Hi Dominique!
On Do, 15 Mär 2012, Dominique Pellé wrote:
> Isn't evim supposed to always start in a GUI anyway?
>
> "man evim" says: [...] eVim will always run
> in the GUI, to enable the use of menus and toolbar.
I don't think so and the help says:
,----
| -y Easy mode. Implied for |evim| and |eview|. Starts with
| 'insertmode' set and behaves like a click-and-type editor.
| This sources the script $VIMRUNTIME/evim.vim. Mappings are
| set up to work like most click-and-type editors, see
| |evim-keys|. The GUI is started when available.
| {not in Vi}
`----
I remember, I have been trying to start evim in a terminal and it wasn't
possible. I even tried unsetting $DISPLAY, but then vim refused to
start. Using a built of vim with -X11 worked with -y but it wasn't
possible with a built with +X11.
(What if you only have a normal built with +X11, but your X is broken
and you'd like to use evim? Ok, most people don't even know about
evim...)
So I think for consistency reasons, it should be supported and also it's
nice to not force the user to use a graphical application, if he doesn't
want one or can't use one currently.
regards,
Christian
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