mvim - Better Clientserver Management

mvim.patch

--- src/MacVim/mvim	2012-07-09 19:52:34.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/local/bin/mvim	2012-07-11 04:12:00.000000000 -0700
@@ -61,7 +61,30 @@
 # The program should fork by default when started in GUI mode, but it does
 # not; we work around this when this script is invoked as "gvim" or "rgview"
 # etc., but not when it is invoked as "vim -g".
-if [ "$gui" ]; then
+
+# When we launch mvim with --remote-tab-silent, it won't work if
+# no file is provided. This is a workaround to that.
+#
+# The best use case for this is doing the following in your .bash_profile
+# or .zshrc:
+# 	alias vim="mvim -v --remote-tab-silent"
+# or:
+#   alias mvim="mvim --remote-tab-silent"
+if [[ ${1:+"$@"} == "-v --remote-tab-silent" ]]; then
+  if [[ `"$binary" --serverlist` = "VIM" ]]; then
+    osascript -e "tell application \"MacVim\" to activate"
+    exec "$binary" -g --remote-send ":tabnew<CR>"
+  else
+    exec "$binary"
+  fi
+elif [[ ${1:+"$@"} == "--remote-tab-silent" ]]; then
+  if [[ `"$binary" --serverlist` = "VIM" ]]; then
+    osascript -e "tell application \"MacVim\" to activate"
+    exec "$binary" -g --remote-send ":tabnew<CR>"
+  else
+    exec "$binary" -g
+  fi
+elif [ "$gui" ]; then
 	# Note: this isn't perfect, because any error output goes to the
 	# terminal instead of the console log.
 	# But if you use open instead, you will need to fully qualify the