I tried the DISPLAY variable since it seemed the simplest solution, and it
worked. :) I had logged out of X before I left the machine, but echo
$DISPLAY still existed. When I cleared that, I could use vim
remotely while su to other users.
Thanks!
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Laurel Fan wrote:
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> > Thanks, I'll look into that, but I should have mentioned earlier that I am
> > trying to use the text mode of vim. :/ I have vi linked to vim, and I
> > thought to use it as X, I needed to issue xvim instead.
>
> Strange. My vim seems to start in text mode by default. Maybe your
> other users have vi linked to something else? Have you tried unsetting
> the $DISPLAY environment variable? Lots of stuff starts in X if it sees
> a $DISPLAY and text if it doesnt.
>
> Syntax in tcsh or csh is:
>
> unsetenv DISPLAY
>
> not sure what it is on other shells. Someone else can probably fill
> that in if you need it.
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