neovim: how to close the terminal buffer by just pressing enter?

Question

NVIM v0.2.2
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.0.5
Compilation: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/clang -Wconversion -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -DNVIM_MSGPACK_HAS_FLOAT32 -DNVIM_UNIBI_HAS_VAR_FROM -DNDEBUG -DMIN_LOG_LEVEL=3 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wimplicit-fallthrough -Wvla -fstack-protector-strong -fdiagnostics-color=auto -DINCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS -I/tmp/neovim-20180209-92407-udkzoo/neovim-0.2.2/build/config -I/tmp/neovim-20180209-92407-udkzoo/neovim-0.2.2/src -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/include -I/usr/include -I/tmp/neovim-20180209-92407-udkzoo/neovim-0.2.2/build/src/nvim/auto -I/tmp/neovim-20180209-92407-udkzoo/neovim-0.2.2/build/include
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Features: +acl +iconv +jemalloc +tui
See ":help feature-compile"

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.2.2_1/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info

Before:

After running some git commands with fugitive, the cursor is placed at the end, for e.g:

...
[Process Exited 0]_

and I just need to press enter to back to the previous buffer.

Now:

If I do the same, the cursor is placed at the beginning and I have to type :bd(!) to close that buffer.

What caused this? How to back to previous behaviour?

init.vim:

set backup
let day = strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
let user = substitute(system('whoami'), '\n', '', '')
if user == 'root'
    let backupdir = "/var/root/.vim/backup/".day
else
    let backupdir = $HOME."/.vim/backup/".day
endif
silent! let xyz = mkdir(backupdir, "p")
let cmd = "set backupdir=".backupdir
execute cmd
let time = strftime(".%H:%M:%S")
let cmd = "set backupext=".time
execute cmd

syntax on
set number
set background=dark
let g:solarized_termcolors = 256
let g:solarized_visibility = "high"
let g:solarized_contrast = "high"
let g:solarized_termtrans = 1
colorscheme solarized

autocmd FileType python set tabstop=4|set shiftwidth=4|set expandtab

set clipboard=unnamed
execute pathogen#infect()
let g:SuperTabDefaultCompletionType = "context"

filetype off

set nocompatible
filetype plugin indent on
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.jinja2 set filetype=jinja

nnoremap <F6> :GundoToggle<CR>

au BufNewFile *.jinja2 so ~/.vim/header/jinja_header.txt
au BufNewFile *.py so ~/.vim/header/py_header.txt
au BufNewFile *.sls so ~/.vim/header/sls_header.txt

let mapleader = "\<Space>"
nnoremap <Leader>o :CtrlP<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>w :w<CR>
vmap <Leader>y "+y
vmap <Leader>d "+d
nmap <Leader>p "+p
nmap <Leader>P "+P
vmap <Leader>p "+p
vmap <Leader>P "+P
nmap <Leader><Leader> V

vmap v <Plug>(expand_region_expand)
vmap <C-v> <Plug>(expand_region_shrink)

" highlight excess line length (79)
autocmd Filetype py rst textwidth=79
set colorcolumn=+1

" disable folding
set nofoldenable
" end of disable folding

autocmd filetype crontab setlocal nobackup nowritebackup

let g:vim_json_syntax_conceal = 0

let g:ranger_map_keys = 0

set hidden
:nnoremap <Tab> :bnext<CR>
:nnoremap <S-Tab> :bprevious<CR>

set completeopt=longest,menuone

for fpath in split(globpath('~/.vimrc.d/', '*.vim'), '\n')
  exe 'source' fpath
endfor

Answer 1

I ran into a similar (the same?) issue on two different installs:

• NVIM v0.2.0
• NVIM v0.3.1

As quanta already mentions this change in behavior might be due to the changes introduced in NVIM v0.2.1.

I have a shortcut for running things from within nvim, that splits the window, launches the terminal emulator in the new split view and executes there. After execution had completed in the terminal I used to be able to hit any key to close the terminal & split view and return to the original buffer, i.e.:

map <Leader>p :w<CR>:split \| terminal python %<CR>

...and this is still the case with the NVIM v0.2.0 install I refer to above but just pressing a key to close and return does not work any more on the v0.3.1 install.

What fixed this for me was to append a :startinsert command to the end of the key binding macro:

map <Leader>p :w<CR>:split \| terminal python %<CR>:startinsert<CR>

That puts the cursor into insert mode on the terminal view and closes it on key press right away - seems to do the trick!

Answer 2

From version 0.2.1, :terminal now starts in normal mode instead of terminal mode: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Following-HEAD#20170821

Btw, don't know why this does not enter Terminal mode automatically:

autocmd BufEnter term://* startinsert
autocmd BufLeave term://* stopinsert

I have to use:

autocmd TermOpen * startinsert