Vim: Leader not working

Question

When trying to use vim-latexsuite's mappings, the ones using Leader are not working:

:nmap
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n  <Leader>rf   @<Plug>Tex_RefreshFolds
n  <Leader>ls   @<Plug>Tex_ForwardSearch
n  <Leader>lv   @<Plug>Tex_View
n  <Leader>ll   @<Plug>Tex_Compile

All other mappings by this plugin are working, so the plugin is being loaded correctly. Without mapleader being set, Leader should default to \ (Backslash).

When typing \ll in command mode, the cursor gets moved 2 characters to the right, as it's supposed to by just typing ll. So the Backslash seems to be ignored. Vim does not beep or display any errors and the ll follows earlier than 1000ms, which is my timeoutlen.

I have also tried the following settings in both .vimrc and /etc/vimrc (Though I assume only mapleader needs to be set here):

let mapleader = ","
let maplocalleader = ","

After this, Vim behaves the same way: No beep, no error and after typing ,ll the cursor moves 2 characters to the right.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Answer 1

If you've shortened timeoutlen, you won't be able to type quickly enough. If you look at :help 'ttimeoutlen', you'll see it suggests:

:set timeout timeoutlen=3000 ttimeoutlen=100