Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
Manu Anand wrote: Funny!! I was thinking about this y'day. I think this would be more than one option. This option should exist for each opened instance of VIM. We can probably change the functionality of Edit with existing filename to open in a new tab. Wotsay? I would rather the behavior be to open in a new tab as well on Windows. :Robert
RE: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
-Original Message- From: Stelian Iancu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:59 AM To: vim@vim.org Subject: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows Hello there, I've been using vim on and off for about 5 years now but now I've decided to switch entirely to vim. Up until now I've used UltraEdit and this one can be configured that every file that I open with it is opened in another tab of the existing instance. Can vim 7.x be configured to behave the same? Depends on how you work within windows to launch files, which will dictate how easy this is. For example, on windows I always work from command prompts. When I want to edit a file I type: vimt.cmd filename Vimt.cmd does the following: @rem Default the instance name to GVIM - Vims default @set vim_instance=GVIM @rem Override it if necessary if %2. NEQ . set vim_instance=%2 @echo on @echo %0 start gvim.exe --servername %vim_instance% --remote-tab-silent %1 That will do what you want. HTH, Dave
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 17:49:09 -0400, Jack Donohue sent: Not exactly what you were asking for, but Vim 7 seems to have a right mouse button context menu items for starting a new instance of vim or opening the file in the existing instance. Indeed it does, but this won't start a new tab for you. If you specifically want to open new tabs for files, the following solution may work for you: 1. Create a Windows shortcut in %USERPROFILE%\SendTo 2. For the location of the item, enter C:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\gvim.exe --servername GVIM --remote-tab-silent 3. Give your shortcut an appropriate name. 4. You can now right-click on files and Send To a new Vim Tab. Hope this helps; -- Pete Johns http://johnsy.com/ Contact Information http://johnsy.com/contact/ Taking Stock http://johnsy.com/20060821101816 dsc00220 http://johnsy.com/albums/flickr/210370644 pgpEROr2dx7BW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
On 8/22/06, Bob Hiestand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/22/06, Stelian Iancu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there, I've been using vim on and off for about 5 years now but now I've decided to switch entirely to vim. Up until now I've used UltraEdit and this one can be configured that every file that I open with it is opened in another tab of the existing instance. Can vim 7.x be configured to behave the same? Thanks and regards, Stelian Stelian, You may wish to look into the '--remote-silent' option. I've used it in the past to achieve a similar situation on Linux; I haven't tried it on Windows. If you follow this route, you may want to create a batch command to call instead the executable to massage the parameters so that, for instance, if no parameters are supplied, it may just bring the existing instance to the foreground or open a new buffer (with --remote-send). Additionally, you may wish to look into the 'foreground()' and 'remote-foreground()' functions.
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
On 8/22/06, Stelian Iancu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there, I've been using vim on and off for about 5 years now but now I've decided to switch entirely to vim. Up until now I've used UltraEdit and this one can be configured that every file that I open with it is opened in another tab of the existing instance. Can vim 7.x be configured to behave the same? Thanks and regards, Stelian Stelian, You may wish to look into the '--remote-silent' option. I've used it in the past to achieve a similar situation on Linux; I haven't tried it on Windows. If you follow this route, you may want to create a batch command to call instead the executable to massage the parameters so that, for instance, if no parameters are supplied, it may just bring the existing instance to the foreground or open a new buffer (with --remote-send).
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:59:29AM +0200, Stelian Iancu wrote: Hello there, I've been using vim on and off for about 5 years now but now I've decided to switch entirely to vim. Up until now I've used UltraEdit and this one can be configured that every file that I open with it is opened in another tab of the existing instance. Can vim 7.x be configured to behave the same? As a corollary to this request, I have a Feature Request. In Windows, can there be a context menu item for Open in a New Tab in Current Vim. I find myself looking for that several times a day. -- yours, William
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
Funny!! I was thinking about this y'day. I think this would be more than one option. This option should exist for each opened instance of VIM. We can probably change the functionality of Edit with existing filename to open in a new tab. Wotsay? Manu On 8/22/06, William O'Higgins Witteman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:59:29AM +0200, Stelian Iancu wrote: Hello there, I've been using vim on and off for about 5 years now but now I've decided to switch entirely to vim. Up until now I've used UltraEdit and this one can be configured that every file that I open with it is opened in another tab of the existing instance. Can vim 7.x be configured to behave the same? As a corollary to this request, I have a Feature Request. In Windows, can there be a context menu item for Open in a New Tab in Current Vim. I find myself looking for that several times a day. -- yours, William
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
Not exactly what you were asking for, but Vim 7 seems to have a right mouse button context menu items for starting a new instance of vim or opening the file in the existing instance. Jack
Re: Allow only one instance of vim on Windows
On 8/22/06, Jack Donohue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not exactly what you were asking for, but Vim 7 seems to have a right mouse button context menu items for starting a new instance of vim or opening the file in the existing instance. Yes.I understand the same. I was trying to edit the registry settings to open the same in a new tab. Much more cleaner.. Off the top of my head of my head, I remember somebody writing a a script for converting buffers to tabs.I might have to use the same if I get really desperate. Manu Jack
