> On So, 31 Jan 2021, James McCoy wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 04:46:51PM +0100, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > >
> > > Patch 8.2.2439
> > > Problem: Not easy to figure out what packages to get when installing
> > > Vim on
> > > a new Ubuntu system.
> > > Solution: Mention explicit commands that are easy to follow.
> > > Files: src/INSTALL
> > >
> > >
> > > *** ../vim-8.2.2438/src/INSTALL 2020-07-14 23:02:38.184781049 +0200
> > > --- src/INSTALL 2021-01-31 16:42:47.262795582 +0100
> > > ***************
> > > *** 39,51 ****
> > > [...]
> > > +
> > > + Add GUI support (ignore compiler warnings):
> > > + % sudo apt install libgtk2.0-dev
> >
> > This should really be libgtk-3-dev. GTK+2 has been unsupported for
>
> While at it, can we please make gtk3 the default GTK GUI instead of the
> old GTK2?
Does GTK3 really work better than GTK2? Last I heard GTK3 still had
performance problems. I haven't seen any problems reported for GTK2.
> > years and GTK+3 is already going to maintenance mode as work
> > transitions to GTK+4.
There is a difference between what the developers say and what the
actual observed code quality is. There is always a strong tendency to
point at the latest version and say how wonderful it is (just need to
fix a few bugs!). And mentioning "maintenance mode" and "no longer
maintained" as if that means the code is broken. Quite often it works
better than the latest (unfinished) version.
Look at this from the point of view of an end-user, who just want things
to work.
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