On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 2:57 AM, John Beckett <[email protected]>
wrote:
> David Fishburn wrote:
> > I use gVim for diffing from my source control system using:
> > gvim.exe -O -d file1.txt file2.txt
>
> I avoid problems by working in Vim. I use some external tool to generate a
> list of files I want to diff, then paste it into a temporary buffer in Vim.
> Either the external tool or a Vim script massages the list to come up with
> text like this:
>
> :tabe new1.txt
> :vert diffs old1.txt
>
Thanks for the suggestion John.
So basically I need to run some of my own commands, like you have done
above.
But I am running into the following issue.
$ gvim.exe --servername DIFF -c "echo 1"
$ gvim.exe --servername DIFF -c "echo 2"
I was hoping the 2nd call to gvim would use the already running servername
DIFF, but it instead launches a new vim instance called DIFF1
So I tried some alternatives:
$ gvim.exe --servername DIFF --remote-send "echo 1"
This one tells me the vim instance DIFF isn't running (which it isn't).
$ gvim.exe --servername DIFF --remote-expr "echo 1"
Same with this one.
Basically, I am trying to do this in a Windows batch / cmd file:
function! DiffByTab( file1, file2 )
echomsg 'F1:'.a:file1.' F2:'.a:file2
exec 'tabedit '.a:file1
exec 'vert diffsplit '.a:file2
endfunction
start gvim.exe --servername DIFF -c ":call DiffByTab( '%1', '%2' )"
I have this working, but if I call it a second time with another set of
files, it just launches another instance of vim instead of using the one
specified by --servername.
Dave
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