Tony Young wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to see if I can get vim/gvim to work with our work Sun box. > > > I Installed and used instructions from > > http://www.vim.org/ > http://www.vim.org/download.php#unix > > Downloaded the runtime and source files together: vim-##.tar.bz2 > > i.e. I used: [ 6575205 Nov 22 17:46 vim-7.0.tar.bz2 ] > > for install help, I used > http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/vimfaq.html > SECTION 35 - BUILDING VIM FROM SOURCE > > And typed commands (as root): > > Make > Make install > > To install using defaults. > > When I use > > Gvim > > I get the following error > > $ gvim > E233: cannot open display > Press ENTER or type command to continue > > I am running on a > > Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic Patch October 2001 > > The result of the :version within gvim is > > +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input -iconv +insert_expand > +jumplist > -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap +menu > +mksession +modify_fname +mouse +mouseshape -mouse_dec -mouse_gpm > -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm -multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme > +netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +postscript +printer -profile > -python +quickfix +reltime -rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent > -sniff +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static > -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title +toolbar > +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace > +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 +xfontset +xim +xsmp_interact > +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save > system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" > user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" > user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" > system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc" > user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc" > system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim" > fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim" > Compilation: cc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_MOTIF > -I/usr/dt/inclu > de -I/usr/local/include -O -I/usr/openwin/include > Linking: cc -L/usr/dt/lib -R /usr/dt/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib > -R/usr/openwin/lib - > L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lXmu -lXext -lXm -lXt -lX11 -lSM -lICE -ltermlib > -lnsl > -lsocket -ldl > > > According to the website: > > http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/gui.html > > for the error E233, it says that > > First you must make sure you actually have a version of Vim with the GUI code > included. You can check this with the ":version" command, it should include > "+GUI_Athena", "+GUI_BeOS", "+GUI_GTK", "+GUI_Motif" or "MS-Windows ... bit > GUI version". > > I would guess that I need a suitable graphical interface for the Sun box I am > using? > > Your help/advice is very much appreciated. > > Kindest regards > Tony
Tony Firstly, the simplest way to get vim onto the box is to download a package from sunfreeware (http://www.sunfreeware.com/). If you want to build it yourself, make sure you have the right libraries installed. I seem to remember using gtk. However, the "can't open display" sounds like you have not set & export the DISPLAY environment variable. Do you have a graphics terminal connected directly to the Sun? Or are you using another machine with an X server to display on? Can you get other apps to run (what happens when you type xterm)? HTH Bob
