Press ENTER each time Vim starts

Question

Each time Vim (v8.2) starts, it shows a subset of my key bindings, and awaits a keypress, like this:

n  <Space>     * za
n  ,<Space>    * :nohlsearch<CR>
n  Q           * <Nop>
Press ENTER or type command to continue"

In GVim on Windows 10, it shows a tiny dialog window with such a message that must be clicked away before the main window opens.

While searching for the cause of the problem, I read that my .vimrc might have a syntax error or that bindings are overwritten by other modules and vim warns about it, but I was never able to pinpoint the source. Using MacVim, no such messages occur when using the same .vimrc.

What is causing these messages?

You'll have to actually add your .vimrc. Start by commenting out everything, and reenabling bit by bit though. You'll find whatever region is responsible relatively fast taht way — Zoe is on strike, Feb 28 '21 at 09:21
@Zoe Thanks for keeping me looking in the vimrc, I found the problem after all. Seems like I bound a special character (|)? — mwil.me, Feb 28 '21 at 09:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '21 at 09:34

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I should have kept looking in the vimrc, the error was caused by the following line:

nnoremap | ,

That should have probably been a different key ...

answered Feb 28 '21 at 09:34

mwil.me

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You might have to use <bar> if you really want | in a mapping anywhere – D. Ben Knoble Feb 28 '21 at 17:38
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This will run the :nnoremap command and then :, since | is used to separate commands, like ; in the shell and many programming languages. nnoremap without arguments will print all mappings (resulting in the ENTER prompt). As mentioned, you should use <Bar> in mappings if you want to map it. See :help map-bar. – Martin Tournoij Feb 28 '21 at 23:57

Press ENTER each time Vim starts

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