On Jun 21, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > Rather than use a bash alias, since Eric said he seldom uses a > terminal, why not just put a Vim command in ~/.vimrc? For example, > instead of > > alias vimf='vim -o file1 file2 file3 file4' > > use > > command All :args file1 file2 file3 file4 <bar> all > > or to open all those files in individual tabs, > > command All :args file1 file2 file3 file4 <bar> tab all > > Then, whenever you want to open all those files, just execute > > :All > > Of course, for that to work as written, all those files will have to > be in the working directory. It would probably be better to use > their full path names. On the other hand, if you always open gvim > by clicking an icon on your desktop, your working directory may > already be set appropriately.
Thanks, Gary. So many options. I think it will be either this, and alias, or session.vim. The latter looks pretty cool, but since at this point I envision myself only ever saving one session always referencing the same set of files, it might be overkill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir “You will be needed in the movement when you realize that you are not needed in the movement.” - Chris Crass -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
