Multiple files in new nvim instance don't open in tabs when using --remote-tab-*

[R3load]

pacman -Q neovim-remote-git:

neovim-remote-git 1.6.1.r0.g53ce66c-1

When spawning a new nvim instance (e.g. in case --servername is invalid) to open multiple files in tabs (via the --remote-tab* options), the buffers open, but not in tabs. Only the first one is shown in the window, the others have to be navigated with :next & :prev.

[mhinz]

Yup, the current fallback is simple: it merely starts a new local process: nvr --remote foo bar -> nvim foo bar.

In a perfect world we would start a new nvim process, with the given servername, and control that one remotely with all the options that were given to nvr.

Not sure if that's as easy as it sounds. We have to start the process in the background, continue running nvr which accesses the new nvim's API, then foreground the process in the end. Not sure how to do that with Python.

I look into it.

[R3load]

How about forking a delayed nvr --remote-tab to wait for the new nvim instance (wait until the nvim's 'v:servername is readable maybe? the file, not the var, of course), then execute the commandline once it's ready? I know nvim flips after fg, so getting the pid is tricky in bash, I don't know about python though.

[mhinz]

Please check out the new-nvim-instance branch and see if it works as expected.

Please pull the latest commits and see if it works as expected.

[mhinz]

It passes all my local tests, so I'm closing this. Please reopen this if there are any issues for you.

And thank you for bringing this up! 🎉