On 1 Aug, 12:55, John Little <[email protected]> wrote: > > After installing afresh Ubuntu (version 11.04) gvim displays menus > > only if I run it as root (superuser). If I run it as normal user I > > find no way of displaying menus. > > That sounds like you have some configuration or customization file > that you can't read. I suggest checking the accessibility of > everything in your home directory, including hidden files and > directories. Maybe > > ls -laR > > This easily happens if you run stuff with sudo.
Thanks for your suggestion! I checked the whole directory, but there is no hidden configuration file or similar stuff with wrong permissions. In fact, it is a new installation, with no personal customisation (I'll add vimlatex, which I use almost every day, after solving the problem). The funny thing is that "sometimes" the menu displays playing with "setguioptions+=m", but I can't find any rule to know when it happens. Maybe the notorious file gnome2/Vim, that sets menu and toolbar positions, but I deleted the file with no success -- anyway it's written again next time. As root, everything is OK, and this suggests some problems of permissions, but of what? Best regards, Guido (Italy) -- 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
