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@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ Vim's Graphical User Interface *gui* *GUI*
4. Making GUI Selections |gui-selections|
5. Menus |menus|
6. Extras |gui-extras|
-7. Shell Commands |gui-shell|
Other GUI documentation:
-|gui_x11.txt| For specific items of the X11 GUI.
|gui_w32.txt| For specific items of the Win32 GUI.
==============================================================================
@@ -28,9 +26,6 @@ How to start the GUI depends on the system used. Mostly you can run the
GUI version of Vim with:
gvim [options] [files...]
-The X11 version of Vim can run both in GUI and in non-GUI mode. See
-|gui-x11-start|.
-
*gui-init* *gvimrc* *.gvimrc* *_gvimrc* *$MYGVIMRC*
The gvimrc file is where GUI-specific startup commands should be placed. It
is always sourced after the |vimrc| file. If you have one then the $MYGVIMRC
@@ -97,12 +92,9 @@ The personal initialization files are searched in the order specified above
and only the first one that is found is read.
There are a number of options which only have meaning in the GUI version of
-Vim. These are 'guicursor', 'guifont', 'guipty' and 'guioptions'. They are
+Vim. These are 'guicursor', 'guifont', and 'guioptions'. They are
documented in |options.txt| with all the other options.
-If using the Motif or Athena version of the GUI (but not for the GTK+ or
-Win32 version), a number of X resources are available. See |gui-resources|.
-
Another way to set the colors for different occasions is with highlight
groups. The "Normal" group is used to set the background and foreground
colors. Example (which looks nice): >
@@ -423,8 +415,7 @@ You may make selections with the mouse (see |gui-mouse-select|), or by using
Vim's Visual mode (see |v|). If 'a' is present in 'guioptions', then
whenever a selection is started (Visual or Select mode), or when the selection
is changed, Vim becomes the owner of the windowing system's primary selection
-(on MS-Windows the |gui-clipboard| is used; under X11, the |x11-selection| is
-used - you should read whichever of these is appropriate now).
+(on MS-Windows the |gui-clipboard| is used).
*clipboard*
There is a special register for storing this selection, it is the "*
@@ -443,13 +434,9 @@ selection (contents of the clipboard): >
"*p
-When using this register under X11, also see |x11-selection|. This also
-explains the related "+ register.
-
Note that when pasting text from one Vim into another separate Vim, the type
of selection (character, line, or block) will also be copied. For other
-applications the type is always character. However, if the text gets
-transferred via the |x11-cut-buffer|, the selection type is ALWAYS lost.
+applications the type is always character.
When the "unnamed" string is included in the 'clipboard' option, the unnamed
register is the same as the "* register. Thus you can yank to and paste the
@@ -988,19 +975,4 @@ This section describes other features which are related to the GUI.
A recommended Japanese font is MS Mincho. You can find info here:
http://www.lexikan.com/mincho.htm
-==============================================================================
-7. Shell Commands *gui-shell*
-
-For the X11 GUI the external commands are executed inside the gvim window.
-See |gui-pty|.
-
-WARNING: Executing an external command from the X11 GUI will not always
-work. "normal" commands like "ls", "grep" and "make" mostly work fine.
-Commands that require an intelligent terminal like "less" and "ispell" won't
-work. Some may even hang and need to be killed from another terminal. So be
-careful!
-
-For the Win32 GUI the external commands are executed in a separate window.
-See |gui-shell-win32|.
-
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