--- gigedit/trunk/src/gigedit/scripteditor.cpp	2019/10/01 16:25:17	3620
+++ gigedit/trunk/src/gigedit/scripteditor.cpp	2019/10/01 16:27:13	3621
@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@
 #if HAS_GTKMM_SHOW_ALL_CHILDREN
     show_all_children();
 #endif
+
+#if !USE_LS_SCRIPTVM
+    // make user aware about gigedit had been compiled without liblinuxsampler support
+    m_statusLabel.set_markup(_("Limited editor features (since Gigedit was compiled without liblinuxsampler support)!"));
+    m_statusImage.set(m_warningIcon);
+#endif
 }
 
 ScriptEditor::~ScriptEditor() {