Re: Diff mode via Tabs

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 9:58:35 PM UTC-5, David Fishburn wrote:
> Windows 8.1 64-bit using a 32-bit gVim 7.4.1-729.
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> I use gVim for diffing from my source control system using:
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> gvim.exe -O -d file1.txt file2.txt
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> This works great.
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> I was hoping to extend this a bit.
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> When I diff a changelist, it runs the above command on all files in the changelist.  This might open 10 gvim instances.
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> What I was hoping to achieve was opening 1 instance of Vim.
> For each set of files to compare, open a new tab for just those 2 files.
> Start diffmode just in that tab for those 2 files.
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I suggest using the --remote commands as you were trying. But the -O switch doesn't work with --remote. You will need to be more creative, opening a new window in another way and starting the diff manually. Something like:

gvim --servername gDiff --remote-tab-silent file1.txt
gvim --servername gDiff --remote-send ":diffsplit <C-R>=fnameescape('file2.txt')<CR><CR>"

(Adapted from a .bat file I use in my "send to" menu on Windows, for choosing files one at a time for diff).

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