Ctrl-w and Ctrl-x don't work

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

Open MacVim, hit Ctrl-w Ctrl-v for instance or enter :map ^V^W

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

with Ctrl-w Ctrl-v : window should split vertically, instead I enter Visual 
Block selection mode 
because Ctrl-w never reached MacVim window.

with :map ^V^W : the command line should output ^W, instead it keeps waiting on 
a keystroke. 
Same thing with Ctrl-X, a ^X should be output. All other Ctrl-? work as 
expected.

What version of MacVim and OS X are you using?

Mac OS X v10.6.3
MacVim snapshot 52 on MacBook Pro with french keyboard (this means  W and X are 
respectively 
the third and  fourth keys on the first line above space bar).

Ctrl-W or Ctrl-X work in every other apps.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by behag...@gmail.com on 9 May 2010 at 11:16

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Please go through the steps listed here

http://code.google.com/p/macvim/wiki/ReportingBugs

and report back to let me know if the problem persists.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 12 May 2010 at 10:50

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I did it again as you ask. It confirms everything. Moreover, I discovered in 
the meantime that <Ctrl-]> doesn't 
work either. But you were right to doubt. I felt the same and remembered I am 
using Ukulele 
(http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=ukelele) to 
build a more standard french 
keyboard layout than the one Apple provides. I restored the standard one and It 
works really better. <Ctrl-X> 
and <Ctrl-W> are back.  I can't understand why because they aren't remap on my 
specific layout. And Ukulele 
does no magic, it is simply a visual XML editor that uses a regular Mac OS X 
feature that let you define 
keyboard layout as XML file.

Even with the default french layout, I can't make <Ctrl-]>work so i can't 
navigate in the help through the bar 
or find a tag below the cursor.

Original comment by behag...@gmail.com on 12 May 2010 at 9:09

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Ok, I think we can close it. Nothing to do with MacVim :-/ 

I upgraded Ukulele, rebuild my layout from scratch and now it works even with 
this specific layout.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you.

Original comment by behag...@gmail.com on 12 May 2010 at 10:35

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Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 6 Jun 2010 at 8:06

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running into this problem with standard "Dvorak - Qwerty Command" keyboard 
layout.

STR:
Create another window using ":split".
Type Ctrl+w Ctrl+w to switch windows.

Actual results:
Does not switch windows.

Bit of background: The w key is replaced with a , on Dvorak keyboards. (ie, if 
you want to insert a ",", you hit the key two keys to the right of the tab key.)
If I type Ctrl+, Ctrl+, (hitting the QWERTY w key) then it switches windows.
This keyboard layout is set to convert keys to the QWERTY layout when Command 
is held down, but not when Ctrl is held down.

Furthermore, if I select the pure Dvorak layout, then Ctrl+w Ctrl+w works as 
expected.

Original comment by mars.mar...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2010 at 12:41

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I am using a non standard keyboard layout as well: http://www.neo-layout.org/

MacVim is the only application that doesn't recognize Ctrl commands with this 
layout. If I try one I get the standard Mac error ping but nothing else. Seems 
to be a bit different from the other problems mentioned here but similar enough?

I followed all the steps on the Bug Reporting wiki page.

Should I open another issue, leave this here or is there nothing you can do 
about it?

Original comment by lars.fra...@gmail.com on 8 Dec 2010 at 9:06