Martin Krischik wrote: > When gvim is started in gui mode but cannot connect to the X-Server it > falls back to terminal mode. > > I would which that this feature could be disabled as it caused serious > problems when gvim is started as background task - in which case the > now simple vim has a terminal to display but no keyboard to accept > commands from. > > Martin > > PS: Please remember that on some operating systems gvim allways starts > as if --nofork has been set.
There appears to be no way to do something in this situation. How about adding a GUIFailed event? Then you can do: au GUIFailed * qall GUIFailed would be done in the same position as GUIEnter, but when it failed to start. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 258. When you want to see your girlfriend, you surf to her homepage. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///