John Passaro wrote: > Sometimes when I open a new vim session, unpredictably, various characters > appear on the first line, they look like they are terminal control > characters but I don't know for sure. > > For example: > ;2R^[[>0;95;0c > > They go away as soon as I type over them or redraw the screen. > > This doesn't happen consistently or according to any predictable pattern > (at least not that I can discern). It only started relatively recently, and > I don't recall that I've updated vim or made any changes to my environment > that might have prompted it (I'm using xterm, bash-4.4, vim 8.0). > > Does anybody have any idea how I can investigate this?
That looks like the xterm version string (but probably not in xterm). When this happens, what does this do: echo v:termresponse Do you execute a shell command during startup? -- Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.