zsh-vi-mode breaks abbr auto expansions

[devnoname120]

General information

The handy https://github.com/olets/zsh-abbr plugin enables the use of abbreviations, which are similar to aliases but they auto-expand when pressing space.

Whenever zsh-vi-mode is enabled it seems to override the bindkey " " abbr-expand-and-insert even in insert mode.

Related issues:

• incompatible with fzf #4
• Partial history search from "zsh-autosuggestions" is overidden #15
• keybindings seem to conflict with fzf's #24
• Bug: Adding zsh-vi-mode causes nav keys (Home, End, PgUp and PgDn ) to break #59
• This plugin prevents abbreviations from expanding #69
• Using the plugin breaks fzf's ctrl+r bind. #90
• zsh-vi-mode overwrites my personal bindkey customizations  #112
• Incompatible with fzf-tab #114
• zsh-vi-mode overwrites keybindings of oh-my-zsh plugins #127
• Home and End keys activate normal mode #133
• Set default keybindings for Home and End keys #134
• Custom escape keys breaks CTRL-r history search #145
• History search not working as before/intended #148
• How can I get back the old history search behavior in insert mode? #165
• Conflict with zaw #174
• Ctrl commands are broken #187
• macos can't use Ctrl-h to delete character on somewhere in the insert mode #201
• Strange behaviour with zsh-autosuggestion key bindings #202
• CTRL+R is overwritten #242
• Use vi-mode with history-search? #247
• alt + . in insert mode doesn't substitute to last argument! #287
• Overriding key does not seem to work #291
• Plugin overriding custom keymaps defined with bindkey #296
• Unable to remap ^s to zsh binding #298
• The up and down key behavior is overwritten, even though it has been overridden in the .zshrc file. #299
• Support enabling/disabling key mappings #301

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Basic examination

• I have read through the README page
• I have the latest version of zsh-vi-mode
• I have tested with another terminal program

Problem description

zsh-vi-mode seems to override the bindkey " " abbr-expand-and-insert even in insert mode.

Reproduction steps

1. Install https://github.com/olets/zsh-abbr
2. Install https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode
3. Restart shell.
4. Run abbr add abc=def.
5. Type abc and then Space ␣.
6. Nothing happens.

Expected behavior

The abc text is transformed to def right after pressing space. Removing zsh-vi-mode fixes it.

[jeffreytse]

Hi @devnoname120

Thanks for your detailed information. I've tried with the steps you provided, but I still can't reproduce the issue. Could you provide me your minimum .zshrc file to research the root cause? : )

Thanks & Regards

[bevicted]

==> Downloading olets/zsh-abbr
Cloning into '/Users/me/.local/share/zinit/plugins/olets---zsh-abbr'...
Cloning into '/Users/me/.local/share/zinit/plugins/olets---zsh-abbr/zsh-job-queue'...
⠏ ███████████ OBJ: 100, PACK: 0/52, COMPR: 100%, REC: 100%, RES: 100%
==> Compiling zsh-abbr.plugin.zsh [OK]
==> Installed 2 completions
❯ abbr add abc=def
Added the regular user abbreviation `abc`
❯ def

Works out of the box, installed via zinit, works both with and without ZVM_INIT_MODE=sourcing

I'm on macOS 15.1.1 (sequoia) using zsh 5.9