I've just solved a packaging issue on the machine, and Apt has pulled down Vim 8.2.1897, with the same issue. Console output below:
philpem@cheetah:~$ gvim --version VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2 (2019 Dec 12, compiled Oct 24 2020 16:26:37) Included patches: 1-1897 Modified by jonathon.fernyho...@york.ac.uk Compiled by jonathon.fernyho...@york.ac.uk Huge version with GTK3 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +acl -farsi +mouse_sgr +tag_binary +arabic +file_in_path -mouse_sysmouse -tag_old_static +autocmd +find_in_path +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white +autochdir +float +mouse_xterm +tcl -autoservername +folding +multi_byte +termguicolors +balloon_eval -footer +multi_lang +terminal +balloon_eval_term +fork() -mzscheme +terminfo +browse +gettext +netbeans_intg +termresponse ++builtin_terms -hangul_input +num64 +textobjects +byte_offset +iconv +packages +textprop +channel +insert_expand +path_extra +timers +cindent +ipv6 +perl +title +clientserver +job +persistent_undo +toolbar +clipboard +jumplist +popupwin +user_commands +cmdline_compl +keymap +postscript +vartabs +cmdline_hist +lambda +printer +vertsplit +cmdline_info +langmap +profile +virtualedit +comments +libcall -python +visual +conceal +linebreak +python3 +visualextra +cryptv +lispindent +quickfix +viminfo +cscope +listcmds +reltime +vreplace +cursorbind +localmap +rightleft +wildignore +cursorshape +lua +ruby +wildmenu +dialog_con_gui +menu +scrollbind +windows +diff +mksession +signs +writebackup +digraphs +modify_fname +smartindent +X11 +dnd +mouse +sound -xfontset -ebcdic +mouseshape +spell +xim +emacs_tags +mouse_dec +startuptime +xpm +eval +mouse_gpm +statusline +xsmp_interact +ex_extra -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop +xterm_clipboard +extra_search +mouse_netterm +syntax -xterm_save system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc" user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc" 2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc" defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim" system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim" fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim" Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -Wdate-time -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/vim-KZNIhZ/vim-8.2.1897=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 Linking: gcc -L. -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fstack-protector -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-E -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -ltinfo -lselinux -lcanberra -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl -L/usr/lib -llua5.2 -Wl,-E -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lcrypt -L/usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu -lpython3.6m -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ltcl8.6 -ldl -lz -lpthread -lm -lruby-2.5 -lpthread -lgmp -ldl -lcrypt -lm philpem@cheetah:~$ gvim [>4;m [>4;2mphilpem@cheetah:~$ gvim [>4;m [>4;2mphilpem@cheetah:~$ Thanks Phil. On Wednesday, 6 January 2021 at 21:55:25 UTC john.b...@gmail.com wrote: > - Ubuntu 18.04 with your Vim 8.1 -- has the issue >> > > I wonder why you need Vim 8.1. At > https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/vim I see only vim 8.2 > for 18.04. > > Regards, John Little > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/6fc50aab-5f6f-4d6a-8176-07db0e57a9d7n%40googlegroups.com.
