Hi Raphael,
On Thu, 11 May 2006 13:22:54 +0200 (MEST) "Raphael Brunner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear users > > How can I open four files (eg: file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt and > file4.txt) for a view as following: > > VIM > ------------------------------------ > ¦file1 ¦file2 ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ------------------------------------ > ¦file3 ¦file4 ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ ¦ > ------------------------------------ > > I tried this: with a modeline with :sp - but it don't works > and a script with -o and -O, but also this don't works. > Has anyone a good idea? > > Thanks a lot for your help. > Raphael > Sessions might be what your after here. (:h sessions) Once you have the layout how you'd like it (ie as you've illustrated above): :mksession /path/to/save/to/sessionName.vim Doesn't help you initially (see Tims reply) but next time you open vim you can: :so /path/to/save/to/sessionName.vim and the session will be restored. Doing this you can have the windows different sizes or in vim 7 files 1,2,3,4 on one tab, files 5,6 on another, and file 7 on yet another. All windows and tabs will be restored when you source sessionName.vim. (Bram's a Genius!) One other thing if you change the session and wish to save it, you need to use: :mksession! /path/to/save/to/sessionName.vim note the ! to overwrite Of course there nothing stopping you saving it as a different session if that's preferred. cheers, -- Mark
