[reversing the top-posting] On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, smu johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Benjamin R. Haskell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, smu johnson wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > This has been happening to me for about 2 years, and I've decided to > > > do something about it. If I hit the ESC key when I'm in INSERT mode > > > to get out of it, and quickly hit O to open a new line above where I > > > was writing, it writes the letter O on the screen, waits about 1.5 > > > seconds, then erases the O and actually executes the O command. > > > > > > I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem. This only happens if I > > > type quickly as I'm escaping from INSERT mode. I checked my .vimrc > > > file and nothing seems to be mapped to o* or O*, which would likely be > > > the first place to look. > > > > Also look for anything mapped to meta/alt + O. Discussion at: > > > > :help :map-alt-keys > > :help 'esckeys' > > > > Gist: alt+[letter] often maps to <ESC> followed by [letter], depending > > on the terminal, so is handled specially in terminal Vim. > > > > Wow... I didn't even know you could map to Alt keys! > > ... unfortunately since I haven't... I don't think Alt key bindings > come into play here.. :( > > Ah. I get the same behavior, anyway. It's due to what the help text mentions for 'esckeys': In many terminals, the cursor keys send sequences that begin with <Esc>. E.g., someone on the list recently had trouble with ctrl+arrow keys not being recognized. The keys in whatever terminal it was send: <Esc>Oa - <C-Up> <Esc>Ob - <C-Down> <Esc>Oc - <C-Right> <Esc>Od - <C-Left> So, Vim can't tell the difference between '<Esc>' followed by 'O', and '<C-arrow>'. See a possible workaround at: :h 'timeout' -- Best, Ben -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vim_use+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
