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For some questions, like when a file is changed outside of Vim, Vim displays a GUI dialog box. How do I replace this GUI dialog box with a console dialog box?

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For some questions, like when a file is changed outside of Vim, Vim displays a GUI dialog box. How do I replace this GUI dialog box with a console dialog box?

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‘guioptions’ option to configure Vim to use console dialogs instead of GUI dialogs: :set guioptions+=c For more information, read :help ‘guioptions’ 31.11. I am trying to use GUI Vim as the editor for my xxx application. When the xxx application launches GUI Vim to edit a file, the control immediately returns to the xxx application. How do I start GUI Vim, so that the control returns to the xxx application only after I quit Vim? You have to start GUI Vim with the ‘-f’ (foreground) command line option: $ gvim -f By default, GUI Vim will disconnect from the program that started Vim. With the ‘-f’ option, GUI Vim will not disconnect from the program that started it. For more information, read :help gui-fork :help -f 31.12. Why does the “Select Font” dialog doesn’t show all the fonts installed in my system? Vim supports only fixed width (mono-spaced) fonts. Proportional fonts are not supported. In the “Select Font” dialog, only fixed width fonts will be displayed. For more information, rea

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