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Re:What is in your .vimrc by nyellin on Sunday August 21, 2011 @04:10AM (#2908763)
That's no better, I think. There is no standard location for \

Try using <space> instead. The default binding is useless for the largest key.

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Re:What is in your .vimrc by wahnfrieden on Sunday August 21, 2011 @03:24PM (#2909980)
Why does it matter if there's no standard location? Do you use the ; command that often in vim anyway that this would be an issue if it were mapped to \?
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Re:What is in your .vimrc by nyellin on Monday August 22, 2011 @12:37AM (#2911325)
Ymmv but it unfortunately matters for me. I switch between my work PC and personal Macbook daily. The different positions for \ drive me crazy, but as least it's rarely used on Macs due to sane file paths. Using a moving key in Vim is a bad idea.
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Re:What is in your .vimrc by wahnfrieden on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @12:55PM (#2921472)
I just can't imagine prioritizing many commands over the <leader> key, which gets a load of use from me. Try space then, I guess.
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