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I use the following line in ~/.vimrc to allow me to press jk instead of Esc.

:imap jk <Esc>

It works fine until I add a :set paste:

" Pressing jk is same as pressing Esc

:imap jk <Esc>



" Enable paste from system clipboard

" Bug? This disables imap jk <Esc>  

set paste 

Can anyone tell me why this happens? It happens on at least these systems:

Host: Amazon Linux AMI
Vim version: 7.4

Host: MacOS 10.14.5
Vim version 8.0.1283

vim vimrc

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I use the following line in ~/.vimrc to allow me to press jk instead of Esc.

:imap jk <Esc>

It works fine until I add a :set paste:

" Pressing jk is same as pressing Esc

:imap jk <Esc>



" Enable paste from system clipboard

" Bug? This disables imap jk <Esc>  

set paste 

Can anyone tell me why this happens? It happens on at least these systems:

Host: Amazon Linux AMI
Vim version: 7.4

Host: MacOS 10.14.5
Vim version 8.0.1283

vim vimrc

share|improve this question

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I use the following line in ~/.vimrc to allow me to press jk instead of Esc.

:imap jk <Esc>

It works fine until I add a :set paste:

" Pressing jk is same as pressing Esc

:imap jk <Esc>



" Enable paste from system clipboard

" Bug? This disables imap jk <Esc>  

set paste 

Can anyone tell me why this happens? It happens on at least these systems:

Host: Amazon Linux AMI
Vim version: 7.4

Host: MacOS 10.14.5
Vim version 8.0.1283

vim vimrc

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:imap jk <Esc>

" Pressing jk is same as pressing Esc

:imap jk <Esc>



" Enable paste from system clipboard

" Bug? This disables imap jk <Esc>  

set paste 

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This is expected.

The point of 'paste' is to "avoid unexpected affects" when pasting text and insert-mode mappings are first in the list of features disabled by it.

From :help 'paste':

When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):

• mapping in Insert mode and Command-line mode is disabled


• abbreviations are disabled


• [...]

It also disables other options that cause Vim to modify pasted text, such as options related to indentation and text wrapping.

The only exception of keystroke that is special in paste mode (other than ESC, to leave insert mode) is a keystroke set by 'pastetoggle', if one is set. That keystroke will disable paste mode (when enabled), so you can go back to normal insert mode.

Also note that 'paste' mode is not really supposed to be left on, in most cases. Since you're disabling a lot of Vim features when you enable it, you typically only want it one for the duration of a paste and disable it right afterwards.

---

If you're willing to look at a plug-in recommendation that has useful keybindings for paste mode, I can suggest tpope's vim-unimpaired, which exposes these three mappings (from normal mode):

• 
  [op: Paste before the current line


• 
  ]op: Paste after the current line


• 
  yop: Paste replacing the current line

In all cases, Vim will be put into Insert-mode with 'paste' on, and 'paste' will be turned off as soon as you leave Insert-mode with an ESC. The idea is that pasting is the only thing you'll do with that option turned on, so the sequence of one of those keystrokes, followed by the actual pasted contents, followed by an ESC will become a coherent operation.

See :help pasting for that plug-in for more details.

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This is expected.

The point of 'paste' is to "avoid unexpected affects" when pasting text and insert-mode mappings are first in the list of features disabled by it.

From :help 'paste':

When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):

• mapping in Insert mode and Command-line mode is disabled


• abbreviations are disabled


• [...]

It also disables other options that cause Vim to modify pasted text, such as options related to indentation and text wrapping.

The only exception of keystroke that is special in paste mode (other than ESC, to leave insert mode) is a keystroke set by 'pastetoggle', if one is set. That keystroke will disable paste mode (when enabled), so you can go back to normal insert mode.

Also note that 'paste' mode is not really supposed to be left on, in most cases. Since you're disabling a lot of Vim features when you enable it, you typically only want it one for the duration of a paste and disable it right afterwards.

---

If you're willing to look at a plug-in recommendation that has useful keybindings for paste mode, I can suggest tpope's vim-unimpaired, which exposes these three mappings (from normal mode):

• 
  [op: Paste before the current line


• 
  ]op: Paste after the current line


• 
  yop: Paste replacing the current line

In all cases, Vim will be put into Insert-mode with 'paste' on, and 'paste' will be turned off as soon as you leave Insert-mode with an ESC. The idea is that pasting is the only thing you'll do with that option turned on, so the sequence of one of those keystrokes, followed by the actual pasted contents, followed by an ESC will become a coherent operation.

See :help pasting for that plug-in for more details.

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This is expected.

The point of 'paste' is to "avoid unexpected affects" when pasting text and insert-mode mappings are first in the list of features disabled by it.

From :help 'paste':

When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):

• mapping in Insert mode and Command-line mode is disabled


• abbreviations are disabled


• [...]

It also disables other options that cause Vim to modify pasted text, such as options related to indentation and text wrapping.

The only exception of keystroke that is special in paste mode (other than ESC, to leave insert mode) is a keystroke set by 'pastetoggle', if one is set. That keystroke will disable paste mode (when enabled), so you can go back to normal insert mode.

Also note that 'paste' mode is not really supposed to be left on, in most cases. Since you're disabling a lot of Vim features when you enable it, you typically only want it one for the duration of a paste and disable it right afterwards.

---

If you're willing to look at a plug-in recommendation that has useful keybindings for paste mode, I can suggest tpope's vim-unimpaired, which exposes these three mappings (from normal mode):

• 
  [op: Paste before the current line


• 
  ]op: Paste after the current line


• 
  yop: Paste replacing the current line

In all cases, Vim will be put into Insert-mode with 'paste' on, and 'paste' will be turned off as soon as you leave Insert-mode with an ESC. The idea is that pasting is the only thing you'll do with that option turned on, so the sequence of one of those keystrokes, followed by the actual pasted contents, followed by an ESC will become a coherent operation.

See :help pasting for that plug-in for more details.

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answered 3 hours ago

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add a comment | 

This is expected.

The point of 'paste' is to "avoid unexpected affects" when pasting text and insert-mode mappings are first in the list of features disabled by it.

From :help 'paste':

When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):

• mapping in Insert mode and Command-line mode is disabled


• abbreviations are disabled


• [...]

It also disables other options that cause Vim to modify pasted text, such as options related to indentation and text wrapping.

The only exception of keystroke that is special in paste mode (other than ESC, to leave insert mode) is a keystroke set by 'pastetoggle', if one is set. That keystroke will disable paste mode (when enabled), so you can go back to normal insert mode.

Also note that 'paste' mode is not really supposed to be left on, in most cases. Since you're disabling a lot of Vim features when you enable it, you typically only want it one for the duration of a paste and disable it right afterwards.

---

If you're willing to look at a plug-in recommendation that has useful keybindings for paste mode, I can suggest tpope's vim-unimpaired, which exposes these three mappings (from normal mode):

• 
  [op: Paste before the current line


• 
  ]op: Paste after the current line


• 
  yop: Paste replacing the current line

In all cases, Vim will be put into Insert-mode with 'paste' on, and 'paste' will be turned off as soon as you leave Insert-mode with an ESC. The idea is that pasting is the only thing you'll do with that option turned on, so the sequence of one of those keystrokes, followed by the actual pasted contents, followed by an ESC will become a coherent operation.

See :help pasting for that plug-in for more details.

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