On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:05:27 +0400 dev-ran...@mail.ru wrote: > 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.
It does not, however, work if your X libraries are broken. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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