Problem following links of vim's doc (:help) on the terminal

Question

I'm having some trouble reading vim's documentation on the terminal because I can't follow the links that are given.

I quote:

Jump to a subject: Position the cursor on a tag (e.g. |bars|) and hit CTRL-].

The problem is that i'm using a spanish keyboard where the "+" and the "]" are on the same button so when I hit CTRL-], I make a zoom.

Can I map the CTRL-] to any other keys somehow or is there any other option?

I use the following mapping: nnoremap <buffer> <cr> <c-]> in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/help.vim. — Peter Rincker, Oct 28 '15 at 21:25
I've placed the mappings in my ~/.vimrc file and it still doesn't work — Wylex, Oct 29 '15 at 12:42
It works fine. Thanks, I can jump now from tag to tag easily. @blm — Wylex, Oct 29 '15 at 17:39
It's a personal choice, but I chose to adopt an EN QWERTY layout for coding, as some keys like , [, ] etc. are easier to reach. (I'm French). — JoshRomRock, Oct 30 '15 at 10:26
That's definitely true but I'm using a laptop and I prefer using its keyboard ( I know I can change the keyboard language easily but It's quite confusing) @JoshRomRock — Wylex, Oct 30 '15 at 10:36

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '15 at 13:01

One option (if you don't mind a bit of typing) is to type :tag tagname and press enter. This is exactly equivalent to Ctrl-] according to :help CTRL-].

If you use this, please note that you can use tab completion just as when typing :help topic commands, and you can use Ctrl-D to list the possible autocompletions of what you've typed so far.

I admit this isn't much of an alternative, but it's worth knowing.

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '15 at 22:35

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Another option is using clicking on the tag, if set mouse=a is on.

answered Oct 28 '15 at 22:35

fruglemonkey

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It does work but I'd prefer not having to use the mouse. – Wylex Oct 29 '15 at 12:38

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '18 at 16:17

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For those having french AZERTY keyboard, try

CTRL + $ ($,£,¤ key)

answered Nov 02 '18 at 16:17

NullPointerWizard

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For those having french AZERTY keyboard, try > CTRL + $ ($,£,¤ key) How come??
– Abd Jun 16 '19 at 21:16
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@Abd I think he refers to the position where ] is located on a QWERTY keyboard. – herve Apr 14 '23 at 09:34
Yes this is the real reason ! At the time I remember trying random combinations on my keyboard to find this... – NullPointerWizard Apr 14 '23 at 15:22
For me on an AZERTY Apple keyboard, the $ and £/backtick keys are different. CTRL+$ did nothing, but CTRL+£ was the winner. Thanks for this, I never understood why the default shortcut was not working and how to get around this. – Pierre-Adrien Jul 09 '23 at 10:13

Problem following links of vim's doc (:help) on the terminal

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