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Where are all the default plugins and color schemes form gvim located. I would like to create some sym links so that I can use them all in my command line vim.
I did a little searching before posting and saw this
Yes, it is possible to make gvim exactly match terminal Vim. (It’s not
always possible to go the other way, though, gvim allows more colors
so you can’t always make terminal vim match if you’re using gvim as
your base.)
EDIT: I’m on a Linux machine.
They are supposed to be in the same place for GVim and Vim.
On UNIX-based systems you should put all your plugins and colorschemes in
~/.vim.If a plugin is installed there it’s available in Vim and Gvim as long as both version numbers match the plugin’s requirements.
I agree with your quote: “everything” that works in Vim will work in GVim but not the other way around. Mappings, for example, can make use of more keys in GVim than in Vim. Modal windows are possible in GVim but not in Vim. Like idigas wrote, the coolest GVim themes won’t work in Vim because GVim supports thousands of colours while the best terminal emulators are limited to 256.
Because I use both GVim and Vim, I always think CLI Vim first to be safe.