Another Productivity Tip: Use iTerm and Vim
I was pairing with James Golick the other day, and he told me he was using iTerm in fullscreen mode. I was pretty excited by that, and I immediately downloaded and installed it.
I was already a Vim user, through the excellent MacVim, but I started using Vim from the console instead. My main screen is an Acer X243w, and with Vim in full screen, I have more than enough space to do all my coding. Splitting vertically is now a real pleasure, and I can even have a 4 way split that’s not too claustrophobic.
The other benefit of using iTerm instead of the default Mac OS X Terminal is that iTerm can be used in 256 colors, enabling Vim to do even more syntax highlighting. That wasn’t a problem in MacVim though.
Only caveat? Scrolling is a bit slow. Me and James both wonder about this…
