Hi all. I am a fan of the vim/gvim editor which may be very familiar to users of other *nix systems (notably, vi--although not vim--is guaranteed on any *nix by POSIX standards). I am interested in running gvim (graphical vi improved). vim is shipped with Tiger which is nice, but it's an old version of vim. And it also doesn't allow the -g switch which is essentially gvim (and gvim is not a command in Tiger).
Luckily, I found macvim.org. I downloaded Vim.app and alias'ed vim to it's vim executable which gave me the latest version of vim in my terminal. Great! Now, running vim -g (which is the same as using their gvim script or double-clicking the Vim.app) gave me something like gvim. But, it wasn't quite the gvim I know like the one from running gvim on a fresh install of Ubuntu. For one, it didn't have the toolbar. But more importantly, it kept running separate Vim.app's for every file I'd edit. So, I read up on it and it seems that it can't be run all in one process--that it's a feature not yet implemented in vim in general and not just in the mac port. This made gvim unusable because when I'd be editing many files it would fill up my dock and make working impossible.
So, I have a couple questions: you can answer whichever you can. Can anyone recommend a good gvim-like editor for the mac? Can I make Vim.app not appear on the dock so that I can run many copies without making the dock unusable? Can anyone recommend a good emacs mac port? Can I run XEmacs on X11.app? Can I run the gvim from, say Ubuntu, on X11.app if I install gtk or something like that?
Luckily, I found macvim.org. I downloaded Vim.app and alias'ed vim to it's vim executable which gave me the latest version of vim in my terminal. Great! Now, running vim -g (which is the same as using their gvim script or double-clicking the Vim.app) gave me something like gvim. But, it wasn't quite the gvim I know like the one from running gvim on a fresh install of Ubuntu. For one, it didn't have the toolbar. But more importantly, it kept running separate Vim.app's for every file I'd edit. So, I read up on it and it seems that it can't be run all in one process--that it's a feature not yet implemented in vim in general and not just in the mac port. This made gvim unusable because when I'd be editing many files it would fill up my dock and make working impossible.
So, I have a couple questions: you can answer whichever you can. Can anyone recommend a good gvim-like editor for the mac? Can I make Vim.app not appear on the dock so that I can run many copies without making the dock unusable? Can anyone recommend a good emacs mac port? Can I run XEmacs on X11.app? Can I run the gvim from, say Ubuntu, on X11.app if I install gtk or something like that?