[Bug 776499] Re: gvim gets no global menu, timeout warning on the console

[eldad]

In my case the forking (-f) or launching using the Unity interface worked ONLY after
removing ~/.gnome2/Vim and all ~/.gnome2/gvim* files.

for now, when I launch from the command line (which is the usual case):
gvim filename.ext -f &

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Title:
  gvim gets no global menu, timeout warning on the console

Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: vim

  Whenever I launch gvim from a terminal in Unity, I get this message
  after a few seconds

    ** (vim:5800): WARNING **: Unable to register window with path
  '/com/canonical/menu/5400003': Timeout was reached

  The gvim window has a regular menu bar and doesn't use Unity's global
  menu.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: vim-gnome 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue May  3 18:41:32 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=lt_LT:en
   LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=lt_LT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (4 days ago)

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