On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 07:53:22PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > It's there because if you break your X you probably want a usable > editor to help you fix it.
vim, compiled with "vim-with-x" works correctly when X is broken. It doesn't enable X11-based UI, like flag "X" suggests. It just enables optional connection to x-server to use its clipboard, and vim still works if that connection fails. X11-based UI is in separate package, "app-editors/gvim"
