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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 Editing with windows in multiple tab pages. *tab-page* *tabpage*
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9 The commands which have been added to use multiple tab pages are explained
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10 here. Additionally, there are explanations for commands that work differently
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11 when used in combination with more than one tab page.
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13 1. Introduction |tab-page-intro|
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14 2. Commands |tab-page-commands|
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15 3. Other items |tab-page-other|
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16 4. Setting 'tabline' |setting-tabline|
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17 5. Setting 'guitablabel' |setting-guitablabel|
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19 {Vi does not have any of these commands}
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20 {not able to use multiple tab pages when the |+windows| feature was disabled
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24 1. Introduction *tab-page-intro*
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26 A tab page holds one or more windows. You can easily switch between tab
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27 pages, so that you have several collections of windows to work on different
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30 Usually you will see a list of labels at the top of the Vim window, one for
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31 each tab page. With the mouse you can click on the label to jump to that tab
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32 page. There are other ways to move between tab pages, see below.
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34 Most commands work only in the current tab page. That includes the |CTRL-W|
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35 commands, |:windo|, |:all| and |:ball| (when not using the |:tab| modifier).
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36 The commands that are aware of other tab pages than the current one are
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39 Tabs are also a nice way to edit a buffer temporarily without changing the
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40 current window layout. Open a new tab page, do whatever you want to do and
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41 close the tab page.
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43 ==============================================================================
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44 2. Commands *tab-page-commands*
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46 OPENING A NEW TAB PAGE:
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48 When starting Vim "vim -p filename ..." opens each file argument in a separate
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49 tab page (up to 'tabpagemax'). |-p|
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51 A double click with the mouse in the non-GUI tab pages line opens a new, empty
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52 tab page. It is placed left of the position of the click. The first click
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53 may select another tab page first, causing an extra screen update.
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55 This also works in a few GUI versions, esp. Win32 and Motif. But only when
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56 clicking right of the labels.
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58 In the GUI tab pages line you can use the right mouse button to open menu.
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59 |tabline-menu|.
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61 :tabe[dit] *:tabe* *:tabedit* *:tabnew*
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62 :tabnew Open a new tab page with an empty window, after the current
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65 :tabe[dit] [++opt] [+cmd] {file}
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66 :tabnew [++opt] [+cmd] {file}
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67 Open a new tab page and edit {file}, like with |:edit|.
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70 Open a new tab page and edit {file} in 'path', like with
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71 |:find|.
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72 {not available when the |+file_in_path| feature was disabled
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73 at compile time}
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75 :[count]tab {cmd} *:tab*
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76 Execute {cmd} and when it opens a new window open a new tab
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77 page instead. Doesn't work for |:diffsplit| or |:diffpatch|.
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78 When [count] is omitted the tab page appears after the current
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79 one. When [count] is specified the new tab page comes after
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80 tab page [count]. Use ":0tab cmd" to get the new tab page as
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83 :tab help gt " opens tab page with help for "gt"
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85 CTRL-W gf Open a new tab page and edit the file name under the cursor.
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86 See |CTRL-W_gf|.
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88 CTRL-W gF Open a new tab page and edit the file name under the cursor
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89 and jump to the line number following the file name.
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90 See |CTRL-W_gF|.
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92 CLOSING A TAB PAGE:
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94 Closing the last window of a tab page closes the tab page too, unless there is
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97 Using the mouse: If the tab page line is displayed you can click in the "X" at
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98 the top right to close the current tab page. A custom |'tabline'| may show
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102 :tabc[lose][!] Close current tab page.
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103 This command fails when:
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104 - There is only one tab page on the screen. *E784*
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105 - When 'hidden' is not set, [!] is not used, a buffer has
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106 changes, and there is no other window on this buffer.
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107 Changes to the buffer are not written and won't get lost, so
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108 this is a "safe" command.
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110 :tabc[lose][!] {count}
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111 Close tab page {count}. Fails in the same way as ':tabclose"
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112 above.
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113
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114 *:tabo* *:tabonly*
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115 :tabo[nly][!] Close all other tab pages.
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116 When the 'hidden' option is set, all buffers in closed windows
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117 become hidden.
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118 When 'hidden' is not set, and the 'autowrite' option is set,
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119 modified buffers are written. Otherwise, windows that have
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120 buffers that are modified are not removed, unless the [!] is
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121 given, then they become hidden. But modified buffers are
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122 never abandoned, so changes cannot get lost.
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125 SWITCHING TO ANOTHER TAB PAGE:
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127 Using the mouse: If the tab page line is displayed you can click in a tab page
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128 label to switch to that tab page. Click where there is no label to go to the
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129 next tab page. |'tabline'|
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131 :tabn[ext] *:tabn* *:tabnext* *gt*
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132 gt *CTRL-<PageDown>* *<C-PageDown>*
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133 <C-PageDown> *i_CTRL-<PageDown>* *i_<C-PageDown>*
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134 Go to the next tab page. Wraps around from the last to the
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138 {count}gt *i_CTRL-<PageUp>* *i_<C-PageUp>*
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142 :tabp[revious] *:tabp* *:tabprevious* *gT*
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143 :tabN[ext] *:tabN* *:tabNext*
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144 gT Go to the previous tab page. Wraps around from the first one
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145 to the last one.
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149 {count}gT Go {count} tab pages back. Wraps around from the first one
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150 to the last one.
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153 :tabfir[st] Go to the first tab page.
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155 *:tabl* *:tablast*
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156 :tabl[ast] Go to the last tab page.
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160 *:tabs*
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161 :tabs List the tab pages and the windows they contain.
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163 Shows a "+" for modified buffers.
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166 REORDERING TAB PAGES:
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169 Move the current tab page to after tab page N. Use zero to
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170 make the current tab page the first one. Without N the tab
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174 LOOPING OVER TAB PAGES:
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177 :tabd[o] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in each tab page.
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178 It works like doing this: >
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184 < This only operates in the current window of each tab page.
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185 When an error is detected on one tab page, further tab pages
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186 will not be visited.
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187 The last tab page (or where an error occurred) becomes the
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188 current tab page.
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189 {cmd} can contain '|' to concatenate several commands.
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190 {cmd} must not open or close tab pages or reorder them.
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191 {not in Vi} {not available when compiled without the
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192 |+listcmds| feature}
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199 The GUI tab pages line has a popup menu. It is accessed with a right click.
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201 Close Close the tab page under the mouse pointer. The
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202 current one if there is no label under the mouse
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203 pointer.
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204 New Tab Open a tab page, editing an empty buffer. It appears
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206 Open Tab... Like "New Tab" and additionaly use a file selector to
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207 select a file to edit.
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210 within one tab page. Other tab pages can show differences between other
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211 files.
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218 switching from one tab page to another. The exact order depends on what you
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219 are doing. When creating a new tab page this works as if you create a new
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220 window on the same buffer and then edit another buffer. Thus ":tabnew"
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222 WinLeave leave current window
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223 TabLeave leave current tab page
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226 BufLeave leave current buffer
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238 4. Setting 'tabline' *setting-tabline*
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241 It is only used when there is no GUI tab line.
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244 tab page labels to appear: never, when there is more than one tab page or
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245 always.
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247 The highlighting of the tab pages line is set with the groups TabLine
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248 TabLineSel and TabLineFill. |hl-TabLine| |hl-TabLineSel| |hl-TabLineFill|
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250 The 'tabline' option allows you to define your preferred way to tab pages
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251 labels. This isn't easy, thus an example will be given here.
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253 For basics see the 'statusline' option. The same items can be used in the
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254 'tabline' option. Additionally, the |tabpagebuflist()|, |tabpagenr()| and
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255 |tabpagewinnr()| functions are useful.
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257 Since the number of tab labels will vary, you need to use an expresion for the
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258 whole option. Something like: >
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261 Then define the MyTabLine() function to list all the tab pages labels. A
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262 convenient method is to split it in two parts: First go over all the tab
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265 function MyTabLine()
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275 " set the tab page number (for mouse clicks)
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276 let s .= '%' . (i + 1) . 'T'
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278 " the label is made by MyTabLabel()
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282 " after the last tab fill with TabLineFill and reset tab page nr
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283 let s .= '%#TabLineFill#%T'
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285 " right-align the label to close the current tab page
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287 let s .= '%=%#TabLine#%999Xclose'
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295 function MyTabLabel(n)
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296 let buflist = tabpagebuflist(a:n)
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297 let winnr = tabpagewinnr(a:n)
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298 return bufname(buflist[winnr - 1])
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299 endfunction
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301 This is just a simplistic example that results in a tab pages line that
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302 resembles the default, but without adding a + for a modified buffer or
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303 trunctating the names. You will want to reduce the width of labels in a
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304 clever way when there is not enough room. Check the 'columns' option for the
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308 5. Setting 'guitablabel' *setting-guitablabel*
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310 When the GUI tab pages line is displayed, 'guitablabel' can be used to
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311 specify the label to display for each tab page. Unlike 'tabline', which
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312 specifies the whole tab pages line at once, 'guitablabel' is used for each
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316 This only appears when the mouse pointer hovers over the label, thus it
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317 usually is longer. Only supported on some systems though.
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321 The "%N" item can be used for the current tab page number. The |v:lnum|
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333 windows in the tab page and a '+' if there is a modifed buffer: >
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337 let bufnrlist = tabpagebuflist(v:lnum)
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338
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339 " Add '+' if one of the buffers in the tab page is modified
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341 if getbufvar(bufnr, "&modified")
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347 " Append the number of windows in the tab page if more than one
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348 let wincount = tabpagewinnr(v:lnum, '$')
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349 if wincount > 1
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350 let label .= wincount
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356 " Append the buffer name
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357 return label . bufname(bufnrlist[tabpagewinnr(v:lnum) - 1])
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362 Note that the function must be defined before setting the option, otherwise
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