>> I suspect that your vim and your gvim are different binaries >> and that gvim has support for the mouse compiled in whereas >> vim does not. > > My golly, you are right! I'll paste the diff below. I guess > I'll have to compile with +X11, unless I can start gvim like > -v but with compatible mode set? I put :set compatible in my > .gvimrc and started it with 'gvim -v' but it gave a whole load > of E errors due probably to my other compatible-only settings.
I think most gvim builds are smart enough to run as console apps if invoked as "vim" or "vi", so you may be able to get away with bash$ cd /usr/bin/ bash$ mv vim vim_orig bash$ ln `which gvim` vim and then use vim as desired. If that works, you can nuke the vim_orig backup. Alternatively, if you used your package manager to install both, you might have installed a "vim-tiny" or "vim-minimal" package you can just uninstall; or opt for the preference of the "big" gvim version. -tim -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
