On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 07:29:58PM -0500, Jim Razmus wrote:
> Someone hit me with a clue-by-four.
>
> On both 4.0 release and -current (13/12/2006) I find "vim -y" does not
> work as it did on 3.9. Likely a question for the vim lists, but I'm
> hoping someone will confirm what I'm experiencing.
>
> "vim -y" should start in an emacs-like mode. However, I'm finding the
> -y switch does nothing. In all cases I install the no_x11 flavor. My
> users pointed this behavior out after my upgrade to 4.0.
>
> Can anyone else confirm this behavior on another machine?
>
> Jim
Hey there Jim. From vim(1):
evim eview
The GUI version in easy mode. Starts a new win-
dow. Can also be done with the "-y" argument.
-y Start Vim in easy mode, just like the exe-
cutable was called "evim" or "eview". Makes
Vim behave like a click-and-type editor.
So, I guess that by using the -y arg causes vim to start in GUI and easy
mode. Now, since you mention that you are installing the -no_x11 version
of vim I think it makes sense that you see no difference. Hope that
helps.
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Sideris Michael
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