In my vimrc, I’ve remapped jk to escape using imap. The problem emerges when

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Asked: June 15, 20262026-06-15T08:05:06+00:00 2026-06-15T08:05:06+00:00

In my vimrc, I’ve remapped jk to escape using imap.

The problem emerges when I use jk; it doesn’t escape, it only echoes out <Esc>.

Here’s the entry in quiestion:
imap jk <Esc>

It’s also a good point to make that I’m also using vim-X11 in fedora.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-15T08:05:08+00:00

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It looks like your 'cpoptions' settings contains <; then, special key codes like <Esc> are not recognized.

Find out where this got set via

:verbose set cpo?

or re-write the mapping to use a literal Escape character; enter it via Ctrl + V Esc; it should appear as ^[ in the buffer.

PS: Though not related, you should usually use :inoremap unless remapping is required.

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