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Using dead keys acute and grave/backtick in normal mode doesn't work
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Description
Steps to reproduce
I'm using macOS with a German locale and a German keyboard where ´ (acute) is a dead key and ` (grave/backtick) is produced by hitting shift and ´.
It easier to type ´ as it does not require the shift key. Thus in my .vimrc, I have defined: nmap ´ `
This works fine in Terminal of macOS!
In MacVim, neither ´ nor ` works.
For vowels, I got it working with mappings à la:
nmap ´á `a
nmap ´Á `A
nmap `à `a
nmap `À `A
But this does not work for consonants like b. The error is raised: E78: Unknown mark
Expected behaviour
Both ´b and `b should jump to the mark.
Version of Vim and architecture
9.1.727
Environment
OS: Sequoia, arm64
Terminal: macOS Terminal
$TERM: xterm-256color
$SHELL: /bin/zsh
How MacVim was installed
Homebrew
Logs and stack traces
No response
Vim configuration where issue is reproducable
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Issue has been tested with given configuration
- by running MacVim.app from GUI macOS interface
- by running vim/gvim/etc installed by MacVim
- by running other versions of vim (e.g. /usr/bin/vim)
Issue has been tested with no configuration
- by running
mvim --clean(orgvim, supplied by MacVim distribution) - by running
vim --clean(in terminal, supplied by MacVim distribution) - by running
vim --clean(in terminal, other suppliers, e.g. /usr/bin/vim)
Other conditions
- The both Homebrew packages "vim" and "macvim" are installed
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in MacVim.app with mvim --clean, then compare it with vim --clean in macOS Terminal using the documented acute and grave mappings. Trace MacVim's handling of dead-key input and normal-mode mark motions; done means both ´b and `b jump to the corresponding mark without E78.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, vim
- Domain
- desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100