Hi This exchange has reminded me to make my donation to ICCF in thanks for the work of everyone who helps to maintain Vim.
Cheers G On 17 January 2017 at 10:23, Grahame Blackwood <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 1:15:32 PM UTC, Grahame Blackwood wrote: > > Oh, thanks very much Christian - I'll add another post to the PCLinuxOS > forum and ask for an update to 8.0.172. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > G > > > > > > > > > > > > On 16 January 2017 at 12:13, Christian Brabandt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Grahame! > > > > > > > > On Mo, 16 Jan 2017, Grahame Blackwood wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > PCLinuxOS has just upgraded Vim to version 8.0.163 but since then the > command > > > > > line history doesn't work for me. The problem is that any command > listed by q/ > > > > > and selected for action just returns me to the file being edited. > > > > > > > > > > I've tried to find out if any of the plugins I use are responsible by > starting > > > > > Vim with -u NONE but that hasn't helped because the command line > history > > > > > normally accessed by q/ showed it was empty. > > > > > > > > > > Two more attempts at finding the cause also failed: > > > > > > > > > > 1) I moved the entire .vim directory to another name hoping that the > problem > > > > > might be caused by one of the plugins I use. This didn't make any > difference to the problem. I checked that none of the plugins we listed in > :scriptnames > > > > > and they weren't. > > > > > > > > > > 2) Then I tried changing the name of the .vimrc file to 'newvim' to no > > > > > avail - the problem is still there. Again I checked :scriptnames and > nothing > > > > > showed except the standard scripts in /etc/vim and /usr/share/vim. > > > > > > > > > > I put a request on the PCLinuxOS forum to see if anyone else has had > the > > > > > problem but so far there's been no response to my post, although I'm > sure I > > > > > can't be the only Vim user on the forum. > > > > > > > > > > Has any one else had this experience and is there a cure or a better > way to > > > > > find the cause of the problem? > > > > > > > > That is a regression, introduced with 8.0.159 and fixed by 8.0.172. > > > > > > > > See issue #1370 https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1370 > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Christian > > > > -- > > > > Die Öffentlichkeit! Wie vieler Narren bedarf es, um eine > > > > Öffentlichkeit zu ergeben? > > > > -- Nicolas Sébastien de Chamfort > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > 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. > > Hi All > > Packagers at PClinuxOS have upgraded Vim to 8.0.194 and the problem I had > with the command line history is resolved. > > Thanks once again Christian and to the Packagers at PClinuxOS. > > G > > -- > -- > 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.
