[vim/vim] tmux: key mappings with Meta key not working (Issue #18587)

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Gabriel Sá

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Oct 16, 2025, 10:23:47 PM10/16/25
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garipew created an issue (vim/vim#18587)

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch tmux
tmux
  1. Launch vim
vim --clean
  1. Map shortcut with Meta key with
:map <M-a> :echo "Something"<CR>
  1. Press the shortcut in normal mode

Expected behaviour

Print "Something" in the cmd output

Version of Vim

9.0.2142

Environment

OS: Debian 12, Debian 13
Terminal: kitty 0.26.5, zutty 0.14-DEV, XTerm(379)
Value of $TERM: tmux-256color
Shell: bash

Logs and stack traces

The mappings work fine on XTerm, which might suggest this could be a race condition in the input processing


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zeertzjq

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Oct 16, 2025, 11:16:16 PM10/16/25
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zeertzjq left a comment (vim/vim#18587)

:h map-alt-keys


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Gabriel Sá

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Oct 17, 2025, 11:03:16 AM10/17/25
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Closed #18587 as completed.


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Gabriel Sá

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garipew left a comment (vim/vim#18587)

Thank you for your reply!

I've looked into the referred documentation section, as well as ´modifyOtherKeys´ and ´kitty-keyboard-protocol´. The behavior appears to be in line with what is described in the docs. I'll close this issue since it doesn't appear to be Vim's responsibility.

Thank you for your time.


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