Question: is there a way to map characters for text input, like ab{breviate} or loadkeymap... in vim?

[WaterSibilantFalling]

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VimFx version: 0.20.9
Firefox version: 52.0b3 (32bit)
OS: Linux 4.9.0-2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.13-1 (2017-02-27) i686 GNU/Linux
Keyboard language: EN-US
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For my second language, I have set key-mappings on the command line (Bash), in vim and in neovim.

I would like to use these same mappings in firefox. Is there a way, via VimFx, to map a key combination to a specified key, eg ;o prints ö ?

[lydell]

Thanks for your question!

Short answer: No.

Longer answer:

1. I don’t know what ab{breviate} and loadkeymap do in vim.
2. It sounds a bit like we have an XY problem here – what exactly are you trying to achieve?

[WaterSibilantFalling]

In Vim, abbreviations and 'keymap' key pairing both make the characters 'bbbbb' be written whenever a key combination, say 'aaaa' is typed. I want the keycombination ';' and 'O' (i.e. ';O') to produce 'Ö' with an umlat

If, in my vimrc, I had
abbreviation xxxx yyyy
then, whenever I typed 'xxxx' then in its place 'yyyy' would be presented.

The key sequences in 'loadkeys' files are similar, focused on substituing specific keys, intended for non-ASCII, non-English letters, and (really) what I am looking for.

I have a file $HOME/.vim/keymap/sdm_tk.vim
In it is (a bit of housekeeping) and
;c <char-0xe7>
;C <char-0xc7>
;g <char-0x11f>
;G <char-0x11e>
;i <char-0x131>
;I <char-0x130>
;o <char-0xf6>
;O <char-0xd6>
;s <char-0x15f>
;S <char-0x15e>
;u <char-0xfc>
;U <char-0xdc>

In my vimrc I have
set keymap=sdm_tk

Whenever I type ;O say, I get Ö instead. This is intended for, and ideal for, those working in two languages, one of which is 'latin' but not US ASCII. German would be an example.

I have done the same in my .inputrc for bash.

I want to be able to type ";O" in firefox and get "Ö". I was wondering if I could do this via VimFx.

[WaterSibilantFalling]

Whoops, I didn't mean to close that. Re-opened.

[lydell]

Thanks for the explanation!

This is not possible with VimFx. Since VimFx is all about keyboard shortcuts, it won’t be added either.

I suggest you find or create an extension or user script that does this (replacing certain sequences of typed characters in text inputs).