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Remapping vim key for switching panels in NERDtree

I have to edit code on a server through shellinabox (shell forwarding through HTTPS).

I added the NERDtree plugin. My problem is that switching between panels in vim is done with CTRL+w. When using it in a browser tab, well... it closes my browser tab.

What should I add to my .vimrc to remap CTRL+w to F9?

EDIT: Although the proposed solutions work so far, I'm looking to have F9 do CTRL+w, not to have F9 + w.

Solution

  • It looks that the <C-w> combination was remapped somewhere in your config. Try using

    :noremap <F9> <C-w>

    to deal with this remapping. This would prevent recursive substitution of the command and it would execute the default action of <C-w>. If you want to skip typing the additional w then use:

    :noremap <F9> <C-w><C-w>

    For more info see here: http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/chapters/05.html