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Vifm. Edit file in opened gvim

I use Gvim to write code. And use vifm to make file management ( copy, move files, extract tar's ). Sometimes, when navigating in vifm i need to open some file to edit him. Using :e it opened vim in same window. Is there any way to open file to edit in already opened gvim program?

Solution

  • You can use Vim's client-server feature to send the :edit to the existing GVIM instance. In the terminal Vim / vifm, execute:

    :!gvim --remote path/to/file

    See :help remote.txt for details. You can also open the file in a new tab page with --remote-tab etc.