> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 1:14 AM, björn <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> 2009/8/28 David Lam:
>> > hmm dunno if its just me, but using MacVim 1-234, if i have
>> >
>> > nmap <M-f> el
>> >
>> > in my init file, it unexpectedly seems to do something like C-f
>> > instead...
>> > i.e. it scrolls forward in the file some number of lines
>> >
>> > however if i hit : and map the key again while within Vim, i get the
>> > expected behavior
>> >
>> > anyhoo, i've been using this for awhile on the regular Vim (i.e. not on
>> > mac)... anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> 1. In order for Meta mappings <M-..> to work on the Mac you need to
>> set the 'macmeta' option since Mac OS X translates Meta-key
>> combinations (on my machine, <M-f> turns into ƒ). However, you say
>> that it does work if you don't remap in vimrc so I'm a bit confused.
>>
>> Failing that:
>>
>> 2. Have you tried commenting out all other lines in your [g]vimrc and
>> then uncommenting one at a time and restarting to see if there is some
>> combination of settings that causes this?
>>
>> 3. Have you tried updating to the latest snapshot? (I'm not sure what
>> version 1-234 means, the version info is in the About box under the
>> MacVim menu.)
>>
>> Björn
>
> ahhhh ok, following your advice i can reproduce the behaviour in Snapshot 49
> with just this in the init file:
>
> if has('gui_running')
> set macmeta
> endif
>
> nmap <space> <C-f>
> nmap <M-f> el
>
>
> ...and if you comment out the <space> mapping, the <M-f> seems to work
> normally again! Doing the remap of <M-f> again inside Vim also fixes the
> problem