I am getting a lot of erratic behavior in gvim (vim-5.3 and also 5.1-see 4.). Here is a list:
1. I went into vim. Seems to work ok. Then go into gui mode and the cursor doesn't work properly, and : doesnt take me to command mode. On exit I get the following: Warning: Name: subMenu Class: XmCascadeButton CascadeButton's parent is not a valid menu widget Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV Vim: preserving files... Vim: Finished 2. I executed gvim. When I went to FILE and then to OPEN and got the Edit File popup, the program aborted with the "Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV" message when I either doubleclicked or clicked OK on a highlighted file. 3. Again in gvim, I hit File and Open. At popup menu, I hit Cancel, and program froze. Couldn't even remove it with the usual clickoff button. Here is the output from :version. :version VIM - Vi IMproved 5.3 (1998 Aug 30, compiled Oct 5 1998 23:31:42) Compiled with (+) or without (-): +autocmd +browse ++builtin_terms +cindent +cscope +dialog_con_gui +digraphs +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path -filetype +find_in_path +fork() +GUI_Motif +insert_expand +langmap +lispindent +modify_fname +mouse +mouse_dec +mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte -perl +quickfix -python +rightleft +showcmd +smartindent -sniff +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +textobjects +user-commands +viminfo +wildignore +writebackup -xterm_save +X11 system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc" user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc" system menu file: "$VIM/menu.vim" default for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim" Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DUSE_GUI_MOTIF -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO -I/usr/include/X11 -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall -Wshadow -I/usr/ X11R6/include Linking: gcc -o vim -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext -lXm -lXt -lX11 -lncurses 4. I tried vim-5.1. I get the following cursor problem. PgDwn and PgUp dont work, and cursor arrows must be pressed approximately 8 times before responding with one space movement. I am using the xfce windows manager on Linux 2.0(Debian 1.3.1). I ran make test and everything reported OK. Could you help me correct the problem-I would like to get Vim to work but am a little frustrated. Thanks very much. Albert Hurd