> I recommend against the use of the GUI.
Going against what the authors recommend? Why? They suggest gvim because of the 256 native colour support, along with various other things (encoding, the terminal doesn't get in the way etc).
I'd suggest using gvim and turning off the menu / toolbar. That way it's exactly the same if you SSH into another box and cannot pipe X (who would anyway?). And it allows you to enjoy 256 colours in the mean time.
Otherwise, +1 for spreading vi/m. And down with Emacs!
