>
> 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
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