gvim keeps creating ~/.gnome2/Vim, ignores XDG

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run gvim
2. Close gvim
3. ~/.gnome2/Vim has been freshly created (along with this dot dir in home)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expecting it to create this file within XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnome2/Vim or use $VIM 
like vim does (being bullied into using some sensible locations).

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
7.4.488 on Ubuntu 15.04

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jdrinkwater on 24 Jun 2015 at 11:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

IIUC this behaviour is not in vim code, so cannot be fixed in vim.

It's in the gnome 2 libraries, which were superseded by Gnome 3 about 5 years 
ago.  Gnome 3 uses GTK+ 3, which was a rewrite, so revising gvim to use gnome 3 
would not be easy, and there seems to be nothing gained (and some features to 
lose) by doing it.  Opinions may vary.

Regards, John Little

Original comment by John.B.L...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2015 at 11:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Closing, since this is not a Vim bug, but rather a gnome bug.

Original comment by chrisbr...@googlemail.com on 29 Jun 2015 at 8:00

Changed state: Invalid

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gvim keeps creating ~/.gnome2/Vim, ignores XDG #377