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DanielSank
DanielSank
21:22
I've got bufexplorer installed and hitting \be pulls it up. In vimrc I have map <Leader>\ <Leader>be, but `\` does not cause bufexplorer to come up. Any ideas?
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
21:32
@DanielSank Just to doublecheck cause of markdown being weird, but do you mean <backslash><backslash>?
What is mapleader set to?
DanielSank
DanielSank
@DJMcMayhem Ah dangit. Let me retype:
`\\` does not bring up bufexplorer.
There we go.
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
hahahaha
DanielSank
DanielSank
Oh ffs.
You get the point.
@DJMcMayhem Nothing explicitly.
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
<backslash><backslash>, correct?
DanielSank
DanielSank
^ yes
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
21:44
I think I know why
DanielSank
DanielSank
::listens::
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
the original mapping was probably a nnoremap mapping, so if you map something to the map itself, it doesn't go recursively. Does that make sense?
DanielSank
DanielSank
Nope :-P
There is not explicit mapping vimrc.
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
Just a sec, let me come up with a good example
DanielSank
DanielSank
Where else could there be a mapping?
@DJMcMayhem Well wait a sec... you may be overestimating my vim-fu.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
21:46
Oh wait, I think I'm wrong too 
nmap g iG<esc>
nmap G g
nmap f iF<esc>
nnoremap F f
In this case, typing G will insert a G, but typing F will not insert an F.
But that doesn't quite apply here since you're just using a map, not a nnoremap
DanielSank
DanielSank
Hang on. I don't know what nmap and nnoremap mean.
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
I thought it was about the original mapping, not the second one
DanielSank
DanielSank
Searching...
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
@DanielSank nmap just means that you want the mapping to only apply to normal mode.
DanielSank
DanielSank
ah
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
21:49
but nnoremap means, don't remap several layers deep, so it will map F to f, not iF<esc>
DanielSank
DanielSank
I see. Ok.
nnoremap = normal mode map without remapping
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
Exactly
DanielSank
DanielSank
k
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
But I don't actually know why your mapping isn't working. Maybe worth a main question?
DanielSank
DanielSank
Perhaps. I will try a few things first.
I'm still learning how vim works.
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
21:52
It's a fun (and long) journey :)
DanielSank
DanielSank
I imagine it is. I started using it because of hand pain. The mouse is dead. Long live Vim!
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I am a happier typer these days.
DJMcMayhem
DJMcMayhem
Nice. I started using it because I watched a friend of mine editing text ridiculously fast (and in the terminal too!) and it kinda blew my mind. He was kind of my Linux Mentor
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And now I've been using it almost daily for... idk like 2-3 years now?

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