Mark Woodward wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:29:29 +0900, Martin DeMello wrote:
>
>   
>> On 8/4/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb / cesmail.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> Gentoo Linux and CygWin are both doing it. I haven't tried the Windows
>>> one and I don't have access to a Mac. I think I'm going to try the Vim
>>> web site and see if they have a mailing list.
>>>
>>> It has something to do with syntax coloring and may only happen with
>>> some languages. When I first open a file, it's not there, but a few
>>> seconds into the edit, the colors and the two mysterious columns appear.
>>> IIRC it happens with Ruby and Perl, but not with R. And when I turn
>>> ":syn off" it doesn't go away.
>>>       
>> Try creating a new user with a minimal vimrc and see if it goes away?
>> I run vim7 under gentoo with zero problems (I'm using the vim-ruby gem
>> for the ruby-specific stuff and matchit.vim). Here's my vimrc:
>>
>> set nocompatible
>> syntax on
>> filetype on
>> filetype indent on
>> filetype plugin on
>> set sw=2
>> set ignorecase
>> set smartcase
>> set showmatch
>> set incsearch
>>
>>
>> martin
>>     
>
> I think it may be 'signs'?
> :h signs
>
>   
Yep ... it is/was signs. SInce I don't have a .vimrc, the Vim list folks 
think it's part of one of the plugins. It is documented in ":help sign" 
and it can be disabled with ":sign unplace *".