set showcmd does not work properly in gui mode

Hello,

I have the following vim version:

$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 14 2015 13:16:04)
Included patches: 1-207, 209-355, 357-560
Compiled by root@10i386-default-job-11
Big version with GTK2 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +farsi +mouse_netterm +syntax
+arabic +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_binary
+autocmd +find_in_path +mouse_sysmouse +tag_old_static
+balloon_eval +float +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
+browse +folding +mouse_xterm +tcl
++builtin_terms -footer +multi_byte +terminfo
+byte_offset +fork() +multi_lang +termresponse
+cindent +gettext -mzscheme +textobjects
+clientserver -hangul_input +netbeans_intg +title
+clipboard +iconv +path_extra +toolbar
+cmdline_compl +insert_expand +perl +user_commands
+cmdline_hist +jumplist +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info +keymap +postscript +virtualedit
+comments +langmap +printer +visual
+conceal +libcall -profile +visualextra
+cryptv +linebreak +python +viminfo
+cscope +lispindent -python3 +vreplace
+cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildignore
+cursorshape +localmap +reltime +wildmenu
+dialog_con_gui +lua/dyn +rightleft +windows
+diff +menu +ruby +writebackup
+digraphs +mksession +scrollbind +X11
+dnd +modify_fname +signs -xfontset
-ebcdic +mouse +smartindent +xim
+emacs_tags +mouseshape -sniff +xsmp_interact
+eval +mouse_dec +startuptime +xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra -mouse_gpm +statusline -xterm_save
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop +xpm
system vimrc file: "/usr/local/etc/vim/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "/usr/local/etc/vim/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/etc/vim"
f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/local/share/vim/vim74"
Compilation: cc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -I/usr/local/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/local/include/cairo -I/usr/local/include/pixman-1 -D_THREAD_SAFE -I/usr/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/local/include/libpng16 -I/usr/local/include/pango-1.0 -pthread -I/usr/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/usr/local/include/harfbuzz -DLIBICONV_PLUG -I/usr/local/include -O2 -pipe -DLIBICONV_PLUG -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -I/usr/local/include/tcl8.6
Linking: cc -L/usr/local/lib -lX11 -lXpm -lXt -L. -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector -rdynamic -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18/mach/CORE -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -latk-1.0 -lcairo -pthread -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl -lfontconfig -L/usr/local/lib -lfreetype -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lX11 -lXpm -lXt -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -lelf -pthread -ltermlib -lintl -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18/mach/CORE -pthread -Wl,-E -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18/mach/CORE -lperl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -L/usr/local/lib/python2.7/config -lpython2.7 -L/usr/local/lib -lintl -lutil -lm -Wl,--export-dynamic -L/usr/local/lib -ltcl86 -lz -lpthread -lm -lruby20 -lexecinfo -lcrypt -lm -L/usr/local/lib -pthread -L/usr/local/lib


My .vimrc:

$ cat $HOME/.vimrc
set showcmd

There is no $HOME/.gvimrc file nor $HOME/.vim directory.

When I open a file in a xterm terminal, the "set showcmd" works as expected: when I select a block is visual mode, at the bottom of the screen the height and width of the block is shown, in the form <heigth>x<width>:

http://picpaste.com/xterm-ePgaWMMZ.png

But when I use the gui, the block dimension height and height does not appear:

http://picpaste.com/gui-WNa2rnN2.png


Do you think is a bug or am I misunderstanding something?

Regards

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