Just my .02€ I have given up using X server + xterm + vim under cygwin, and switched entirely to the PuTTy, due to the bad performance of the cygwin vim, running in cygwin xterm. Redraw speed was just unacceptable to me.
-- Anton. 2008/12/16, Ian Kelling <[email protected]>: > > First off, xterm means terminal. There is no graphical ability > associated with it. > > It all depends on what your trying to accomplish. The method you > described is generally used to ssh into a linux box from a cygwin > xterm and run vim in that ssh session on the remote linux box. > > 1. Google cygwin xterm xwindows to find instructions about how to get > an X server running through cygwin. I've done it before and I do like > it more than putty. > > 2. you need an ssh deamon setup on the server to accept incoming ssh > connections. The server also needs vim installed. Once you ssh to the > server, you start vim in the ssh. > > 3. You can start remote X applications over ssh (google it) ie. Gvim, > but unless both sides have very good connections it will be too laggy. > Another option is to use vim/gvim locally and use netrw to open and > save remote files. In my situation this works best. See :h netrw in > vim. > > - Ian > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
