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rennis250

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Registered: 2009-07-26

Posts: 18

[SOLVED] Open file in current Vim session

Hello,

I'm wondering if it's possible to send a file to Vim and have it opened in a new tab within a currently running session/instance.  I'm using the Awesome WM and I'd ultimately like to have the Ranger file manager running in one tag and have it send opened files to a master Vim session running in another tag.

Thanks for any help,
Rob

Last edited by rennis250 (2010-10-27 22:35:57)

doom_phd

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From: US

Registered: 2009-08-11

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Open file in current Vim session

If you mean gVim then I think you can call gvim --remote filename and it should open it in a currently running instance of gVim

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awkwood

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From: .au <=> .ca

Registered: 2009-04-23

Posts: 91

Re: [SOLVED] Open file in current Vim session

Try "--remote-tab-silent".

More info here  http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/remote.html

rennis250

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Registered: 2009-07-26

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] Open file in current Vim session

Ah, I was aware of the gVim command and was looking for a terminal implementation.  Thanks, fellas!  It looks like --remote-tab-silent will fit into my work flow nicely.

Thanks,
Rob