I hear that - but if I want gvim I'll install gvim. What it's doing here is installing something I didn't ask for, well actually, it's fooling me into giving me something I don't need.
Thanks. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Giorgos Keramidas < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 22:19:02 +0100, Tony Maserati <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm just curious - what's the point of including X11 as a dependency > > to vim? And then making a vim-lite port (which you usually discover > > after installing X11). How about making it vim and vim-x11 instead? > > Maybe because gvim is really *much* nicer than plain console-based vim > sessions. > > The vim-lite port exists for those cases when you really want to install > just plain good ol' vim without all the bells and whistles. You can also > install editors/vim with WITHOUT_X11='true' to avoid the pulling of all > this X11 stuff. > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
