Terminal: inserting in vim puts everything 2x

NoobDoesMC · January 23, 2018, 8:30am

I’m trying to use vim for some coding tasks.

Entering insert mode, typing some text, exiting; when exiting, the text is inserted again. So everything is duplicated.

etamponi · January 23, 2018, 8:37am

This does not happen to me, so perhaps you’re using the wrong commands to enter/exit insert mode.

This is what I type:

vim test.txt
i
Actual text I want to enter
<Esc>
:wq

i enters insert mode
Esc makes vim go back to normal mode
:wq in normal mode are two commands: w for write (save) and q for exit.

NoobDoesMC · January 23, 2018, 11:13am

Here’s what happens to me

etamponi · January 23, 2018, 11:16am

I can’t reproduce I also tried the console in Safari.

What happens if you do the same steps on a local shell?

NoobDoesMC · January 23, 2018, 11:22am

it works fine in my terminal… is that what you mean?

etamponi · January 23, 2018, 11:24am

Then I am really not sure how to debug the issue… I can’t reproduce

NoobDoesMC · January 23, 2018, 11:28am

So I hit Open Console from the advanced options within my editor, then type

vim test.txt<CR>
iText<ESC>

but see

TexTextt in the output

etamponi · January 23, 2018, 11:41am

I did exactly the same steps as you, and couldn’t reproduce. Can you try with Chrome and/or Firefox?