Dick Riegner wrote:
> I consistently see text display corruption when > editing a file on a remote Linux system with vim. > > I run an xterm window on macOS and ssh into a > remote Linux machine. The edit session is > displayed back to an XQuartz server running on > the same macOS. > > I have only seen this problem when displaying > back to an XQuartz server running on macOS. > > I have not seen the problem when displaying back > to an X11 server running on various Linux > systems. > > This problem occurs with newer versions of vim, > but not older versions. > > Inserting lines causes the INSERT message to be > displayed in the command line, but it is not > cleared after hitting the ESC key. > > Inserting text also causes extraneous lines of > text to be added to the body of the original > text, corrupting the edit display. > > I suspect that I am seeing the same vim behavior > as was reported in this incident: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/GR9YG8TZy6o > > A work-around is to add this statement to the > .vimrc file: > > set ambiwidth=single > > I do not know if this is a bug in vim, XQuartz, > or both. So I am asking for vim help here and > XQuartz help in another forum. > > Here is a summary of editing a file using two > versions of vim, each with and without, the > ambiwidth work-around. > > > New Vim > ------- > VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10) > Included patches: 1-207, 209-326 > Compiled by 'http://www.opensuse.org/' > > Works with: set ambiwidth=single > Fails without: set ambiwidth=single > > > Old Vim > ------- > VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Feb 4 2012 09:50:29) > Included patches: 1-108 > Compiled by 'http://www.opensuse.org/' > > Works with: set ambiwidth=single > Works without: set ambiwidth=single What is the version of the xterm you are using? Also, what is v:termresponse? -- To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
