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Re: Problem with Integrated Vim Editor on Win 10

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ZTZachary Turner <zturner@google.com>
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Mar 31, 2016, 17:20 UTC
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I dug into this some more, and as surprising as it is, I believe the release of Git 2.8.0 is just busted. I had an installer for 2.7.0 lying around, so after uninstalling 2.8.0 and re-installing 2.7.0, everything works fine.

I'm not terribly active in the Git community so I don't know what the procedure is for things like this, but this seems like a fairly serious regression. Suggestions on how to proceed?

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Zachary Turner <zturner@google.com> wrote:
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> Hi, just recently I installed the latest build of Windows 10 of my
> machine. This is my second Win10 machine. On the other I am using git
> 2.7.0.windows.1 and everything is working just fine.
>
> On the second machine I am using git 2.8.0.windows.1 and vim does not
> work. I sent a bug report to bugs@vim.org, but frankly I don't know whose
> bug this is, so I'm including it here as well.
>
> The problem is that vim is just a black screen when git launches it. If I
> mash enough keys eventually I see something that resembles vim output at
> the bottom, but I can't actually use it.
>
> I tried going into program files\git\usr\bin and just running vim.exe.
> Again, black screen. If I press enter about 10 times I can see the
> introduction screen. Then if I press : about 10-20 times it will go into
> command mode and a single : appears. after pressing a few more keys all
> the rest of the :s appear. Basically, everything is completely unusable.
>
> I tried downloading vim 7.4 from www.vim.org, and low and behold, it
> works. For now I've replaced the copy of vim.exe that ships with git with
> the copy from www.vim.org. But this leaves me nervous that something is
> seriously wrong.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this before, or have any ideas how I might
> better diagnose this?
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  1. Zachary TurnerMar 31, 2016
  2. Theo NiessinkMar 31, 2016
  3. Peter OlssonMar 31, 2016
  4. Dennis KaarsemakerMar 31, 2016
  5. Zachary TurnerMar 31, 2016
  6. Konstantin KhomoutovMar 31, 2016
  7. Philip OakleyMar 31, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2016

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