patch 8.1.1303: not possible to hide a balloon commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/be0a2597ae0d9eb0b8a8a2fc9ae1784faa929844 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu May 9 13:50:16 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1303: not possible to hide a balloon Problem: Not possible to hide a balloon. Solution: Hide the balloon when balloon_show() is called with an empty string or list. Add balloon_gettext().

" vimrc for test_gui_init.vim

" Note that this flag must be added in the .vimrc file, before switching on
" syntax or filetype recognition (when the |gvimrc| file is sourced the system
" menu has already been loaded; the ":syntax on" and ":filetype on" commands
" load the menu too).
set guioptions+=M