Quoting "Malhotra, Vijendra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No they are not pointing to the same file. Now what is the difference > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday 10 May 2006 00:44 > To: vim@vim.org > Subject: Re: gvim > > On 2006-05-09, "Malhotra, Vijendra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > BTW what is the difference between gvim and vim -g ? > > If vim and gvim are links to the same file, nothing.
Under unix/linux systems, the "make install" procedure compiles vim and sets up a symbolic link (gvim) to vim. Vim itself starts up the gui if it determines its name is "gvim" or if the -g option is on the command line. Essentially, under linux/unix, there's no difference between gvim and vim -g. Again, note that that's after "make install". Under Windows, vim.exe and gvim.exe are two separate programs. In fact, when I type "vim -g", I get an error message (something about the GUI not being enabled at compile time). So, in this case, one can't even do a "vim -g". Regards, Chip Campbell
