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Working with vim on multiple monitors

I have three monitors.

I normally run one maximized xterm on each monitor, attached to the same GNU screen session.

Can a similar model be used for vim? Is it possible to have three vims running, all sharing the same "vim session":

  • Each vim window showing a different vim tab
  • vim settings shared between all windows
  • Not getting the "Swap file ... already exists!" error message if I open the same file on two tabs.
Solution

  • I have a working solution where two vim instances communicate.

    http://github.com/codeape2/vim-multiple-monitors

    It uses the SwapExists autocmd to instruct the other instance to open a file if an existing swap file is detected.