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Broken ligatures with `set colorcolumn`
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Description
When writing a character with a ligature in a column with a painted colorcolumn the ligature doesn't show.
You can see it in the screenshot. The first !== shows the correct ligature, but the second shows the actual characters.

This happens in latest stable build from homebrew
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Nov 18 2015 10:58:07)
MacOS X (unix) version
Included patches: 1-922
Compiled by Homebrew
Huge version with MacVim GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_binary
+arabic +find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse +tag_old_static
+autocmd +float +mouse_urxvt -tag_any_white
+balloon_eval +folding +mouse_xterm +tcl
+browse -footer +multi_byte +terminfo
++builtin_terms +fork() +multi_lang +termresponse
+byte_offset +fullscreen -mzscheme +textobjects
+cindent -gettext +netbeans_intg +title
+clientserver -hangul_input +odbeditor +toolbar
+clipboard +iconv +path_extra +transparency
+cmdline_compl +insert_expand +perl +user_commands
+cmdline_hist +jumplist +persistent_undo +vertsplit
+cmdline_info +keymap +postscript +virtualedit
+comments +langmap +printer +visual
+conceal +libcall +profile +visualextra
+cryptv +linebreak +python +viminfo
+cscope +lispindent -python3 +vreplace
+cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildignore
+cursorshape +localmap +reltime +wildmenu
+dialog_con_gui +lua +rightleft +windows
+diff +menu +ruby +writebackup
+digraphs +mksession +scrollbind -X11
+dnd +modify_fname +signs -xfontset
-ebcdic +mouse +smartindent +xim
+emacs_tags +mouseshape -sniff -xsmp
+eval +mouse_dec +startuptime -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra -mouse_gpm +statusline -xterm_save
+extra_search -mouse_jsbterm -sun_workshop -xpm
+farsi +mouse_netterm +syntax
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim"
Compilation: clang -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_MACVIM -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -pipe -DMACOS_X_UNIX -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE_DTRACE -arch x86_64 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Headers -D_REENTRANT=1 -D_THREAD_SAFE=1 -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE=1
Linking: clang -L. -L/usr/local/lib -L. -L/usr/local/lib -L/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config -lpython2.7 -framework CoreFoundation -L/usr/local/lib -o Vim -framework Cocoa -framework Carbon -lm -lncurses -liconv -framework Cocoa -pagezero_size 10000 -image_base 100000000 -L/usr/local/lib -lluajit-5.1 -fstack-protector -L/System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE -lperl -framework Python -F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Tcl -framework CoreFoundation -framework Ruby
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Research direction
Reproduce the problem in MacVim with set colorcolumn and a ligature such as !==, comparing text inside and outside the painted column. The fix is done when the ligature renders correctly in both locations; the issue does not mention a specific source file or test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, vim
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100