Vim/GVim

[Mikenell]

Is it just me or is the windows version of gvim better than the linux version? It automatically select the correct syntax highlighting depending on what extension file you open, and also theres a big list of different languages and you can select which syntax to use in the windows version but there isnt in the linux version... Did I forget to download a file? Is there a way to make GVim automatically highlight based on file extensions?
I also have a problem with the way GVim executes. When I run it from a console by typing gvim, its size is perfect, when I run it from my blackbox menu its huge, far too big and doesnt fit fully on the screen! Is there anything I can do to fix this? Any arguments I can give it etc?
Thanks
Mikenell

[YaRness]

Originally posted by Mikenell:
Is it just me or is the windows version of gvim better than the linux version? It automatically select the correct syntax highlighting depending on what extension file you open, and also theres a big list of different languages and you can select which syntax to use in the windows version but there isnt in the linux version... Did I forget to download a file? Is there a way to make GVim automatically highlight based on file extensions?
I also have a problem with the way GVim executes. When I run it from a console by typing gvim, its size is perfect, when I run it from my blackbox menu its huge, far too big and doesnt fit fully on the screen! Is there anything I can do to fix this? Any arguments I can give it etc?
Thanks
Mikenell

vim (i never use gvim in linux, why bother, opening another console just feels better. anyway, it should just be based on vim with a pretty front-end) in linux, for me, always highlights stuff correctly. i'm not sure if it looks for shebang lines or #include or whatever, but all my stuff in linux has no extensions on it.

on the other hand, i use gvim in windows, and it works fine too.

if you check the man pages, i think the location of the syntax files is listed (sometihng like /usr/share/local/osomethingorother, i can never remember stuff like that)

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[Mikenell]

Do you have any vim config files?
Mikenell

[Mikenell]

Ok, I now have the syntax optons working since I went through the Customizing Vim NHF. But, the window still starts far too big and is off the screen, and also the syntax colours are different than if I use gvim from a console! What is the difference between starting something from a blackbox menu and starting something from console? I know the gvim command from the blackbox menu doesnt have any extra arguments. Does anyone else have this problem?Mikenell