Hi, On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Yegappan Lakshmanan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yegappan Lakshmanan wrote: >> >>> I see a problem in xterm screen refresh with the recent versions of Vim. >>> The text displayed in the command line is not cleared. >>> >>> Steps to reproduce this problem: >>> >>> $ vim -u NONE -i NONE -N -c 'set cmdheight=2' -c 'set laststatus=2' >>> <press CTRL-G to display the current file name and other information> >>> <Press :e to edit a file> >>> >>> In the last step, the file name and other information displayed by >>> CTRL-G are not cleared. Even if I force a screen refresh using CTRL-L >>> or the ":redraw!" command, the text is not cleared. >>> >>> I don't see this problem with Vim 7.3. >>> >>> After this problem is seen, if I suspend Vim (using CTRL-Z) and >>> resume it (using fg), then the screen is cleared properly. >> >> I cannot reproduce this problem. I do see the first message from CTRL-G >> disappearing, that's most likely the other bug. >> For me pressing ":" to type the ":e" command already clears the info >> from CTRL-G. >> >> Since you say CTRL-G gives info, you actually are editing a file? >> > > This problem is caused by the 7.3.859 patch ( 'ambiwidth' must be set > by the user). > When I remove this patch, I don't see this screen refresh problem. >
This problem is caused by the may_req_ambiguous_character_width() function added by the above patch (859). When I set the 'ambwidth' option in the .vimrc file, the screen is properly refreshed and the problem is not seen. - Yegappan -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
