difference between nnoremap and inoremap

Question

I have the following lines in my .vimrc.

 " Arrows are unvimlike 

 nnoremap <up> <nop>
 nnoremap <down> <nop>
 nnoremap <left> <nop>
 nnoremap <right> <nop>
 inoremap <up> <nop>
 inoremap <down> <nop>
 inoremap <left> <nop>
 inoremap <right> <nop>

I understand that the arrow keys are made no operations to force the use of j,k,h,l.But why is there two sets of what seems like same commands.Or in other words what is the difference between nnoremap and inoremap and why both of them are used.

possible duplicate of [What is the difference between the remap, noremap, nnoremap and vnoremap mapping commands in vim?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3776117/what-is-the-difference-between-the-remap-noremap-nnoremap-and-vnoremap-mapping) — cfi, Sep 22 '15 at 09:28

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 29 '16 at 14:41

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You are making sure the arrow keys are nop for both insert and normal mode

From: the Vim Wikia page:

n  Normal mode map. Defined using ':nmap' or ':nnoremap'.
i  Insert mode map. Defined using ':imap' or ':inoremap'.

edited Oct 29 '16 at 14:41

Steven Schmatz

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answered Apr 03 '14 at 21:32

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See also `:help map-modes`. – benjifisher Apr 03 '14 at 21:34

difference between nnoremap and inoremap

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