Tip #368: Use gvim in VS.Net

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created:		November 8, 2002 16:52		complexity:		basic
author:		Mark Fernandes		as of Vim:		5.7

This tip presumes you have both VS.Net (Developer Studio.Net) and gvim installed, and know where gvim is located on your system. - Create a solution in VS.Net, any project type will do. - In the solution explorer (View->Solution or Ctrl + R) you should see a list of files (click on the "Solution Explorer" tab if you do not see the file list). - Right click on any of the files and choose "Open With...", this brings up the Open With dialog. - Click on "Add..." this brings up the Add Program dialog. - Click on "Browse..." and point the Browse dialog to your gvim location. - You have now added gvim to the list of editors, you may also select gvim to be the default editor for that file type. You may need to do this for all file types you wish to edit with gvim. And yes you still have VS.Net open the file in its own editor. Of course if you want to reverse changes simply remove gvim from the list of editors and why would you want to do that? :) Enjoy!

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Additional Notes

[email protected], January 22, 2003 4:46

Slightly disappointing is that VS.net opens the window in the middle of the screen and at the location and size of the its "source pane". How can I adjust where and of what size is the vim window when it opens ?

[email protected], February 28, 2003 12:32

in _vimrc: gui winpos 33 0 set lines=100

[email protected], July 22, 2003 13:03

VS.Net insists on opening each file in a new vim window, is there a way to force it to open each file in the same window?

[email protected], January 26, 2004 17:39

Yes, what would really be nice is vim commands within the VS.NET environment, w/o opening a new window.

[email protected], October 17, 2004 2:42

in _vimrc: gui winpos 33 0 set lines=100 You can restrict this to files of a certain type by adding the above lines to a .vim file in ur ftplugin directory. for example in cpp.vim for c++ files in visual studio, php.vim to size vim for dreamweaver or whatever.




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