Changing the Leader in MacVim?

vim vi macvim
Paul Wicks picture Paul Wicks · Sep 17, 2009 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

I'm trying to change <Leader> in MacVim to be something less carpal-tunnel inducing. I have added this line

let mapleader=","

to my .gvimrc, but "\" is still the only key that works. Am I missing something?

Answer

too much php picture too much php · Sep 17, 2009

The line needs to go into your normal .vimrc (instead of .gvimrc). .gvimrc is not read until all plugins have been loaded, by which time all the mappings have already been created with the default map leader.

.gvimrc is intended only for GUI-specific options, everything else should be in .vimrc.

Related questions

vim "modifiable" is off

Trying to create a new file with nerd tree. I hit the a key to create a new file and i get the message: E21: Cannot make changes, 'Modifiable' is off I'm using MacVim and Janus (almost out of the …

Read More
Execute a script directly within vim/mvim/gvim

TextMate has a nice feature that allows you to execute a script from within the current context and shows you the output in a separate window. This lets you write and test code on the go. I'm almost certain there …

Read More
Opening a directory in vim

I'm a mac user giving vim a serious try. Most of the GUI editors I'm used to allow me to open a directory as a "project" by executing a command like: edit ~/www/example.com/ The vim equivalent vim ~/www/…

Read More