ohmyzsh/plugins/vim-interaction/vim-interaction.plugin.zsh

#
# See README.md
#
# Derek Wyatt (derek@{myfirstnamemylastname}.org
# 

function callvim
{
  if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
    cat <<EOH
usage: callvim [-b cmd] [-a cmd] [-n name] [file ... fileN]

  -b cmd     Run this command in GVIM before editing the first file
  -a cmd     Run this command in GVIM after editing the first file
  -n name    Name of the GVIM server to connect to
  file       The file to edit
  ... fileN  The other files to add to the argslist
EOH
    return 0
  fi

  local cmd=""
  local before="<esc>"
  local after=""
  # Look up the newest instance
  local name="$(gvim --serverlist | tail -n 1)"
  while getopts ":b:a:n:" option
  do
    case $option in
      a) after="$OPTARG"
         ;;
      b) before="$OPTARG"
         ;;
      n) name="$OPTARG"
         ;;
    esac
  done
  shift $((OPTIND-1))
  if [[ ${after#:} != $after && ${after%<cr>} == $after ]]; then
    after="$after<cr>"
  fi
  if [[ ${before#:} != $before && ${before%<cr>} == $before ]]; then
    before="$before<cr>"
  fi
  local files
  if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
    # absolute path of files resolving symlinks (:A) and quoting special chars (:q)
    files=':args! '"${@:A:q}<cr>"
  fi
  cmd="$before$files$after"
  gvim --servername "$name" --remote-send "$cmd"
  if typeset -f postCallVim > /dev/null; then
    postCallVim
  fi
}

alias v=callvim
alias vvsp="callvim -b':vsp'"
alias vhsp="callvim -b':sp'"
alias vk="callvim -b':wincmd k'"
alias vj="callvim -b':wincmd j'"
alias vl="callvim -b':wincmd l'"
alias vh="callvim -b':wincmd h'"