On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:17 PM, David C. Rankin<drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
