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Hi dugan. I suspect that you know more about fluidsynth than I do... basically I've been wary of the changes to the API in 2.x, especially as they say that some of them can cause applications to misbehave even though they compile. Do you think it's a safe upgrade, and that third party software will be able to use it? I've noticed that SDL_mixer and SDL2_mixer both embed the string libfluidsynth.so.1 into their libraries even though neither on actually links to it. I wonder if they pick up libfluidsynth.so.2 properly (perhaps I should look into that).
Maybe Heinz as as maintainer of fluidsynth at SBo should be asked if he's aware of any problems, and if not, to upgrade fluidsynth at SBo and announce that on the SBo mailinglist for testing.
Can we have vim compiled with "--with-x"?
I use vim alot and I want to use X11 clipboard with plus register.
vim _with X_ is already contained in the gvim package.
So you have the choice, pure text version in the vim-<version> and with X in the gvim-<version> packages, they ARE independent, so you can install either or both.
From -current's vim-gvim.Slackbuild
Code:
config_vim --with-x --enable-gui=gtk3
Older versions of gvim (like in 14.x) are still be built against gtk2 instead of 3
Can we have vim compiled with "--with-x"?
I use vim alot and I want to use X11 clipboard with plus register.
I asked for it 2 years ago. https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post5704192
There's more discussion on the following page.
You only need to change the config_vim line "config_vim --with-x --disable-gui" and rebuild it.
Code:
vim --version | grep clipboard
I did compare the dependencies with and without X and it do add extra dependencies but i could argue that the ones not installing X could recompile if X was added or just use vi/elvis instead.
I don't know how many users there are that use vim without X11 installed and how many that would like to see with-x added.
For an stable release it's a non problem since you most likely only need to set it up once, but if you follow current then you need to recompile very often, you only need to check the current changelog to see how often.
In current i would prefer with-x and i don't think there are X-less server installs with current, for a stable release i couldn't care less.
One could also argue that if X support is added that an update could brake vim on an x-less install but at the same time there are other tools around.
I don't know what approach would be the best but it's only when running current it's actually a bit irritating and 14.2 doesn't support my hardware.
Maybe i should recompile vim and then blacklist it from future updates.
At least "vi" has clipboard support.
I'm using elvis instead of vim on slackware
Last edited by Nille_kungen; 04-09-2019 at 10:19 AM.
Things I miss in 14.2 (I can build then from slackbuilds, but anyway)
* Docker. You know why, right?
May be nice to have:
* Go
* PostgreSQL
I would like to see those in Slackware as well, at some point.
- Docker is a pretty useful and popular feature, and it is using Go.
- PostgreSQL could provide an alternative to MySQL (few tools are designed to use PgSQL only).
I'm sensing a plot for a modern day Western.
"Fastest Change Log In The West"
Produced by, directed by and starring Patrick Volkerding.
Move over "Longmire".
Hollywood, eat your heart out.
Last edited by cwizardone; 04-09-2019 at 02:44 PM.
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