On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 04:51:13AM -0800, Mikey wrote:
> On Jan 22, 11:39 pm, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On 22/01/12 22:12, Mikey wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > I use GVim ver. 7.3.154 with GTK2 GUI on Slackware 13.37. During page
> > > down/up scrolling with Ctrl-F/B keys, screen flickers. It is
> > > especially well seen when GVim is maximized and working with large
> > > files (for example /var/log/messages) where text fills entire screen
> > > (not only from top to bottom, but also from left to right). Launching
> > > GVim with '-u NONE - U NONE' changes nothing. For additional
> > > comparison I opened the same file with Emacs 23.3.1 and rendering was
> > > very smooth. Of course both editors use exactly the same font. Is
> > > there any chance that GVim will use equally efficient rendering
> > > technique as Emacs? I'm a visually impaired person and this problem
> > > has a great meaning for me. As far as I know Emacs uses libXft to
> > > render fonts. Maybe lack of libXft support in GVim is the core of the
> > > issue?
> >
> > > Regards, Mike.
> >
> > Try using a more recent version. Vim 7.3.154 dates back from 2011-04-02;
> > the current patchlevel is 7.3.409. In the 255 fixes between your version
> > and the current one, some flicker problems have been fixed but I'm not
> > sure they are exactly what you're seeing. IMHO there's not much risk in
> > trying anyway.
> >
> > See:
> > http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.3/README
> > a one-line description of every patch to Vim 7.3
> >
> > and if you want to compile your own Vim (not very hard)
> > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial
> > http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelynck/vim/compunix.htm
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tony.
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> I've built GVim 7.3.409 but problem still exists.
i wonder if you are experiencing the scrolling jitters caused by
line wrap -- do the modules you scroll have long lines, and do
you have wrap turned on? if so, just to see if that's what's
causing what you see, try
:set nowrap
and tell us if you still see the jitters
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