Re: gvim doesn't start from desktop icons or unity launcher but from shell

gvim -u NORC -N

starts gvim. that works. now I have to go through the .vimrc file to
find out what causes the problem.

thanx for your help!

On 23 Nov., 09:01, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 23/11/11 08:28, punknroll wrote:
>
> > I found out that the error exists in the .vimrc file. when i rename it
> > gvim starts again.
>
> >https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim/blob/master/.vimrc
>
> > what can prevent the gui from starting here?
>
> Hard to tell by eyeball alone; experimenting is your friend.
>
> Now that you know that the error happens with a vimrc and not without
> it, first try starting Vim as
>
>         gvim -u NORC -N
>
> If that alone is enough to prevent the GUI from starting (it shouldn't),
> the 'nocompatible' setting makes a difference.
>
> Otherwise, start commenting (by if 0 ... endif) about half of your
> vimrc, not straddling the boundary of another if- while- for- function-
> or try-range (i.e. none of these or similar multiline statements should
> be partly instide the :if 0 and partly outside it). Then comment or
> uncomment smaller and smaller parts until you have (hopefully) narrowed
> down the problem zone to just one line.
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> Alexander Graham Bell is alive and well in New York, and still waiting
> for a dial tone.

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