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Re: Two manipulations I do a lot



On 2005-12-07, Jean-Rene David <jrdavid@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Hein Zelle <hein@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Do vim or gvim have similar functionality where
> > you can open multiple files/buffers in one
> > editor, and have an external program open a new
> > file in an existing vim process? 
> 
> At the risk of going off-topic:
> 
> Yes you can have multiple files/buffers open in
> one editor.
> 
> However I don't know how one would have an
> external program open a new file in a new window
> in an existing vim process. Maybe others know. I
> would use "screen" to get that effect.

I've never done this myself, but it is supposed to be possible via 
the client-server feature.  See

    :help remote.txt

in Vim.

Gary

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