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.
it sets the title of xterm, I guess that's why it connects to X server
(if available), notice that when you run vim in xterm and the user is
not allowed to connect to given X server you get error messages
complaining about not being able to connect to X server.
erik
