Bug#587704: vim-gnome: built-in perl emulator Buffer->Get method doesn't work as documented

[Britton Leo Kerin]

Package: vim-gnome
Version: 1:7.1.314-3+lenny2
Severity: normal


This fragment:

our $curbuf;
my $buf_header = $curbuf->Get( 1 .. 3 );

Doesn't work as described in the documentation, I end up with $buf_header empty
(with a buffer that does contain these lines).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vim-gnome depends on:
ii  libacl1               2.2.47-2           Access control list shared library
ii  libbonoboui2-0        2.22.0-1           The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                 2.7-18lenny2       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libglib2.0-0          2.16.6-3           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0           2.20.1.1-1         The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0          2.20.1.1-2         The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgpm2               1.20.4-3.1         General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libgtk2.0-0           2.12.12-1~lenny1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6               2:1.0.4-1          X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5           5.7+20081213-1     shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpango1.0-0         1.20.5-5+lenny1    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libperl5.10           5.10.0-19lenny2    Shared Perl library
ii  libruby1.8            1.8.7.72-3lenny1   Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.
ii  libselinux1           2.0.65-5           SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                2:1.0.3-2          X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6              2:1.1.5-2          X11 client-side library
ii  libxt6                1:1.0.5-3          X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  python2.5             2.5.2-15+lenny1    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  tcl8.4                8.4.19-2           Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8
ii  vim-common            1:7.1.314-3+lenny2 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-gui-common        1:7.1.314-3+lenny2 Vi IMproved - Common GUI files
ii  vim-runtime           1:7.1.314-3+lenny2 Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim-gnome recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vim-gnome suggests:
pn  cscope                        <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.22.0-1   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  ttf-dejavu                    2.25-3     Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu-
pn  vim-doc                       <none>     (no description available)

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