved while pressed - 1002 <MiddleRelease> middle released - 1003 <RightMouse> right pressed extend selection 1004 <RightDrag> right moved while pressed extend selection 1005 <RightRelease> right released set selection end 1006 <X1Mouse> X1 button pressed - *X1Mouse* 1007 <X1Drag> X1 moved while pressed - *X1Drag* 1008 <X1Release> X1 button release - *X1Release* 1009 <X2Mouse> X2 button pressed - *X2Mouse* 1010 <X2Drag> X2 moved while pressed - *X2Drag* 1011 <X2Release> X2 button release - *X2Release* 1012 1013The X1 and X2 buttons refer to the extra buttons found on some mice. The 1014'Microsoft Explorer' mouse has these buttons available to the right thumb. 1015Currently X1 and X2 only work on Win32 and X11 environments. 1016 1017Examples: > 1018 :noremap <MiddleMouse> <LeftMouse><MiddleMouse> 1019Paste at the position of the middle mouse button click (otherwise the paste 1020would be done at the cursor position). > 1021 1022 :noremap <LeftRelease> <LeftRelease>y 1023Immediately yank the selection, when using Visual mode. 1024 1025Note the use of ":noremap" instead of "map" to avoid a recursive mapping. 1026> 1027 :map <X1Mouse> <C-O> 1028 :map <X2Mouse> <C-I> 1029Map the X1 and X2 buttons to go forwards and backwards in the jump list, see 1030|CTRL-O| and |CTRL-I|. 1031 1032 *mouse-swap-buttons* 1033To swap the meaning of the left and right mouse buttons: > 1034 :noremap <LeftMouse> <RightMouse> 1035 :noremap <LeftDrag> <RightDrag> 1036 :noremap <LeftRelease> <RightRelease> 1037 :noremap <RightMouse> <LeftMouse> 1038 :noremap <RightDrag> <LeftDrag> 1039 :noremap <RightRelease> <LeftRelease> 1040 :noremap g<LeftMouse> <C-RightMouse> 1041 :noremap g<RightMouse> <C-LeftMouse> 1042 :noremap! <LeftMouse> <RightMouse> 1043 :noremap! <LeftDrag> <RightDrag> 1044 :noremap! <LeftRelease> <RightRelease> 1045 :noremap! <RightMouse> <LeftMouse> 1046 :noremap! <RightDrag> <LeftDrag> 1047 :noremap! <RightRelease> <LeftRelease> 1048< 1049 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: 1050