Vim keys behaving abnormally in ConEmu

[holmesb]

Hi,

Pengwin's Bash experience is great, but I can't fix the Vim key mappings. End and Del keys don't work properly. According to the cat command, they are mapped as follows:
end: ^[[F
del: ^[[3

But with or without the following mapping in my .vimrc: nmap <esc>OF $, the end key does nothing. Vim freezes for a few seconds, then nothing. Home key works fine. The del key produces a tilde rather than deleting a character, but I've been focusing so far on fixing the end key.

My inputrc file has: "\eoF": end-of-line

Yes I know I can use $ instead of end, but I believe vim is a tool for using the keyboard to edit stuff. I'm still using the keyboard this way and the end key is more in-keeping with every other text editor.

Vim seems sensitive to the set term=<terminal string> line in vimrc. I've set this to set term=ansi. Is this correct?

[crramirez]

Hello

You can try: set term=xterm

Regards

[holmesb]

Tried xterm. Even worse. Home key, arrow keys, and others also stop working. Can someone post a .vimrc with functioning home, end, arrow and delete keys?

[crramirez]

I will try to reproduce your issue today. Meanwhile press $ instead of end and x instead of del.

[crramirez]

Hello,

I am sorry but I can't reproduce your issue. This is the .vimrc that I use but without it, everything works:

source /etc/vim/vimrc
syntax on
set hlsearch      " highlight search terms
set incsearch     " show search matches as you type
set visualbell           " don't beep
set noerrorbells         " don't beep

Are you running Pengwin directly from the start menu?

Also, make sure that this check is disabled when you open the properties of the console:

For alternative console I would recommend:

https://github.com/mintty/wsltty/releases/tag/1.9.6

This has full xterm and WSL support

Regards

[holmesb]

I'm using Pengwin in ConEmu terminal, but same occurred when launching directly from the start menu. Anyway I have fixed. I don't know what exactly was causing, but I emptied /etc/vim/vimrc and now all keys work as expected :-) Many thanks.

[holmesb]

I spoke too soon, is only working fine when launching Pengwin directly from the start menu, Conemu still has the problems I originally described above. My conemu task uses command:

set "PATH=C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\WhitewaterFoundryLtd.Co.16571368D6CFF_1.2.3.0_x64__kd1vv0z0vy70w:%PATH%" & "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\WhitewaterFoundryLtd.Co.16571368D6CFF_1.2.3.0_x64__kd1vv0z0vy70w\Pengwin.exe"

@crramirez is this correct? Can you simulate this problem in conemu?

[crramirez]

Ok, this will take time, but I will test and tell you the results.

[holmesb]

Hi @crramirez were you able to reproduce this?

[crramirez]

Hello,

Sorry for the delay. I configured correctly ConEmu following the instructions from here: https://conemu.github.io/en/BashOnWindows.html

Be sure you have the latest version of ConEmu. Then import the config file for pengwin:

In the import settings dialog, paste:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crramirez/WLinux/crramirez/ftr/conemu/ConEmuPengwin.xml

And click Open:

The click Save settings.

Close and open ConEmu. It should be running normally, with the pengwin icon in the tab.

Regards

[holmesb]

Thanks but after restarting and trying to launch Pengwin in Conemu, I get error:

note: bash.exe output: Error: 0x80070002
ConEmuC: Root process was alive less than 10 sec, ExitCode=0.
Press Enter or Esc to close console...

Still works fine when launching pengwin.exe directly from the start menu. Here are the imported settings:

[crramirez]

Ok delete this:

--distro-guid={4e8492ab-8920-49f4-a02d-4dd413253607}

Or import the xml again I fixed it there

[holmesb]

You beaut! Thanks @crramirez, you've unleashed the mighty Pengwin for me :-)