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View Poll Results: Gvim or Vim?
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10-31-2006, 01:05 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: ~/
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 156
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gvim or vim?
Just curious... if you use gvim, why do you use it over vim? And if you use vim, why do you use it over gvim?
Thanks!
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10-31-2006, 01:14 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Slackware64 14.0
Posts: 4,141
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I don't use all of their capabilities, so my preference is based on when/where I use them. I'm usually working at the command line so vim is always available. Although I like gvim, I don't always have a GUI available.
So, vim it is...
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10-31-2006, 01:31 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 10,532
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Hi,
Vim.
I'm basically not a gui lover and as gilead indirectly stated: vim doesn't need all the extra's.
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10-31-2006, 01:38 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Distribution: Gentoo, LFS, Debian,Ubuntu
Posts: 1,537
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I use vim mostly not sure why probably cause I don't bother to compile vim with the gui. Other then that its probably cause when I need vim im in a command box or not in X at all. I probably use mousepad more tho.
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11-01-2006, 09:08 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Finland
Distribution: Slackware, CentOS, RHEL, OpenBSD
Posts: 1,006
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I use the Gvim when in GUI and vim in CLI... or emacs 
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11-01-2006, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2005
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 2,012
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I always use gvim called as vim. That way, I can have niceties like the X clipboards and a adjusted xterm title bar, but still maintain a console look+feel because it doesn't open another window like normal gvim does. So my answer is... both.
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11-01-2006, 09:41 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: West Virginia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 1,249
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I'm new to vim so I vote Gvim. Gvim is nice for beginners. Gvim is also nice if your to lazy to learn all the vim commands. I guess I'm lazy.
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11-01-2006, 12:46 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 6
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I prefer to use vim on the CLI. On Windoze, I use GVim. I suppose it's whichever I have available.
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12-12-2006, 07:49 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2006
Posts: 3
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vim, just because command is short
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12-12-2006, 08:00 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: /USA/MI/Detroit/home
Distribution: MEPIS, antiX, RHEL
Posts: 105
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Quote:
Originally Posted by darthbob88
I prefer to use vim on the CLI. On Windoze, I use GVim. I suppose it's whichever I have available.
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Ditto. It's funny to see my co-workers faces when they try to figure out what program I'm using in Windows with the funny colors.
sleepy
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12-12-2006, 11:35 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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vim
Because knowing it I can use it in either environment, w/o
having to rely on any "special features" that I'd miss out
on on a CLI. It does all I need (and if it doesn't I use
emacs instead :D )
Cheers,
Tink
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12-12-2006, 11:40 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: OZ
Distribution: Debian Sid/RPIOS
Posts: 4,916
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I guess I am lazy I use Cream:
Cream :: a modern configuration of the Vim text editor
Quote:
Cream shapes Vim into an interface you probably already know (sometimes called Common User Access [ext.link] ). Whether you are writing emails or developing large software applications, Cream saves you time and gets you up and running quickly.
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12-12-2006, 11:54 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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Quote:
Originally Posted by craigevil
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I've had a look at it - no point for me getting used to it: it's
not like I can go and install it on all our production machines ;}
vi on the sparcs, vim on the linux-boxen.
vim and emacs on my desktop.
Cheers,
Tink
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12-12-2006, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,272
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Both, and vi.
I use vim or vi on my FreeBSD box and gvim on my Windows machines. Some of my jails on the FreeBSD box don't have vim installed, that is when I use vi.
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12-12-2006, 05:03 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Rocky 9.x
Posts: 18,434
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vim because I'm used to the cmd line and also I tend to use a minimal set of cmds (too lazy to learn a lot/ don't need them), so nearly anything I do I can do in vi if needed.
Not least because, as noted above, most prod systems don't run a GUI, esp non-Linux type Unices.
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