In VIM, can I find out what keys I just typed?
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Mar 15, 20264621 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Sometimes I'll be using VIM and something will happen, and I don't know what it was or what I typed that caused it. Is there a way to list some of the recent keys that were typed, and, even better, find out what actions they triggered?
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has an option you could abuse, but it won't work while is still running. -w {scriptout} All the characters that you type are recorded in the file {scriptout}, until you exit Vim. This is useful if you want to create a script file to be used with "vi…
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