Open MacVim tabs from command-line

Open MacVim tabs from command-line

MacVim takes vim and provides better integration with Apple’s OS X - I’ve only just started using it and I am already loving it. Provided along with the application is a wrapper-script written to handle calls from the command-line:

cd project
mvim project_file.php

MacVim supports tabs, but unfortunately calling mvim multiple times from the command-line results in multiple separate windows opening, instead of multiple tabs in one window. I made the following modifications to the mvim script to correct this.

Add the following line to the top of the file, below the commented section:

tabs = true

Replace the if structure at the bottom of the file with the following:

# Last step:  fire up vim.
if  [  " $gui "  ]; then
   if  $tabs  &&  [[ `$binary  -- serverlist`  =   " VIM "  ]]; then
    exec  " $binary "   - g $opts  -- remote - tab - silent ${ 1 : + " $@ " }
   else
    exec  " $binary "   - g $opts ${ 1 : + " $@ " }
  fi
else
  exec  " $binary "  $opts ${ 1 : + " $@ " }
fi

from: http://webexpose.org/2008/10/13/open-macvim-tabs-from-command-line/