Vim freezes after pressing CTRL-U in insert mode. Any suggestions? - vim

Question

Recently I figured out that pressing CTRL-U locks/freezes vim in insert mode. The only CTRL-C helps to get it back. Terminal version and gvim have the same behaviour. Only in virtual console mode (CTRL-ALT-F1) the C-U works properly. Here is my .vimrc:
" This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect.
set nocompatible
" Don't use Ex mode, use Q for formatting
map Q gq
" CTRL-U in insert mode deletes a lot. Use CTRL-G u to first break undo,
" so that you can undo CTRL-U after inserting a line break.
imap <C-U> <C-G>u<C-U>
" In many terminal emulators the mouse works just fine, thus enable it.
if has('mouse')
set mouse=a
endif
" Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors
" Also switch on highlighting the last used search pattern.
if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
syntax on
set hlsearch
endif
" Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands.
if has("autocmd")
" Enable file type detection.
" Use the default filetype settings, so that mail gets 'tw' set to 72,
" 'cindent' is on in C files, etc.
" Also load indent files, to automatically do language-dependent indenting.
filetype plugin indent on
" Put these in an autocmd group, so that we can delete them easily.
augroup vimrcEx
au!
" For all text files set 'textwidth' to 78 characters.
autocmd FileType text setlocal textwidth=78
" When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
" Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event handler
" (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
" Also don't do it when the mark is in the first line, that is the default
" position when opening a file.
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal! g`\"" |
\ endif
augroup END
else
set autoindent " always set autoindenting on
endif
" Convenient command to see the difference between the current buffer and the
" file it was loaded from, thus the changes you made.
" Only define it when not defined already.
if !exists(":DiffOrig")
command DiffOrig vert new | set bt=nofile | r ++edit # | 0d_ | diffthis
\ | wincmd p | diffthis
endif
" Options
" =========================================================
colorscheme gruvbox
let g:gruvbox_contrast_dark = 'normal'
set background=dark
set t_Co=256
" spelling
set spell spelllang=ru_yo,en_us
set spellsuggest=10
set keymap=russian-jcukenwin
set iminsert=0
set imsearch=0
" backup
set writebackup " backup on write
set nobackup " keep a backup file
set undofile " keep an undo file
set swapfile " keep a swap file
" directories
" set autochdir
set backupdir=~/.vim/tmp/backup//
set undodir=~/.vim/tmp/undo//
set directory=~/.vim/tmp/swp//
" active editor
set nowrap
set nu
set backspace=indent,eol,start " backspacing over everything in im
set ruler " show the cursor position all the time
" cmd
set history=50 " keep 50 lines of command line history
set showcmd " display incomplete commands
" search
set ignorecase " ignore case using a search pattern.
set smartcase " override 'ignorecase' when pattern has upper case.
set incsearch " do incremental searching
" tab
" set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab " n-column tab
set tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab " n-space character tab
" window
set splitbelow
set splitright
set winminheight=0
" folding settings
set foldmethod=indent " fold based on indent
set foldnestmax=10 " deepest fold is 10 levels
set nofoldenable " dont fold by default
set foldlevel=1 " this is just what i use
" invisible chars
set list " don't show invisible characters.
set listchars=tab:.\ ,trail:~,extends:>,precedes:<,eol:\ "¬
set nohidden " unload buffer when no longer shown in window.
set laststatus=2 " Display vim-lightline
" indent, cursor, width
set cursorline " Highlight the screen line of the cursor.
set colorcolumn=72 " Columan to highlight.
set autoindent " Automatically set the indent of a new line.
set textwidth=80
set completeopt=menuone,longest ",preview prevents immediate complete
" tab
set switchbuf=usetab " use window or tabs to find selected buff
" windows
set noea " fix window size after closing others
" sessions (^blank,help)
set sessionoptions=buffers,curdir,folds,help,options,tabpages,winsize
" Autocmd
" =========================================================
au BufReadPost *.tmpl set syntax=html
" Mappings
" =========================================================
" source and update file
nmap <F5> :so ~/.vimrc<CR>
nmap <leader>e :e<CR>
" copy filepath
nmap <silent> <F4> :let #+=expand("%:p")<CR>
" buffers
nmap <F2> :ls<CR>:b
nmap <c-w><c-t> :tabnew<CR>
nmap <c-w><c-e> :tab sp<CR>
nmap <c-w><c-b>n :tabnew %<Bar>:bNext<Bar><CR>
nmap <c-w><c-b><c-b> :bw %<CR>
nmap <c-w><c-b>w :bw! %<CR>
nmap <c-w><c-b>a :tab ball<CR>
" sessions
nmap <silent> <leader>ss :wa<Bar>exe "mksession! " . v:this_session<CR>
nmap <leader>sr :so .session.vim<CR>
nmap <leader>sc :msk .session.vim<CR>
" quit
nmap <leader>qd :qa!<CR> " quit & discard changes
nmap <leader>qq :xa<CR> " quit & write if changed
nmap <leader>qs <leader>s<leader>qd
" new vertical window
nmap <c-w><c-n> :vnew<CR>
" tab movement and switching
nmap <c-l> :tabnext<CR>
nmap <c-h> :tabprevious<CR>
nmap <c-j> :tabmove -1<CR>
nmap <c-k> :tabmove +1<CR>
" search and replace
nmap <leader>c :let #/=""<CR>
" trailing spaces
nmap <silent> <leader>dt mq:%s/\s\+$//e<Bar>:let #/=""<CR>`q:delm q<CR>
" update, write
nmap <leader>u <leader>dt:update<CR>
nmap <leader>w <leader>dt:write<CR>
cmap w!! w !sudo tee > /dev/null %
" window manipulation
nmap <c-w>== :set ead=ver ea noea<CR>
nmap <c-w>=- :set ead=hor ea noea<CR>
" shell
nmap <space> :sh<CR>
" Plugins
" =========================================================
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
Plug 'fatih/vim-go'
Plug 'mattn/emmet-vim'
Plug 'itchyny/lightline.vim'
Plug 'sheerun/vim-polyglot'
Plug 'scrooloose/syntastic'
call plug#end()
" Lightline.vim
let g:lightline = {
\ 'colorscheme': 'jellybeans',
\ 'active': {
\ 'left': [ [ 'mode', 'paste' ],
\ [ 'fugitive', 'filename', 'readonly', 'modified' ] ] },
\}
" Syntastic
" let g:syntastic_sass_checkers = ["sassc"]
" Netrw
nmap <leader>tr <Plug>NetrwRefresh
map <leader>tf :Ntree<CR>
map <silent> <leader>f <S-CR>
let g:netrw_liststyle=3
let g:netrw_banner=0
let g:netrw_mousemaps=0
let g:netrw_chgwin=1 " open files in left window by default
" let g:netrw_keepdir=0
" let g:netrw_silent= 1
" fire up the sidebar
nmap <silent> <C-#> :rightbelow 25vs<CR>:e .<CR>
" vim-go
" disable fmt on save
let g:go_fmt_autosave = 0
" format with goimports instead of gofmt
let g:go_fmt_command = "goimports"
" additional highlight
let g:go_highlight_functions = 1
let g:go_highlight_methods = 1
let g:go_highlight_structs = 1
let g:go_highlight_operators = 1
let g:go_highlight_build_constraints = 1
" YouCompleteMe
let g:ycm_confirm_extra_conf=0
let g:ycm_autoclose_preview_window_after_completion=1
let g:ycm_min_num_of_chars_for_completion=1
" Emmet-vim
let g:user_emmet_leader_key='<c-m>'
" Formats the statusline
" set statusline=%f " file name
" set statusline+=[%{strlen(&fenc)?&fenc:'none'}, "file encoding
" set statusline+=%{&ff}] "file format
" set statusline+=%y "filetype
" set statusline+=%h "help file flag
" set statusline+=%m "modified flag
" set statusline+=%r "read only flag
"
" set statusline+=\ %= " align left
" set statusline+=Line:%l/%L[%p%%] " line X of Y [percent of file]
" set statusline+=\ Col:%c " current column
" set statusline+=\ Buf:%n " Buffer number
" set statusline+=\ [%b][0x%B]\ " ASCII and byte code under cursor
" Miscellaneous
" =========================================================
nmap <leader>t :call <SID>SynStack()<CR>
function! <SID>SynStack()
if !exists("*synstack")
return
endif
echo map(synstack(line('.'), col('.')), 'synIDattr(v:val, "name")')
endfunc
:set guioptions-=m "remove menu bar
:set guioptions-=T "remove toolbar
:set guioptions-=r "remove right-hand scroll bar
:set guioptions-=L "remove left-hand scroll bar
It's quite big, but the only one mapping related with C-U: imap <C-U> <C-G>u<C-U>. What's going on?

Answer 1

I've copied your vimrc and used it. Same effect. It's this line:
imap <C-U> <C-G>u<C-U>
which apparently causes a recursion. When commented out, <C-u> erases back to start-of-line.

Answer 2

Given the problem that #Jens found... you, Timur, might want to try
inoremap <c-u> <c-g>u<c-u>
That will prevent remapping (ie. an infinite recursion) from taking place.