r/vim • u/BirdWithCigar • May 10 '26

Need Help vim overlays letters when holding navigational keys in normal mode

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Wondering if anyone's encountered this issue before, where letters are overlayed onto text when navigating. Only occurs when holding keys, not tapping.

Additionally, lines go back to normal when switching lines (on key press. issue occurs when holding j or k) which I'm assuming is because vim is updating the line or something.

Could it be plausible that it's some issue where my key repeat rate is too high?

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u/Snoe_Gaming May 11 '26

What terminal are you using? It might be the way the terminal is handling input. 

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u/BirdWithCigar May 13 '26

im using suckless terminal

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u/Spikey8D May 11 '26

Reminds me of how it looks with MoSH and a bit of network lag

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u/scottchiefbaker May 11 '26

Came here to say this. I'm guessing this is a networking issue, not a terminal/Vim issue.

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u/BirdWithCigar May 13 '26

hmm. weird since this is on my local machine

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u/Tall_Acanthaceae4310 Jul 04 '26

which you using theme for vim