Mapping Esc makes vim open in REPLACE mode

Asked Sep 28 '21 at 16:59

Active Sep 28 '21 at 18:16

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I've enabled hlsearch to highlight text after searching,

$ grep hlsearch ~/.vimrc
set hlsearch

and now I want to clear the highlight, which I can do with :noh. I saw that I can assign this to esc key in normal mode with this:

$ grep noh ~/.vimrc
nnoremap <silent> <esc> :noh<cr><esc>

Now everytime I open vim, it opens in -- REPLACE -- mode. How can I fix this?

The version of vim:

$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Sep 15 2021 21:48:21)
Included patches: 1-3441
Compiled by Arch Linux
Huge version without GUI.

edited Sep 28 '21 at 18:16

asked Sep 28 '21 at 16:59

Amir Shabani

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That mapping looks fine. Which version of Vim are you using? I tested this in Vim8.2.3364 with no problem.
I even tried to add normal R at the end of my ~/.vimrc and Vim opened in NORMAL mode.
– Chris Heithoff Sep 28 '21 at 17:07
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@ChrisHeithoff VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Sep 15 2021 21:48:21) – Amir Shabani Sep 28 '21 at 17:08
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Do not map <esc>! (at least not until Vim has finally started up) https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/2620/71 – Christian Brabandt Sep 28 '21 at 17:51
@ChristianBrabandt I see. Thank you. – Amir Shabani Sep 28 '21 at 18:16

Mapping Esc makes vim open in REPLACE mode

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