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gVim is a powerful, feature-rich and highly configurable text editor

Like vi, Vim's interface is based not on menus or icons but on commands given in a text user interface; its GUI mode, gVim, adds menus and toolbars for commonly used commands but the full functionality is still expressed through its command line mode.

gVim is a powerful, feature-rich and highly configurable text editor primarily for programmers. With gVim you can efficiently write code with syntax highlighting in many languages, and many other useful features like regular expression search and replace.

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How to install gvim?

I have done the following: sudo apt-get install vim-gnome But I get the following: vim-gnome : Depends: libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.7.352) but 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. I've…
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How to save font choice in gVim?

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10. Whenever I open the gvim application, I have to select a custom font (Edit→Select font). I would like gvim to remember my choice. Perhaps I need to edit the ~/.vimrc file, I am not sure. How can I make gvim remember my…
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gvim produces error when hitting the close window

Everytime I close a gvim window with the little x on the window or Alt + F4. I get the following error and have to hit return to get my command prompt back. Has anyone seen this? (gvim:26639): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot retrieve class for…
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Gvim always starts in the home directory!

I use gvim to edit my tex files and it is the default editor. So I just double click on the tex files to edit them and that opens them with Gvim. However, the working directory for Gvim is always the home directory which is odd since I would expect…
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GVIM 7.3 exits with error information on Ubuntu 11.10 AMD64

I installed GVIM 7.3 from Ubuntu Software Center. I can successfully run it in a terminal but after it exits, warning messages will show in that terminal. I've tried to solve it but, no effect. Can anyone tell me why this happens and how to get rid…
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Modifying the appearance of gvim

I wanted to set the color scheme of gvim to 'evening' and have line numbers displayed everytime I start. But I can't find the right .gvimrc file and how can I set these default settings. Help much appreciated. Thanks!
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Detachable menus in gvim are not clickable

You can detach the menus in gvim with the scissors symbol. This works, but I cannot click any of the items then. Is there a way to fix this?
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How do I reset gVim completely?

I am using Ubuntu 15.04. I installed gVim using sudo apt-get install vim-gnome. After installing, I played around with opening and editing files and changing the colorscheme to Solarized. I then attempted to reset everything to the way it originally…
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