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diff --git a/runtime/doc/os_beos.txt b/runtime/doc/os_beos.txt index 823938a32..a88183b68 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/os_beos.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/os_beos.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*os_beos.txt* For Vim version 7.3g. Last change: 2005 Mar 29 +*os_beos.txt* For Vim version 7.3g. Last change: 2010 Aug 14 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -131,38 +131,9 @@ You may also use the /boot/bin/xtou command to convert UTF-8 files from (xtou 5. The BeOS GUI *beos-gui* -Normally Vim starts with the GUI if you start it as gvim or vim -g. The BeOS -version tries to determine if it was started from the Tracker instead of the -Terminal, and if so, use the GUI anyway. However, the current detection scheme -is fooled if you use the command "vim - </dev/null" or "vim filename &". The -latter can be called a feature but probably only works because there is no -BSD-style job control. - -Stuff that does not work yet: - -- Running external commands from the GUI does not work 100% (again due to lack - of support for select()). There was a choice between seeing the command's - output, or being able to interrupt it. I chose for seeing the output. Even - now the command sometimes crashes mysteriously, apparently in Be's - malloc_internal() called from the putenv() function, after fork()ing. (data - access exception occurred, ec01b0ec: 90e80000 *stw r7, 0x0000 (r8)). (:!ls - works usually, :r !ls usually doesn't). This has been reported as bug - # 971215-083826. -- The window title. -- Starting the GUI from the Terminal version with :gui always acts as if - :gui -f were used. There is no way to fix this that I can see. -- There are some small display glitches here and there that I hope to clean up - later. Most of them occur when the window is partially obscured. Some of - them seem to be bugs in BeOS, because the Terminal has similar glitches. -- Mouse up events are not generated when outside the window. This is a bug in - BeOS. You can notice this when selecting text and moving the cursor outside - the window, then letting go of the mouse button. Another way is when you - drag the scrollbar and do the same thing. Because Vim still thinks you are - still playing with the scrollbar it won't change it itself. I provided a - workaround which kicks in when the window is activated or deactivated (so it - works best with focus- follows-mouse (/boot/bin/ffm) turned on). -- The cursor does not flash (very low priority; I'm not sure I even like it - when it flashes) +The BeOS GUI is no longer included. It was not maintained for a while and +most likely didn't work. If you want to work on this: get the Vim 6.x version +and merge it back in. 6. The $VIM directory *beos-vimdir* |