Hi Tony, On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 01:19 PM PDT, Tony Mechelynck wrote: TM> On 18/04/11 21:22, Mun wrote: TM> >Hi, TM> > TM> >What are the advantages/disadvantages between X11 and GTK when compiling TM> >gvim? My Linux box uses GTK by default, but I wonder if I would be TM> >better served with X11. However, I couldn't find any comparisons TM> >between the two which would allow me to make an informed decision. TM> > TM> >Any thoughts or opinions on the matter would be appreciated. TM> > TM> >Regards, TM> > TM> TM> What do you mean, X11 or GTK? GTK requires X11. I'd say the TM> following flavours of GUI vim exist:
Oops, I misspoke. My apologies. Thanks for pointing out that faux pas. I meant to say the differences between Motif and GTK. Note that I have corrected the subject. I'm mainly interested in functionality differences between the two. For example, with GTK one can change the font via the menu (Edit->Select Font...). With X11, you cannot. Regards, -- Mun TM> (under Windows) TM> Windows GUI TM> you could subdivide: W16, W95, W32, W64 TM> TM> (under X11) TM> Motif TM> Athena TM> NextAW TM> KDE (obsolete) TM> GTK1 (obsolete) TM> GTK1 with Gnome support (obsolete) TM> GTK2 TM> GTK2 with Gnome support TM> TM> (under Mac OS) TM> X11, see above (not very Mac-friendly IIUC) TM> Carbon (obsolete IIUC) TM> MacVim (for Cocoa IIUC) TM> TM> (under QNX) TM> Photon TM> TM> Under X11, if you don't specify which GUI you want when compiling TM> Vim, configure will select GTK2 if it can find it, which makes me TM> believe it is "recommended if available". I use GTK2/Gnome2 with TM> no problems, so I "don't change a winning team" (or to use another TM> saying, "it ain' broke, so I don' fix it"). TM> TM> Since this thread is about compiling Vim, I'm redirecting it to TM> the vim_dev list. Please subscribe to it (if you haven't already) TM> if you want to see any further replies. TM> TM> TM> Best regards, TM> Tony. TM> -- TM> Cleanliness is next to impossible. -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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
