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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] app-editors/vim and USE="vim-with-x" -> Rename to USE="X"?
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:11:06
Message-Id: 20100607201031.5a8cc1b6@snowcone
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] app-editors/vim and USE="vim-with-x" -> Rename to USE="X"? by dev-random@mail.ru
1 On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:05:27 +0400
2 dev-random@××××.ru wrote:
3 > On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 07:53:22PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 > > It's there because if you break your X you probably want a usable
5 > > editor to help you fix it.
6 >
7 > vim, compiled with "vim-with-x" works correctly when X is broken. It
8 > doesn't enable X11-based UI, like flag "X" suggests. It just enables
9 > optional connection to x-server to use its clipboard, and vim still
10 > works if that connection fails.
11
12 It does not, however, work if your X libraries are broken.
13
14 --
15 Ciaran McCreesh

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