possible RFE - open existing window w/file already being edited

Very often I have many gvim windows open -- sometimes for unrelated
projects because I hit a snag in 1 project that sends me off to another.

Add that to breaks, and I forget which windows are minimized over in the
the tray.

Just like now, I wanted to open a file that has a list I wanted
browse to find the right error code for a program I was working
in. I tried to open errnos.shh but got the message it found a
.swp file, I scan for the process info to see if it says it is
still active. It is. So then 'abort' that and then go
to taskbar and only see 1 icon for vim with 5 files hiding
under it.

I move my mouse over the taskbar icon and it displays the names
each of them is editing, then I click on it to open and continue work.

What would really speed up my work flow is if it would behave like
some apps (like web browsers), where if I already have the file
open in a gvim instance, if my 'invocation' of a new gvim on the
same file could send the other one a command to restore itself to the
desktop and pop-to-the top.

Then I can just skip all the reading on the duplicate scanning for pid,
scanning for 'still running', then going to find the current one.

Is that possible or is it something that might be added?

Currently running gvim via 'X' from a linux machine but
displaying on a windows machine, but we're really talking about
an 'X' window being bumped to the top, though the same situation
could arise if I was using the Windows GUI version (just that most
of my editing is of files on the linux machine).

Might this be possible?

Thanks!

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