Today I am trying to using gvim under Cygwin console but it failed:
From below link we know I have to install X-Server to Cygwin:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12430633/how-can-i-get-mintty-cygwin-terminal-to-open-gvim-in-a-new-window
Here are how to install and enable X-Server under Cygwin:
[Official site]
http://x.cygwin.com/
[Installing Cygwin/X]
A listing of the Cygwin/X packages is given below; a listing of the general Cygwin packages would be beyond the scope of this document.
Cygwin/X packages are located in the X11 category.
[Switching out of Cygwin/X]
[Stopping Cygwin/X]
$ which vim /usr/bin/vim $ which gvim /usr/bin/gvim $ gvim E233: <δΈθ½ιε X Server DISPLAY> Press ENTER or type command to continue
From below link we know I have to install X-Server to Cygwin:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12430633/how-can-i-get-mintty-cygwin-terminal-to-open-gvim-in-a-new-window
Here are how to install and enable X-Server under Cygwin:
[Official site]
http://x.cygwin.com/
[Installing Cygwin/X]
A listing of the Cygwin/X packages is given below; a listing of the general Cygwin packages would be beyond the scope of this document.
Cygwin/X packages are located in the X11 category.
- xorg-server (required, the Cygwin/X X Server)
- xinit (required, scripts for starting the X server: xinit, startx, startwin (and a shortcut on the Start Menu to run it), startxdmcp.bat )
- xorg-docs (optional, man pages)
- xlaunch (optional, a wizard for starting X sessions)
- You may also select any X client programs you want to use, and any fonts you would like to have available.
- You may also want to ensure that the openssh package is selected if you wish to use ssh connections to run remote X clients.
- You may also want to ensure that the inetutils or rsh packages are selected if you wish to use telnet or rsh connections to run remote X clients. (not recommended)
$ startxwin Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.17.1.0 OS: CYGWIN_NT-6.1 TW1W7D-400077 1.7.35(0.287/5/3) 2015-03-04 12:09 x86_64 OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 [Windows NT 6.1 build 7601] (Win64) Package: version 1.17.1-2 built 2015-02-23 XWin was started with the following command line: /usr/bin/XWin :0 -multiwindow -auth /home/linst/.serverauth.7912 (II) xorg.conf is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information LoadPreferences: /home/linst/.XWinrc not found LoadPreferences: Loading /etc/X11/system.XWinrc LoadPreferences: Done parsing the configuration file... winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed, allowing ShadowDDNL winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000005 winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless => ShadowGDI winScreenInit - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 3520 height: 1080 depth: 32 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel glWinSelectGLimplementation: Loaded 'cygnativeGLthunk.dll' (II) AIGLX: Testing pixelFormatIndex 5 GL_VERSION: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 347.25 GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation GL_RENDERER: GeForce GT 640/PCIe/SSE2 (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGIX_pbuffer (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_multisample and GLX_SGIS_multisample (II) 482 pixel formats reported by wglGetPixelFormatAttribivARB (II) AIGLX: Set GLX version to 1.4 (II) 323 fbConfigs (II) ignored pixel formats: 0 not OpenGL, 54 RBGA float, 69 RGBA unsigned float, 0 unknown pixel type, 36 unaccelerated (II) GLX: Initialized Win32 native WGL GL provider for screen 0 winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 1760 540 (--) 8 mouse buttons found (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) Windows keyboard layout: "00000409" (00000409) "US", type 4 (--) Found matching XKB configuration "English (USA)" (--) Model = "pc105" Layout = "us" Variant = "none" Options = "none" Rules = "base" Model = "pc105" Layout = "us" Variant = "none" Options = "none" winInitMultiWindowWM - DISPLAY=:0.0 winMultiWindowXMsgProc - DISPLAY=:0.0 winProcEstablishConnection - winInitClipboard returned. winClipboardThreadProc - DISPLAY=:0.0 OS maintains clipboard viewer chain: yes winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winMultiWindowXMsgProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winMultiWindowXMsgProcErrorHandler - ERROR: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)After that, a new window will opened, you can now start gvim($ gvim) correctly!
[Switching out of Cygwin/X]
[Stopping Cygwin/X]
