Robert Hicks wrote:
[...]
I only use a .vimrc and for the things that are gui specific I wrap in:
if has("gui_running")
" stuff for gvim
endif
Is there any reason NOT to do that if I only want to maintain one config
file?
Robert
I do that too. For the settings which must wait until the GUI starts (like
setting t_vb again) I use instead something like
if has("gui")
autocommand GUIEnter * set t_vb=
endif
which, however, does rely on +autocmd being compiled-in. This is not really a
problem for me, since in the rare cases when I use a "tiny" version of Vim, it
is not GUI-enabled.
With Unix versions of gvim, it is possible to start a GUI-enabled Vim in
console mode, do some editing (so has("gui_running") is off while sourcing the
vimrc) and later change one's mind and use the :gui command to start the GUI.
In practice I don't do that, however, so (in practice) when has("gui_running")
is false, I'm not going to go from console mode to GUI mode in the course of
the current session.
I think that what it comes to in the end is a question of personal preference.
Best regards,
Tony.
