Thanks a lot for the reply. This was *very* methodical solution, something that I'll remember for vim, and mostly likely apply elsewhere as well. "Give a man a fish.. teach a man.."
vim -u NONE worked. So, I removed all my plugins to see if I can replicate it. I couldn't. And then I put the plugins back and I still couldn't replicate the issue. Seems like just the act of removing all the plugins and putting them back fixed the issue. On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 3:35 AM, Charles Campbell < [email protected]> wrote: > mrjn wrote: > > I see a lot of problems with Vim showing me the characters pressed in > Normal mode. I have to continuously press ctrl-l to redraw vim. I *think* > this started happening since v8.0 upgrade. > > > > Here's a snippet from vim --version: > > VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Nov 15 2016 18:04:06) > > Included patches: 1-86 > > Compiled by Arch Linux > > > No idea why -- but some ideas on what to do to find out what's going on: > > * use: vim -u NONE This way of starting avoids all your plugins and > your .vimrc (if any). Still have the problem? > * if no, move all your plugins somewhere that vim won't see them. Still > have the problem? > * if no, then you likely have a plugin issue. Move half your plugins > back and repeat until you locate the problem-causing plugin. > * if vim -u NONE worked but moving all the plugins out did not fix > things, perhaps your .vimrc may have a setting issue. Try commenting > out your settings until you find a culprit. > * if vim -u NONE did not work, then it seems likely to me that you have > a terminal-vim issue. Presumably the problem would not in that case > appear when you use gvim rather than vim. Look into your termcap or > terminfo database, whichever is appropriate. Try xterm; vim works well > with it. If your vim is working well with xterm, but not with your usual > terminal interface, then you need to check out the various terminal > parameters (or switch terminal emulators, of course). > > HTH, > Chip Campbell > > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
