patch 8.2.1978: making a mapping work in all modes is complicated Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/957cf67d50516ba98716f59c9e1cb6412ec1535d Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Nov 12 14:21:06 2020 +0100 patch 8.2.1978: making a mapping work in all modes is complicated Problem: Making a mapping work in all modes is complicated. Solution: Add the <Cmd> special key. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/7282, closes 4784, based on patch by Bjorn Linse)

--- a/src/edit.c
+++ b/src/edit.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,10 @@ doESCkey:
 	case K_IGNORE:	// Something mapped to nothing
 	    break;
 
+	case K_COMMAND:		// <Cmd>command<CR>
+	    do_cmdline(NULL, getcmdkeycmd, NULL, 0);
+	    break;
+
 	case K_CURSORHOLD:	// Didn't type something for a while.
 	    ins_apply_autocmds(EVENT_CURSORHOLDI);
 	    did_cursorhold = TRUE;