Vim remap in paste mode

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Is there a possibility to remap in paste mode.

For example, I remapped jk to <ESC> in insert mode with inoremap jk <esc>, so I can easily exit normal mode. But when I'm in paste mode with :pastetoggle my remapping does not work anymore. I looked for the help with :help map-modes but could not find anything related to the paste mode.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 04 '16 at 12:52

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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
[...]

answered Sep 04 '16 at 12:52

romainl

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 17:28

One workaround to the fact that remappings don't work in paste mode is to use vim-unimpaired's yo and yOcommands to paste. At least this way leaving insert mode with paste set will also set nopaste and you won't find yourself in paste mode when you don't want to be as much.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 05 '21 at 17:02

This might help you. It didn't help me as alas I use GNU screen and it has not support for bracketed xterm paste escape codes

(from https://coderwall.com/p/if9mda/automatically-set-paste-mode-in-vim-when-pasting-in-insert-mode)

:inoremap jj <esc>
:inoremap jk <esc>
let &t_SI .= "\<Esc>[?2004h"
let &t_EI .= "\<Esc>[?2004l"

" This resets paste mode after insert
inoremap <special> <expr> <Esc>[200~ XTermPasteBegin()

function! XTermPasteBegin()
  set pastetoggle=<Esc>[201~
  set paste
  echo "DONE"
  return ""
endfunction

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 09 '21 at 11:55

Here is another approach I found. When you hit escape to leave insert mode it turns off paste mode automatically. Also the colors help you know which mode you are in. hth.

" Mode Indication -Prominent!
function! InsertStatuslineColor(mode)
  if a:mode == 'i'
    hi statusline ctermfg=red
  elseif a:mode == 'r'
    hi statusline ctermfg=blue
  else
    hi statusline ctermfg= magenta
  endif
endfunction

function! InsertLeaveActions()
  hi statusline ctermfg=green
  set nopaste
endfunction

au InsertEnter * call InsertStatuslineColor(v:insertmode)
au InsertLeave * call InsertLeaveActions()

" to handle exiting insert mode via a control-C
inoremap <c-c> <c-o>:call InsertLeaveActions()<cr><c-c>

" default the statusline to green when entering Vim
hi statusline ctermfg=green

" have a permanent statusline to color
set laststatus=2

Vim remap in paste mode

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