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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: new local USE var: vim-with-x
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Bill Kenworthy wrote:	[Tue Apr 29 2003, 02:36:17AM EDT]
> Because if you build vim with X in your use flags and you try and run
> "vim" from a non-X console or a console ssh session it wont run!  I
> have had to stuff around compiling vim with USE="-X" with two machines
> now so I could fix other problems from a console remote login.  vim
> should default to -X unless overidden specifically and locally.  Note
> that you do want X support for most other apps though, so honouring a
> global USE is not a good idea for vim..

Just to throw one more thought out there...  The behavior you describe
above is actually a bug.  It's fixed in vim 6.1.474 and in 6.2a.  I
haven't put 6.1.474 into portage because of the existence of 6.2a and
because I don't know if there's a gtk2 patch for 6.1.474.

The bug is this: vim normally detects if the X connection fails and
falls back to pure text mode.  However for a while during the 6.1
patches, it would fail under some circumstances and return you to a
prompt.

In truth the fact that this bug has been remedied makes it more
plausible to depend on the global USE=X, but I'm still concerned about
first-time installs.

Aron

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