Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 16:20:32 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vim - GTK2 or GTK3? Message-ID: <cacc6fb4-296c-af40-dd1d-6cd16ff4b7f2@daemonic.se> In-Reply-To: <20190102094212.GC40894@e.0x20.net> References: <CAP7rwcg7jm6vWB4tfFwyBdBKncGucw-1yE-37jLgZrbr2iKe8g@mail.gmail.com> <20190102094212.GC40894@e.0x20.net>
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On 2019-01-02 10:42, Lars Engels wrote: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2019 at 01:07:24PM -0700, Adam Weinberger wrote: >> I'm curious whether the default Vim port should use GTK2 or GTK3 as >> its UI toolkit, but I use neither so I need input from people here. >> >> Right now it defaults to GTK2, but I'm suspecting that more people use >> GTK3 these days. I haven't run X in about 10 years, so I don't really >> know one way or the other. If anybody on this list has thoughts about >> GTK2 vs GTK3 (or something else!) as the default, I'd love to hear it. >> >> The Vim choices are currently a mess, but it'll get better once >> subpackages land. > > Firefox and Chromium both depend on GTK3, so it's highly likely that a > typical desktop user has GTK3 installed. +1, GTK3 is probably the best choice. As a side note, it looks like libreoffice defaults to GTK2 as well, perhaps it should be switched to GTK3 also? Regards -- Niclas
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