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xolox / vim-shell

Improved integration between Vim and its environment (fullscreen, open URL, background command execution)
http://peterodding.com/code/vim/shell/
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Can <F6> open the vim files in the current window? #33

Closed wolfv6 closed 9 years ago

wolfv6 commented 9 years ago

I use vim-shell to open links to other vim files.

opens the vim files in a new instance of Vim. Is there a way to make open the vim files in the current window? I am using vim 7.4 on Linux. Thank you for writing vim-shell, the fastest way to open links.
xolox commented 9 years ago

Is there a specific reason you can't just type gf (mnemonic: "goto file") in normal mode?

There's also Control-W Control-F for opening the file in a new split window.

I can give a more detailed answer explaining how this won't work like you'd expect it to, however that assumes you already know about gf, so I thought I should ask first :-).

wolfv6 commented 9 years ago

Thanks for telling me about gf, that works fine.