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RE: Starting gvim from Windows


On 22 June 2006 17:36, Vicki Brown wrote:

> Neil Watson <cygwin <at> watson-wilson.ca> writes:
>>> And your DISPLAY environment variable is set to...?
>> 
>> Ah ha!  I set my DISPLAY Windows variable to 127.0.0.1:0.0.  Now it works.
>> Thank you. 
>> 
> 
> 
> Well, that didn't work for me. :-(
> I can run the Windows GVIM but not the cygwin gvim (?)
> 
> Cygwin shell. No X.

  That'll be the problem then.  Cygwin gvim is an X program.  

> Trying to run gvim from the cygwin command line.
> 
> DISPLAY: 127.0.0.1:0.0

  Since the DISPLAY variable is meaningful only to X, setting this will have
no effect if you have no X.

> gvim: /usr/bin/gvim
> gvim: cannot open display (still)

  That's because, although gvim now knows which display you want it to use,
you haven't actually created that display by starting up an X server.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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