The cleanest workaround I could come up with: In my ~/.vimrc.after (but it could go in any of the *rc files vim reads on startup in your config), I remap F10 to something safe and useful.
if has("gui_running") " work around linux gui F10 problem by making it a nice safe refresh if has("gui_gnome") || has("gui_gtk") || has("gui_gtk2") map <F10> <c-L> endif " other gui related stuff . . . . . . endif -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702314 Title: Pressing F10 makes desktop unresponsive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/702314/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs