The message actually appears when Unity fails to load the gvim menu options (e.g., "File", "Edit", "Tools", etc.) into the global menu, and the shift in the gvim buffer actually results as the gvim menu appearing in the gvim window. In some cases, however, the menu will even fail to show in the gvim window.
** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771810 Title: gvim occasionally shows error "Unable to register window with path... Timeout was reached" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs