Weird characters are added when I press alt-tab in vim's insert mode
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Hello Dear Vim Lovers,
The situation is this.
I am editing something in vim. While I am in insert mode, I press alt-tab key to switch to another window. When I return back to vim, I am seeing alt and tab keys were captured by vim and inserted into my text.
It seems like [O[I[O[I[O[I[O[I.
I am working in gnome-terminal. I do not recall this behavior in my previous setups. There must be something wrong but I could not figure it out yet. In case anyone knows how to fix it, please let me know.
Thank you!
vim
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
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Hello Dear Vim Lovers,
The situation is this.
I am editing something in vim. While I am in insert mode, I press alt-tab key to switch to another window. When I return back to vim, I am seeing alt and tab keys were captured by vim and inserted into my text.
It seems like [O[I[O[I[O[I[O[I.
I am working in gnome-terminal. I do not recall this behavior in my previous setups. There must be something wrong but I could not figure it out yet. In case anyone knows how to fix it, please let me know.
Thank you!
vim
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
1,22611125
I'm sort of clueless, but to me the problem would have to be with your 1) OS, 2) UI (xwindows stack), or 3) gnome-terminal. One of those systems should be eating alt-tab so that it doesn't get forwarded to the app in gnome-terminal. I'm sure vim can be made to swallow alt-tab, but you'll run into other issues, I suspect. Maybe try on unix.stackexchange or askubuntu (if appropriate)?
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:30
@zzxyz Thank you for your input. I tried to map alt-tab in insert mode to <ESC> but it did not work. It seem it captures Alt and Tab separately.
– Validus Oculus
Nov 15 '18 at 3:35
Yeah, and I think you could probably map the escape sequence likee[0[Ior whatever, but then you still probably run into problems with other shells, emacs, neovim, etc...ps...if you dosed -n l, and then hit say...ctrl-right arrow, you should see a sequence...you should not see a sequence for alt-tab. Curious if you do
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:53
2
Are you using tmux? If so, is the tmux option'focus-events'set (look at the output of$ tmux show-options -s | grep focus)? Are you using the vim-tmux-focus-events plugin? If so, what's the output of:verb nno <f24>and:verb nno <f25>?
– user938271
Nov 15 '18 at 9:12
@user938271 Thank you for your comment. The focus-events is on. The others are set by vim-tmux-focus-events plugin. Do you know any solution for this?n <F24> * :silent doautocmd FocusLost %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vimn <F25> * :doautocmd FocusGained %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim
– Validus Oculus
Nov 19 '18 at 5:59
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Hello Dear Vim Lovers,
The situation is this.
I am editing something in vim. While I am in insert mode, I press alt-tab key to switch to another window. When I return back to vim, I am seeing alt and tab keys were captured by vim and inserted into my text.
It seems like [O[I[O[I[O[I[O[I.
I am working in gnome-terminal. I do not recall this behavior in my previous setups. There must be something wrong but I could not figure it out yet. In case anyone knows how to fix it, please let me know.
Thank you!
vim
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
1,22611125
Hello Dear Vim Lovers,
The situation is this.
I am editing something in vim. While I am in insert mode, I press alt-tab key to switch to another window. When I return back to vim, I am seeing alt and tab keys were captured by vim and inserted into my text.
It seems like [O[I[O[I[O[I[O[I.
I am working in gnome-terminal. I do not recall this behavior in my previous setups. There must be something wrong but I could not figure it out yet. In case anyone knows how to fix it, please let me know.
Thank you!
vim
vim
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
1,22611125
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
1,22611125
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
1,22611125
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
1,22611125
asked Nov 15 '18 at 2:34
Validus OculusValidus Oculus
1,22611125
1,22611125
I'm sort of clueless, but to me the problem would have to be with your 1) OS, 2) UI (xwindows stack), or 3) gnome-terminal. One of those systems should be eating alt-tab so that it doesn't get forwarded to the app in gnome-terminal. I'm sure vim can be made to swallow alt-tab, but you'll run into other issues, I suspect. Maybe try on unix.stackexchange or askubuntu (if appropriate)?
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:30
@zzxyz Thank you for your input. I tried to map alt-tab in insert mode to <ESC> but it did not work. It seem it captures Alt and Tab separately.
– Validus Oculus
Nov 15 '18 at 3:35
Yeah, and I think you could probably map the escape sequence likee[0[Ior whatever, but then you still probably run into problems with other shells, emacs, neovim, etc...ps...if you dosed -n l, and then hit say...ctrl-right arrow, you should see a sequence...you should not see a sequence for alt-tab. Curious if you do
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:53
2
Are you using tmux? If so, is the tmux option'focus-events'set (look at the output of$ tmux show-options -s | grep focus)? Are you using the vim-tmux-focus-events plugin? If so, what's the output of:verb nno <f24>and:verb nno <f25>?
– user938271
Nov 15 '18 at 9:12
@user938271 Thank you for your comment. The focus-events is on. The others are set by vim-tmux-focus-events plugin. Do you know any solution for this?n <F24> * :silent doautocmd FocusLost %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vimn <F25> * :doautocmd FocusGained %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim
– Validus Oculus
Nov 19 '18 at 5:59
|
show 3 more comments
I'm sort of clueless, but to me the problem would have to be with your 1) OS, 2) UI (xwindows stack), or 3) gnome-terminal. One of those systems should be eating alt-tab so that it doesn't get forwarded to the app in gnome-terminal. I'm sure vim can be made to swallow alt-tab, but you'll run into other issues, I suspect. Maybe try on unix.stackexchange or askubuntu (if appropriate)?
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:30
@zzxyz Thank you for your input. I tried to map alt-tab in insert mode to <ESC> but it did not work. It seem it captures Alt and Tab separately.
– Validus Oculus
Nov 15 '18 at 3:35
Yeah, and I think you could probably map the escape sequence likee[0[Ior whatever, but then you still probably run into problems with other shells, emacs, neovim, etc...ps...if you dosed -n l, and then hit say...ctrl-right arrow, you should see a sequence...you should not see a sequence for alt-tab. Curious if you do
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:53
2
Are you using tmux? If so, is the tmux option'focus-events'set (look at the output of$ tmux show-options -s | grep focus)? Are you using the vim-tmux-focus-events plugin? If so, what's the output of:verb nno <f24>and:verb nno <f25>?
– user938271
Nov 15 '18 at 9:12
@user938271 Thank you for your comment. The focus-events is on. The others are set by vim-tmux-focus-events plugin. Do you know any solution for this?n <F24> * :silent doautocmd FocusLost %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vimn <F25> * :doautocmd FocusGained %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim
– Validus Oculus
Nov 19 '18 at 5:59
I'm sort of clueless, but to me the problem would have to be with your 1) OS, 2) UI (xwindows stack), or 3) gnome-terminal. One of those systems should be eating alt-tab so that it doesn't get forwarded to the app in gnome-terminal. I'm sure vim can be made to swallow alt-tab, but you'll run into other issues, I suspect. Maybe try on unix.stackexchange or askubuntu (if appropriate)?
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:30
I'm sort of clueless, but to me the problem would have to be with your 1) OS, 2) UI (xwindows stack), or 3) gnome-terminal. One of those systems should be eating alt-tab so that it doesn't get forwarded to the app in gnome-terminal. I'm sure vim can be made to swallow alt-tab, but you'll run into other issues, I suspect. Maybe try on unix.stackexchange or askubuntu (if appropriate)?
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:30
@zzxyz Thank you for your input. I tried to map alt-tab in insert mode to <ESC> but it did not work. It seem it captures Alt and Tab separately.
– Validus Oculus
Nov 15 '18 at 3:35
@zzxyz Thank you for your input. I tried to map alt-tab in insert mode to <ESC> but it did not work. It seem it captures Alt and Tab separately.
– Validus Oculus
Nov 15 '18 at 3:35
Yeah, and I think you could probably map the escape sequence like
e[0[I or whatever, but then you still probably run into problems with other shells, emacs, neovim, etc...ps...if you do sed -n l, and then hit say...ctrl-right arrow, you should see a sequence...you should not see a sequence for alt-tab. Curious if you do– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:53
Yeah, and I think you could probably map the escape sequence like
e[0[I or whatever, but then you still probably run into problems with other shells, emacs, neovim, etc...ps...if you do sed -n l, and then hit say...ctrl-right arrow, you should see a sequence...you should not see a sequence for alt-tab. Curious if you do– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:53
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2
Are you using tmux? If so, is the tmux option
'focus-events' set (look at the output of $ tmux show-options -s | grep focus)? Are you using the vim-tmux-focus-events plugin? If so, what's the output of :verb nno <f24> and :verb nno <f25>?– user938271
Nov 15 '18 at 9:12
Are you using tmux? If so, is the tmux option
'focus-events' set (look at the output of $ tmux show-options -s | grep focus)? Are you using the vim-tmux-focus-events plugin? If so, what's the output of :verb nno <f24> and :verb nno <f25>?– user938271
Nov 15 '18 at 9:12
@user938271 Thank you for your comment. The focus-events is on. The others are set by vim-tmux-focus-events plugin. Do you know any solution for this?
n <F24> * :silent doautocmd FocusLost %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim n <F25> * :doautocmd FocusGained %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim– Validus Oculus
Nov 19 '18 at 5:59
@user938271 Thank you for your comment. The focus-events is on. The others are set by vim-tmux-focus-events plugin. Do you know any solution for this?
n <F24> * :silent doautocmd FocusLost %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim n <F25> * :doautocmd FocusGained %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim– Validus Oculus
Nov 19 '18 at 5:59
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I was running into this problem after remapping <Esc> to a noop as recommended here. Deleting the remap stopped the characters from being inserted.
answered Feb 15 at 21:19
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thank you! it works on my side too :)
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I was running into this problem after remapping <Esc> to a noop as recommended here. Deleting the remap stopped the characters from being inserted.
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I was running into this problem after remapping <Esc> to a noop as recommended here. Deleting the remap stopped the characters from being inserted.
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I was running into this problem after remapping <Esc> to a noop as recommended here. Deleting the remap stopped the characters from being inserted.
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I was running into this problem after remapping <Esc> to a noop as recommended here. Deleting the remap stopped the characters from being inserted.
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I'm sort of clueless, but to me the problem would have to be with your 1) OS, 2) UI (xwindows stack), or 3) gnome-terminal. One of those systems should be eating alt-tab so that it doesn't get forwarded to the app in gnome-terminal. I'm sure vim can be made to swallow alt-tab, but you'll run into other issues, I suspect. Maybe try on unix.stackexchange or askubuntu (if appropriate)?
– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:30
@zzxyz Thank you for your input. I tried to map alt-tab in insert mode to <ESC> but it did not work. It seem it captures Alt and Tab separately.
– Validus Oculus
Nov 15 '18 at 3:35
Yeah, and I think you could probably map the escape sequence like
e[0[Ior whatever, but then you still probably run into problems with other shells, emacs, neovim, etc...ps...if you dosed -n l, and then hit say...ctrl-right arrow, you should see a sequence...you should not see a sequence for alt-tab. Curious if you do– zzxyz
Nov 15 '18 at 3:53
2
Are you using tmux? If so, is the tmux option
'focus-events'set (look at the output of$ tmux show-options -s | grep focus)? Are you using the vim-tmux-focus-events plugin? If so, what's the output of:verb nno <f24>and:verb nno <f25>?– user938271
Nov 15 '18 at 9:12
@user938271 Thank you for your comment. The focus-events is on. The others are set by vim-tmux-focus-events plugin. Do you know any solution for this?
n <F24> * :silent doautocmd FocusLost %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vimn <F25> * :doautocmd FocusGained %<CR> Last set from ~/workshop/dotfiles/vim/bundle/vim-tmux-focus-events/plugin/tmux_focus_events.vim– Validus Oculus
Nov 19 '18 at 5:59