Re: X error and vim dies

Hi Shlomi,

On Tue, 5 May 2020 08:41:40 +0300
Shlomi Fish <shlomif@shlomifish.org> wrote:

> Hi Manfred!
>
> On Tue, 5 May 2020 07:27:43 +0200
> Manfred Lotz <ml_news@posteo.de> wrote:
>
> > This is Fedora 32, Xfce4 4.14.3 and gvim is
> >
> > VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Apr 17 2020 00:00:00)
> > Included patches: 1-587
> >
> >
> > I start gvim from terminal (in order to see the error messages) and
> > do shade. Then I get:
> >
> > BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> > Vim: Got X error
> > Vim: Finished.
> >
> >
> > I use CopyQ clipboard manager but it happens as well if CopyQ is
> > stopped.
> >
> > guioptions are: egimrLtT!
> >
> >
>
> I can try to reproduce it on my own fedora 32 x86-64 system. A few
> things to try:
>
> 1. What is your hardware? (`hwinfo --short` )
>
> 2. Does it happen in a new user?
>

Yes, the same behavior.


> 3. Does it happen in icewm and/or jwm?
>

Don't have them installed but I tested in Gnome, and it doesn't happen
in Gnome!


> 4. Does it happen with `gvim -u NONE -U NONE`?
>

Yes, it happens as well when starting a naked gvim in Xfce4.


So it looks like an issue in Xfce4. Perhaps gtk3 related?



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Manfred

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