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[Scott Sanbar <scott.sanbar@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I use the following command to load vi(m) in a new gnome-terminal window
with altered geometry:

gnome-terminal --geometry 156x48+80+50 -e "/usr/bin/vi .bashrc"

About 60% of the time, when I do this, it loads the text within vim as
follows:

1.  The top line of text seems to be the next line after the line of text that would have been displayed had
      I started vim in the default sized gnome-terminal window
2.  After what seems to be the text normally displayed below that offset, after what seems to be the
     number of lines displayed as if it were in a default sized gnome-terminal window, the remaining lines
     are blank
3.  The only way to correct the display is to scroll down until a full screen of text is normally displayed in vi,
      then everything starts working normally

Note that this behavior happens only around 60-70% of the time -
sometimes, issuing the command will work correctly, sometimes as
described above.  It is very repeatable though on my machine.

This behavior happens on my native Ubuntu 14.04 box as well as on my
14.04.1 box within a virtual machine under Windows 8.1 (both for hyper-v
and vmware)

The reason I think it may be vim, not gnome-terminal, is that nano,
irssi and the man pages all work fine every time when I issue the same
command but substitute them inside the quotes above.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: vim-tiny 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Feb  4 02:35:03 2015
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.tiny
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-02 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

** Attachment added: "Vim Bug Screenshot - shows blank lines at bottom and top offset by default screensize worth of lines"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1417978/+attachment/4312062/+files/vim%20bug%20screenshot

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1417978

Title:
  vim improperly displaying text when loaded in gnome-terminal with
  altered geometry

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I use the following command to load vi(m) in a new gnome-terminal
  window with altered geometry:

  gnome-terminal --geometry 156x48+80+50 -e "/usr/bin/vi .bashrc"

  About 60% of the time, when I do this, it loads the text within vim as
  follows:

  1.  The top line of text seems to be the next line after the line of text that would have been displayed had
        I started vim in the default sized gnome-terminal window
  2.  After what seems to be the text normally displayed below that offset, after what seems to be the
       number of lines displayed as if it were in a default sized gnome-terminal window, the remaining lines
       are blank
  3.  The only way to correct the display is to scroll down until a full screen of text is normally displayed in vi,
        then everything starts working normally

  Note that this behavior happens only around 60-70% of the time -
  sometimes, issuing the command will work correctly, sometimes as
  described above.  It is very repeatable though on my machine.

  This behavior happens on my native Ubuntu 14.04 box as well as on my
  14.04.1 box within a virtual machine under Windows 8.1 (both for
  hyper-v and vmware)

  The reason I think it may be vim, not gnome-terminal, is that nano,
  irssi and the man pages all work fine every time when I issue the same
  command but substitute them inside the quotes above.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: vim-tiny 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Feb  4 02:35:03 2015
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.tiny
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-02 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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