patch 8.2.0867: using {xxx} for encoding a modifier is not nice Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fccd93f0917234b962ce07d1df3adf9d7105936f Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun May 31 22:06:51 2020 +0200 patch 8.2.0867: using \{xxx} for encoding a modifier is not nice Problem: Using \{xxx} for encoding a modifier is not nice. Solution: Use \<*xxx> instead, since it's the same as \<xxx> but producing a different code.

#!/bin/sh
# enable DEC locator input model on remote terminal
printf  "\033[1;2'z\033[1;3'{\c"
vim "$@"
# disable DEC locator input model on remote terminal
printf  "\033[2;4'{\033[0'z\c"