Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-08 Thread PhilDobbin
On 08/09/2016 18:55, aroc...@vex.net wrote: That was it, was just missing the vim-gnome package. And Gnome is where the art is. :-)* or alternatively, show me the way to go Gnome :-) -- GnuGPG Key : http://phildobbin.org/publickey.asc -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use"

Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-08 Thread arocker
> > That was it, was just missing the vim-gnome package. > And Gnome is where the art is. :-)* -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You

Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-08 Thread Dominique Pellé
David Fishburn wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:03 AM, Dominique Pellé > wrote: >> >> David Fishburn wrote: >> >> ... > > >> >> > I assume configure failed for some reason, just looking for a heads up >> > on >> > how to check. >> >> You must

Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-08 Thread David Fishburn
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:03 AM, Dominique Pellé wrote: > David Fishburn wrote: > > ... > > > I assume configure failed for some reason, just looking for a heads up on > > how to check. > > You must be missing the libraries to build the GUI. > Since you use ubuntu,

Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-07 Thread Dominique Pellé
David Fishburn wrote: > I have a script which builds Vim for me. > > Right now, it is only installing console Vim and not the GUI. > > uname -a > Linux ubuntu-virtualbox 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 > 20:22:11 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > It is a VM, I am not

Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-07 Thread Tony Mechelynck
P.S. On Linux, unlike on Windows, a single executable can run both as a GUI or as a console application, so if you build a gui-enabled vim, and install the correct symlinks (e.g. "pushd /usr/local/bin; ln -sv vim gvim; popd) you will be able to run the same executable in the console by calling it

Re: Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-07 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 6:09 AM, David Fishburn wrote: > I have a script which builds Vim for me. > > Right now, it is only installing console Vim and not the GUI. > > uname -a > Linux ubuntu-virtualbox 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 > 20:22:11 UTC 2016

Compiling Vim GUI on Ubuntu

2016-09-07 Thread David Fishburn
I have a script which builds Vim for me. Right now, it is only installing console Vim and not the GUI. uname -a Linux ubuntu-virtualbox 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 20:22:11 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux It is a VM, I am not even certain what my Window manager