Bug#842833: vim-gtk3: Default vim does not allow pasting with mouse as root

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Package: vim-gtk3
Version: 2:8.0.0022-1
Severity: important

As user (with hightly customized configuration files) the following
works; as root (where nothing has been tweeked) it does not work by
default; however, if I use the tip from reportbug, i.e.
vim -u NONE -U NONE -N
it works.

1) Switch to a vt (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
2) log in as root
3) start gpm if necessary
4) mark something with the left mouse button (double click)
5) vim /tmp/foo
6) Press i
7) press middle mouse button

Expected: The text mark in 4) is inserted
Actual: Nothing, if I press ESC some old text is inserted (from some
previous session).

If I change 5) to 
5b) vim -u NONE -U NONE -N /tmp/foo

then it works

I've never experienced this before with vim for the past ~ 15 years
and I never customize the configuration for root.


-- Package-specific info:



--- real paths of main Vim binaries ---
/usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.gtk3
/usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.gtk3
/usr/bin/gvim is /usr/bin/vim.gtk3

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.5.5samd.10-grsec (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages vim-gtk3 depends on:
ii  libacl1              2.2.52-3
ii  libc6                2.24-5
ii  libcairo2            1.14.6-1+b1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0   2.36.0-1
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.50.1-1
ii  libgpm2              1.20.4-6.2
ii  libgtk-3-0           3.22.2-1
ii  libice6              2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii  liblua5.2-0          5.2.4-1.1+b1
ii  libpango-1.0-0       1.40.3-2
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0  1.40.3-2
ii  libperl5.24          5.24.1~rc3-3
ii  libpython3.5         3.5.2-6+b1
ii  libruby2.3           2.3.1-5+b1
ii  libselinux1          2.5-3
ii  libsm6               2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii  libtcl8.6            8.6.6+dfsg-1
ii  libtinfo5            6.0+20160917-1
ii  libx11-6             2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxt6               1:1.1.5-1
ii  vim-common           2:8.0.0022-1
ii  vim-gui-common       2:8.0.0022-1
ii  vim-runtime          2:8.0.0022-1

vim-gtk3 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vim-gtk3 suggests:
pn  cscope            <none>
ii  fonts-dejavu      2.37-1
pn  gnome-icon-theme  <none>
ii  vim-doc           2:8.0.0022-1

-- no debconf information

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