> Is there a command line switch to tell vim to not try and use the gtk > portions? Emacs does a similar thing (tries to use X) to me if I forget > the -nw switch on it. I'm guessing it's a default to try and be the > most resource hungry editor it can be ;>. No. The switch is to go gui. And I'm not using it. When vim does come up, it comes up console mode.