On 2019-12-10, J. Lewis Muir wrote: > Hello! > > In an 80-column terminal, when I invoke vim on an existing empty file > with a name that is 56 'x' characters, it displays the following prompt > before I can edit the file: > > ---- > "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 0 lines, 0 > characters > > Press ENTER or type command to continue > ---- > > How can I stop it from doing that? > > NOTE: The file has to exist for it to do this. If it's a new file that > Vim will create, Vim does not show the prompt.
This looks like a new bug. The presence of the 't' flag in the 'shortmess' option should prevent this, and that flag is there by default. I just verified that it used to work in 7.4.1689 and 8.0.1453 but is now broken in my 8.1.2352 (on Linux) as well as your 8.1.2400. Regards, Gary -- -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20191211091006.GA20506%40phoenix.
