gVim: How to open multiple files in its own tab at once?

Question

in most GUI text editor I can use ctrl click to open multiple files at once. I can't do that in gvim.
What the gvim way to do it?
Tnx.

-edit- ...using gui way instead of command line.

Answer 1

Easy:

gvim -p file1.c file3.c ...

or:

gvim -p *.c

Answer 2

gVim opens multiple files in buffers.

:tab ball

will open these buffers in their own tabs. I guess you could add this command to your _vimrc to make it happen each time gvim runs.

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In Windows: gvimext.dll: Support loading files into a VIM tab

1. Select multiple files (with CTRL-Click)
2. Right-Click to get context menu
3. Click "Edit with single Vim using tabs"

Answer 3

You can open multiple files in gvim. After you've selected the files you want to open, right-click and select "Edit with single Vim". Vim will initially display only the first file, but all the file names are in Vim's argument list. Execute

:n

to open each file in the list one at a time (:N to go back), or

:all

to see all the files at once, each in a different Vim window, or

:tab all

to see each in a different tab.