In short : my <Leader> key changes somewhere during startup. I have left it

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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T14:16:26+00:00 2026-06-02T14:16:26+00:00

In short : my <Leader> key changes somewhere during startup. I have left it

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In short : my <Leader> key changes somewhere during startup. I have left it to be the default \ but some of my plugins load with <C-A> instead.

I know that some plugins don’t use <Leader> at all or use their own <LocalLeader> key or something similar (e.g. c.vim defaults to \ even if you change <Leader> in the .vimrc. And this is in the plugin’s documentation).

However my problem is with plugins that explicitly state that they use <Leader> and than end up mapped to <C-A>something rather than \something.

The plugins doing that are : Command-T, easymotion, screen, ShowMarks.

Plugins uneffected are bash-support, a.vim.

All my plugins are :

  1: /usr/share/vim/vimrc
  2: /usr/share/vim/vim73/debian.vim
  3: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/syntax.vim
  4: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/synload.vim
  5: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/syncolor.vim
  6: /usr/share/vim/vim73/filetype.vim
  7: /usr/share/vim/vim73/menu.vim
  8: /usr/share/vim/vim73/autoload/paste.vim
  9: /home/users/dslavchev/.vimrc
 10: /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftoff.vim
 11: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/vundle/autoload/vundle.vim
 12: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/vundle/autoload/vundle/config.vim
 13: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/Vim-R-plugin/ftdetect/r.vim
 14: /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin.vim
 15: /usr/share/vim/vim73/indent.vim
 16: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/nosyntax.vim
 17: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/headlights/plugin/headlights.vim
 18: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/a.vim/plugin/a.vim
 19: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/bash-support.vim/plugin/bash-support.vim
 20: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/c.vim/plugin/c.vim
 21: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/errormarker.vim/plugin/errormarker.vim
 22: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/reload.vim/plugin/reload.vim
 23: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/screen.vim/plugin/screen.vim
 24: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/ShowMarks/plugin/showmarks.vim
 25: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/surround.vim/plugin/surround.vim
 26: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/taglist.vim/plugin/taglist.vim
 27: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/valgrind.vim/plugin/valgrind.vim
 28: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/YankRing.vim/plugin/yankring.vim
 29: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/NERD_tree-Project/plugin/NERD_tree_project.vim
 30: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/The-NERD-tree/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
 31: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/Conque-Shell/plugin/conque_term.vim
 32: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/python.vim/plugin/python_fn.vim
 33: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/vim-fugitive/plugin/fugitive.vim
 34: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/vim-easymotion/plugin/EasyMotion.vim
 35: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/vim-easymotion/autoload/EasyMotion.vim
 36: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/vim-rails/plugin/rails.vim
 37: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/L9/plugin/l9.vim
 38: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/L9/autoload/l9.vim
 39: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/plugin/fuf.vim
 40: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf.vim
 41: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/buffer.vim
 42: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/file.vim
 43: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/coveragefile.vim
 44: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/dir.vim
 45: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/bookmarkfile.vim
 46: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/bookmarkdir.vim
 47: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/tag.vim
 48: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/buffertag.vim
 49: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/taggedfile.vim
 50: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/jumplist.vim
 51: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/changelist.vim
 52: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/quickfix.vim
 53: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/line.vim
 54: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/help.vim
 55: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/givenfile.vim
 56: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/givendir.vim
 57: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/givencmd.vim
 58: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/callbackfile.vim
 59: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/FuzzyFinder/autoload/fuf/callbackitem.vim
 60: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/command-t/plugin/command-t.vim
 61: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/clang-complete/plugin/clang_complete.vim
 62: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/clang/plugin/clang.vim
 63: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/better-snipmate-snippet/plugin/nerd_snippets.vim
 64: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/better-snipmate-snippet/plugin/snipMate.vim
 65: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/better-snipmate-snippet/plugin/support_functions.vim
 66: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/SuperTab-continued./plugin/supertab.vim
 67: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/getscriptPlugin.vim
 68: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/gzip.vim
 69: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/matchparen.vim
 70: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
 71: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/rrhelper.vim
 72: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/spellfile.vim
 73: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/tarPlugin.vim
 74: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/tohtml.vim
 75: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/vimballPlugin.vim
 76: /usr/share/vim/vim73/plugin/zipPlugin.vim
 77: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/better-snipmate-snippet/after/plugin/snipMate.vim
 78: /usr/share/vim/gvimrc
 79: /home/users/dslavchev/.gvimrc
 80: /usr/share/vim/vim73/synmenu.vim
 81: /usr/share/vim/vim73/scripts.vim
 82: /usr/share/vim/vim73/ftplugin/vim.vim
 83: /usr/share/vim/vim73/indent/vim.vim
 84: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/vim.vim
 85: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/lua.vim
 86: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/perl.vim
 87: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/ruby.vim
 88: /usr/share/vim/vim73/syntax/python.vim
 89: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/The-NERD-tree/nerdtree_plugin/exec_menuitem.vim
 90: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/The-NERD-tree/nerdtree_plugin/fs_menu.vim
 91: /home/users/dslavchev/.vim/bundle/The-NERD-tree/syntax/nerdtree.vim

My .vimrc :

set nocompatible               " be iMproved
filetype off                   " required!

set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/vundle/
call vundle#rc()

" let Vundle manage Vundle
" required! 
Bundle 'gmarik/vundle'

" My Bundles here:
"Bundle 'VimLite'
Bundle 'mbadran/headlights'
Bundle 'a.vim'
Bundle 'bash-support.vim'
Bundle 'c.vim'
Bundle 'errormarker.vim'
Bundle 'reload.vim'
Bundle 'screen.vim'
Bundle 'ShowMarks'
Bundle 'surround.vim'
Bundle 'taglist.vim'
Bundle 'valgrind.vim'
Bundle 'YankRing.vim'
Bundle 'NERD_tree-Project'
Bundle 'The-NERD-tree'
Bundle 'cflow-output-colorful'
Bundle 'Vim-R-plugin'
" Conque Term
Bundle 'Conque-Shell'
" Python
Bundle 'python.vim'
" original repos on github
Bundle 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
Bundle 'Lokaltog/vim-easymotion'
Bundle 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim/'}
Bundle 'tpope/vim-rails.git'
" vim-scripts repos
Bundle 'L9'
Bundle 'FuzzyFinder'
" non github repos
"Bundle 'git://git.wincent.com/command-t.git'
" ...
" Clang complete
Bundle 'clang-complete'
Bundle 'clang'

"snipmate
Bundle 'better-snipmate-snippet'

" SuperTab install
Bundle 'SuperTab-continued.'

filetype plugin indent on     " required! 

"Change Leader
"let mapleader=","
" Shows the leader
set showcmd
"This is to enable VimCCC
let g:VIMCCC_Enable = 1 
" Headlights debug
let g:headlights_debug_mode = 1
"This is for using autosyntax
syntax enable
let c_gnu = 1
let c_comment_strings = 1
let c_space_errors = 1
let urly_error = 1
" This is for omni completion
set ofu=syntaxcomplete#Complete
" This for replacing without changing clipboard
nnoremap S "_diwP
vnoremap S "_d"0P

"make buffers not resize
set noequalalways

" Highlights too long lines
if exists('+colorcolumn')
  set colorcolumn=80
else
  au BufWinEnter * let w:m2=matchadd('ErrorMsg', '\%>80v.\+', -1)
endif

" This is for numbering
set number

"This is for cflow
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.cflow setf cflow

"This is for tags
set tags+=tags
set tags+=tags;/
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/tags
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/opencv_tags
set tags+=~/Nuclear_Testing/tags
let Tlist_Auto_Open = 1

"This is for theasures and such
set thesaurus+=/home/users/dslavchev/.vim/thesaurus/mthes10/mthesaur.txt

"This is for mapping
let g:C_Ctrl_j = 'off'
let g:BASH_Ctrl_j = 'off'
nnoremap <C-h> <C-w>h 
nnoremap <C-j> <C-w>j 
nnoremap <C-k> <C-w>k 
nnoremap <C-l> <C-w>l 
map <leader>, A,
inoremap <leader>, <C-o>A,
map <leader>; A;
inoremap <leader>; <C-o>A;

"This is for opening tabs
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set expandtab
set cindent


"This is for setting Makefiles with tabs not spaces
autocmd FileType make setlocal noexpandtab

"This is for errormarker
let &errorformat="%f:%l:%c: %t%*[^:]:%m,%f:%l: %t%*[^:]:%m," . &errorformat 
nmap <silent> <unique> \cx :ErrorAtCursor<CR>

"This is for showing marks
"command DoShowMarks

"This is for Valgrind
let g:valgrind_arguments='--num-callers=50'
let g:valgrind_use_horizontal_window=0

"this is for the path
set path+=.,inc,src,../inc,../src

"this is for spellchecks
set spell

"this is for easyreader
let g:EasyMotion_leader_key = '<Leader><Leader>'

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-02T14:16:29+00:00

I have found the solution. Finally.

Someone was changing the mapping in screen.vim plugin.

Simply grepping for mapleader in the .vim does the work.

" screen(1)-like mappings for buffers
" Ricardo Signes <rjbs-vim@public.manxome.org>

" there should contain a ^A between the quotes, below
" the next revision will have a nicer system for loading this plugin with a
" different meta/leader character
let mapleader = "" 

nnoremap <Leader><Space> :bnext<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>n       :bnext<CR>
nnoremap <Leader><C-n>   :bnext<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>p       :bprev<CR>
nnoremap <Leader><C-p>   :bprev<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>c       :new\|only<CR>
nnoremap <Leader><C-c>   :new\|onlyCR>
nnoremap <Leader>K       :bdel<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>S       :split<CR>
nnoremap <Leader><Tab>   :wincmd w<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>Q       :only<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>Q       :only<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>w       :ls<CR>
nnoremap <Leader><C-w>   :ls<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>a       :e #<CR>
nnoremap <Leader><C-a>   :e #<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>"       :BufExp<CR>

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