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patch 8.1.0514: CTRL-W ^ does not work when alternate buffer has no name commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/1bbb61948342b5cf6e363629f145c65eb455c388 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Nov 10 16:02:01 2018 +0100 patch 8.1.0514: CTRL-W ^ does not work when alternate buffer has no name Problem: CTRL-W ^ does not work when alternate buffer has no name. Solution: Use another method to split and edit the alternate buffer. (Jason Franklin)
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
date Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:15:05 +0100
parents 2b30a2b4bde2
children dc766e1b0c95
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--- a/runtime/doc/windows.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/windows.txt
@@ -222,9 +222,11 @@ CTRL-W CTRL_N						*CTRL-W_CTRL-N*
 		|:find|.  Doesn't split if {file} is not found.
 
 CTRL-W CTRL-^					*CTRL-W_CTRL-^* *CTRL-W_^*
-CTRL-W ^	Does ":split #", split window in two and edit alternate file.
-		When a count is given, it becomes ":split #N", split window
-		and edit buffer N.
+CTRL-W ^	Split the current window in two and edit the alternate file.
+		When a count N is given, split the current window and edit
+		buffer N.  Similar to ":sp #" and ":sp #N", but it allows the
+		other buffer to be unnamed.  This command matches the behavior
+		of |CTRL-^|, except that it splits a window first.
 
 						*CTRL-W_:*
 CTRL-W :	Does the same as typing |:| - enter a command line.  Useful in a