Could you try vim -u NONE to see if there is an issue with your config or one of your plugins?
On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:28:34 -0700, Daniel Frey <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/22/2016 09:17 AM, Matthias Gerstner wrote: > > Hi, > > > >> For some reason, on one box, whenever I start vim it puts > >> ":0000/0000/0000" on the command line. I've looked in vimrc and can't > >> see any reference to this. Hitting Enter yields "E486: Pattern not found > >> :0000" > > > > I've had a similar issues for the past months with my vim. It was > > related to my using the "urxvt" terminal and its TERM variable being set > > to "rxvt-unicode". > > > > In my case the effect didn't always show up but only under certain > > conditions. I remember having seen a bug report for vim back then but > > can't seem to find it right now. There are similar, older bug reports, > > however, like this one: > > > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=199362 > > > > I also remember there was a bugfix to vim back then to fix the issue. > > But the version containing the bugfix was not yet stable in portage and > > so I've lived with the occasional bug until now. I'm currently using > > vim-7.4.769 and I think the bugfix was contained just a few micro > > versions later if I'm not mistaken. > > Hmm, I've just upgraded to vim v8 and it is still doing it. I'm quite > confused. > > Dan > > > > --

