[arch-general] Bug in latest vim - have to enter :q an additional time after split

[David C. Rankin]

On Tuesday 25 August 2009 10:06:10 pm Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:17 PM, David C.
> 
> Rankin<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> > Listmates,
> >
> >        There is a bug in the latest vim. Something prevents split windows
> > from completely closing requiring an additional :q to exit. Take for
> > example any two text files. I'll use /boot/grub/menu.lst and
> > menu.lst.sav. To confirm the bug, do the following:
> >
> > cd /boot/grub
> > vim menu.lst
> >  :split menu.lst.sav
> > ## you now have both windows open with menu.lst.sav on top [1]
> >  :q   (to exit menu.lst.sav, you get --No lines in buffer-- msg) [2]
> >  :q   (to exit menu.lst, the syntax highlighting is killed but no exit??)
> > [3] :q   (finally, after 3rd quit, you actuall exit)
> >
> >
> > Screenshots:
> >
> > [1] http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/vim-1.jpeg
> > [2] http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/vim-2.jpeg
> > [3] http://www.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/bugs/vim-3.jpeg
> >
> >        Is this a bug I need to report or does it look like a
> > configuration issue?
> 
> This seems like it's a plugin issue. If I had to guess, I'd say it's
> minibufexplorer, which I see in the screenshots
> 
> Try "vim --noplugin -u NONE -U NONE foo" then repeat the process and
> see if it still happens. That's a barebones vim with no config files
> or plugins
> 

Aaron,

	That was it. Now, how do I find out where the minibufexplorer got slipped 
into the config (and hopefully find out what in the heck it is...) I noticed 
with this latest release of vim, it is now using the standard vimrc ~/.vimrc 
files instead of piggy-backing on vi's virc files. I guess whoever packaged it 
has something stuck in /etc/vimrc:

strange, the only thing active in vimrc is:

" This line should not be removed as it ensures that various options are
" properly set to work with the Vim-related packages available in Debian.
runtime! archlinux.vim

So evidently there is something new in runtime! archlinux.vim that is screwing 
the vim interface up with the minibufferwhatever. Why would we care about the 
vim-related packages fom Debian as set forth in the note? I'm going to try 
killing it and see how it goes...

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