Re: using a single instance of vim in cygwin

2008-12-12 Thread Robert Bram
Thank you for your advice Corinna! >> The --servername options doesn't work on my Cygwin vim. Is there any >> work-around to have vim on Cygwin use a single instance? > > Plain vim is explicitly build without X support, which is required for > the clientserver option. This should work with gvim u

Re: using a single instance of vim in cygwin

2008-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Dec 12 10:18, Robert Bram wrote: > Hi All, > > I read the tip here for using vim in server mode so that any new files > you open in vim will go to the same vim instance in a new tab: > http://piao-tech.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-new-files-as-tabs-in-current-vim.html > > The --servername options

using a single instance of vim in cygwin

2008-12-11 Thread Robert Bram
Hi All, I read the tip here for using vim in server mode so that any new files you open in vim will go to the same vim instance in a new tab: http://piao-tech.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-new-files-as-tabs-in-current-vim.html The --servername options doesn't work on my Cygwin vim. Is there any work-