On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:11 AM, bgold12 wrote:
>
> I've found that when I type "gvim a" from the command line, I get a
> message in the status line after gvim has started up that gives some
> info about the file a. For example, if the file doesn't exist, it says
> ""a" [New File]"; if the file does exist but is empty, it says ""a"
> 0L, 0C".
>
> This is a very nice feature, but it doesn't seem to work with vim (as
> opposed to gvim). From what I can tell, the message IS displayed with
> vim, but it disappears after a fraction of a second.
>
> I know I can get similar info by typing CTRL-G, but obviously it would
> be better if I didn't have to do that every time I open a file.
>
> So, is this a bug in vim, or a problem with my settings, and if the
> latter, how can I fix this? If it's important, I'm running Windows XP,
> vim 7.2, and I'm using cygwin (bash) as my command line.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
Well, I can't reproduce this problem cygwin's vim 7.2, neither in
cmd.exe nor in mintty nor in xterm. So, let's try some basic
troubleshooting. First things first,
vim -u NONE -N a
will disable all vimrcs and plugins. If it works there, then try both
vim -u NORC -N a
vim --noplugin -N a
If one of those works and the other doesn't, then it tells you that
either a vimrc is the problem, or that a plugin is the problem. Then,
report back and we might be able to pin down exactly what's going
wrong.
~Matt
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