Underlying Concept Behind Keyboard Mappings

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Published on 2013-11-05T05:40:04Z Indexed on 2013/11/05 9:59 UTC
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I am frustrated with key mapping issues.

On my Linux box, if I type Home/End in Vim, then the cursor actually moves to the beginning/end of the line. On my Mac when I am on TextEdit, if I do Fn + Left or Fn + Right, it takes me to beginning/end of the line.

But if I am on Vim on my Mac terminal, then the same key combinations don't work. Why? I see online all the different cryptic settings that I have to paste in .vimrc to make this work, but I can't find any explanation for those cryptic map, imap settings.

What is the underlying issue here, and how can I fix it?

Thanks!

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