Re: Strange reaction of gvim to : in a normal mode

On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 14:51:24 +0200 Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:

> I use gvim from xfce4 and sometimes get into a strange
> situation when pressing : while being in a normal mode
> leads not to the command line mode but instead highlights
> the icon "Copy to clipboad".
>
> Just now I have noted that in this situation I also cannot
> see the version of my gvim via the Help menu (but saving via
> the the "Save current file" icon usually works).
>
> The output from the :version command (executed from a newly
> started gvim) is as follows:
>
<skipped>
>
> Any ideas how to fix it?
>
> And whom to blame? (Except for myself, of course. :)
> My first guess that something is wrong with xfce4 here.

I cannot describe how to reproduce this behavior but usually
it appears after the following steps:

1. I work with gvim and firefox.
2. After finishing working with gvim, I turn to firefox,
go to a news site and look through all its Twitter
news band that is somehow embedded into its webpage.
On this step I also open new tabs from the news band.
3. I return to gvim and try to save and close it using
:wq command but it does not work any more as : sends
focus to the "Copy to clipboard" icon.

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