On 07 Jul 2011, at 15:21, Hakan Ensari wrote: > here's what I think would be super if MacVim perhaps borrowed from iA > Writer's minimalist UI. > > * You fire MacVim up. No toolbar. A simple, dark toolbar. > > http://cl.ly/260K0d1D2K3q2H1P3O0h
in gvimrc set guioptions-=T “ makes toolbar goaway or command-shift-F after launch putting it into fullscreen mode > > * You type or click. The toolbar disappears. Pure canvas. > > http://cl.ly/1j1h1Z2G1B3x233v351v have you tried putting MacVim into fullscreen mode? every thing but input screen disappears > > * Finally, a more seductive but probably not-so-straightforward thing > to implement: Gray out everything but the section you are reading/ > writing by selecting "focus mode." In iA Writer, the unit is a > sentence, so I'm not sure how that would translate it into text as > code. > > http://cl.ly/400M3I3Z0i371I1F3Y21 no comment > > * Also, off topic, it would be awesome to replace the icon with > something sexier. I'm not a designer but have been using this as a > stop gap measure: > > http://cl.ly/1J2P083w3l3z0D2X3V3i The Vim icon is iconic as it immediately identifies the application as vim see http://vim.org > > I love MacVim. Thank you for your awesome work. > I agree without reservation. You should consider that many of the changes you are requesting might require significant changes to the underlying vim around which Bjorn has built a lovely and utile GUI in MacVim. Why not ask iA Writer to incorporate those vim features that you rely on or just use iA when you want “distraction free” writing environment? David P Henderson c: 757.286.3212 -- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe." -- Albert Einstein -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
