On 3/7/11, björn <bjorn.winck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6 March 2011 00:36, E. Wing wrote: >> I use mvim a lot to open files. I often get into situations where I >> have so many open files, I don't remember which I left open and which >> I closed. And when I try to open an already open file, I get the >> Alert: "Swap file "foo.swp" already exists!" and a bunch of options, >> none of which brings the current open window/tab forward. >> >> Is there a way to get mvim to bring forward the already open window or >> tab of the file I request (assuming it is open)? And if the file isn't >> already open, I would expect mvim to do what it currently does. >> >> I looked at the --remote-tab-silent switch. It seems close to what I >> want, but I don't want these things in new tabs, but windows when not >> already open. It also seems to get confused if I have an additional >> parameter like the line number: >> mvim --remote-tab-silent-switch +60 >> Instead of jumping to line 60, it opens a second tab called +60. >> >> Any suggestions? > > The only easy way to achieve this is to use "open -a MacVim filename" > but that won't let you pass parameters. > > I don't have an easy solution if you need to pass parameters as well. > The only thing I can think of is to write a script which queries all > open Vim servers for a list of open filenames using --serverlist to > get all Vim servers, then --remote-expr to query each server for open > files. If a file is found to be open, then raise that server with > --remote-send. This is done by MacVim, the relevant code is inside > MMAppController.m -- search for "addVimInput" (which is basically > --remote-send) and "evaluateVimExpression" (which is basically > --remote-expr). > > Björn
Is there any documentation on how to use expressions? I'm unfamiliar with the concept/syntax. Out of curiosity, is the Scripting Bridge support robust enough to attempt it that way? Is that a bad idea? Thanks, Eric -- Beginning iPhone Games Development http://playcontrol.net/iphonegamebook/ -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" 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
