31.14 Don't Lose Important Functions with vi Maps: Use noremap

For years, I assumed that I could map (31.2 ) only a few keys in vi -the characters like v and A that aren't used. For instance, if I mapped F to do something else, I thought I'd lose that handy "forward one screen" command. You think the same thing? Then we're both wrong!

Just use the noremap option. Here's a simple example. You can make F the "show file information" (normally G  ) command. Then, make A take over the "forward (ahead) one screen" function. Put these lines in your .exrc file (30.6 ) :

set noremap
map F G
map A F