A plugin that makes it easier to interact with the (single) running instance of gvim

plugins/vim-interaction/README.md

+# Vim Interaction #
+
+The plugin presents a function called `callvim` whose usage is:
+
+    usage: callvim [-b cmd] [-a cmd] [file ... fileN]
+    
+      -b cmd     Run this command in GVIM before editing the first file
+      -a cmd     Run this command in GVIM after editing the first file
+      file       The file to edit
+      ... fileN  The other files to add to the argslist
+
+## Rationale ##
+
+The idea for this script is to give you some decent interaction with a running
+GVim session.  Normally you'll be running around your filesystem doing any
+number of amazing things and you'll need to load some files into GVim for
+editing, inspecting, destruction, or other bits of mayhem.  This script lets you
+do that.
+
+## Aliases ##
+
+There are a few aliases presented as well:
+
+* `v` A shorthand for `callvim`
+* `vvsp` Edits the passed in file but first makes a vertical split
+* `vhsp` Edits the passed in file but first makes a horizontal split
+
+## Examples ##
+
+This will load `/tmp/myfile.scala` into the running GVim session:
+
+    > v /tmp/myfile.scala
+
+This will load it after first doing a vertical split:
+
+    > vvsp /tmp/myfile.scala
+    or
+    > v -b':vsp' /tmp/myfile.scala
+
+This will load it after doing a horizontal split, then moving to the bottom of
+the file:
+
+    > vhsp -aG /tmp/myfile.scala
+    or
+    > v -b':sp' -aG /tmp/myfile.scala
+
+This will load the file and then copy the first line to the end (Why you would
+ever want to do this... I dunno):
+
+    > v -a':1t$' /tmp/myfile.scala
+
+And this will load all of the `*.txt` files into the args list:
+
+    > v *.txt
+
+If you want to load files into areas that are already split, use one of the
+aliases for that:
+
+    # Do a ':wincmd h' first
+    > vh /tmp/myfile.scala
+
+    # Do a ':wincmd j' first
+    > vj /tmp/myfile.scala
+
+    # Do a ':wincmd k' first
+    > vk /tmp/myfile.scala
+
+    # Do a ':wincmd l' first
+    > vl /tmp/myfile.scala

plugins/vim-interaction/vim-interaction.plugin.zsh

+#
+# See README.md
+#
+# Derek Wyatt (derek@{myfirstnamemylastname}.org
+# 
+
+function resolveFile
+{
+  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+    echo $(readlink -f "$1")
+  else
+    echo "$1"
+  fi
+}
+
+function callvim
+{
+  if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
+    cat <<EOH
+usage: callvim [-b cmd] [-a cmd] [file ... fileN]
+
+  -b cmd     Run this command in GVIM before editing the first file
+  -a cmd     Run this command in GVIM after editing the first file
+  file       The file to edit
+  ... fileN  The other files to add to the argslist
+EOH
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  local cmd=""
+  local before=""
+  local after=""
+  while getopts ":b:a:" option
+  do
+    case $option in
+      a) after="$OPTARG"
+         ;;
+      b) before="$OPTARG"
+         ;;
+    esac
+  done
+  shift $((OPTIND-1))
+  if [[ ${after#:} != $after && ${after%<cr>} == $after ]]; then
+    after="$after<cr>"
+  fi
+  if [[ ${before#:} != $before && ${before%<cr>} == $before ]]; then
+    before="$before<cr>"
+  fi
+  local files=""
+  for f in $@
+  do
+    files="$files $(resolveFile $f)"
+  done
+  if [[ -n $files ]]; then
+    files=':args! '"$files<cr>"
+  fi
+  cmd="$before$files$after"
+  gvim --remote-send "$cmd"
+}
+
+alias v=callvim
+alias vvsp="callvim -b':vsp'"
+alias vhsp="callvim -b':sp'"
+alias vk="callvim -b':wincmd k'"
+alias vj="callvim -b':wincmd j'"
+alias vl="callvim -b':wincmd l'"
+alias vh="callvim -b':wincmd h'"