I am using Putty -> Suse box -> vim 7.2 combo for editing and want to remap Ctrl + arrows combo to a particular task. But for some reason, Vim ignores the shortcut and goes into insert mode and inserts character D (for left) of C (for right).Which part of my keyboard/terminal configuration is to blame and how to fix it?
How to fix Ctrl + arrows in Vim?
linux;vim;keyboard;putty
Figure out exactly what escape sequence your terminal sends for Ctrl+arrow by typing Ctrl+V, Ctrl+arrow in insert mode: this will insert the leading ESC character (shown as ^[ in vim) literally, followed by the rest of the escape sequence. Then tell vim about these escape sequences with something likemap <ESC>[5D <C-Left>map <ESC>[5C <C-Right>map! <ESC>[5D <C-Left>map! <ESC>[5C <C-Right>I seem to recall that Putty has a default setting for Application Cursor Keys mode that's inconvenient (I forget why), you might want to toggle this setting first.Note that although escape sequences vary between terminals, conflicts (i.e. an escape sequence that corresponds to different keys in different terminals) are rare, so there's no particular need to try to apply the mappings only on a particular terminal type.