To open a new Terminal session in vim I can do:
:term
However, this opens the terminal in a new tab. Is it possible, to have the terminal replace the section/frame and not open a new one in vim?
Update: It seems like this is the correct answer, on the vim site: https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/17306/28904
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Usually, we open gvim from the command line like this:
gvim someFile.txt
But how are we going to close it from command line too? Instead of closing it from gvim itself?
I wanted to do some automation, hence, will need to close it from command line.
gVIM has the ability to act in client/server manner. That means you can send commands to a running vim.
Do the following
Start GVIM, open a document, do whatever
Run the following command to close GVIM
vim --servername GVIM --remote-send '<C-\><C-N>:wq<CR>'
That will save the file in GVIM and close GVIM.
First, why are you automating using a gui application?
But you can close it by sending it either <ESC>ZZ or :q!
When I open a file in gvim from terminal using gvim abc.cpp, unlike gedit it is opening in new gvim window. Can anyone suggest some way to open new file in a new tab in previously opened gvim window? I couldn't find any information regarding this on searching. I am using Ubuntu 12.04. Vim version is 7.3
gvim --remote-silent abc.cpp
The -silent prevents an error message from showing if there is not already a instance of GVim running
Is there a way of disabling NERDTree when opening a file? When I open a file in mvim (using --remote-silent) and a NERDtree window is currently active, the file will open in that (narrow) window. How can I configure Vim to select another window if available and to open one if not?
There's no way to intercept the --remote-silent; you have to send explict commands to open the file with --remote-send instead. There, you can encode logic to deal with the NERDTree window, e.g. to move to the previous one if it is active:
$ gvim --remote-send "<C-\><C-n>:if &ft == 'nerdtree'|wincmd p|endif|edit filename<CR>"
Say I want to open the file "main.cpp". I have my linux terminal open in the correct directory. Normally, I just type "vi main.cpp", but this opens the file in the shell window. How do I open the file in another window?
I'm not sure I understand your question. I try to answer nevertheless:
:help client-server
Thus, you create a server instance:
vim --servername foo
Afterwards you can open files in that instance from any shell via:
vim --servername foo --remote file1 file2
Or even shorter:
vim --servername vim and vim --remote file1 (the server name 'vim' is assumed here implicitely).
EDIT: Your Vim needs to have support for the client-server architecture:
:echo has('clientserver') should result in '1'.
You can do it using two steps:
:vs (vertical split) or :split (horizontal split)
:open (path to filename)
You may want to try gvim main.cpp which will fire up vim in its own GUI which technically will do what you're asking here.
vi is a terminal text editor. It will open in the terminal window it is called from. If you wanted an X based editor, like gVIM, then you are using the wrong editor.
I would like to open a file in a gvim window, but only if the file is not open in vim already. Preferedly by using commandline options. I tried
file=...
gvim --cmd ':drop $file'
But this opens an additional visible new empty window in my linux environment if the file is already open. Is there a different option/command to achieve the unique behaviour of other editors.
$ gvim --remote filename
Does exactly what you describe. You may need a couple of things in your ~/.vimrc, though:
set switchbuf=useopen,usetab