[arch-general] Vim update - Stray chars on file-new
Omar Polo
omar.polo at europecom.net
Thu Aug 24 07:07:35 UTC 2017
I'm not using arch atm, but I remember I had the exactly same problem
using neovim on the tty. After some experiments, I've found that the
cause was the changing of the shape of the cursor.
So, try
```
vim -u NONE foo.txt
```
to see if the problem remains.
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 08:44:11PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
>
> After vim update to 8.0.0987-1, creating a new file with 'vim somefile.txt'
> results in the following stray characters at the top of the file:
>
> $q q
> ~
>
> Can someone confirm?
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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