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Remapping <Esc> in MacVim angers Vim itself

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Mar 15, 2026970 views
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Problem

I have the following line in my : This works fine in MacVim. Whenever I open Vim itself, its "command bar" starts off with: For what it's worth, when enter to execute the command, Vim complains with . It's a minor annoyance, but how do I resolve this issue?

Error Output

nnoremap <Esc> :noh<Cr>

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Fix for: Remapping <Esc> in MacVim angers Vim itself

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Mapping Esc is always a little tricky and generally inviting this kind of trouble, even though it shouldn't happen. The "canonical" method for your mapping is: That way Ctrl+L (which normally redraws your screen) will stop highlighting and redraw th…

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