MacVim Open File In Existing Window

Question

Is there a way to set up MacVim to open a new file in the current window in a running MacVim instance? I currently have the MacVim preference \"Open new files in a new tab i

Answer 1

I found Azriel's answer great but it does not work if the file does not exist. This little function does the same thing but you can also create new files.

mvim () { touch "$@" && open -a MacVim "$@"; }

Just add it in your .bash_profile. You can then edit a new file foo as

mvim foo

and it will open in a new tab.