Mapping Left Alt key in vim?

Posted by Yogesh Arora on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Yogesh Arora
Published on 2010-03-18T21:59:35Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 2:13 UTC
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I am able to map the key combination Right Alt+Left Arrow with <a-left> or by <m-left>. But I am not able to map the Left Alt key.

Is there a way to do that?

Edit:
Just to clarity <a-left> means Alt+Left Arrow.
The important question here is what is difference between Left Alt and Right Alt from the perspective of keymappings in Vim?

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