mrxvt breaks vim

[Evan Klitzke]

Binary package hint: vim

When i enter vim from mrxvt, the first command acts like it was prefixed with 'c'. That is, if I type a movement command (e.g. j, G) it causes part of the buffer to be deleted and I am entered into insert mode. This is the same problem as http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457048

When i asked about this on #vim someone told me:

13:50 < godlygeek> evan_: upgrade to a newer vim. it's a known bug that was fixed in a (relatively) recent patch.

so maybe vim just needs to be bumped.

[Evan Klitzke (eklitzke2)]

I'm on hardy beta, the versions of mrxvt and vim are:

Package: mrxvt
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 352
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Jan Christoph Nordholz <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.5.3-1

Package: vim
Priority: optional
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 1552
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian VIM Maintainers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3

[Evan Klitzke (eklitzke2)]

FYI I just built vim by grabbing the 7.1 tarball and applying all of the patches (up to 291) and when I use my compiled vim I no longer see this problem.

[avdd (avdd)]

I don't think upgrading vim on the hundreds of machines I need to log into (which may not be under my control) is really a viable solution to this bug.

[Brian Mathiyakom (brian-rarevisions)]

I'm still seeing this bug in Hardy.

mrxvt v0.5.3-1
vim v7.1.138

[Brian Mathiyakom (brian-rarevisions)]

My comment is redundant, please disregard.