On Sunday 27 August 2006 23:56, David C. Chipman wrote: > Hi Kevac, > >> I don't like it because it is X application. I cannot use it without X >> loaded. > I should point out that only gvim needs X, vi and vim both work from a tty screen, happy as clams. > What's wrong with having X loaded? I assumed you were >using a desktop/workstation, not a remote server in my response to you. >If you want to use the mouse, you have to use X. You don't need a >bloated Desktop Environment, just a nice and slim display manager. vi >uses ncurses, but I doubt it uses the (meager) mouse support in ncurses >(IIRC, ncurses mouse support is not portable anyhow). Sorry, Kevac, > > -David Chipman -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
