On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 02:41:46PM -0500, Yaron wrote: > Then again I don't know LISP, and I only fire up Xemacs when I want to > edit multiple files or want pretty syntax hilighting and auto intenting. Editing multiple files in ViM ViM does support split screen editing of multiple files. The multi-window functions are hidden behind the ^W key. ^W-s Split the current window ^W-_ Maximize the current window ^W-= Make all windows the same size ^W-w Switch to the next window ^W-c Close the current window :help X_wi for more information Syntax highlighting in ViM ViM also has syntax highlighting for many different file formats. ViM identifies file syntax by the file extension. :sy on Turn on syntax highlighting :sy off Turn off syntax highlighting Syntax highlighting becomes much easier if you use the graphical ViM interface, gvim or vim -g. There should be a menu which allows you to pick the syntax highlighting you want. Note: These features must be compiled into your copy of ViM. Some evil distributions (like RedHat) install a vim-minimal package by default which doesn't have these awesome features. If you only have vim-minimal installed, install vim-enhanced or vim-X11 instead. Nate (Hopefully) reducing Emacs use by showing off ViM features.