Re: [Mingw-users] Vim utility not included in MSYS?

Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> Or dowload vim from www.vim.org
> (ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/gvim72.exe). Install it, add "/c/Program
> Files/Vim/vim72" to PATH, and then you have a full-fledged 'vim' and
> 'gvim', which is also usable outside MSYS.
>    

My choice.

I then add an alias to my ~/.profile like so:
alias vim='start /path/to/vim/vim72/gvim'

This allows the MSYS console to become free.

Earnie