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I am really curious as to why this is happening. I have this line in my .vimrc file (I am using WSL2 on windows and this line helps support copying from vim to the system clipboard):

set clipboard=unnamedplus " system copy-paste support 1. get vim-gtk 2. set this 3. for WSL, vcxsrv and set option in .bashrc

Disregarding the bad practice of making such a long line, I noticed something curious. When I enter insert mode my cursor is just at the space after the word "support". I backspace to delete "support". I type in "also:", and the moment I insert the colon character, the change is undone, and I am moved to normal mode. The line goes back to the state I was, as if I had never changed it.

What on earth could be causing this?

The full .vimrc is probably too big to fit on this question. I know that external sites like pastebin are not recommended, however I do not know where else to put it, so, this is my entire .vimrc: https://pastebin.com/gD45NYEX (let me know if there is a better place to put it). Thank you for all the help.

Again, here is the link to my full .vimrc

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    "Part of my .vimrc"---that's probably not enough to identify the root cause. See How to debug my vimrc – D. Ben Knoble♦ Oct 12 '20 at 17:13
  • :verbose imap : might be insightful. – Jake Grossman Oct 12 '20 at 17:21
  • @D.BenKnoble I posted my entire vimrc as a pastebin link, as it would be too much to fit into one question, as per etiquette on stack exchange communities, I believe. Please let me know what other changes I should make to make sure that everyone can access my .vimrc – herophant Oct 12 '20 at 17:31
  • @JakeGrossman verbose imap : says "No mapping found" unfortunately. – herophant Oct 12 '20 at 17:33
  • @herophant the idea is we dont need the whole vimrc—follow the link I gave you – D. Ben Knoble♦ Oct 12 '20 at 17:59

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