From: Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> To: Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>, vim_...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Strange reaction of gvim to : in a normal mode Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:44:21 +0200
On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 14:51:24 +0200 Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use gvim from xfce4 and sometimes get into a strange > situation when pressing : while being in a normal mode > leads not to the command line mode but instead highlights > the icon "Copy to clipboad". > > Just now I have noted that in this situation I also cannot > see the version of my gvim via the Help menu (but saving via > the the "Save current file" icon usually works). > > The output from the :version command (executed from a newly > started gvim) is as follows: > <skipped> > > Any ideas how to fix it? > > And whom to blame? (Except for myself, of course. :) > My first guess that something is wrong with xfce4 here. I cannot describe how to reproduce this behavior but usually it appears after the following steps: 1. I work with gvim and firefox. 2. After finishing working with gvim, I turn to firefox, go to a news site and look through all its Twitter news band that is somehow embedded into its webpage. On this step I also open new tabs from the news band. 3. I return to gvim and try to save and close it using :wq command but it does not work any more as : sends focus to the "Copy to clipboard" icon.
