Quoting Gary Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think 'infocmp' is part of the default cygwin installation, so > you > should have it. Execute it in the same bash shell you used to run > > vim and see what you get. The first three lines should look like > this. > > # Reconstructed via infocmp from file: > /usr/share/terminfo/c/cygwin > cygwin|ansi emulation for Cygwin, > am, hs, mir, msgr, xon, > colors#8, it#8, pairs#64, > > That will verify that your terminfo database is properly installed > > and readable. If you get something else, it may indicate what the > > problem is. >
bash-3.2$infocmp infocmp: couldn't open terminfo file . So this could be a problem. But I dont know how to solve it. The termcap 20050421-1, terminfo 5.5_20061104-1 are already installed on this system via cygwin. Is there anything else I could do? > Something else you might do is execute > > vim --version > VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled May 14 2007 16:29:51) Compiled by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +postscript +printer +profile -python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim" Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 Linking: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -o vim.exe -lncurses -liconv -lintl > and will show whether or nor your vim was linked with the ncurses > library. > I have also installed the libncurses-devel 5.5-3 packages. But that did not change anything... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a free email account with anti spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com