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Rendering Bug with the statusline
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Description
The following issue https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1520 was reproduced in MacVim. Maybe it should be tracked here as well.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked Vim issue #1520 and compare its statusline rendering behavior with MacVim. Reproduce the reported rendering problem in MacVim, then determine the affected rendering entry point; done means the discrepancy is fixed and the reproduction no longer occurs.
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
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100