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
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