On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:30:19PM +0200, Leo Moisio wrote: > Package: vim > Version: 1:7.1.314-3+b1 > Severity: normal > > > vim -u NONE -U NONE > :set mouse=a > :set ruler > Write a line longer than 223 chars, it can be a long line of letter a or > whatever.
It's a well-known limitation (perhaps it's not documented in vim's help). The escape sequences used for the conventional xterm mouse protocol store the x/y values in one byte each, after adding 32 (space). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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