On 18/04/11 21:22, Mun wrote:
Hi,
What are the advantages/disadvantages between X11 and GTK when compiling
gvim? My Linux box uses GTK by default, but I wonder if I would be
better served with X11. However, I couldn't find any comparisons
between the two which would allow me to make an informed decision.
Any thoughts or opinions on the matter would be appreciated.
Regards,
What do you mean, X11 or GTK? GTK requires X11. I'd say the following
flavours of GUI vim exist:
(under Windows)
Windows GUI
you could subdivide: W16, W95, W32, W64
(under X11)
Motif
Athena
NextAW
KDE (obsolete)
GTK1 (obsolete)
GTK1 with Gnome support (obsolete)
GTK2
GTK2 with Gnome support
(under Mac OS)
X11, see above (not very Mac-friendly IIUC)
Carbon (obsolete IIUC)
MacVim (for Cocoa IIUC)
(under QNX)
Photon
Under X11, if you don't specify which GUI you want when compiling Vim,
configure will select GTK2 if it can find it, which makes me believe it
is "recommended if available". I use GTK2/Gnome2 with no problems, so I
"don't change a winning team" (or to use another saying, "it ain' broke,
so I don' fix it").
Since this thread is about compiling Vim, I'm redirecting it to the
vim_dev list. Please subscribe to it (if you haven't already) if you
want to see any further replies.
Best regards,
Tony.
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