<p>In emacs there is a handy way to launch the gdb and gui options for gdb, the C debugger.</p>

<p>Is there a similar option in gvim?</p>

I don't think there is.  I use different windows.
The only thing I can think of is
```
```
!gdb blah blah blah
```
```
but that may not be what you are looking for.  It tends to be used to generate batch text that gets plugged back into the file you are editing.
Hope this helps.