Re: Problem with Integrated Vim Editor on Win 10

From: Peter Olsson <peter@olssononline.se>
Date: Mar 31, 2016, 06:33 UTC
Message-ID: <loom.20160331T083046-590@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAAErz9i1=EOemq2qNijRwgY6MNmPJRhV+mFfeD1FZa5uPwvCJw@mail.gmail.com>

Zachary Turner <zturner <at> google.com> writes:

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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 <at> 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

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> 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?
>

Same problem here, but on Windows 7. I'm pretty sure that this was introduced in version 2.8.0 for Windows. Before upgrading, I used the latest 2.7 version and it worked as expected.

I'm not sure where we should report this?

/Peter