On 2010-10-05, carey wrote: > On Oct 5, 6:29 am, carey <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 5, 1:17 am, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ???, 04 ??? 2010, carey ?????(?): > > > > > > I've been using gvim version 7.1 for a long time without any problems. > > > > Somewhere between Friday afternoon and Monday it lost the ability to > > > > display the menu or toolbar (though the gray area for the toolbar is > > > > there). > > > > <p> > > > > Things I've tried: > > > > <ul> > > > > <li>Uninstalling 7.1 and installing 7.3. Also deleting my rc files in > > > > the process. > > > > <li>Rebooting after each attempt. > > > > <li>Checking environment variables including the PATH. > > > > <li>Resizing, minimizing, and maximizing the gvim window. > > > > <li>Running :set guioptions+=m. Nothing happened. > > > > <li>Running :set guioptions+=T (and -=T). This did toggle the gray > > > > area but didn't display the toolbar icons. > > > > </ul> > > > > I've run out of ideas and Googling hasn't turned up any suggestions > > > > that worked. It feels like a Windows issue but I'm not sure how to jog > > > > it loose. > > > > <p> > > > > Carey > > > > > You may try unistall both vim71 and vim73, and search under c:\program > > > files > > > for the folder vim, delete this folder. And then re-try install vim 7.3 > > > again. > > > (untest)
> > Thanks for the suggestion. You are correct in that an 'uninstall' > > leave some files in the home directory as well as the "program files" > > directory. This time, after uninstall, I went in to those directories > > to manually delete any remaining vim files. Then I reinstalled 7.3. > > Unfortunately the results were the same. > > > > I'm beginning to suspect something in the Windows Registration area. I > > used 'regedit' to find vim and gvim but nothing looked suspicious, > > though I'm not sure I know what to look for. > GOT IT! > Environment variable VIMRUNTIME somehow(?) got deleted. Deleted from where? Vim determines this value automatically. You shouldn't have to set this except in very unusual circumstances. Setting it manually is generally a bad idea since the value depends on the Vim version and will change with each Vim release. Regards, Gary -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
