Nothing wrong with the aesthetics of a nice, TextMate-like Cocoa project drawer.
But isn't the idea of going back to having to use the mouse to navigate a project tree a huge step back for an advanced text editing environment such as (Mac)Vi(m)? It is obvious that the strictly text- based interface of Vim sacrifices a lot of the visual appeal of a GUI, but it does that precisely in order to boost productivity and efficiency. For me, the major benefit of using MacVim over Vim in a terminal is its integration with the Cocoa text system (fonts!), and other native OS X apps. (Oh, and let us not forget the full screen mode. WriteRoom, SchwriteRoom...) Otherwise, I tend to hide the toolbar and scroll- bars, and keep all other distractions at a minimum. OTOH, the debate about power-user, advanced text editors such as Vi(m) and *Emacs vs. the latest GUI improvements (whether we're talking '95 or '05 or '09) has been running for quite a few years, both in the Open and proprietary source code communities. And I think there is a good reason why these programs tend to eschew the latest GUI features in favour of their own productivity boosters. Finally, and despite its cool project drawer, bear in mind that TextMate itself was also designed rather differently from most common OS X apps (no toolbar, for instance, and keyboard accelerators for everything (snippets, etc.) except, *sigh*, the project drawer). Also, the TextMate interface is meant to be radically re-designed in the expected 2.x version, although only time will tell how it will develop. Just my view on the matter. Best, Kamen On Oct 8, 4:07 pm, Tobia Conforto <tobia.confo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Björn and others > > Would it be simpler to just have a Cocoa drawer of open buffers? > Much like the Buffers menu, except it wouldn't be a menu but a drawer. > > Tobia -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
