patch 8.2.0431: some compilers don't support using e for Esc Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/56ba21a156c723d92a1929e2c500be7295efb0a8 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Mar 23 19:17:29 2020 +0100 patch 8.2.0431: some compilers don't support using \e for Esc Problem: Some compilers don't support using \e for Esc. (Yegappan Lakshmanan) Solution: use \033 instead.

#!/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"