One can edit many files with a single instance of vim, with the argument --remote-tab-silent. Although not clear in the documentation, the `remote' features only work in ms windows and X windows -- not in a console window, dos box, or non-graphic shell.
In this regard, I wish the `remote' functions had corresponding options one could set in .vimrc. Is there some way one could use only one instance of vim, when editing files in a plain old unix shell? Only way I can think of, offhand, is to write a vim shell script that ran instead of vim.exe. Then, vim filename -- would check if an instance of vim was already running or suspended. If so, it would first write a little file containing :arge filename. Then it would execute a fg or exit shell command. In turn vim would source the little file when it wakes up, via an autocommand for the shellcmdPost event. Any more elegant way to do this? -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
