gvim and vim packages both don't have the DCOP feature so its impossible to use them as an alternative to the advanced text editor inside Kdevelop. Probably vim package misses the kvim patch. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: just emerge vim or gvim [ebuild N ] app-editors/vim-6.3-r4 -acl -cscope -debug +gpm -minimal +ncurses +nls +perl +python -ruby (-selinux) +vim-with-x 0 kB [ebuild R ] app-editors/gvim-6.3-r4 -acl -cscope -debug -gnome +gpm +gtk +gtk2 +motif +ncurses +nls +perl +python -ruby (-selinux) 0 kB Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/amd64/2004.3, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r14 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r14 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Oct 28 2004, 08:02:56)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.2-r5 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.6-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mtune=k8" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mtune=k8" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://10.0.20.1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://10.0.20.1/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 3ds X acpi alsa amarok amd aotuv arts berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 bzlib cairo cdparanoia codecs crypt cups curl divx4linux dlopen dnd fam fbcon fbdev ffmpeg flac font-server fortran gif glade gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imap imlib imlib2 immqt-bc insecure-drivers ipv6 jp2 jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeenablefinal kdepim libwww lzw lzw-tiff mmap mmxext motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mpeg4 mplayer multilib ncurses nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl openssh oss pam pdflib perl png python qt rdesktop readline samba scanner sdl session sockets speedo sqlite sqlite3 ssl tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1 type1-fonts usb userlocales vim vim-pager vim-with-x wxwindows xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xosd xpm xprint xrandr xv xvmc zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
And kvim was removed from portages.
see Bug 56992
