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Vim across multiple monitors

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Mar 15, 20261626 views
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Does anyone have an elegant solution for having MacVim or gvim span across multiple(potentially different resolution) monitors? Having 2 sessions doesn't work well due to separate buffers and swap files. You would think you could have 2 gui windows share the same buffers, but I can't find anything …

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Fix for: Vim across multiple monitors

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Expand the window to cover both screens and use CTRL-W v to split the editing window vertically. See for more window commands.

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