How do I map ctrl x ctrl o to ctrl space in terminal vim?

Question

After searching a bit on the net it seems that I can't map CtrlSpace to anything/alot. Is there a way to do it today, what I found was usually 2 years old.

Answer 1

I've run into the same issue, the short answer is yes you can, and not only in the gui version. Adding this on you .vimrc is enough:

inoremap <C-Space> <C-x><C-o>
inoremap <C-@> <C-Space>

Answer 2

The problem seems to be that Terminal.app doesn't interpret <C-Space> correctly and Vim understands it as <C-@> which is a built-in mapping (:help CTRL-@).

Maybe you could go with something like the following in your .vimrc:

if !has("gui_running")
    inoremap <C-@> <C-x><C-o>
endif

which seems to work, here, but I don't like the idea of overriding built-ins like that.

Instead you should try with <Leader> (:help leader), it gives you huge possibilities for defining your own custom mappings and (depending on the mapleader you choose) won't interfere with OS/app specific shortcuts/limitations and hence be more portable.

With this in my .vimrc:

let mapleader=","
inoremap <leader>, <C-x><C-o>

I just hit ,, to complete method names.