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Other than the central repository (which vim does lack, there are quite a few plugins I'll admit), I don't see anything too different from vim, or am I just mis

Other than the central repository (which vim does lack, there are quite a few plugins I'll admit), I don't see anything too different from vim, or am I just missing something. not trying to be mean spirited, just curious.

lukeholder 14y ago
You have almost everything VIM is awesome at + nicer non terminal based UI niceties. Plus its really really fast. You get the code wall, really good window manager, better project management and its also cross platform.
- mayanksinghal 14y ago
  Non Terminal Based UI Niceties: Use Gvim Cross Platform: So is vim/gvim. I use vim on Mac/Linux/Windows. I love both vim and Sublime, so I would call 'Bodybagging' is flame-bait at best.
  - sirclueless 14y ago
    Gvim has a lot of awkward hangups, in my opinion. Selecting text is still weird, there's no context menu, etc. It's vim outside of a terminal, which is great, but most full-fledged graphical editors take better advantage of their environment than Gvim does.
    - _delirium 14y ago
      I agree with gvim being a bit basic. If you're on OSX, I think MacVim (http://code.google.com/p/macvim/ http://code.google.com/p/macvim/) is a much better choice. On Linux, I use terminal vim and rely on the terminal for environmental integration: you can choose from a dozen X terminals that will do almost anything you want.
coley 14y ago
Is the the central repository you're looking for?http://www.vim.org/scripts/index.php http://www.vim.org/scripts/index.php
- griffindy 14y ago
  I know about vim scripts, I just don't think the process is as smooth as sublime's package control
  - coley 14y ago
    This is true. Pathogen, a vim package manager, is mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Although not as smooth as Pathogen, installing most vim scripts is as easy as extracting the download into your .vim directory.
SandB0x 14y ago
Vundle works nicely as a package manager: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle https://github.com/gmarik/vundle

lukeholder 14y ago

You have almost everything VIM is awesome at + nicer non terminal based UI niceties. Plus its really really fast. You get the code wall, really good window manager, better project management and its also cross platform.

mayanksinghal 14y ago
Non Terminal Based UI Niceties: Use Gvim Cross Platform: So is vim/gvim. I use vim on Mac/Linux/Windows. I love both vim and Sublime, so I would call 'Bodybagging' is flame-bait at best.
- sirclueless 14y ago
  Gvim has a lot of awkward hangups, in my opinion. Selecting text is still weird, there's no context menu, etc. It's vim outside of a terminal, which is great, but most full-fledged graphical editors take better advantage of their environment than Gvim does.
  - _delirium 14y ago
    I agree with gvim being a bit basic. If you're on OSX, I think MacVim (http://code.google.com/p/macvim/ http://code.google.com/p/macvim/) is a much better choice. On Linux, I use terminal vim and rely on the terminal for environmental integration: you can choose from a dozen X terminals that will do almost anything you want.

coley 14y ago

Is the the central repository you're looking for?http://www.vim.org/scripts/index.php http://www.vim.org/scripts/index.php

griffindy 14y ago
I know about vim scripts, I just don't think the process is as smooth as sublime's package control
- coley 14y ago
  This is true. Pathogen, a vim package manager, is mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Although not as smooth as Pathogen, installing most vim scripts is as easy as extracting the download into your .vim directory.

SandB0x 14y ago

Vundle works nicely as a package manager: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle https://github.com/gmarik/vundle