Re: Current Position

On Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 8:13:17 PM UTC-4 Christopher wrote:

On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 2:56:40 PM UTC-4 Christian Brabandt wrote:

On Mi, 11 Mär 2026, Christopher wrote:

> I tried vim --clean I don't see anything happen ?

Please do not top poste.

Does this work?
:exe ":norm! g\<c-g>"


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I think my versions of vim just won't work with g - ctrl+g. I searched into other programs using this short-cut, there is nothing. Strangest issue.   

The issue is resolved; it's because :messages is hidden.  

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Re: Current Position

On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 2:56:40 PM UTC-4 Christian Brabandt wrote:

On Mi, 11 Mär 2026, Christopher wrote:

> I tried vim --clean I don't see anything happen ?

Please do not top poste.

Does this work?
:exe ":norm! g\<c-g>"


Thanks,
Christian
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damage inflicted on the vehicle.

I think my versions of vim just won't work with g - ctrl+g. I searched into other programs using this short-cut, there is nothing. Strangest issue.   

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Re: Current Position

On Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 10:18:40 AM UTC-4 Yongwei Wu wrote:

On Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 9:17:41 PM UTC+8 Christopher wrote:

 I understand it works for you; although as I posted. It doesn't work in my case. I see the `g` in the bottom of the screen but when doing CTRL+G nothing happens ? 

You need to provide more information about your environment: OS, remote or local, terminal app if you are doing remote, :version output, etc.

Does any Ctrl key work, like Ctrl-F for Page down, Ctrl-B for Page up, and Ctrl-G for Print current file name? Could it be that some app intercepted Ctrl-G for some purposes?

 

The method of using the `...` to post below using Google Groups web interface exposes my email address; do I want that ? 

I am replying now in the Google Groups web UI, and you can see the result yourself. Also, your e-mail address is never a secret for subscribers of this mailing list. 

CTRL+F, CTRL+G work, so yes; some of the CTRL keys do work. I'm looking into another program currently; although it seems nothing exists which would block this combination of keys.  

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Re: Current Position

On Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 9:17:41 PM UTC+8 Christopher wrote:

 I understand it works for you; although as I posted. It doesn't work in my case. I see the `g` in the bottom of the screen but when doing CTRL+G nothing happens ? 

You need to provide more information about your environment: OS, remote or local, terminal app if you are doing remote, :version output, etc.

Does any Ctrl key work, like Ctrl-F for Page down, Ctrl-B for Page up, and Ctrl-G for Print current file name? Could it be that some app intercepted Ctrl-G for some purposes?

 

The method of using the `...` to post below using Google Groups web interface exposes my email address; do I want that ? 

I am replying now in the Google Groups web UI, and you can see the result yourself. Also, your e-mail address is never a secret for subscribers of this mailing list. 

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Re: Current Position

hi,

On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 at 13:17, Christopher <crestchristopher@gmail.com> wrote:
> ... exposes my email address; do I want that ?

if your questions are rhetorical, then no. ;-)

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Re: Current Position

 I understand it works for you; although as I posted. It doesn't work in my case. I see the `g` in the bottom of the screen but when doing CTRL+G nothing happens ? 

The method of using the `...` to post below using Google Groups web interface exposes my email address; do I want that ? 

On Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 9:40:29 PM UTC-4 Yongwei Wu wrote:

On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 at 16:56, Christopher <crestchr...@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried another version on another installation; the same thing. This is frustrating why it's not working; I assume if I can't get this to work similar commands will not work. Therefore I really want to solve this issue.

1. What did you see when you type g followed by Ctrl-G?

2. What's the output of `:nmap` after starting Vim with `vim --clean`?

3. If still unsolved, what's your output of `:version`?

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Re: Current Position

On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 at 16:56, Christopher <crestchristopher@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried another version on another installation; the same thing. This is frustrating why it's not working; I assume if I can't get this to work similar commands will not work. Therefore I really want to solve this issue.

1. What did you see when you type g followed by Ctrl-G?

2. What's the output of `:nmap` after starting Vim with `vim --clean`?

3. If still unsolved, what's your output of `:version`?

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URL: http://wyw.dcweb.cn/

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