Monday, November 14, 2011

Re: Windows: opening already open files

Am 14.11.2011 06:38, schrieb Steven An:
> I often double-click files in Windows Explorer and have them open in
> VIM. But if the file is already opened, vim will complain and what not
> - I could just "edit anyway", but I'd like for it to pop up the Vim
> window that has that file opened. Is there a way to do this? Thanks.
> --Steve

Vim provides the $VIMRUNTIME/macros/editexisting.vim script for that
purpose. It's a normal plugin.

Either (this is what I use)
copy that file to your plugin folder
or add (untested)
runtime macros/editexisting.vim
to your vimrc.

--
Andy

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