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I do not understand what the following line does in .vimrc
nmap <silent> <leader>v :EditConfig<cr> It seems that
What does the line mean in .vimrc?
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<silent> tells vim to show no message when this key sequence is used. <leader> means the key sequence starts with the character assigned to variable mapleader -- a backslash, if no let mapleader = statement has executed yet at the point nmap executes.
Opening vimrc Using file name completion, you could type :e $M then press Tab until you see the desired variable. If you only want to see the path, type :echo $M then press Tab to see the variable, and press Enter. In gvim, the Edit menu includes "Startup Settings" which will use $MYVIMRC to edit your vimrc file.
To map a sequence of keys to execute another sequence of keys, use the ':map' command. For example, the following command maps the <F2> key to display the current date and time. The ':map' command creates a key map that works in normal, visual, select and operator pending modes.
nmap means "map a key sequence when in normal mode" (see vim's docs).<silent> tells vim to show no message when this key sequence is used.<leader> means the key sequence starts with the character assigned to variable mapleader -- a backslash, if no let mapleader = statement has executed yet at the point nmap executes. And the v is the rest of the key sequence.
So overall this is mapping, in normal mode, a backslash-v key sequence to show no message and execute :EditConfig which is likely a function defined previously in the vimrc to edit configuration files (see for example this vimrc, search in browser for editconfig). :call EditConfig() at the end (as the vimrc file I gave the URL to uses) would be better, I believe.
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