Re: vim on Debian 12: How to disable the mouse GUI mode ?

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Greg Wooledge wrote: 
> In my testing, I ran vim with no arguments, and typed in a single line
> of gibberish.  Then, I moved the cursor to column 0.  Finally, I typed
> out the command 20l in a different terminal, highlighted it, and pasted
> it into vim.  Rather than moving my cursor 20 characters to the right,
> it inserted the literal string "20l".  Specifically, it acts as if I
> had pressed "i20lESC".  I began and ended in command mode, but command
> text was inserted as if I had been in insert mode.


This is reminiscent of the bracketed paste mode.  Were you (is
everyone here?) using a terminal with that turned on?

-dsr-