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Mapping Left Alt key in Vim?

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Mar 15, 202614963 views
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I am able to map the key combination Right Alt+Left Arrow with or by . But I am not able to map the Left Alt key. Is there a way to do that? Edit: Just to clarity means Alt+Left Arrow. The important question here is what is difference between Left Alt and Right Alt from the perspective of keymappin…

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Fix for: Mapping Left Alt key in Vim?

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If you do in vim, you'll see that the only modifiers Vim recognizes are shift, control, alt/meta (treated as synonyms), and the Mac command key. You could easily use xmodmap to map your right alt key to a new modifier that Vim recognizes, but perhap…

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