Re: mutt+vim+putty ... long delay in opening vim(1) ?

["Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    0n Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 10:00:12PM -0600, Vincent Beffara wrote: 

    >Try adding the following line to your .muttrc (or replacing the
    >ppropriate line):
    >
    >set editor="vim -X"
    >
    >Long version: vim by default (or not) tries to connect to the X server
    >to enable client/server behavior. Through putty there is no X server, so
    >that fails - after a timeout (X11 is network-oriented, one needs to wait
    >for network lag). I am guessing that the timeout on your system is set
    >to 20 seconds ...

You are *exactly* right ! vim -X opens vim instantaneously now! Thanks!

 -aW

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