added instructions on how to add vim to thunars sendto menu

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL
index 38068d5..1d664d3 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL
+++ b/doc/INSTALL
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ vim -c ":au! SpellFileMissing"
 # build YouCompleteMe (if you plan to use it)
 cd plugins/YouCompleteMe
 python2 ./install.py --clang-completer
+
+
+# step 7)
+# add gvim functionality to thunar, so that sendto can be used to open a file in an existing vim instance (as a tab in this case)
+mkdir -p .local/share/Thunar/sendto/
+cp ~/.vim/gvim.desktop ~/.local/share/Thunar/sendto/
diff --git a/gvim.desktop b/gvim.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37c6e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvim.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Vi IMproved Tab 
+Comment=Open file in an existing instance of vi and in a new tab
+MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;
+Exec=gvim f -N --remote-tab %F
+Icon=gvim
+Type=Application
+Terminal=false
+X-XClassHintResName=VIM
+Categories=Utility;TextEditor;