gullradriel / gtabforgvim

gtab for GVim

• open files as tabs in a gvim instance
• list existing instances
• create new instances
• manually specify an instance

How it works

• it create a gvim servername id with the hostname,the basedir of current directory and the parent shell id
• when trying to open a file, it checks for instances and add them to current instance if needed or start a new instance

How to install

• Put script in a custom directory and add it to your path, or just copy the script in your bin directory (like "sudo cp gtab /usr/bin/")

Examples

gtab
gtab myfile
gtab -l
gtab -s customid
gtab -s customid file