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Keyboard shortcuts break when using VI

  • iTerm2 version: 3.3.2

  • OS version: Mac Mojave 10.14.6

  • Attach ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.iterm2.plist here com.googlecode.iterm2.plist

  • Attach a debug log: debuglog.tgz

  • Are you reporting a performance issue, excessive CPU usage, or a hang? NO

  • Are you reporting a crash? NO

  • Are you reporting excessive memory usage? NO

Detailed steps to reproduce the problem:

  1. I set the natural text editing as described here
  2. I also set the CMD-left(right)-arrow shortcut to go to the beginning(end) of the line
  3. This works great on the command line and is very consistent with the rest of MacOS applications, however
  4. When I open VI or VIM, either locally or on a remote machine via SSH, neither the OPTION-arrows nor the CMD-arrows shortcuts work anymore and the bell instead sounds each time I hit them. This happens with or without tmux.

What happened:

  • When I open VI or VIM, either locally or on a remote machine via SSH, neither the OPTION-arrows nor the CMD-arrows shortcuts work anymore and the bell instead sounds each time I hit them

What should have happened:

  • Move by one word and move to beginning and end of the line should work regardless of the application being used. Actually one of the provided presets should have the settings to have the same shortcuts as they are in the rest of the system. Why would anybody want different shortcuts when doing the same thing in different applications? (well, to be fair some people may want that, but the vast majority would benefit from consistency)