Bjorn Winckler wrote:
> > > This problem was brought up on the vim_mac list a while back but it
> > > turns out not to be mac specific so I am posting to the vim_dev list
> > > as well.
> > >
> > > On 12/09/2007, Nico Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 1.) :!ls
> > > > 2.) hit space until the "Hit ENTER prompt" appears if necessary
> > > > 3.) Cmd-tab or cmd-` from and to the window where you did this
> > > >
> > > > Results: The prompt is drawn over and over (one additional line per
> > > > focus gained/lost).
> > > >
> > > > This also happens with Carbon Vim, but not with Ubuntu gvim (and of
> > > > course not with the terminal version), so I guess this is a mac
> > > > specific problem. Bjorn, if you fix this, let us know if your patch
> > > > can be adapted to carbon vim as well ;-)
> > >
> > > I have finally looked into this problem and found out what causes it.
> > > In ui_focus_change() [ui.c] there is a line like this:
> > >
> > > need_redraw |= apply_autocmds(in_focus ? EVENT_FOCUSGAINED
> > > : EVENT_FOCUSLOST, NULL, NULL, FALSE,
> > > curbuf);
> > >
> > > Now, apply_autocmds() returns 1 if an autocommand was applied which
> > > will set the need_redraw flag and eventually repeat_message() is
> > > called which in turn calls hit_return_msg() [both in message.c] and
> > > the "Press ENTER ..." message is displayed again.
> > >
> > > If I run Vim without any autocommands on focus events, then the "Press
> > > ENTER ..." message is displayed only once...otherwise the message is
> > > repeated each time focus is lost or gained (and eventually fills the
> > > entire screen).
> > >
> > > How should this be fixed? There is some stuff going on in
> > > hit_return_msg() that I do not understand...the other messages called
> > > in repeat_message() seem to only rewrite the message on the same line
> > > whereas hit_return_msg() starts a new line. I don't dare to just
> > > change hit_return_msg() so that it outputs the message on the same
> > > line every time, since this may break something else as far as I know.
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > I don't see the sequence of events yet. Why would Vim get more focus
> > change events?
>
> Try this: start gvim, add autocommands to FocusLost and FocusGained,
> then type ":!ls" which will bring up the "Press ENTER or type command
> to continue" prompt. Now switch focus to another app and then back to
> gvim again and you'll notice that two more "Press ENTER ..." lines
> have appeared. Each focus lost/gained event has called
> hit_return_msg().
>
> >
> > When a focus autocommand is triggered, Vim may need to redraw, since
> > it's undefined what the autocommand has done. Imagine the autocommand
> > does "echo 'focus gained'".
>
> Ok, so is there nothing to do about this then? How come then
> "--more--" prompt only appears once though? (You can repeat the above
> procedure with ":digraphs" instead of ":!ls" to see this.)
Well, you can try this patch. It's difficult to predict if this fails
in some situation.
*** ../vim-7.1.145/src/message.c Thu Sep 13 22:04:30 2007
--- src/message.c Sun Oct 28 20:42:40 2007
***************
*** 2850,2855 ****
--- 2850,2861 ----
}
else if (State == HITRETURN || State == SETWSIZE)
{
+ if (msg_row == Rows - 1)
+ {
+ msg_didout = FALSE;
+ msg_col = 0;
+ msg_clr_eos();
+ }
hit_return_msg();
msg_row = Rows - 1;
}
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