I want to configure a shortcut key that can be used in both edit mode and normal mode, usually two commands are required:
:nnoremap <C-s> :w<cr>
:inoremap <C-s> <esc>:w<cr>a
Is there any way to combine them into one instruction that can act on multiple modes at the same time?
:help map-table:
Mode | Norm | Ins | Cmd | Vis | Sel | Opr | Term | Lang |
Command +------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+
[nore]map | yes | - | - | yes | yes | yes | - | - |
n[nore]map | yes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
[nore]map! | - | yes | yes | - | - | - | - | - |
i[nore]map | - | yes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
c[nore]map | - | - | yes | - | - | - | - | - |
v[nore]map | - | - | - | yes | yes | - | - | - |
x[nore]map | - | - | - | yes | - | - | - | - |
s[nore]map | - | - | - | - | yes | - | - | - |
o[nore]map | - | - | - | - | - | yes | - | - |
t[nore]map | - | - | - | - | - | - | yes | - |
l[nore]map | - | yes | yes | - | - | - | - | yes |
shows that Vim has *map commands that cover more than one mode but it doesn't a have one that covers all modes. You can thus cover all modes with:
:map,:map!,:tmap,:lmap,and you must use two :*map commands for normal mode and insert mode.
But the RHS of your two mappings are not identical so, even if such a :*map command existed, you couldn't use it anyway.
I managed to add a shortcut to apply changes with Ctrl + S, I leave my config in case it helps
