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|    intertubes@gmx.net to Carlos E.R.    |
|    Re: Vim behaving weirdly    |
|    27 Jul 19 09:53:04    |
      On Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 2:48:06 PM UTC+2, Carlos E.R. wrote:       > On 27/07/2019 14.08, intertubes@gmx.net wrote:       > > I sometimes use vim to update text files and the current version for       Opensuse 15.1 (vim-8.0.1568-lp151.5.3.1.x86_64) seems to be misbehaving at       times.       > >       > > - I locate some text using "/wronglyText"       > > - ESC       > > - Now I can update it if I feel the need.       > >       > > - repeat with some other text, call it "otherText"       > >       > > Sometime around now, locating "newText" still works but when I hit ESC it       jumps away from the newly located text to a previous hit, now using "n" to       "locate next instance" it searches for "otherText".       > >       > > It may possibly be text number 4 which triggers this, not text number 3.       > > Exiting and re-entering vi does not help, it is fixated on the results of       a previous locate.       > > I have been looking around for where vim "remembers" things but without       success.       > >       >       > I am no expert on vim, very far from it. But I would suggest you create       > a new user, login, and try there, without doing any customization to vim.       >       > If you can then reproduce the issue, report in bugzilla and attach a       > text file that presents the issue.       >       > If you can not, then it is probably related to your customization and       > you need an expert on vim.       >       > --       > Cheers, Carlos.                     No customisation at all. I have fixed it (for now) but will experiment       further.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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