#1147146 Bad escape codes are outputted

Package:
vim-common
Source:
vim-common
Submitter:
Siddh Raman Pant
Date:
2026-09-08 08:59:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1147146#5
Date:
2026-09-08 08:56:52 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

Running `vim` results in the following dump in journalctl:

kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.931] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown DCS escape code: zz
kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.933] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown CSI code: 'm' with
start_modifier: '␀' and end_modifier: '%' and parameters: '0'
kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.950] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown terminfo property: %1
kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.950] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown terminfo property: &8
kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.952] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown terminfo property: K1
kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.952] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown terminfo property: K3
kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.952] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown terminfo property: K4
kitty.desktop[28719]: [4833.952] [PARSE ERROR] Unknown terminfo property: K5

kitty dev says its not a problem with kitty:
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/10453

Thanks,
Siddh