Mac Keybord中的Vimrc映射

Question

I am trying to map a key with the command set filetype=… which could be perl or html etc.
Problem: I am using a Mac keyboard and all the Fx keys seem not to respond except 2 which I have already mapped and need them.
Eg doing map <F14>:set filetype=perl<CR> or F13 etc not only does nothing it seems to do something weird to the console.
How can I map these without affecting other existing mappings?

Note:
To be clear: I am using vim remotely doing ssh. My local keyboard is from Mac

Answer 1

nmap l nmap h This answers your question but I don't advise you to go that way.

The first problem you'll encounter is that all of your cmdsomething mappings are going to fail in the terminal.

The second is that MacVim doesn't support multiple modifiers: you won't be able to have CtrlShiftb, for example. Well, it will work but the Shift part will be ignored so you will be limited very quicly.

The third problem will be that you'll fail to commit Vim's commands to memory. The day you'll ssh into a server and use Vim there you'll be lost.

So yeah, you CAN do that but (I think that) you SHOULDN'T.

Answer 2

Ensure that there should be space between and :set filetype=perl...

If that was just a typo, then try this interactively, :map "press control-v and then press F14 key" :set filetype=perl

BTW, the apple keyboard (on windows) I use does not have F14 key, and I do not remember seeing any function key beyond F12 on any Macbook, maybe this is something new...

Also, type ":help function-key" in you vim and if it shows something like this, then you cannot do this.

*function keys 1 to 12 function_key function-key*