Vim - delay when exiting visual mode

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Mar 15, 20261827 views

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If I press ESC to exit Visual Mode after I select some text, there's a noticeable delay before the text gets unselected and I'm returned to Normal Mode (even if I only select 1-2 characters). Can this delay be avoided?

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Fix for: Vim - delay when exiting visual mode

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This can be caused by being mapped to some additional functionality. For example, I use the tabbar plugin and it maps 0-9 to switch to the number buffer. Whenever a key is mapped to additional functionality like this, vim waits a few seconds after i…

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