Well that works :), I'll just use an alias vi="vi -X" Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Vim and vim-perl
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 03:50:53PM -0500, Jay Strauss wrote: > > Hi (I'm going to attempt to be clear the first time around) > > > > Before: > > When only vim was installed, I would ssh to my box, and vim a file. like > > when on the console, all I'd have in my ssh session was a vim session till I > > qw > > > > After I installed vim-perl: > > - vim now wants an xserver running, regardless if I'm asking for a gui vim > > or not. > > - when I gvim a file everything happens as I expect. I get an X application > > pop up on my screen in addition to my ssh session. > > - when I vim a file and don't have an xserver running I get and error: > > X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server > > shutdown). > > - when I vim a file and DO have an xserver running, i get vim in my ssh > > client like i did in the "before" situation > > > > Is this the expected behavior? I would have though, I'd only need my > > xserver running if I asked for an x application (gvim or vim -g) > > I think it vim's behaviour in this instance depends upon what libraries > the vim binary is linked against. > > This doesn't really answer the why, but vim -X instructs vim not to > request a connection to the X server. Nice over slow links even when > you *do* have an available X server. > > -troy > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
