Xavier de Gaye wrote:

> >> When an application forks a Vim that is not compiled with the
> >> netbeans_intg feature, the application waits for Vim to establish the
> >> socket connection and Vim silently ignores the "-nb" command line
> >> argument. It is difficult for the user to understand what is wrong.
> >>
> >> The attached patch causes Vim to exit with an error message when it is
> >> invoked with "-nb" and not compiled with the netbeans_intg feature.
> >> This is already what is happening when the diff feature is missing and
> >> vim is invoked as vimdiff.
> >
> > The idea looks right: using -nb when it's not supported should make Vim
> > quit.
> >
> > The place where you invoke mch_exit() looks a bit weird.  Not sure if
> > this is the best solution.  And when compiled without GUI (e.g.,
> > starting a small version of Vim) this exit won't be reached.  Would
> > someone only use -nb with gvim?
> >
> > The message should be defined in one place, not twice.
> 
> Right of course. I will try sending another patch fixing these points.

Good, thanks.

> BTW do you think an implementation of netbeans over Vim console is
> acceptable as a Vim patch (as opposed to an external patch such as
> those in http://groups.google.com/group/vim_dev/web/vim-patches).

If you can make the netbeans interface work for a Vim running in a
console, that sounds like a useful feature.  I would include it if it
works properly.  However, some programs using the netbeans interface
assume GUI features, such as menus.  Thus it's probably only useful
for some applications.

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