>>I can't think of any valid reason why one lonely user - me for instance >>- would want to fire up several instances of vim to edit the same file.
>It can be. For example, in LNX user can edit file in text console, >then switch to X11 and then start editor again to edit the same file, >forgetting that other instance of VIM already launched. I in this case >just do "killall vim"(or "killall -9 vim", depending on mood). I'd be seriously uncomfortable with that as a "feature". Imagine absentmindedly editing the same file 2x or more. Make some changes in one instance, make different changes in another instance, save/quit the first, save/quit the second, trash all the edits made in the first instance. Yecch. Nah, my vote's for keeping it the same.
