interface doesn't open

[UltraBlackLinux]

Hey there.
When I run gf2 <binary> no GUI opens and I just see some logs in the terminal:

Cannot load font  : 1
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Aug 31 2024 21:12:10)
Unknown option argument: "--servername"
More info with: "vim -h"

nothing else happens at all. I've tried forcing it to use xwayland, but that didn't help either.
I'm currently on version 40f2ae6
Any ideas?
Thanks!

[iron-udjin]

I have the same issue under FreeBSD 14 and Sway WM.

Is there solution or workaround?

[greg7mdp]

Did you install libfreetype-dev and build with -lfreetype -D UI_FREETYPE -I /usr/include/freetype2?

[iron-udjin]

Oh...sorry. I didn't pay attension to warning message:

Warning: Your copy of GDB appears to be non-standard or has been heavily reconfigured with .gdbinit.
If you are using GDB plugins like 'GDB Dashboard' you must remove them,
as otherwise gf will be unable to communicate with GDB.

After removing .gdbinit everything works fine.

Thank you, anyway.

[UltraBlackLinux]

hmm I don't have such a file, and as per your screenshot, you actually do get a window to open. I don't get a window, I just get a process that does seemingly nothing at all :/

Edit: There are some oddities in the code. What is the GVim part for? As I understand it, gvim - and only gvim will work with the arguments - is used to get PWD, for which that exact environment variable exists ... Why? Or is it trying to open a temporary buffer file like many editors do to keep the changes in case the application crashes? Why is it not handling that itself?
Weirdly, that gvim function just hangs somewhere around the middle. Something about those files being opened is causing weird problems.
No idea how to go from here. This is a great project, just unfortunate that it doesn't work for me...

[iron-udjin]

gvim

I don't have GVim installed and it somwhow works...

[leg7]

The issue is due to my wayland compositor Hyprland. I went as far as 2022 versions and gf still wouldn't open.

I tried opening the latest version in Sway and it worked right away. Also opening it with gamescope worked on hyprland although the resolution is fed.

I still haven't found a way to open it correctly in hyprland.

[bragadzilla]

This does seem to only happen in Hyprland,I could not find any way to get it to open a window. There doesn't seem to be any incentive to debug this on the Hyprland side - hyprwm/Hyprland#8695

[nakst]

gvim doesn't need to be installed to run gf2. You can ignore any messages about it. It's just trying to synchronize the file/line position with gvim if it's running. If it isn't, nothing happens.