Tip #1500: By default, when opening files in Mac OS X, a new vim window is opened. This shows you how to have only one window.

created:		February 1, 2007 13:36		complexity:		intermediate
author:		edit in a single window in Mac OS X		as of Vim:

This tip shows you how to make an applescript file, and how to use it so you can open files from the command line in the same window.

make a file called gvim.scpt (for example)

on run argv
        tell application "Vim"
                set theUnixPath to item 1 of argv
                set theMacPath to (POSIX file theUnixPath) as string
                open file theMacPath
                activate
        end tell
end run

What this does, is give a command to the vim carbon application to open a file.

make another file (the launcher). I call it "g" (shorter to type) and put it somewhere in your path.

#!/bin/bash
osascript /path/to/gvim.scpt $*


What this doesn't do yet: create the files automatically if they do not exist.


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