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

Hi,

Gevisz schrieb am 02.11.2014 um 19:44:
> 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.

when this happens again you might want to check if there is a mapping
defined for ":" and where it was defined. Normally you would execute
the command

:verb map :

which probably won't work in this case. But there is the command-line
window which you can open with

q:

You will see the last line of your command-line history and the cursor
will be located on an empty line. You can now use normal Vim commands
to enter "verb map :". After you have entered the command and left
insert mode with <ESC> you can execute the command by pressing <Enter>
while the cursor is on the command.

Regards,
Jürgen


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