On 24 Aug 2001 09:04:25 -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > > > This wouldn't bother me too much, but the app that complains is vim. > > > Not the gui version, the console version. I have version 5.8.007-4 instal > > led > > > of vim-rt and vim-gtk. I can't install just vim, because it conflicts with > > > vim-gtk, which for the most part provides the console version. > > > Is this a vim bug, or some special feature I'm unaware of? > > > > No... > > > > You can choose either console vim ( vim package ) > > or _both_ console and gtk (vim-gtk package) This is done for people who > > do > > n't > > want to install xlibraries just to use vim. > > > But why does the console call to vim check the DISPLAY variable? If I unset > it, > vim runs just fine.
Is there a command line switch to tell vim to not try and use the gtk portions? Emacs does a similar thing (tries to use X) to me if I forget the -nw switch on it. I'm guessing it's a default to try and be the most resource hungry editor it can be ;>. --mike
