Brian Gupta wrote:
The major enterprise distibutions of linux do not compile /usr/bin/vim
with GUI support as part of the base os. (RHEL, and SuSE). (It also
seems this applys to debian and ubuntu, but I am having difficulty
proving this)
I have a bit of supporting evidence. I have a pretty stock version of Ubuntu
7.04 installed, and its version of vim does NOT have the GUI linked with it.
Gory details appended below of anyone is interested.
s'marks
$ type vim
vim is hashed (/usr/bin/vim)
$ ls -l /usr/bin/vim
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2007-04-20 04:43 /usr/bin/vim -> /etc/alternatives/vim
$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/vim
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-04-20 04:40 /etc/alternatives/vim ->
/usr/bin/vim.tiny
$ ls -l /usr/bin/vim.tiny
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 998692 2007-03-10 19:55 /usr/bin/vim.tiny
$ type gvim
bash: type: gvim: not found
$ vim -g
E25: GUI cannot be used: Not enabled at compile time
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled Mar 11 2007 03:34:28)
Included patches: 1-164
Compiled by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Small version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
-arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset -cindent
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
-cryptv -cscope -cursorshape -dialog +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags
+eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path -find_in_path +folding
-footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist -keymap
-langmap +libcall -linebreak -lispindent +listcmds -localmap -menu -mksession
-modify_fname -mouse -mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm
-mouse_xterm +multi_byte -multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype
-path_extra -perl -printer -profile -python +quickfix -reltime -rightleft -ruby
+scrollbind -signs +smartindent -sniff -statusline -sun_workshop -syntax
-tag_binary -tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo -termresponse
+textobjects -title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit -virtualedit +visual
+visualextra +viminfo -vreplace +wildignore -wildmenu +windows +writebackup
-X11 +xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -g -Wall -DFEAT_AUTOCMD
-DFEAT_BYTEOFF -DFEAT_CMDL_COMPL -DFEAT_CMDHIST -DFEAT_CMDL_INFO
-DFEAT_COMMENTS -DFEAT_DIFF -DFEAT_DIGRAPHS -DFEAT_EVAL -DFEAT_EX_EXTRA
-DFEAT_SEARCH_EXTRA -DFEAT_SEARCHPATH -DFEAT_FOLDING -DFEAT_INS_EXPAND
-DFEAT_LISTCMDS -DFEAT_QUICKFIX -DFEAT_SCROLLBIND -DFEAT_SMARTINDENT
-DFEAT_TEXTOBJ -DFEAT_USR_CMDS -DFEAT_VERTSPLIT -DFEAT_VIMINFO
-DFEAT_VISUALEXTRA
Linking: gcc -L/usr/local/lib -o vim -lncurses
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