Added a part about compiling vim, can't help you with the screenshots I'm afraid.

Sorted out some more tags (<application></application> was left out a bit too often).

LDP/guide/docbook/LDP-Author-Guide/tools-text-editors.xml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	<ulink url="http://www.vim.org">http://www.vim.org</ulink>
 </para> 
 <para>
-	No mention of <application>Emacs</application> is complete 
+	No mention of text editors is complete 
 	without talking about <application>vi</application>.  
 	The <application>VIM</application> (Vi IMproved) 
 	editor has the functionality of
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@
 	Debian users will want the following package: vim.
 	For an X interface (including <acronym>GUI</acronym> menus and 
 	mouse control) users will want
-	<application>gvim</application>. The g in gvim is for
+	<application>gvim</application>. The <quote>g</quote> in gvim is for
 	<quote>Graphical</quote>.
 </para>
+<para><application>VIM</application> compiles very easy should you need to build your own.  Both <command>vim</command> and <command>gvim</command> are built by default.  Syntax highlighting is included but not enabled by default if you have to start from scratch; use the <command>:syntax enable</command> command in <application>VIM</application> to turn this feature on.
+</para>
 </section>
 
 <section id="vim-new-file">
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@
 	</screen>
 
 	<para>
-		You'll also have to convert the dbhelper.vim file to unix formatting:
+		You'll also have to convert the <filename>dbhelper.vim</filename> file to unix formatting:
 	</para>
 
 	<screen>
@@ -176,9 +178,9 @@
 </para>
 
 <para>
-	The epcEdit program allows you to edit XML files.  
-	It has the advantages of not needing to know Emacs or
-   vi before starting, and is cross-platform, working in both
+	The <application>epcEdit</application> program allows you to edit XML files.  
+	It has the advantages of not needing to know <application>Emacs</application> or
+   <application>vi</application> before starting, and is cross-platform, working in both
    Windows and Linux.  This is a commercial application, and
    pricing can be found at
    <ulink url="http://www.tksgml.de/pricing.html">
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@
               <imagedata format="JPG" fileref="sgeditscreenshot.jpg"/>
             </imageobject>
             <textobject>
-              <phrase>The screen shot of the epcEdit program shows a
+              <phrase>The screen shot of the <application>epcEdit program shows a
               tree on the left side that has the document in a
               hierarchy, while the right side shows the document.
               Tags are shown with a gray background.</phrase>
@@ -227,11 +229,11 @@
 </para> 
 
 <para>
-	To be fair, nedit is more
+	To be fair, <application>nedit</application> is more
    for programmers, so it might seem a bit of overkill for new
    users and especially non-programmers.  All that aside, it's
    extremely powerful, allowing for syntax highlighting.  Unlike
-   epcEdit, nedit doesn't allow you to automatically insert tags
+   <application>epcEdit</application>, <application>nedit</application> doesn't allow you to automatically insert tags
    or automatically validate your code.  However, it does allow
    for shell commands to be run against the contents of the
    window (as opposed to saving the file, then checking).
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ XML file instead of an SGML file -->
                 <imagedata fileref="neditscreenshot.jpg" format="JPG"/>
               </imageobject>
               <textobject>
-                <phrase>The nedit program can provide line numbers
+                <phrase>The <application>nedit</application> program can provide line numbers
                 across the left side of the screen, handy for when
                 <command>nsgmls</command> complains of errors</phrase> 
               </textobject>
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ XML file instead of an SGML file -->
 
 <section id="usingnedit">
 <title>Using nedit</title>
-<para>When you open your DocBook file nedit should already
+<para>When you open your DocBook file, <application>nedit</application> should already
 have syntax highlighting enabled. If it does not you can
 turn it on explicitly using:
 	<menuchoice>
@@ -398,17 +400,17 @@ turn it on explicitly using:
 	This is a commercial application which is currently
 		available for free (with an optional user registration).
 		It is written in Java, allowing it to run on any platform 
-		that has a JVM (that is, works in both
+		that has a Java Virtual Machine (that is, works in both
       Windows and Linux).
 </para>
 <para>
-	On the plus sides of XMLEditor is the left side of the
+	On the plus sides of <application>XMLEditor</application> is the left side of the
       screen shows the hierarchy of the document (starting with Book
       and so on).  Selecting an item in the list brings you to that
       part of the document so you can edit it.  The right part of the
       screen shows the text without any markup or tags being shown.
       If you have external files as ELEMENTS (as the LDP Author Guide
-      does), XMLEditor will follow the links and load the files, so
+      does), <application>XMLEditor</application> will follow the links and load the files, so
       you always work on the entire work.  On the minus side of this,
       you will get errors if a file is missing. 
 </para>
@@ -428,7 +430,7 @@ turn it on explicitly using:
 </para>
 
 <blockquote><para>
-	I am a big fan of XMLMind's XXE editor and XFC FO converter.
+	I am a big fan of XMLMind's <application>XXE</application> editor and <application>XFC</application> FO converter.
 	It is <quote>free as in beer,</quote> but not necessarily
 	<quote>free as in speech.</quote>  Very liberal license for personal use
 	however. It's Java-based so it works on all sorts of OS's.