Terminal vim shortcut in ubuntu?

Question

How can I create a shortcut to open a terminal and launch vim (terminal version, not gvim) ?

Answer 1

Create a shortcut with gnome-terminal -e vim as the target.

Answer 2

Look up in the options of your favourite terminal and see which allows you to run a given program. Using xterm:

xterm -e vim

assuming that vim is in you $PATH.

Answer 3

I recommend a keyboard shortcut then typing vi or vim in when terminal opens: Bind terminal to a key combination

Answer 4

using an alias e.g.

alias tvim="gnome-terminal -e vim"

if you use gnome-terminal obviously