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On windows I use gvim, and like to keep just one gvim instance running. Most of the time I open files like this: gvim -p --remote-tab-silent FILES. However, sometimes I want to open a tag in that same remote gvim server in a new tab. If I do gvim -t MYFUNCTION --remote-tab-silent it tells me it wants a file name after the last argument. If I do gvim --remote-tab-silent -t MYFUNCTION it opens a new tab with a split window with two files, one named literally -t and the other named MYFUNCTION. I've also tried using -- to end the arguments list, but then I end up editing a file named --.

How can I open a tag in my existing gvim instance?

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  • Can you not just switch to the gvim instance and run :tag whatever? Why do you need this on the command line
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    May 3, 2019 at 1:47
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    Have you tried vim --remote-expr "execute('tag MYFUNCTION')"? Or vim --remote-send ":tag MYFUNCTION<cr>"
    – Ralf
    May 3, 2019 at 15:52
  • @D.BenKnoble sometimes I have a long function name which I can paste into the command line, but can't paste into the gvim command bar (or whatever the : bar is called)
    – Muricula
    May 3, 2019 at 18:03
  • Can you use the * register on windows gvim? If so: :tag <C-r>*...
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    May 3, 2019 at 18:13

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I tweaked an example which Ralf mentioned in the comments to get this: gvim --server=$SERVER --remote-send ":execute('tab tag $tag')<CR>" Remote send sends the following commands to the gvim server. <CR> is the return character.

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