> > > control: tag -1 moreinfo > > > > > > > > This happens randomly and rather often. Both in vim as well as on the > > > > command line. > > > > In vim I can resolve it by pressing ^L, on the command line by pressing > > > > enter. > > > > I'll see if I can add a screenshot. > > > > > > few question on this: > > > > > > - when did it start happening? > > > > This problem is there for at least 2 years, maybe longer. > > And you decided to report it just know? I never experienced this, btw.
Yes on two different laptops (a lenovo and some german brand). Also a friend of mine has the same experience. > > > - does it happen with other vte-based terminal like lxterminal > > > > It also happened with gnome-terminal but from what I heard (haven't used > > gnome-terminal for a while) this has been fixed. > > gnome-terminal uses vte3, not vte2 so it's not relevant. Please try > lxterminal. will do Folkert van Heusden -- Nagios user? Check out CoffeeSaint - the versatile Nagios status viewer! http://www.vanheusden.com/java/CoffeeSaint/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com