Re: Vim selection underlined rather than reversed

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 9:00 PM Jeenu <jeenuv@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 7:18:03 PM UTC+1, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 5:24 PM Jeenu wrote:
> > >
> > > Sometimes, after I attach to a tmux session, visual selection in an already-running vim instance is shown as underlined instead of reversed. See the attached files for the difference; both are from the same host - one from new, and the other from existing session. The only way out I've found is to quit and launch vim again. Does any one know why this happens and/or how to fix it?
> > >
> > > This is the same problem as someone had posted a while ago: https://superuser.com/questions/1186500/vim-visually-selected-text-sometimes-appears-as-underlined-not-reversed
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jeenu
> >
> > I don't know why it happens but I know how to find out: next time the
> > problem happens, and after making sure Vim is in Normal mode (this
> > will usually mean hitting <Esc>, which will clear the Visual
> > highlighting) type
> >
> > :verbose hi Visual
>
> I've attached screen shots capture of running the command two sessions. The output of the hi command shows reversed mode in both sessions.
>
> Also, both sessions say background is dark.
>
> Not sure what to make of these.
>
> Jeenu
>

The right-hand screenshot (with underlining) shows that the highlight
was set by the "desert" colorscheme.

:colors default

will clear that.

Best regards,
Tony.

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