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-rw-r--r--doc/neovimb.16
-rw-r--r--src/map.c10
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/neovimb.1 b/doc/neovimb.1
index 505b10b..fa3f888 100644
--- a/doc/neovimb.1
+++ b/doc/neovimb.1
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@ number of keys have no visual representation, a special notation is required.
As special key names have the format \fI<...>\fP.
The following special keys can be used: <Left>, <Up>, <Right>, <Down>
for the cursor keys, <Tab>, <Esc>, <CR>, <Space>, <BS>, <F1>-<F12> and <C-A>-<C-Z>.
+If you want an actual sequence of keys like "<", "C", "R", ">" then
+escape with a backslash: "\<CR>". If you want a backslash followed by a special
+key then use <Bslash>.
.TP
.PD 0
.BI ":nm[ap] {" lhs "} {" rhs }
@@ -1537,6 +1540,9 @@ it might change the behaviour by adding or changing mappings.
.IP ":set x-hint-command=:sh! curl -e <C-R>% <C-R>;"
This fills the inputbox with the prefilled download command and replaces
`<C-R>%' with the current URI and `<C-R>;' with the URI of the hinted element.
+.IP ":nnoremap ;f :set x-hint-command=:sh! firefox '\<C-R>;\<CR><CR>;x"
+This makes the key sequence ";f" start hinting and then open the hinted URI in
+firefox.
.PD
.RE
.TP
diff --git a/src/map.c b/src/map.c
index e7129c0..12802d6 100644
--- a/src/map.c
+++ b/src/map.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static struct {
char *ch;
int chlen;
} key_labels[] = {
+ {"<Bslash>", 8, "\\", 1},
{"<CR>", 4, "\x0d", 1},
{"<Tab>", 5, "\t", 1},
{"<S-Tab>", 7, CSI_STR "kB", 3},
@@ -435,6 +436,15 @@ static char *convert_keys(const char *in, int inlen, int *len)
*len = 0;
for (p = in; p < &in[inlen]; p++) {
+ /* if we encounter the sequence \< we replace it with just < but act
+ * like it's a non-special character */
+ if (*p == '\\' && p+1 < &in[inlen] && *(p+1) == '<') {
+ g_string_append_len(str, p+1, 1);
+ *len += 1;
+ ++p;
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* if it starts not with < we can add it literally */
if (*p != '<') {
g_string_append_len(str, p, 1);