Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:02:35 -0500 From: Ed Smith <abandon.every.hope@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just wanted to install vim - had to spend entire day building X11 Message-ID: <4D2B036B.40503@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <xeiak4id6sbw.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <AANLkTin_c0j9fbp-YMYx4mfdWsc4w3Zx5mgWB09mHbHC@mail.gmail.com> <xeiak4id6sbw.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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This seems bizarre. Logically, it would seem better to do a split like vim (bare vim - what you would expect) and xvim (vim with X11) similar to how emacs does emacs/xemacs. On 1/10/2011 4:06 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 22:19:02 +0100, Tony Maserati<abletony84@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm just curious - what's the point of including X11 as a dependency >> to vim? And then making a vim-lite port (which you usually discover >> after installing X11). How about making it vim and vim-x11 instead? > Maybe because gvim is really *much* nicer than plain console-based vim > sessions. > > The vim-lite port exists for those cases when you really want to install > just plain good ol' vim without all the bells and whistles. You can also > install editors/vim with WITHOUT_X11='true' to avoid the pulling of all > this X11 stuff. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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