On Sun, Jun 04, 2017, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > Hello all, > > I am currently using Vim 8.0. When I use vim as my preferred editor for > git. > > When I try to commit a change in git it open up vim to type the commit > message. Most of the time the text cursor seems to be positioned > somewhere in the middle of the commit template (the comments). As a > result, I am unable to type in the commit message directly after > switching to "insert" mode in vim. Any reasons for this misbehaviour ? > > Environments: > Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) > Shell: bash > > -- > Regards, > Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91...@gmail.com>
Do you have an autocmd to resume the last position in a file when opening that file later? I had one like that (I forget where I copied it from), which I eventually modified to exclude gitcommit files. See the solutions at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2393671/vim-restores-cursor-position-exclude-special-files . > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Eric Christopherson -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
