Nice explanation of why it can't/shouldn't be done : http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&m=98028060303019&w=2 As for a good text editor on windows why go for anything other than gvim itself :) ftp://ftp.ny.us.vim.org/pub/editors/vim/pc/ Do note you have to download two files as written on the site.... Mithun