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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