Re: gvim is too cool

["Anthony E . Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

On 23 Jul 2000 21:07 Bret Hughes wrote:
> I've been using vi as my primary editor for the last two or
> three years that I have been messing with Linux, but have
> been using gedit some of late.  not real happy with it but I
> just found gvim , the gui version of vi it looks too damn
> cool!  Working on shell scripts gives some syntax
> highlighting, tool bar and all the power of vi.
> 
> Is everybody else using this and I am that late to the
> party, or have I found a gem that has been hidden from all
> but the most curious or lucky?  Are there problems with it
> that I will find with use? I just found it and thought it
> was so cool I had to tell someone.  Sheese, I guess I am a
> geek if I get excited about a damn editor.  Maybe my wife is
> right after all. :)

I've been using vi for years too. I just found gvim a few weeks ago. I also
found vim. Using vim in an xterm is better than using gvim because you can
drop to the command line at any time. Opening files in the current directory is
easier than fooling around with paths in gvim. I had been using vi for years
and liking it, but always looking for something a little better.

Then I edited /etc/bashrc and added: alias vi=vim

Text editing has never been better. I get the power of an xterm and the
syntax highlighting and other features of vim.

Tony
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