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Date:      18 Nov 1999 01:15:29 +0100
From:      naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Colour coding
Message-ID:  <80vgf1$2rsi$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911151722060.34581-100000@atlas.usls.edu> <3832F2B6.E319CB1E@macromedia.com>

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Rudy <rrucker@macromedia.com> wrote:

> I use vim (in place of vi) for color coding at my work.  However on my
> 2.2.7 FreeBSD box, I get the following error when I try to launch vim:
> 
> ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libXext.so.6.3"
> 
> Do I have to install all of X windows for color support?

(What is "X windows"? Please see X(1) for the correct name. Yes,
I'm highly anal about this.)

No, but that version of vim is apparently build with X11 support.
You might want to use the vim-lite port.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                  naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de



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