Hi Tomas! On Sa, 25 Apr 2015, Tomas Sandven wrote:
> When multiple separate gvim instances are running, there is no good > way to tell them apart (that I've found.) > > I suggest adding a command line argument so that gvim instances can be > launched with different X roles: > > gvim --role=notepad gvim --role=dev_proj1 gvim --role=dev_proj2 > > This makes is easy to apply different window management rules to the > different gvim instances. > > I am using i3wm with saved layouts to start my work environment. This > involves 8 terminals and 3 instances of gvim. gnome-terminal has a > --role= option, but gvim doesn't, so I currently have to position > those windows manually every time. I still don't understand what --role is supposed to do. So can you please explain in more detail? Best, Christian -- Letztens waren wir Beamten bei einer Schneckenjagd. Aber ich hatte kein Glück- immer wenn eine Schnecke ankam und ich sie fangen wollte - schwupp, weg war sie, wie der Blitz! -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
