mp with GUI

Roger Oberholtzer roger
Tue Dec 28 07:59:47 PST 2004


On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 13:32, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> I just installed the mp editor (in gentoo) that someone mentioned "a
> propos" the ongoing vi war, just for the sake of curiosity. Well, it seems it
> refuses to start its gui version.  The man page
> (http://www.triptico.com/docs/mp_man.html) says:
> -tx
>      Start in text mode (instead of GUI). By default, GUI modes (if
>      support for any of them is compiled in) are tested first and used if
>      the environment is suitable (by connecting to an Xserver, for
>      example). This option forces the usage of text modes only.
> 
> Since I started it from konsole, I'd expect a gui version.
>  	$ etcat -u mp
>  	[ Colour Code : set unset ]
>  	[ Legend   : (U) Col 1 - Current USE flags        ]
>  	[          : (I) Col 2 - Installed With USE flags ]
> 
>  	 U I [ Found these USE variables in : app-editors/mp-3.2.11 ]
>  	  + + ncurses : Adds ncurses support (console display library)
>  	   + + gtk     : Adds support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
> 
> No flag to start gui...
> (BTW, I also don't have a man page installed!)
> Ebuild fault? My fault?

What do you get for:

	emerge -upv mp



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