cite 'about-alias' about-alias 'vim abbreviations' VIM=$(command -v vim) GVIM=$(command -v gvim) MVIM=$(command -v mvim) [[ -n $VIM ]] && alias v=$VIM # open vim in new tab is taken from # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/936501/let-gvim-always-run-a-single-instancek case $OSTYPE in darwin*) [[ -n $MVIM ]] && function mvimt { command mvim --remote-tab-silent "$@" || command mvim "$@"; } ;; *) [[ -n $GVIM ]] && function gvimt { command gvim --remote-tab-silent "$@" || command gvim "$@"; } ;; esac