svn commit: r491810 - in head/editors/vim: . files

[Cy Schubert]

On February 1, 2019 6:02:44 AM PST, Adam Weinberger <adamw at freebsd.org> wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 6:58 AM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at freebsd.org>
>wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 01:54:07PM +0000, Adam Weinberger wrote:
>> > New Revision: 491810
>> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/491810
>> >
>> > Log:
>> >   Update vim to patchlevel 865
>> >
>> >   After discussion on freebsd-ports@, switch the default UI toolkit
>> >   from GTK2 to GTK3. There isn't a huge visual difference, so it's
>> >   more predicated on the idea that people are more likely to have
>> >   GTK3 already installed for other things.
>>
>> Actually, I believe it's more likely that people have GTK+2
>installed,
>> not 3.  That said, however, perhaps the best way out would be
>flavoring
>> the port so it offers both packages.
>
>I'm not sure that there's a huge benefit to offering multiple UI
>toolkit packages. There's not much difference between the GTK2 and the
>GTK3 interface. Perhaps I mischaracterized the situation; it is
>definitely correct to say that the discussion on freebsd-ports@
>revealed nearly unanimous agreement that people would prefer GTK3 be
>the default.
>
># Adam

The big difference from a user's perspective is the scroll bar, specifically middle button behavior.  IMO a regression. 

In regard to vim, I use motif. Motif and gtk2 share middle button scroll bar behavior.  Left button behavior is similar to the middle button except for "jump to."
-- 
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Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
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