Is there a way to open a file to existing neovide window?

[theammir]

I wanted to use Neovide as an external editor for Godot 4.0, but every time I double click a file, it opens a new window with it.
While I can use nvim explorer to navigate, it is a matter of searching for a file in both vim and godot every time I want to edit things.

Totally noob question, but Is there a workaround to just add a new tab or something if Neovide is running?

[xbladesub]

Which OS do you use? Maybe it would help
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[theammir]

#1324 (comment)
Spent a little more time than expected, but made this little powershell script, that somehow works better for my machine even though I barely made any changes.

$env:NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS = "\\.\pipe\nvim-nvr"
nvr.exe -s --nostart --servername "$env:NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS" -l $args; if ($LastExitCode -ne 0) { neovide -- --listen "$env:NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS" 
; if ($args) { nvr.exe -s --nostart --servername "$env:NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS" -l $args } } 

[Qwerty-Space]

How are you supposed to use this?

[ProHaller]

On Mac Os, I created a little automator application that allows me to do this:

Steps to Create an Automator Application

1. Open Automator:

   • Go to your Applications folder and open Automator.

2. Create New Application:

   • Choose to create a new "Application" when prompted.

3. Add Shell Script:

   • Drag and drop the "Run Shell Script" action into the workflow area.
   • In the shell script action, set "Pass input" to "as arguments".
   • Write a shell script that opens files in Neovide. For example:

for f in "$@"
do
  /full/path/to/neovide "$f"
done

This script loops through each file passed to the Automator application and opens them with Neovide.

4. Save the Application:
   • Save the Automator application with an appropriate name, like "OpenWithNeovide", to your Applications folder or another convenient location.

Setting File Associations

1. Right-click on a Code File:

   • Find a code file in Finder, right-click on it, and select "Get Info".

2. Change Open With:

   • In the "Open with:" section of the info window, select your "OpenWithNeovide" application. If it's not listed, click "Other…" and navigate to where you saved your Automator application.

3. Apply to All:

   • Click "Change All…" to apply this setting to all files of the same type (e.g., all .py files if you did this for a Python file).

[proofer]

Excellent, thanks! However, it opens each file in a new instance of Neovide. Like the original poster, I'd like to open subsequent files in an existing instance, if there is one. Dragging a file from Finder into an open instance works, but it would be nice for double-clicking to work also.