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The above example could use a little more explaining for people unfamiliar with vim maps. The map takes a key and a value. They are separated by a space. Neither the key or value can have a space in them, or it is considered to be the separator between the key and value. If the user desires to have a space in either the key or value part of a map, they can use the keycode notation <Space>. Below is a table of the keycodes in keycode notation form. The keycode notation can be used in any mapping command.
| notation | meaning |
|---|---|
| <Esc> | escape key |
| <Up> | cursor up key |
| <Down> | cursor down key |
| <Left> | cursor left key |
| <Right> | cursor right key |
| <Home> | home key |
| <End> | end key |
| <PageUp> | page up key |
| <PageDown> | page down key |
| <Del> | delete key |
| <Insert> | insert key |
| <Nul> | zero |
| <Bs> | backspace key |
| <Tab> | tab key |
| <NL> | linefeed |
| <FF> | formfeed |
| <CR> | carriage return |
| <Space> | space |
| <Lt> | less-than |
| <Bslash> | backslash |
| <Bar> | vertical bar |
| <F1> - <F12> | function keys 1 to 12 |
| <C-...> | control keys |
| <S-...> | shift keys |