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top part of the manual entry missing and unable to scroll #443

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
On OSX 10.7.5, macvim Snapshot 66.

It seems that there is a general problem with scrolling, which others have 
reported. I have noticed the following issue:

Try the command ':!pydoc def'. The result is only the bottom part of the manual 
page with the top missing. All attempts to scroll up fail. 

Thanks
Peiman

Original issue reported on code.google.com by peimankh...@gmail.com on 5 May 2013 at 1:15

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
There is no terminal emulation built in to any of the GUI ports of Vim 
(including MacVim) so commands like ":!less", ":!man" etc do not work that 
well.  If your workflow relies on interactive terminal capabilities then you 
should run Vim in a terminal (without the GUI).

It sounds like this is the problem you are running in to, but please correct me 
if I am wrong.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 5 May 2013 at 7:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Thanks for your reply. I only just started using macvim (and vim) yesterday so 
I did not know this. Yes, it sounds like I should be running vim in the 
terminal. Despite the complete lack of familiarity with vim, for some reason I 
really feel at home with it! 

Thanks

Original comment by peimankh...@gmail.com on 5 May 2013 at 9:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
No worries.  If you have any more questions you can bring them up on the 
vim_use Google group, or vim_mac in case you have a question that is specific 
to Vim on the Mac.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 5 May 2013 at 12:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Thanks. I certainly will. In fact, I have found a trick to let me stay with 
macvim: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Display_output_of_shell_commands_in_new_window

The idea is to open the terminal window in a scratch buffer. 

P

Original comment by peimankh...@gmail.com on 6 May 2013 at 11:13