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Asked: 2026-05-25T12:31:45+00:00

I have a mapping to use // as a global git search in the

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I have a mapping to use // as a global git search in the project for word under the cursor:

nmap // :let @/="...

The problem is that after I added this mapping regular search behaves weird when I try to paste the search term. i.e. if I hit / and then Paste (Apple-v on Mac) I get the following instead:

/<t_<fa>X>

Update.

It really doesn’t matter what is the exact mapping. for example, just try the following:

map // echo "test"<cr>

now type // and you will see test in the statusbar.

now type / and immediately hit paste. I get

/<t_<fa>X>
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  1. Editorial Team

    I have the same behavior to. It seems to be a bug in MacVim as this doesn’t occur in MacVim in terminal mode.
    The mapping (which key and what) doesn’t seems to change anything. It seems that every time your press while Vim is waiting for a key to complete a mapping, rather cancelling the mapping and doing what should do, it cancel it but send this key.
    The problem doesn’t occur if you wait until mapping timeout.

    You can reproducet it in insert mode like this

    :imap vv vv

    the type v and fast enough in insert mode and you’ll have the same X>.

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