From: On Behalf Of Ben Fritz > On Aug 29, 10:22 am, "MacDonald, Stuart" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Windows 7 64-bit: > > > > C:\> gvim -u NONE -U NONE -N > > a<tab>C<esc> > > 0cw<spaces><esc>u > > > > Looks good so far. > > > > :highlight Normal font=lucida_console<enter> > > 0cw<spaces><esc>u > > > > There are lots of small yellow garbage bits left on the screen. (See > > attached.) They are cleared with <ctrl>l. > > > > :highlight Normal font=Fixedsys<enter> > > 0cw<spaces><esc>u > > > > And back to correct operation. Switching between the two fonts > > reproduces the bug, so it looks like it's a problem with Lucida > Console. > > I don't get it in strange colors, but I regularly get leftover garbage > like that in the correct Normal fg color in my gvim in Windows XP. I
I've never had screen garbage before (vims 6.something and up, WinXP and Win7), which is why I tracked this one down to a reproducible test case. > think I first noticed it back in 7.1 or 7.2, it's been around for a I'm not going to test older versions unless there is a specific request to do so. > while. It may not be the same issue, but other people have complained > in the past about it. I've never found a reliable way to reproduce it. My test case works reliably for me; perhaps others can have a try and report their success/failure? I'm wondering if it's vim's drawing or Windows, and, which particular Windows perhaps... > I do not use the font tag in highlight rules, but rather just set my > guifont. Maybe that contributes to why mine acts differently. My test case also shows garbage if I use :set guifont=lucida_console instead of the highlight command. I'd guess it's not specific to the method of choosing the font. > I use DejaVu Sans Mono most of the time, and occasionally Consolas, so > I doubt it's only Lucida Console. I don't have DejaVu Sans Mono, but Consolas does _not_ reproduce if I use it instead of Lucida Console in my test case. ...Stu -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
