The "map" commands on my version of Vim [Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May
7, compiled Jan 31 2007 17:43:00)] displays 2 pages of shortcuts. A
few relate to plugins that I have installed. Many - such as - "n ,gq
:%%s/\s\+/ /ggq1G" are a bonus that comes with the Vim package.

Is there any documentation (for beginners) that spells out what these
free gifts do?

Felix Karpfen

Felix Karpfen wrote:

Sorry, but not really. I don't think it's correct to say that mappings
come with Vim (I don't recognise your example). You need to examine
your vimrc file and the actual scripts for your plugins. Many plugins
have quite good comments (you don't need to read the code) that
explain what is going on. Also, many plugins have topics that you can
access via :help and they may explain the mappings.

BTW 7.0 is considered ancient now. For example, it is probably
vulnerable to malicious/joke modelines in text files you might open.

John

On 2008-06-06, John Beckett wrote:

SNIP

SNIP

Thank you for the advice. It appears that I asked the wrong question.

Felix Karpfen wrote:

Any *.vim files in a plugin directory are loaded when Vim starts, and
others can be loaded on demand. The following command lists scripts
that have run:

:scriptnames

but it includes stuff you might in fact not have used (from a plugin
directory).

John

On 2008-06-09, John Beckett wrote:

That is what I needed to know.

":scriptnames" lists 26 plugins; I loaded 7 and Vim loaded the other 19!

Now I have a chance of discovering the meanings of the mysterious
mappings!

Thank you.

Felix Karpfen webone.com.au> wrote:

On 2008-06-10, Gary Johnson eskimo.com> wrote:

Works like a charm.

For the record, the sample mapping that I quoted in my original query
comes from the "justify.vim" plugin - which, as I surmised, is a Vim
bonus on my install.

Thank you for the advice.

Felix