title: Defining Keybindings in Lua

```lua
vim.keymap.set('i', '<Tab>', function()
    print("hello world")
end, {expr = true})
```
or
```lua
vim.keymap.set('n', '\hello', "ihello<esc>")
```
Basically the third argument can be either a lua function, or a string. If a string,
it is executed as if [vimscript](/editor/vim/vimscript). See [neovim docs](https://neovim.io/doc/user/lua.html)
and in particular <a href="https://neovim.io/doc/user/api.html#nvim_set_keymap()">nvim_set_keymap()</a> for more. In short:
```
-- Map to a Lua function:
vim.keymap.set('n', 'lhs', function() print("real lua function") end)
-- Map to multiple modes:
vim.keymap.set({'n', 'v'}, '<leader>lr', vim.lsp.buf.references, { buffer=true })
-- Buffer-local mapping:
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>w', "<cmd>w<cr>", { silent = true, buffer = 5 })
-- Expr mapping:
vim.keymap.set('i', '<Tab>', function()
  return vim.fn.pumvisible() == 1 and "<C-n>" or "<Tab>"
end, { expr = true })
-- <Plug> mapping:
vim.keymap.set('n', '[%', '<Plug>(MatchitNormalMultiBackward)')
```