[gentoo-user] Re: Strange reaction of gvim to : in a normal mode

[Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>]

From: Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>
To: Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>, vim_use@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Strange reaction of gvim to : in a normal mode
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:44:21 +0200

On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 14:51:24 +0200 Gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:

> I use gvim from xfce4 and sometimes get into a strange
> situation when pressing : while being in a normal mode
> leads not to the command line mode but instead highlights
> the icon "Copy to clipboad".
> 
> Just now I have noted that in this situation I also cannot
> see the version of my gvim via the Help menu (but saving via
> the the "Save current file" icon usually works).
>
> The output from the :version command (executed from a newly
> started gvim) is as follows:
>   
<skipped>
> 
> Any ideas how to fix it?
> 
> And whom to blame? (Except for myself, of course. :) 
> My first guess that something is wrong with xfce4 here.  

I cannot describe how to reproduce this behavior but usually
it appears after the following steps:

1. I work with gvim and firefox.
2. After finishing working with gvim, I turn to firefox,
   go to a news site and look through all its Twitter
   news band that is somehow embedded into its webpage.
   On this step I also open new tabs from the news band.
3. I return to gvim and try to save and close it using
   :wq command but it does not work any more as : sends
   focus to the "Copy to clipboard" icon.