Re: Vim Display Corruption

Bram,

Thanks for your help.

The macOS xterm version is:

XTerm(326)

The macOS XQuartz version is:

XQuartz 2.7.11 (xorg-server 1.18.4)

The v:termresponse value is:

v:termresponse ^[[>41;326;0c

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Dick Riegner

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>
> 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?
>
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