Using Alt key to cycle tabs in vim in terminal

Question

I am currently using Ctrl key to navigate tabs in vim in terminal, like this :

noremap <C-Left> :tabprevious<CR>
nnoremap <C-Right> :tabnext<CR>

I would like to change from using Ctrl key to using Alt key instead. I tried this :

noremap <M-Left> :tabprevious<CR>
nnoremap <M-Right> :tabnext<CR>

But, it did not work, I got E 388: No definition found

Any suggestions?

Also, What is the M key in vim? Isn't it Alt?

do you use terminal-vim, gvim, macvim or neovim ? Have a look here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7501092/can-i-map-alt-key-in-vim — Doktor OSwaldo, Sep 04 '17 at 13:20
@DoktorOSwaldo I'm using vim in terminal. I updated the question. — The Vivandiere, Sep 04 '17 at 14:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 00:43

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I have a feeling you have another mapping overriding this one. To check, try entering this in the Vim command line:

verbose map <M-Left>

This should tell you what you have <M-Left> mapped to and what file the map was made in.

answered Sep 06 '17 at 00:43

Niko Bellic

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