I changed default gvim.desktop content like this:

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Exec=gvim

-f %F to

Exec=gvim --remote-tab-silent %F

It is ok when I open a file from Krusader by double click/enter (GVim is set as default editor) but when I tried to launch GVim as a KDE application it won't start. The mouse cursor changes but nothing happens.

When I remove --remote-tab-silent argument it works as it should.

Can you explain this behaviour? Is there a way to have look at logs or some output to see what is happening?

the remote-tab-silent switch is likely NOOP w/o a file parameter (which is not present when starting it from the start menu)

If gvim doesn't have a "smart" switch (which just starts gvim if there's no file) you'll have to go for a script

gvim.sh

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#!/bin/sh
if [ -e "$1" ]; then
   gvim --remote-tab-silent "$1"
else
   gvim
fi


and use that

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Exec=gvim.sh --remote-tab-silent %F


or file a bug against gvim do do smarter

PS: kate/kwrite has btw. a vim input style mode.

Yes. I fixed it with the similar script because GVim refuses to run with just --remote-tab-silent option without providing the file name.

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if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
    #No file name specified. Executed with no argument.
    if [ $(gvim --serverlist | wc -l) -eq 0 ]
    then
        #If no GVim instances just open empty gvim
        gvim
    else
        #There is a GVim instance. Open a new tab for file with name based on curren time.
        gvim -f --remote-tab-silent "file_$(date +%s)"
    fi
else
    #There is a file name (file names?) so just normally call gvim as with remote-tab argument.
    gvim -f --remote-tab-silent "$@"
fi