> Well, under Linux each different terminal (Linux console, KDE konsole,
> gnome-terminal, xterm, mlterm, ...) can react differently, but gvim
> has a better grasp of what you type than any of them, because there's
> one fewer layer between Vim and your keyboard. For a similar reason it
> also gives you better control of what you display (more colours,
> better control of: fonts, multi-language texts, cursor shapes, ...).
> IMHO the only job for which console Vim is better than the GUI is when
> displaying RTL and LTR scripts together in a single file, in a
> full-bidi terminal such as mlterm.
I found mlterm great for just-Arabic, but I could never quite get fonts
set up properly for displaying RTL and LTR simultaneously.
But, you're also leaving out (IMHO the best reason to use console Vim:)
how nice it is to have a consistent UI regardless of whether you're
working locally or on a remote machine. I do most of my work in
terminal emulators, and the fact that Vim behaves exactly the same
whether I've first ssh'ed somewhere else is great. The overhead from
X11 over slightly-unreliable network links is just enough to be
irritating.
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Best,
Ben
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