On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 16:25:19 -0600 Eric Christopherson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2014, Gevisz wrote: > > On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 14:51:24 +0200 Gevisz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I use gvim from xfce4 and sometimes get into a strange > > > situation when pressing : while being in a normal mode > > > leads not to the command line mode but instead highlights > > > the icon "Copy to clipboad". > > > > > > Just now I have noted that in this situation I also cannot > > > see the version of my gvim via the Help menu (but saving via > > > the the "Save current file" icon usually works). > > > > > > The output from the :version command (executed from a newly > > > started gvim) is as follows: > > > > > <skipped> > > > > > > Any ideas how to fix it? > > > > > > And whom to blame? (Except for myself, of course. :) > > > My first guess that something is wrong with xfce4 here. > > > > I cannot describe how to reproduce this behavior but usually > > it appears after the following steps: > > > > 1. I work with gvim and firefox. > > 2. After finishing working with gvim, I turn to firefox, > > go to a news site and look through all its Twitter > > news band that is somehow embedded into its webpage. > > On this step I also open new tabs from the news band. > > 3. I return to gvim and try to save and close it using > > :wq command but it does not work any more as : sends > > focus to the "Copy to clipboard" icon. > > It almost sounds to me like there's unusual keyboard mapping going on. > Do you use Vimperator, by chance? No. Just found out what it is. Sounds interesting. I do not know how to get the list of all installed plugins but, from what I can remember, I use Pathogen and UltiSnips. Also installed Snippet but it does not work. Probably, I should delete it. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" 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/d/optout.
