In the GUI version of Vim (gvim), the mapping of keys seem to work for the most part. For instance, it is easy to map Ctrl-Shift-F2 to a keystroke: "delete all lines in the current buffer :nmap ggdG For terminal versions of Vim (such as xterm, rxvt, win32's cmd.exe, etc), mapping something like Ctrl-Shift-F2 needs some extra work. It may seem daunting to deal with archaic terminal keycodes at first, but once you understand what is going on in the right context, it is quite simple.