Thanks for the reply. On Mar 4, 7:16 am, Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado <[email protected]> wrote: > Saluton Michael :) > > On Wed 4 Mar 2009 16:02 +0100, Michael Mossey <[email protected]> dixit: > > > Hello, I'm just starting to look at vim, and I'm wondering if it has a > > feature equivalent to emacs "frame"... that is, several separate OS > > windows that are really linked and all part of the same vim process. > > If separate windows weren't a must, you could use different "vim > windows" (see ":help windows"). You mention them in your original > message, so I imagine that this is not exactly what you want. > > That leaves us with another approach: using real windows in the GUI. You > have to use the "server" feature of Vim (see ":help clientserver"). > > > I definitely need side-by-side editing to get at least 4 buffers (vim > > "windows") visible. However do I need to create one large VIM OS > > window? > > If I understand correctly, yes. > > > With emacs, I create a frame on the left side, a frame on the right, > > and smaller terminals and things in the corners. I can then reveal the > > right side of the screen and all its little terminals by doing editing > > in the left frame, or vice-versa. > > I don't understand this (I haven't used emacs very much, and always in a > single window/frame), so I don't know if "clientserver" is what you need > in Vim.
I'm referring to nothing more than using the OS to raise and lower OS windows. Since emacs frames are separate windows to the OS, you can raise and lower them. That's all. I will look into client/server. Thanks, Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
