Strange characters appear after leaving insert mode on Windows

Asked Dec 24 '15 at 13:45

Active Aug 30 '18 at 10:36

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I use Vim v7.4 on a Windows laptop. Recently, I copied my .vimrc from a Mac, only to find that every time I leave insert mode, a sequence of strange characters will appear:

These characters (right after the cursor) don't actually exist, and they always follow the current position of cursor whenever I switch back to normal mode.

I tried this with a blank .vimrc, and the issue didn't occur. However, my current .vimrc is pretty big, and I have no idea how to debug this.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

edited Aug 30 '18 at 10:36

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asked Dec 24 '15 at 13:45

nightire

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You probably have something in your vimrc (which you didn't post...). Probably something in a InsertLeave autocmd, or a t_* setting. Also see: How do I debug my vimrc file?. – Martin Tournoij Dec 24 '15 at 14:10
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Thank you, I'll try to comment those things out and see what's the change. – nightire Dec 24 '15 at 14:33
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Elaborating on what @Carpetsmoker said, try searching for t_EI setting in your .vimrc, which causes a terminal escape sequence to be sent when leaving insert mode. – Rich Jan 15 '16 at 12:00
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@nightire Did you ever find the problem? – John O'M. Feb 27 '16 at 18:29

Strange characters appear after leaving insert mode on Windows

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