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| − | When starting Vim, you can open multiple files, one to a window or tab, with the < |
+ | 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. |
| − | You can use a command like < |
+ | 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). |
Here is another method. Put the following in your [[vimrc]]: |
Here is another method. Put the following in your [[vimrc]]: |
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'''Customizations''' |
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*If running under Windows, you'll probably want to allow backslashes to occur in path names, like this: |
*If running under Windows, you'll probably want to allow backslashes to occur in path names, like this: |
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==Alternative== |
==Alternative== |
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| − | If you put the following code in your vimrc, you can simply do < |
+ | 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). |
| − | The commands can be abbreviated, and the function allows for file globbing, so doing something like < |
+ | 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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Revision as of 05:54, 13 July 2012
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-silentin place of--remote-silentto 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
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.