Re: Unusable keys in vim 7.3

On 16/08/11 06:29, Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2011-08-15, Gary Johnson wrote:
>> On 2011-08-15, István wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Since I upgraded to 7.3 i lost the functionality of home/end pgup/pgdown up/
>>> down left/right keys on Linux/Fedora14 x86_64.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am wondering if the previous state can be reverted when these keys just work
>>> without any configuration.
>>
>> Are you using the GUI version of Vim (gvim) or the terminal/console
>> version (vim)? If you're using vim in a terminal, which terminal
>> are you using?
>>
>> How did you upgrade? Using one of Fedora's package managers or did
>> you build Vim yourself?
>>
>> What are the first three lines of the output of the ":scriptnames"
>> command?
>>
>> I'm running Fedora 14 x86_64 at home. I'll check it out this
>> evening. I never use home/end or pgup/pgdown, and seldom use up/dow
>> left/right, but I thought I had used the arrows and that they
>> worked.
>
> I tried the /bin/vi and /usr/bin/vim that were part of my Fedora 14
> installation in the GNOME Terminal and my own build of vim and gvim
> in the Terminal and GUI, respectively. They are all some version of
> Vim 7.3. The arrow keys, PgUp/PdDn and Home/End keys worked in all
> cases. I even started all versions using -u NONE to eliminate the
> effects of /etc/vimrc and ~/.vimrc.
>
> So those keys work fine with 64-bit Fedora 14 and Vim 7.3. We just
> need to find out why they're not working for you.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>

I'm using openSUSE, which, like Fedora, is based on RedHat (but maybe
not as closely), and these keys give me no problem. So, István:

- gvim or console Vim? And when you type :version what does it answer? —
not the full answer: the first lines are enough, like these on my
version of gvim:

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 10 2011 23:41:02)
Included patches: 1-280
Compiled by antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com
Huge version with GTK2-GNOME GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):

To capture these into the clipboard, use
:redir @+
:version
:redir END
then, after pasting, *remove* everything after "Features included(+) or
not(-):", all stat stuff is not relevant in this case.

Or, if your Vim is compiled with -clipboard, use copy-paste from some
X11 terminal (using the terminal's facilities).

- When you type :scriptnames does it list anything before your own
vimrc? If it does, look inside those files; are they setting anything
related to the keyboard?

- Do you sill have your pre-7.3 version of Vim? If you do, does _it_
list any scriptnames before your vimrc? And if different from those of
Vim 7.3, do _they_ set anything related to the keyboard?

- If console Vim, then in which terminal? Here are a few examples:
- non-X console (go there by Ctrl-Alt-F2, come back by Ctrl-Alt-F7)
- KDE konsole
- gnome-terminal
- xterm
- mlterm
Try it in as many of them as you can, the results can be very different.

- In Insert mode, is anything inserted into your buffer when you type
Ctrl-V followed by one of the problematic keys? (Repeat for each of
them: Ctrl-V Home, look, Ctrl-V End, look, Ctrl-V PgUp, look, etc.).
Before you do this, make sure you ":set showcmd", so that if after
<Ctrl-V> <something> Vim hasn't got the <something> you'll see a ^V
hanging near the bottom-right corner of your screen.

Best regards,
Tony.
--
Doctors take two aspirin and do it in the morning.

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