Start vim fast w/several options, put in ~/bin/v and chmod +x ~/bin/v and put in PATH.

v.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Starts vim with several possible input formats.
Examples:

  v foo/bar/baz.c # full correct path
  v baz.c # finds baz.c and edits the first
  v baz.c:123 # same but start at line 123
  v baz.c +123 # same as above
"""

import os
import sys

def find_first(name, path):
  """Find first file on path."""
  for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
    if name in files:
      return os.path.join(root, name)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  args = sys.argv[1:]

  if len(args) == 0:
    print("No arguments.")
    sys.exit(1)

  filename = args[0]
  line = ""

  if len(args) > 1:
    line = args[1]

  if ":" in filename:
    v = filename.split(":")
    filename = v[0]
    if v[1] == "+":
      line = v[1]
    else:
      line = "+" + v[1]


  # Find file if not found
  if not os.path.exists(filename):
    filename = find_first(filename, ".")

  # Still not found? Don't do it.
  if filename is None or not os.path.exists(filename):
    print("Could not find: %s" % " ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
    sys.exit(1)

  cmd = "%s %s %s" % ("vim", filename, line)
  print(cmd)
  os.system(cmd)