using a single instance of vim in cygwin

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Dec 12 10:18, Robert Bram wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I read the tip here for using vim in server mode so that any new files
> you open in vim will go to the same vim instance in a new tab:
> http://piao-tech.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-new-files-as-tabs-in-current-vim.html
> 
> The --servername options doesn't work on my Cygwin vim. Is there any
> work-around to have vim on Cygwin use a single instance?

Plain vim is explicitly build without X support, which is required for
the clientserver option.  This should work with gvim under X, though.
If you want to use plain vim, just build it yourself.  Plain vim for
Cygwin is configured with

  --without-x --enable-gui=no --with-features=huge


Corinna

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