On 22 June 2006 17:36, Vicki Brown wrote:
> Neil Watson <cygwin <at> watson-wilson.ca> writes:
>>> And your DISPLAY environment variable is set to...?
>>
>> Ah ha! I set my DISPLAY Windows variable to 127.0.0.1:0.0. Now it works.
>> Thank you.
>>
>
>
> Well, that didn't work for me. :-(
> I can run the Windows GVIM but not the cygwin gvim (?)
>
> Cygwin shell. No X.
That'll be the problem then. Cygwin gvim is an X program.
> Trying to run gvim from the cygwin command line.
>
> DISPLAY: 127.0.0.1:0.0
Since the DISPLAY variable is meaningful only to X, setting this will have
no effect if you have no X.
> gvim: /usr/bin/gvim
> gvim: cannot open display (still)
That's because, although gvim now knows which display you want it to use,
you haven't actually created that display by starting up an X server.
cheers,
DaveK
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