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Open In Vim

Open In Vim

Will Norvelle

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Open the current file in a graphical flavor of Vim
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Opens the current file in Vim. Includes support for setting the cursor to the same location as in the Visual Studio editor.

There are several ways to open a file in vim:

  • Right click in the document editor, select "Open in Vim"
    • Opens vim with the cursor at the same line and column
  • Right click in the solution explorer, select "Open in Vim"
    • Supports opening multiple files at a time
  • Edit menu -> Open In Vim
    • Opens file currently open in the document editor
    • Also opens vim with the cursor at the same line and column
  • Keyboard shortcut
    • Set in the keyboard settings. The command name is "OpenInVim.Open"

By default, the extension will try to open gvim from the PATH. You can change this in the extension settings to either a different graphical vim program on the PATH or a full path to an executable.

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