#801480 Please automatically launch x-terminal-emulator if $DISPLAY but no tty

Package:
vim
Source:
vim
Description:
Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Submitter:
Josh Triplett
Date:
2015-10-10 23:06:10 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#801480#3
Date:
2015-10-10 23:02:14 UTC
From:
To:
Currently, I have a wrapper around vim to detect a tty, and launch
x-terminal-emulator if vim doesn't have a tty but does have $DISPLAY.
I'd love to have that functionality built in, instead, so that running
"vim" would automatically bring up a vim window even when run from a
graphical program without a tty.

- Josh Triplett
--- real paths of main Vim binaries ---
/usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.basic
/usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.basic