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  • Vim - Source of delayed display effects (e.g. when pasting data)?

    From Janis Papanagnou@janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com to comp.editors on Thu Feb 13 06:07:15 2025
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    There's something odd that I observed over the years with Vim...

    When inserting a new empty line (with 'O') or pasting the contents
    of a copy/delete operation (with 'P') there's (for a short moment)
    first an 'O' and a 'P' respectively seen on the target line before
    the desired text contents are placed there.

    (That happens occasionally and I cannot force reproduction of this
    effect).

    It's not a problem, just a slight distraction, but I thought I ask
    (out of curiosity) whether someone has an idea what could be the
    reason for that effect.

    Janis
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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.editors on Thu Feb 13 05:31:21 2025
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    On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:07:15 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

    There's something odd that I observed over the years with Vim...

    Just tried it on my Linux system, didnrCOt see any problem.
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  • From Janis Papanagnou@janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com to comp.editors on Thu Feb 13 07:22:44 2025
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    On 13.02.2025 06:31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:07:15 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

    There's something odd that I observed over the years with Vim...

    Just tried it on my Linux system, didnrCOt see any problem.

    Yes, as said, it's not reproducible, but it also happens not rarely;
    if I move around in a text and do some operations I eventually get
    such an effect.

    (I seem to remember you're primarily an Emacs user, so probably a
    regular Vim user might more likely have that effect observed.)

    Janis

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