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wullxz
wullxz

Reputation: 19430

Can't call recorded macros in vim

I've recorded a macro in vim by pressing q1 in normal mode and then did a few movement commands and wrote text to the document using a to enter insert mode. I then pressed ESC to get back to normal mode and finished the macro recording with q.

Now I want to run the recorded macro by pressing ALT GR+q for the @ sign (I'm using a german keyboard layout) and then 1 because I saved the macro to the 1-register. But after typing the @ in normal mode, vim shows me :wincmd w in the status line and doesn't run the macro after pressing 1.

Am I missing something? Or do vim macros work different on german keyboard layouts?

Edit: 

:registers 1
--- Registers ---
"1   A<br ><80>kb/>^[

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1421

Answers (1)

VanLaser
VanLaser

Reputation: 1164

The described behavior shows that @ was mapped by a plugin/script that Vim loads (mapping available with :verbose map @). One solution would be to capture the original @ functionality in another key combo:

:noremap <leader>q @

.. and use that instead of @. The other solution - to remove the original mapping, either directly (script, vimrc) or by using the configuration options of the "offending" plugin.

Upvotes: 3

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