On 09/12/2011 10:58 AM, Ben Fritz wrote:
I don't have much reason behind my choice, I just like it better. I'm not fond of being bound to a terminal window, I use it when I need to but usually separate from Vim. I do know that the terminal version causes all sorts of headaches; as evidenced by the mailing list, wiki, and IRC channel. More key mappings are normally available in gvim, you don't need to worry about how many colors your term has or how it renders combinations of ctermfg and cterm, color schemes are usually written for gvim, you can set the font quickly and easily, etc. As for interacting with other tools which need to know when the editor is done, there's the -f argument when launching Vim.
I want to add that I also use Gvim 95+% of time for all the same reasons. I almost always use it on linux. I never use vim tabs, I should probably try them for a few weeks.
I'm also not fond of needing to suspend Vim with Ctrl-Z and bring it back up whenever I want to do work with the terminal. I like having them side-by-side. I could launch two terminal windows or start looking into "screen" (I think anyway, never tried it), or I could just launch the GUI and be done with it.
+1 except that I sometimes use vim with ctrl-z when using remote ssh session. -ak -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
