What version you are using? mine are worked fine $ vim -version VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Aug 22 2017 12:33:17) Plus, I found some people posted[1] about $q appearance on vim first line when loaded a few days ago. If you don't mind, what is your "$ env | grep TERM" output ? [1] https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2008 On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Frédéric Bron <frederic.bron(a)m4x.org&gt; wrote: -- Best Regards, RN

On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 16:43 +0200, Frédéric Bron wrote: This has already been reported at https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2008 I leave you to go through all the comments about it! I use KDE, so added 'set term=konsole-256color' to my .vimrc file. John. -- John Horne | Senior Operations Analyst | Technology and Information Services University of Plymouth | Drake Circus | Plymouth | Devon | PL4 8AA | UK ________________________________ [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif]<http://www.plymouth... This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient then copying, distribution or other use of the information contained is strictly prohibited and you should not rely on it. If you have received this email in error please let the sender know immediately and delete it from your system(s). Internet emails are not necessarily secure. While we take every care, Plymouth University accepts no responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan emails and their attachments. Plymouth University does not accept responsibility for any changes made after it was sent. Nothing in this email or its attachments constitutes an order for goods or services unless accompanied by an official order form.

In fact I followed this suggestion for setting TERM: "Settings → Profiles, then for each profile Edit Profile → General → Environment: [ Edit… ]" Frédéric