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| - | Vim can be easily configured for use with WinSCP. To configure Vim as an external editor in WinSCP, do the following: | ||
| - | - From the menu of WinSCP, select //Options > Preferences// | ||
| - | - Select //Editors// from the left pane of the //Preferences// window. | ||
| - | - From //Editor Preference//, select //Add ...// | ||
| - | - From the //Add Editor// window, click on the //External editor// radio button. | ||
| - | - Click the //Browse// button and navigate to the path where Vim is installed. For example, the default installation for a Windows installation of Vim is //"C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\// (Assuming Vim 7.2 is your version). You could also apply these steps to the portable version of Vim as well. | ||
| - | - Select //gvim.exe// as the editor. **(Note: This selects the GUI version of Vim.)** | ||
| - | You will notice the the box will return something that looks similar to the following: | ||
| - | //"C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe" !.!// | ||
| - | Make sure to ,leave the //!.!// as it is at the end. | ||
| - | - For simple use of Vim, choosing the //External editor options// choices below are optional depending on your needs. However, as you see below, this is not the case for using tabs. | ||
| - | - Click OK to finish the setup. | ||
| - | Whenever you right-click on a file and select **Edit**, the file will be loaded into Vim for editing. | ||
| - | ==== Configuring WinSCP for Vim Multi-Tab Use ==== | ||
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| - | Vim supports multiple tabs as of version 7. Invoking a multiple tab session requires an additional command line argument to be passed to Vim. In step 6 above, it documents what is returned when the Vim editor executable is selected. The string **"C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe" !.!** | ||
| - | is indicated in the box for //External editor//. In order to enable multiple tab support, you must pass the //--remote-tab-silent// argument to the command line just before ''!.!''. So, the full command line string should look accordingly:\\ | ||
| - | ''"C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe" --remote-tab-silent !.!'' | ||
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| - | //File(s) > Edit// | ||