[Bug 573140] Re: invoking gvim from shell results in invisible cursor, blank document areas

[Olivier Mengué]

Please report your problem upstream (to the Vim authors) if it still
applies.

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  invoking gvim from shell results in invisible cursor, blank document
  areas

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: vim

  Just discovered this one in the past few weeks.

  My typical usage pattern with vim is to have a gnome-terminal window
  open and issue 'gvim filename' at the shell.  (I'm using vim-gnome.)

  Now, when I do this, I get a gvim window with an invisible cursor, and
  if I scroll down in the document, blank space.

  A workaround is to press Ctrl-Z, which minimizes gvim, then Alt-Tab
  back over to it.  The cursor then appears and all text is drawn
  correctly for the rest of the session.

  If I use Alt-F2 to launch gvim from Run Application, or if I select it
  from the GNOME menu, there is no problem.

  I do not need to use a filename argument to reproduce the problem.
  Simply issuing 'gvim' at the shell is sufficient.

  In case my .vimrc is useful, it contains:

  filetype plugin indent on
  set modeline
  set gfn=Liberation\ Mono\ 10
  au GUIEnter * set lines=50 columns=80

  however, it has not changed since January 10—probably even before
  that; that's just its mod time.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: vim-gnome 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat May  1 13:00:08 2010
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: vim

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