u/gfixler

Why does my terminal Vim look like this?
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Why does my terminal Vim look like this?

I'm tired of putting up with this. I made some computer changes earlier in the year, or late last (graphics card, drive, etc.), and when I got back up and running—Linux, Ubuntu 24.04, bash, Apprentice colorscheme—it started always doing this. I can select all text, and deselect, and it fixes it, but can leave a stray line at the bottom.

I've scoured Google a few times over the last year, conversed with ChatGPT, searched forums, mucked around a bit with settings, plugins, etc... I've tried a handful of suggested term and Vim fixes. I can't get anything to work. The background is supposed to be that dark gray, not black.

The terminal itself is fine; it's just Vim. Starting with -u NONE means standard black background (w/ green text), so the issue either doesn't exist, or isn't visible.

UPDATE: Ctrl+L/:redraw don't fix the issue, like selecting all does.

https://preview.redd.it/4a7gucquaf1h1.png?width=1010&format=png&auto=webp&s=3357d728700166aae6e0ba03332825d063f562dd

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