On 09/07/13 01:15, ethician wrote:
Hi there,
It is quite embarrassing but I couldn't figure this one out.
Building vim (7.3.1314 or 7.4beta) on Debian 7.1.0 wheezy and Kubuntu 13.04
with necessary (so that it compiles) dependencies and the following
configure options:
--enable-pythoninterp
--enable-multibyte
--with-features=huge
--enable-gui=no
--without-x
--disable-nls
--with-tlib=ncurses
leads to a version where one cannot exit the insert mode. After hitting ESC,
vim reverts to insert mode on its own after ~1 sec and rings a bell. Hitting
ESC and a colon in a quick succession enters the insert mode and inserts a
colon. ".vimrc" settings seem to not matter (could be a false lead though).
It doesn't matter whether it is run from within an x terminal or a console.
Could anybody point me in the right direction?
All help is appreciated!
PS: If more information is needed, please let me know.
-eth
It seems that you got caught in the so-called "easy" mode. Check that
the executable was compiled with the default "vim" name (not "evim").
Try leaving the so-called easy mode by
<Ctrl-O>:set noim
This should make <Esc> go back to the usual "normal" mode. Or, instead
of unsetting 'insertmode', you could use <Ctrl-L> to get temporarily
into the usual normal mode until <Esc> gets you back yo Insert mode.
Also, see what bash answers to
type -a vim
Maybe you unwittingly got an alias, or a softlink early in the $PATH,
that redirects vim to evim ?
See
:help 'insertmode'
:help evim
:help -y
Best regards,
Tony.
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