Vim color glitch using Xterm

Question

Hello,
I recently started to use Xterm rather than urxvt, and there's a weird glitch when using vim. I have cursorline enabled, so the background of the cursor line is a different color from the regular background, and I used this config in urxvt and termite and it works properly. However, in Xterm, when I scroll down, the cursor line leaves a "trace" on the background where there is no text.
http://i.imgur.com/9CO522D.png
This is a screenshot of the issue I'm having, and I am using vim to edit my colorscheme file, urxvt is on the left and xterm is on the right. As I said, this colorscheme gave me no problems on urxvt and termite, but in case I'm missing something I thought I might as well show it.
Also, the comments in the colorscheme file shouldn't have a separate background either, and they don't in urxvt, and there shouldn't be yellow highlighting on '=dar' at the top of the colorscheme file. I don't understand why there can be so many differences from terminal to terminal.
Can anyone help me fix this?
Thanks,
wadawalnut
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Answer 1

Does the problem occur with other vim colorschemes? Perhaps we can eliminate the colorscheme and any .vimrc configurations or plugins as the source of the problem.
You can create a very basic .vimrc file, perhaps naming it basic.vim
set nocompatible
filetype plugin on
set t_Co=256
syntax on
Start vim using basic.vim instead of your .vimrc:
$ vim -u basic.vim <file_to_edit>
Vim should open with the default colorscheme. Then add cursorline highlighting and see if the problem exists.
:se cul
If the graphical glitch is there, you've pretty much eliminated your .vimrc as the source of the problem. If the "tracing" problem isn't there, change to a colorscheme where you know it has previously occurred.
:colo <my_colorscheme>
Try editing different filetypes to make sure the problem isn't a filetype or syntax plugin.
Edit: Ctrl+l, (Control plus lowercase L) should refresh the screen in vim.
Last edited by thisoldman (2015-03-08 18:47:05)