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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-06-12 06:46:44 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2010-06-12 06:46:44 +0200
commit97ea511bbf56d1808260542594cfcdd7e0f963b4 (patch)
tree9fd7af6c38c256cfb92f0674dd3f289ba9a64bd8 /runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
parentf9b0129f5f236b891c4f2085951c8cc1a79e5784 (diff)
Minor typo and docs update.
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diff --git a/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt b/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
index 596e1f096b..02184602cb 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/gui_x11.txt
@@ -458,9 +458,7 @@ are obtained through the 'gtk-config' shell script.
If you want to build with GTK+ 2 support pass the --enable-gtk2-check argument
to ./configure. Optionally, support for GNOME 2 will be compiled if the
---enable-gnome-check option is also given. Note that the support for GTK+ 2
-is still experimental. However, many people have reported that it works just
-fine for them.
+--enable-gnome-check option is also given.
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
@@ -468,15 +466,12 @@ the names of the directories. Search for "GUI_INC_LOC" for an example to set
the Motif directories, "CONF_OPT_X" for Athena.
*gui-x11-gtk*
-At the time of this writing, you may use either GTK+ version 1.0.6 or 1.2. It
-is suggested that you use v1.2 since not all of Vim's GUI features are present
-if using v1.0.6. For instance, there are no tearoff menus present in v1.0.6.
-Using a version from GTK+'s CVS tree may or may not work, and is therefore not
-supported and not recommended.
-
-For the experimental GTK+ 2 GUI, using the latest release of the GTK+ 2.0 or
-GTK+ 2.2 series is recommended. CVS HEAD seems to work fine most of time as
-well.
+At the time of this writing, GTK+ version 1.0.6 and 1.2 are outdated. It
+is suggested that you use GTK 2. The GTK 1 support will most likely be
+dropped soon.
+
+For the GTK+ 2 GUI, using the latest release of the GTK+ 2.0 or GTK+ 2.2
+series is recommended.
Lastly, although GTK+ has supposedly been ported to the Win32 platform, this
has not been tested with Vim and is also unsupported. Also, it's unlikely to