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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2022-04-03 18:02:37 +0100
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2022-04-03 18:02:37 +0100
commit0b962e5685edd41b55d5427b894797e725707639 (patch)
tree0b6bddeb6a2c7da603b71474b87f185dc14a02ea /runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
parent292e1b9f681054a1de8fa22315ae6eedd7acb205 (diff)
patch 8.2.4677: the Athena GUI support is outdatedv8.2.4677
Problem: The Athena GUI support is outdated. Solution: Remove the Athena GUI code.
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt b/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
index 25cf898aa1..5b75fe29f8 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-*gui_x11.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Jun 05
+*gui_x11.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2022 Apr 03
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
Vim's Graphical User Interface *gui-x11* *GUI-X11*
- *Athena* *Motif*
+ *Motif*
1. Starting the X11 GUI |gui-x11-start|
2. GUI Resources |gui-resources|
3. Shell Commands |gui-pty|
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ flag in 'guioptions'. |-f|.
==============================================================================
2. GUI Resources *gui-resources* *.Xdefaults*
-If using the Motif or Athena version of the GUI (not for the KDE, GTK+ or Win32
+If using the Motif version of the GUI (not for the KDE, GTK+ or Win32
version), a number of X resources are available. You should use Vim's class
"Vim" when setting these. They are as follows:
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ version), a number of X resources are available. You should use Vim's class
is same size as terminal that started it).
scrollbarWidth Thickness of scrollbars.
borderWidth Thickness of border around text area.
- menuHeight Height of the menu bar (only for Athena).
A special font for italic, bold, and italic-bold text will only be used if
the user has specified one via a resource. No attempt is made to guess what
@@ -135,12 +134,9 @@ which make Motif applications look even better, highly recommended!
The "Vim*fontList" is to set the menu font for Motif. Example: >
Vim*menuBar*fontList: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-With Athena: >
- Vim*menuBar*SmeBSB*font: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
- Vim*menuBar*MenuButton*font: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
NOTE: A more portable, and indeed more correct, way to specify the menu font
-in either Motif or Athena is through the resource: >
+in Motif is through the resource: >
Vim.menuFont: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Or, when compiled with the |+xfontset| feature: >
Vim.menuFontSet: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
@@ -255,7 +251,7 @@ For example: >
:10vmenu File.Print :w !lpr -Php3
<
*X11-icon*
-Vim uses a black&white icon by default when compiled with Motif or Athena. A
+Vim uses a black&white icon by default when compiled with Motif. A
colored Vim icon is included as $VIMRUNTIME/vim32x32.xpm. For GTK+, this is
the builtin icon used. Unfortunately, how you should install it depends on
your window manager. When you use this, remove the 'i' flag from
@@ -594,8 +590,7 @@ GTK+ files on your system. When both GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3 are available, GTK+ 2
will be chosen unless --enable-gui=gtk3 is passed explicitly to configure.
If the GTK+ files cannot be found, then the Motif files will be searched for.
-Finally, if this fails, the Athena files will be searched for. If all three
-fail, the GUI will be disabled.
+If both fail, the GUI will be disabled.
For GTK+, Vim's configuration process uses pkg-config(1) to check if the
GTK+ required for a specified build is properly installed and usable.
@@ -621,10 +616,10 @@ explicitly to configure, and avoid passing --enable-gnome-check to that, as
the functionality of the GNOME 2 support has already been consolidated in
GTK+ 3.
-Otherwise, if you are using Motif or Athena, when you have the Motif or Athena
-files in a directory where configure doesn't look, edit the Makefile to enter
-the names of the directories. Search for "GUI_INC_LOC" for an example to set
-the Motif directories, "CONF_OPT_X" for Athena.
+Otherwise, if you are using Motif, when you have the Motif files in a
+directory where configure doesn't look, edit the Makefile to enter the names
+of the directories. Search for "GUI_INC_LOC" for an example to set
+the Motif directories.
*gui-x11-gtk*
Currently, Vim supports both GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3.
@@ -643,18 +638,11 @@ few problems, but you might make it compile and run with a bit of work, please
send me the patches if you do). The newest releases of LessTif have been
reported to work fine too.
- *gui-x11-athena*
-The Athena version uses the Xaw widget set by default. If you have the 3D
-version, you might want to link with Xaw3d instead. This will make the
-menus look a bit better. Edit the Makefile and look for "XAW_LIB". The
-scrollbars will remain the same, because Vim has its own, which are already
-3D (in fact, they look more like Motif).
-
- *gui-x11-neXtaw*
-The neXtaw version is mostly like Athena, but uses different widgets.
+ *gui-x11-athena* *gui-x11-neXtaw*
+Support for the Athena GUI and neXtaw was removed in patch 8.2.4677.
*gui-x11-misc*
-In general, do not try to mix files from different GTK+, Motif, Athena and X11
+In general, do not try to mix files from different GTK+, Motif and X11
versions. This will cause problems. For example, using header files for
X11R5 with a library for X11R6 probably doesn't work (although the linking
won't give an error message, Vim will crash later).