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+ | When starting Vim, you can open multiple files, one to a window or tab, with the <code>-o</code>, <code>-O</code> or <code>-p</code> options. This tip discusses doing the same from within Vim. |
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− | Load multiple files into a running Vim session with a single command. Put the following in your vimrc: |
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+ | You can use a command like <code>:args *.c</code> to replace the argument list with all <code>.c</code> files, then display those files with a command like <code>:sall</code> (split window to show one file per window), or <code>:tab sall</code> (show one file per tab). |
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+ | Here is another method. Put the following in your [[vimrc]]: |
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− | com! -complete=file -nargs=* Edit silent! exec "!vim --servername " . v:servername . " --remote-silent |
+ | com! -complete=file -nargs=* Edit silent! exec "!vim --servername " . v:servername . " --remote-silent <args>" |
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Then do something like this to edit multiple files: |
Then do something like this to edit multiple files: |
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:Edit .vim/colors/* |
:Edit .vim/colors/* |
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− | + | '''Customizations''' |
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− | + | *If desired, substitute <code>--remote-tab-silent</code> in place of <code>--remote-silent</code> to load all the files in new tabs. |
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− | + | *If running under Windows, you'll probably want to allow backslashes to occur in path names, like this: |
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+ | com! -complete=file -nargs=* Edit silent! exec "!vim --servername " . v:servername . " --remote-silent ".escape(<q-args>,'\') |
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+ | </pre> |
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+ | ==Alternative== |
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+ | If you put the following code in your vimrc, you can simply do <code>:Etabs file list</code>, <code>:Ewindows file list</code> (horizontal windows), or <code>:Evwindows file list</code> (vertical windows). |
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+ | The commands can be abbreviated, and the function allows for file globbing, so doing something like <code>:Et *.html</code> should work. You may even find yourself using one of these to [[VimTip1285|replace the :edit command]]! |
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+ | command! -complete=file -nargs=+ Etabs call s:ETW('tabnew', <f-args>) |
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+ | command! -complete=file -nargs=+ Ewindows call s:ETW('new', <f-args>) |
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+ | command! -complete=file -nargs=+ Evwindows call s:ETW('vnew', <f-args>) |
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+ | function! s:ETW(what, ...) |
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+ | for f1 in a:000 |
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+ | let files = glob(f1) |
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+ | if files == '' |
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+ | execute a:what . ' ' . escape(f1, '\ "') |
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+ | else |
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+ | for f2 in split(files, "\n") |
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+ | execute a:what . ' ' . escape(f2, '\ "') |
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+ | endfor |
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+ | endif |
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+ | endfor |
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+ | endfunction |
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+ | </pre> |
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+ | == Alternative 2 == |
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+ | I added this command to my [[vimrc]] to open a list of globbed files in tab pages. For example, the command <code>:Tabe *.py *.txt</code> opens a new tab page for each *.py and each *.txt file. When finished, the current tab page shows the first file added. |
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− | + | command! -complete=file -nargs=* Tabe call Tabe(<f-args>) |
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+ | function! Tabe(...) |
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+ | let t = tabpagenr() |
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+ | let i = 0 |
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+ | for f in a:000 |
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+ | for g in glob(f, 0, 1) |
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+ | exe "tabe " . fnameescape(g) |
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+ | let i = i + 1 |
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+ | endfor |
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+ | endfor |
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+ | if i |
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+ | exe "tabn " . (t + 1) |
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+ | endif |
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+ | endfunction |
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+ | {{todo}} |
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+ | *Use fnameescape(), especially in the method that uses the shell. |
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From [[VimTip1234]] comments section, an alternate method: |
From [[VimTip1234]] comments section, an alternate method: |
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Latest revision as of 04:34, 27 January 2016
created 2005 · complexity basic · author Tye Z · version 6.0
When starting Vim, you can open multiple files, one to a window or tab, with the -o
, -O
or -p
options. This tip discusses doing the same from within Vim.
You can use a command like :args *.c
to replace the argument list with all .c
files, then display those files with a command like :sall
(split window to show one file per window), or :tab sall
(show one file per tab).
Here is another method. Put the following in your vimrc:
com! -complete=file -nargs=* Edit silent! exec "!vim --servername " . v:servername . " --remote-silent <args>"
This uses the shell to send remote commands to the current instance of Vim.
Then do something like this to edit multiple files:
:Edit .vim/colors/*
Customizations
- If desired, substitute
--remote-tab-silent
in place of--remote-silent
to load all the files in new tabs. - If running under Windows, you'll probably want to allow backslashes to occur in path names, like this:
com! -complete=file -nargs=* Edit silent! exec "!vim --servername " . v:servername . " --remote-silent ".escape(<q-args>,'\')
Alternative[]
If you put the following code in your vimrc, you can simply do :Etabs file list
, :Ewindows file list
(horizontal windows), or :Evwindows file list
(vertical windows).
The commands can be abbreviated, and the function allows for file globbing, so doing something like :Et *.html
should work. You may even find yourself using one of these to replace the :edit command!
command! -complete=file -nargs=+ Etabs call s:ETW('tabnew', <f-args>) command! -complete=file -nargs=+ Ewindows call s:ETW('new', <f-args>) command! -complete=file -nargs=+ Evwindows call s:ETW('vnew', <f-args>) function! s:ETW(what, ...) for f1 in a:000 let files = glob(f1) if files == '' execute a:what . ' ' . escape(f1, '\ "') else for f2 in split(files, "\n") execute a:what . ' ' . escape(f2, '\ "') endfor endif endfor endfunction
Alternative 2[]
I added this command to my vimrc to open a list of globbed files in tab pages. For example, the command :Tabe *.py *.txt
opens a new tab page for each *.py and each *.txt file. When finished, the current tab page shows the first file added.
command! -complete=file -nargs=* Tabe call Tabe(<f-args>) function! Tabe(...) let t = tabpagenr() let i = 0 for f in a:000 for g in glob(f, 0, 1) exe "tabe " . fnameescape(g) let i = i + 1 endfor endfor if i exe "tabn " . (t + 1) endif endfunction
References[]
Comments[]
TO DO
- Use fnameescape(), especially in the method that uses the shell.
From VimTip1234 comments section, an alternate method:
You can load an arbitrary list of files with :args <pattern>, for instance:
Open all .c or .h files in the directory (and it's subdirectories) two directories up from the current directory:
- args ../../**/*.[ch]
The only caveat (and it's a major one) is that it's very slow.