On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Corcoran <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Well then, I won't hold my breath. Thanks for the info. > > The things that I like about MacVim over GVim are > > 1. Looks good out of the box. > 2. Easy to customize minor graphical things (font, etc.) through a > menu, instead of Modifying a confusing .vimrc file. > 3. Opening a file in MacVim results in it being opened in a new > instance, instead of a new Gvim "Window" (am I getting the terminology > right here?) which replaces the view of what you were previously > editing. > 4. Easily switch between instances/windows with apple` > 5. Easy font scaling with apple- apple+ > > So it's really just interface/usability issues. > #2: :set guifont=* brings up a font chooser dialog in Windows and Gnome gvim. #3: As far as I can tell, MacVim is a separate application that controls one or more instances of gvim, each running in a separate process. There's no analog to this on other platforms. You just run gvim directly. #4 follows from #3 #5: See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Change_font_size_quickly But, yeah, MacVim is purtier. -- /George V. Reilly [email protected] http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog http://blogs.cozi.com/tech --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
