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#1 2017-05-24 14:28:48

n3rfp1x
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Problem with vim in openbox

Hey everyone,

I want to build my Arch Desktop with openbox still in the Oracle VM VirtualBox.
I can start my Arch Linux System without any issues and Openbox starts automaticly after login too.

But when i open vim in a Terminal Window for example rxvt-unicode or xterm the command line of vim shows no : commands and i can not leave vim with :q, :qw or :q! . 

and i dont know why hmm

thank you in advance!

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#2 2017-05-24 15:57:34

drcouzelis
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Re: Problem with vim in openbox

Your configuration is very similar to mine... But I don't have that issue in Vim.

Does Vim have that issue in another window manager? For example, running Vim in xterm in twm (xorg-twm)?

Are you using SCIM, or any IME to change language input?

Does the colon key ":" work in xterm, without running Vim?

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#3 2017-05-24 19:06:26

n3rfp1x
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Re: Problem with vim in openbox

when i use the gnome-terminal or the xterm the i have the same issues

but when i close openbox and type in the normal arch shell vim works perfectly

and i don't use SCIM hmm

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#4 2017-05-24 19:38:13

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Re: Problem with vim in openbox

What keyboard layout do you use in X?

Does Vim work correctly if you use the "us" layout?

Last edited by drcouzelis (2017-05-24 19:38:43)

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#5 2017-05-24 19:40:35

n3rfp1x
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Re: Problem with vim in openbox

in the normal arch command line it use the keyboard layout of my choice but not in openbox

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#6 2017-05-24 19:44:39

jasonwryan
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Re: Problem with vim in openbox

Please paste details of how you start X and your openbox configs.


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#7 2017-05-24 19:49:48

n3rfp1x
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Re: Problem with vim in openbox

at this time is use the default openbox configs and xinitrc file

the only changes what i do is i add the line "exec openbox-session" on the end of my xinitrc file

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