Corinna, Looks like this version of vim doesn't have GUI support compiled in.
Are there any plans to build GUI support so that vim -g works on Cygwin? Thanks, Brett --------------------------------------------------------------- Brett C. Serkez ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: Updated: vim-6.2-1 > I've updated the version of vim to 6.2-1. > > This version is an update to the today's release of Vim 6.2. > > It should be available on the mirrors within a few hours. Like previous > versions it's build with multibyte editing support but without any > interpreter support. > > The official release message: > ======================================================================= > Announcing: Vim (Vi IMproved) version 6.2 - the Amiga memorial edition > Author: Bram Moolenaar et al. > > > Announcement > ------------ > > This is a bugfix release of Vim. Since Vim 6.1 hundreds of reported > problems have been fixed. Also included are new and updated syntax > files, translated menus and messages. > > The main new features are: > - Support for GTK 2. (Daniel Elstner) > - Support for editing Arabic text. (Nadim Shaikli & Isam Bayazidi) > - ":try" command and exception handling. (Servatius Brandt) > - Support for the neXtaw GUI toolkit (mostly like Athena). (Alexey Froloff) > - Cscope support for Win32. (Sergey Khorev) > - Support for PostScript printing in various 8-bit encodings. (Mike Williams) > > Once you have installed 6.2 you can find details about the changes > since Vim 6.1 with ":help version-6.2". There is a long list of fixed > bugs. > > What is Vim? > ------------ > > Vim is an almost 100% compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. Many new > features have been added: Multi level undo, syntax highlighting, command line > history, filename completion, block operations, etc. Those who don't know Vi > can probably skip this message, unless you are prepared to learn something new > and useful. Vim is especially recommended for editing programs. > > Vim runs on almost any Unix flavor, MS-DOS, MS-Windows 3.1, MS-Windows > 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, OS/2, Atari MiNT, BeOS, VMS, RISC OS, Macintosh and > Amiga. > > For more information, see http://www.vim.org. This is also a great place > to find Vim tips and scripts! > > Where to get it > --------------- > > Information about which files to download for what system: > > http://www.vim.org/download.php > > All files can be found below these directories: > > ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/ > http://ftp.vim.org/editors/vim/ > > A list of mirror sites can be found here: > > http://www.vim.org/mirrors.php > > An overview of the files: > > UNIX: > unix/vim-6.2.tar.bz2 sources + runtime files, bzip2 compressed > unix/vim-6.2-rt1.tar.gz runtime files part 1 > unix/vim-6.2-rt2.tar.gz runtime files part 2 > unix/vim-6.2-src1.tar.gz sources part 1 > unix/vim-6.2-src2.tar.gz sources part 2 > unix/vim-6.1-6.2.diff.gz diff between 6.1 and 6.2 > > VARIOUS: > extra/vim-6.2-extra.tar.gz extra files > extra/vim-6.2-lang.tar.gz multi-language files > extra/vim-6.1-6.2-extra.diff.gz extra files diff > extra/vim-6.1-6.2-lang.diff.gz language files diff > doc/vim62html.zip help files converted to HTML > > MS-WINDOWS: > pc/gvim62.exe self-installing, includes all runtime files > pc/vim62rt.zip runtime files (all of them) > pc/vim62lang.zip files for translated messages and menus > pc/gvim62.zip GUI binary for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP > pc/gvim62ole.zip GUI binary with OLE support > pc/vim62d16.zip 16 bits real mode - works on any system > pc/vim62d32.zip 32 bits protected mode - needs 386 and DPMI > pc/vim62w32.zip console version for Windows NT/2000/XP > pc/vim62src.zip sources for PC (with CR-LF) > > AMIGA: > amiga/vim62rt.tgz runtime files (always needed) > amiga/vim62src.tgz sources packed for Amiga > (no binary yet, sorry) > > > Mailing lists > ------------- > > For user questions you can turn to the Vim mailing list. There are a > lot of tips, scripts and solutions. You can ask your Vim questions, but > only if you subscribe. See http://www.vim.org/maillist.php. An archive > is kept at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vim. > > If you want to help Vim development or get the latest patches, subscribe > to the vim-dev mailing list. An archive is kept at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev. > > Subject specific lists: > Multi-byte issues: vim-multibyte http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vim-multibyte > Macintosh issues: vim-mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vim-mac > > > Reporting bugs > -------------- > > Send them to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please describe the problem precisely. > All the time spent on answering mail is subtracted from the time that is > spent on improving Vim! Always give a reproducable example and try to > find out which settings or other things influence the appearance of the > bug. Try starting without your own vimrc file: "vim -u NONE -U NONE". > Try different machines if possible. See ":help bugs" in Vim. Send me a > patch if you can! > > If something needs discussing with other developers, send a message to the > vim-dev mailing list. You need to subscribe first. > > > Happy Vimming! > ======================================================================= > > To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on > the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your > system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. > > If you have general questions or comments, please send them to the > Cygwin mailing list at: "cygwin at cygwin dot com". I would appreciate > it if you would use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. > > *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** > > If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look > at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. > Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: > > http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple > > Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available > starting at this URL. > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
