Remapping C-m and C-i in normal mode doesn't work

[med1844]

I'm using colemak-dhm. hjkl in qwerty corresponds to mnei in colemak-dhm.

Now I'm trying to simplify window mode commands C-w mnei to C-mnei by remapping like this:

[keys.normal]
"C-m" = "jump_view_left"
"C-n" = "jump_view_down"
"C-e" = "jump_view_up"
"C-i" = "jump_view_right"

The C-n and C-e work as expected, but C-m and C-i don't. Passing -vvv when start up also doesn't record key press information in the log file.

I'm using

• Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on WSL2
• Windows Terminal 1.18.2822.0
• helix 23.10 (f6021dd)

What should I do to help debug this issue? I have some rust experience so should be able to dig deeper in case it needs. Thank you.

[the-mikedavis]

By default terminals send ambiguous key sequences for C-i and C-m. You can use a terminal emulator that support's Kitty's enhanced keyboard protocol (for example Kitty): https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Terminal-Support#enhanced-keyboard-protocol

[med1844]

Thank you. I also checked why neovim supports C-i and C-m and it turns out that they simply mapped that ambiguous key to corresponding functions. Here's the updated config that doesn't require enhanced keyboard protocol:

ret = "jump_view_left"
"C-n" = "jump_view_down"
"C-e" = "jump_view_up"
tab = "jump_view_right"