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

After starting gvim -u NORC -N i can load the .vimrc settings with

:source ~/.vimrc without errors. What is the difference there?

Normally gvim starts like this:

gvim -f F%

On 23 Nov., 09:14, punknroll <punknr...@gmx.at> wrote:
> gvim-u NORC -N
>
> startsgvim. 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:
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> > On 23/11/11 08:28, punknroll wrote:
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> > > I found out that the error exists in the .vimrc file. when i rename it
> > >gvimstarts again.
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> > >https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim/blob/master/.vimrc
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> > > 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
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> > If that alone is enough to prevent the GUI from starting (it shouldn't),
> > the 'nocompatible' setting makes a difference.
>
> > Otherwise,startcommenting (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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