created by

Yiu Wing

script type

utility

description

When you exit vim to shell by pressing <ctrl-z> which suspends vim, this nifty little gadget allows you edit subsequent files by reusing the existing vim.  This tool requires client-server option to be enabled in vim.

install details

1.  Put .bash_profile into your home directory.  If there's already existing one, then you can rename the untar file to a different name, and source it from the existing .bash_profile. 2.  In .vimrc add a reference to source Shell.vim from the tar ball.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
activator.tar.gz	3.1	2020-02-19	8.0	Yiu Wing	Fix the following bugs.     1)  when editing multiple files in terminal mode, we should use existing         vim, not invoking a new one     2)  there are redundant '' pair when editing in terminal mode, some         leftover from previous immature improvement     3)  drop a frivolous function call from an in-house script
activator.tar.gz	3.0	2020-02-18	8.0	Yiu Wing	This is a major update after many years.  No longer needed the C server, we are using a pure vim solution.  The following features have been added.     1)  be able to reuse vim in its own terminal     2)  edit the previous opened file without jumping, i.e. cd, to the         directory, or specifying the full path     3)  support vim command line arguments for the first time, and partial         support is available when reusing vim
activator.tar.gz	2.0	2014-05-11	7.4	Yiu Wing	A tremendous effort has been made to allow vim working seamlessly with bash shell, rather than embedding a shell in vim. After using this plugin a couple of months, I really don't see why we would need to have a fully fledge shell in vim which is on top of the feature requested list ;-)  There are already plenty of shells outside vim, we just need to make them working nicely together.  Check out the readme.txt for more information.  Happy vimming and bashing!
activator.tar.gz	1.0	2011-03-19	7.0	Yiu Wing	Initial upload

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