Getting weird blue screen trying to move in vim editor. #12975

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opened 2026-01-31 03:30:28 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
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Originally created by @AzadKshitij on GitHub (Mar 11, 2021).

Environment

Windows build number: Win32NT             10.0.19043.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19043.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.6.10571.0

Steps to reproduce

vim fileName.c

After opening file in vim editor write some code

int main(){
        return 0;
}

Try to go further left from the starting point of line..

Expected behavior

Nothing should change

Actual behavior

6e4b54e31ae9a2f42fd4cccc4bb2d35c6f4f635c

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claunia added the Needs-TriageNeeds-Tag-Fix labels 2026-01-31 03:30:28 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2021):

This is a "visual bell" -- vim is telling us to invert the screen colors for a split second to tell you that you did something it didn't like.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2021): This is a "visual bell" -- vim is telling us to invert the screen colors for a split second to tell you that you did something it didn't like.
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2021):

Here's some info on disabling belling, both audible and visual

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2021): [Here's some info on disabling belling, both audible and visual](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5310/how-can-i-disable-bells-visualbells-in-vim)
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@AzadKshitij commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2021):

But I'm not getting that same thing in command prompt!! What's the reason??

@AzadKshitij commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2021): But I'm not getting that same thing in command prompt!! What's the reason??
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2021):

But I'm not getting that same thing in command prompt!! What's the reason??

That's because conhost (the vintage console application) doesn't support visual bells.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2021): > But I'm not getting that same thing in command prompt!! What's the reason?? That's because conhost (the vintage console application) _doesn't support visual bells_.
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2021):

doesn't support visual bells

YET. The next version of Windows will almost certainly have support for visual bells in conhost.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Mar 12, 2021): > doesn't support visual bells YET. The next version of Windows will almost certainly have support for visual bells in conhost.
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Reference: starred/terminal#12975