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created January 26, 2004 · complexity intermediate · author Alfvaen · version 5.7

If there's a built-in key command in Vim that you find annoying, or that you often hit by accident, then you can disable the key by mapping it to nothing. For example:

:map K <Nop>

For "<Nop>", type the five characters as they appear (less-than N o p greater-than).

Of course, you can always

:unmap K

if you start doing C programming and want to instantly "man" things under the cursor again.

References[]

:help <Nop>

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+If there's a built-in key command in Vim that you find annoying, or that you often hit by accident, then you can disable the key by mapping it to nothing. For example:
+<pre>
+:map K <Nop>
+</pre>
+For "<Nop>", type the five characters as they appear (less-than N o p greater-than).
-If there's a built-in key command in vim that you just can't stand, find annoying, and/or often hit by accident(for me it's "K", with "&gt;" a close second), then you can disable it using ":map". You can't use ":unmap", as you might think. Instead, you can map it to nothing, like:
+Of course, you can always
+<pre>
+:unmap K
+</pre>
+if you start doing C programming and want to instantly "man" things under the cursor again.
-:map K &lt;Nop&gt;
+==References==
+*{{help|id=<Nop>|label=&lt;Nop&gt;}}
+==Comments==
-(&lt;Nop&gt; is not the "Nop" key on your keyboards, but literal letters inside literal pointy brackets.)
-Of course, you can always
-:unmap K
-if you start doing C programming and want to instantly "man" things under the cursor again.
-}}
-== Comments ==
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Changes: Disable built-in command

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