/vim-brace-for-umlauts

improves the VIM experience on German keyboards

Primary LanguageVim scriptGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

vim-brace-for-umlauts

This is a very simple VIM plugin to improve the coding experience on German QUERTZ keyboards. It defines the following mappings:

  • normal, visual & select mode

    • ü -> [
    • ä -> ]
    • Ü -> {
    • Ä -> }
    • ö -> :

  • insert and command mode

    • ü -> [
    • ä -> ]
    • Ü -> {
    • Ä -> }
    • ö -> :
    • Ö -> \

You can use the commands Umlauts, NoUmlauts and UmlautsToggle to activate or deactivate the insert & command mode mappings in case you need to write German prose or search for text containing umlauts.

All mappings are activated on VIM startup.