Very often I have many gvim windows open -- sometimes for unrelated projects because I hit a snag in 1 project that sends me off to another.
Add that to breaks, and I forget which windows are minimized over in the the tray. Just like now, I wanted to open a file that has a list I wanted browse to find the right error code for a program I was working in. I tried to open errnos.shh but got the message it found a .swp file, I scan for the process info to see if it says it is still active. It is. So then 'abort' that and then go to taskbar and only see 1 icon for vim with 5 files hiding under it. I move my mouse over the taskbar icon and it displays the names each of them is editing, then I click on it to open and continue work. What would really speed up my work flow is if it would behave like some apps (like web browsers), where if I already have the file open in a gvim instance, if my 'invocation' of a new gvim on the same file could send the other one a command to restore itself to the desktop and pop-to-the top. Then I can just skip all the reading on the duplicate scanning for pid, scanning for 'still running', then going to find the current one. Is that possible or is it something that might be added? Currently running gvim via 'X' from a linux machine but displaying on a windows machine, but we're really talking about an 'X' window being bumped to the top, though the same situation could arise if I was using the Windows GUI version (just that most of my editing is of files on the linux machine). Might this be possible? Thanks! -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" 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.
