[vim/vim] laststatus=2 breaks au InsertEnter * hi ModeMsg (#7751)

[Paul Swanson]

Hello,

Given the following .vimrc in Vim 8.2:

set nocompatible
set laststatus=2
au InsertEnter * hi ModeMsg ctermfg=yellow

Upon entering insert mode for the first time, the ModeMsg foreground colour is unchanged; subsequent entries to insert mode see the ModeMsg foreground colour change to yellow as expected.

If the "set laststatus=2" line is removed or changed another valid value, the ModeMsg highlighting is changed on both initial and subsequent entries to insert mode, as expected.

This seems like a bug to me. Can anyone else confirm this behaviour?

Thanks in advance.

Paul Swanson

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[Bram Moolenaar]

Closed #7751 via 2e6cdb9.

[Bram Moolenaar]

Paul Swanson wrote:

> Given the following .vimrc in Vim 8.2:
>
> set nocompatible
> set laststatus=2
> au InsertEnter * hi ModeMsg ctermfg=yellow
>
> Upon entering insert mode for the first time, the ModeMsg foreground colour is unchanged; subsequent entries to insert mode see the ModeMsg foreground colour change to yellow as expected.
>
> If the "set laststatus=2" line is removed or changed another valid value, the ModeMsg highlighting is changed on both initial and subsequent entries to insert mode, as expected.
>
> This seems like a bug to me. Can anyone else confirm this behaviour?

It's more prominent if the highlight is reset in InsertLeave:

set laststatus=2
au InsertEnter * hi ModeMsg ctermfg=yellow

au InsertLeave * hi ModeMsg ctermfg=black

You can fix it by adding a redraw:

au InsertEnter * hi ModeMsg ctermfg=yellow | redraw
au InsertLeave * hi ModeMsg ctermfg=black | redraw

But I can change the code that takes care of it.

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[Paul Swanson]

Thanks for your prompt help with that, Bram.

Sincerely,

Paul Swanson

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