1 " Vim Plugin: Edit the file with an existing Vim if possible
2 " Maintainer: Bram Moolenaar
3 " Last Change: 2008 May 29
5 " This is a plugin, drop it in your (Unix) ~/.vim/plugin or (Win32)
6 " $VIM/vimfiles/plugin directory. Or make a symbolic link, so that you
7 " automatically use the latest version.
9 " This plugin serves two purposes:
10 " 1. On startup, if we were invoked with one file name argument and the file
11 " is not modified then try to find another Vim instance that is editing
12 " this file. If there is one then bring it to the foreground and exit.
13 " 2. When a file is edited and a swap file exists for it, try finding that
14 " other Vim and bring it to the foreground. Requires Vim 7, because it
15 " uses the SwapExists autocommand event.
20 " Function that finds the Vim instance that is editing "filename" and brings
21 " it to the foreground.
22 func s:EditElsewhere(filename)
23 let fname_esc = substitute(a:filename, "'", "''", "g")
25 let servers = serverlist()
27 " Get next server name in "servername"; remove it from "servers".
28 let i = match(servers, "\n")
30 let servername = servers
33 let servername = strpart(servers, 0, i)
34 let servers = strpart(servers, i + 1)
38 if servername ==? v:servername
42 " Check if this server is editing our file.
43 if remote_expr(servername, "bufloaded('" . fname_esc . "')")
44 " Yes, bring it to the foreground.
46 call remote_foreground(servername)
48 call remote_expr(servername, "foreground()")
50 if remote_expr(servername, "exists('*EditExisting')")
51 " Make sure the file is visible in a window (not hidden).
52 " If v:swapcommand exists and is set, send it to the server.
53 if exists("v:swapcommand")
54 let c = substitute(v:swapcommand, "'", "''", "g")
55 call remote_expr(servername, "EditExisting('" . fname_esc . "', '" . c . "')")
57 call remote_expr(servername, "EditExisting('" . fname_esc . "', '')")
61 if !(has('vim_starting') && has('gui_running') && has('gui_win32'))
62 " Tell the user what is happening. Not when the GUI is starting
63 " though, it would result in a message box.
64 echomsg "File is being edited by " . servername
73 " When the plugin is loaded and there is one file name argument: Find another
74 " Vim server that is editing this file right now.
75 if argc() == 1 && !&modified
76 if s:EditElsewhere(expand("%:p")) == 'q'
81 " Setup for handling the situation that an existing swap file is found.
83 au! SwapExists * let v:swapchoice = s:EditElsewhere(expand("<afile>:p"))
85 " Without SwapExists we don't do anything for ":edit" commands
88 " Function used on the server to make the file visible and possibly execute a
90 func! EditExisting(fname, command)
91 " Get the window number of the file in the current tab page.
92 let winnr = bufwinnr(a:fname)
94 " Not found, look in other tab pages.
95 let bufnr = bufnr(a:fname)
96 for i in range(tabpagenr('$'))
97 if index(tabpagebuflist(i + 1), bufnr) >= 0
98 " Make this tab page the current one and find the window number.
99 exe 'tabnext ' . (i + 1)
100 let winnr = bufwinnr(a:fname)
107 exe winnr . "wincmd w"
108 elseif exists('*fnameescape')
109 exe "split " . fnameescape(a:fname)
111 exe "split " . escape(a:fname, " \t\n*?[{`$\\%#'\"|!<")
115 exe "normal " . a:command