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I have used mostly gvim (and vim via ssh) for almost all my editing needs for almost 10 years. IMHO, some gvim/vim/vi questions definitely belong on SO. For example,

Is it possible to have a Vim syntax file command span multiple lines?Is it possible to have a Vim syntax file command span multiple lines?

and

Is there any way to enable code completion for Perl in vim?Is there any way to enable code completion for Perl in vim?.

On the other hand,

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1537975/whats-your-vim-environment-like-closedhttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/1537975/whats-your-vim-environment-like-closed

is about colorschemes and such and I think rightly belongs on SU. Finally, questions such as

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1562886/managing-different-versions-of-vim-in-unix-closedhttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/1562886/managing-different-versions-of-vim-in-unix-closed definitely belongs on SF.

Therefore, a judgment call needs to be made by posters (and those who can vote to close questions) on a case-by-case basis.

I have used mostly gvim (and vim via ssh) for almost all my editing needs for almost 10 years. IMHO, some gvim/vim/vi questions definitely belong on SO. For example,

Is it possible to have a Vim syntax file command span multiple lines?

and

Is there any way to enable code completion for Perl in vim?.

On the other hand,

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1537975/whats-your-vim-environment-like-closed

is about colorschemes and such and I think rightly belongs on SU. Finally, questions such as

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1562886/managing-different-versions-of-vim-in-unix-closed definitely belongs on SF.

Therefore, a judgment call needs to be made by posters (and those who can vote to close questions) on a case-by-case basis.

I have used mostly gvim (and vim via ssh) for almost all my editing needs for almost 10 years. IMHO, some gvim/vim/vi questions definitely belong on SO. For example,

Is it possible to have a Vim syntax file command span multiple lines?

and

Is there any way to enable code completion for Perl in vim?.

On the other hand,

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1537975/whats-your-vim-environment-like-closed

is about colorschemes and such and I think rightly belongs on SU. Finally, questions such as

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1562886/managing-different-versions-of-vim-in-unix-closed definitely belongs on SF.

Therefore, a judgment call needs to be made by posters (and those who can vote to close questions) on a case-by-case basis.

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I have used mostly gvim (and vim via ssh) for almost all my editing needs for almost 10 years. IMHO, some gvim/vim/vi questions definitely belong on SO. For example,

Is it possible to have a Vim syntax file command span multiple lines?

and

Is there any way to enable code completion for Perl in vim?.

On the other hand,

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1537975/whats-your-vim-environment-like-closed

is about colorschemes and such and I think rightly belongs on SU. Finally, questions such as

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1562886/managing-different-versions-of-vim-in-unix-closed definitely belongs on SF.

Therefore, a judgment call needs to be made by posters (and those who can vote to close questions) on a case-by-case basis.