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1 *windows.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Aug 15 |
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| 4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar | |
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| 6 | |
| 7 Editing with multiple windows and buffers. *windows* *buffers* | |
| 8 | |
| 9 The commands which have been added to use multiple windows and buffers are | |
| 10 explained here. Additionally, there are explanations for commands that work | |
| 11 differently when used in combination with more than one window. | |
| 12 | |
| 13 The basics are explained in chapter 7 and 8 of the user manual |usr_07.txt| | |
| 14 |usr_08.txt|. | |
| 15 | |
| 16 1. Introduction |windows-intro| | |
| 17 2. Starting Vim |windows-starting| | |
| 18 3. Opening and closing a window |opening-window| | |
| 19 4. Moving cursor to other windows |window-move-cursor| | |
| 20 5. Moving windows around |window-moving| | |
| 21 6. Window resizing |window-resize| | |
| 22 7. Argument and buffer list commands |buffer-list| | |
| 23 8. Do a command in all buffers or windows |list-repeat| | |
| 24 9. Tag or file name under the cursor |window-tag| | |
| 25 10. The preview window |preview-window| | |
| 26 11. Using hidden buffers |buffer-hidden| | |
| 27 12. Special kinds of buffers |special-buffers| | |
| 28 | |
| 29 {Vi does not have any of these commands} | |
| 30 {not able to use multiple windows when the |+windows| feature was disabled at | |
| 31 compile time} | |
| 32 {not able to use vertically split windows when the |+vertsplit| feature was | |
| 33 disabled at compile time} | |
| 34 | |
| 35 ============================================================================== | |
| 819 | 36 1. Introduction *windows-intro* *window* |
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| 7 | 43 A window is a viewport onto a buffer. You can use multiple windows on one |
| 44 buffer, or several windows on different buffers. | |
| 45 | |
| 46 A buffer is a file loaded into memory for editing. The original file remains | |
| 47 unchanged until you write the buffer to the file. | |
| 48 | |
| 49 A buffer can be in one of three states: | |
| 50 | |
| 51 *active-buffer* | |
| 52 active: The buffer is displayed in a window. If there is a file for this | |
| 53 buffer, it has been read into the buffer. The buffer may have been | |
| 54 modified since then and thus be different from the file. | |
| 55 *hidden-buffer* | |
| 56 hidden: The buffer is not displayed. If there is a file for this buffer, it | |
| 57 has been read into the buffer. Otherwise it's the same as an active | |
| 58 buffer, you just can't see it. | |
| 59 *inactive-buffer* | |
| 60 inactive: The buffer is not displayed and does not contain anything. Options | |
| 61 for the buffer are remembered if the file was once loaded. It can | |
| 62 contain marks from the |viminfo| file. But the buffer doesn't | |
| 63 contain text. | |
| 64 | |
| 65 In a table: | |
| 66 | |
| 67 state displayed loaded ":buffers" ~ | |
| 68 in window shows ~ | |
| 69 active yes yes 'a' | |
| 70 hidden no yes 'h' | |
| 71 inactive no no ' ' | |
| 72 | |
| 73 Note: All CTRL-W commands can also be executed with |:wincmd|, for those | |
| 74 places where a Normal mode command can't be used or is inconvenient. | |
| 75 | |
| 674 | 76 The main Vim window can hold several split windows. There are also tab pages |
| 77 |tab-page|, each of which can hold multiple windows. | |
| 78 | |
| 7 | 79 ============================================================================== |
| 80 2. Starting Vim *windows-starting* | |
| 81 | |
| 82 By default, Vim starts with one window, just like Vi. | |
| 83 | |
| 84 The "-o" and "-O" arguments to Vim can be used to open a window for each file | |
| 85 in the argument list. The "-o" argument will split the windows horizontally; | |
| 86 the "-O" argument will split the windows vertically. If both "-o" and "-O" | |
| 87 are given, the last one encountered will be used to determine the split | |
| 88 orientation. For example, this will open three windows, split horizontally: > | |
| 89 vim -o file1 file2 file3 | |
| 90 | |
| 91 "-oN", where N is a decimal number, opens N windows split horizontally. If | |
| 92 there are more file names than windows, only N windows are opened and some | |
| 93 files do not get a window. If there are more windows than file names, the | |
| 94 last few windows will be editing empty buffers. Similarly, "-ON" opens N | |
| 95 windows split vertically, with the same restrictions. | |
| 96 | |
| 97 If there are many file names, the windows will become very small. You might | |
| 98 want to set the 'winheight' and/or 'winwidth' options to create a workable | |
| 99 situation. | |
| 100 | |
| 101 Buf/Win Enter/Leave |autocommand|s are not executed when opening the new | |
| 102 windows and reading the files, that's only done when they are really entered. | |
| 103 | |
| 104 *status-line* | |
| 105 A status line will be used to separate windows. The 'laststatus' option tells | |
| 106 when the last window also has a status line: | |
| 107 'laststatus' = 0 never a status line | |
| 108 'laststatus' = 1 status line if there is more than one window | |
| 109 'laststatus' = 2 always a status line | |
| 110 | |
| 111 You can change the contents of the status line with the 'statusline' option. | |
| 40 | 112 This option can be local to the window, so that you can have a different |
| 113 status line in each window. | |
| 7 | 114 |
| 115 Normally, inversion is used to display the status line. This can be changed | |
| 116 with the 's' character in the 'highlight' option. For example, "sb" sets it to | |
| 117 bold characters. If no highlighting is used for the status line ("sn"), the | |
| 118 '^' character is used for the current window, and '=' for other windows. If | |
| 119 the mouse is supported and enabled with the 'mouse' option, a status line can | |
| 120 be dragged to resize windows. | |
| 121 | |
| 122 Note: If you expect your status line to be in reverse video and it isn't, | |
| 123 check if the 'highlight' option contains "si". In version 3.0, this meant to | |
| 124 invert the status line. Now it should be "sr", reverse the status line, as | |
| 125 "si" now stands for italic! If italic is not available on your terminal, the | |
| 126 status line is inverted anyway; you will only see this problem on terminals | |
| 127 that have termcap codes for italics. | |
| 128 | |
| 129 ============================================================================== | |
| 130 3. Opening and closing a window *opening-window* *E36* | |
| 131 | |
| 132 CTRL-W s *CTRL-W_s* | |
| 133 CTRL-W S *CTRL-W_S* | |
| 134 CTRL-W CTRL-S *CTRL-W_CTRL-S* | |
| 135 :[N]sp[lit] [++opt] [+cmd] *:sp* *:split* | |
| 136 Split current window in two. The result is two viewports on | |
| 137 the same file. Make new window N high (default is to use half | |
| 138 the height of the current window). Reduces the current window | |
| 139 height to create room (and others, if the 'equalalways' option | |
| 1354 | 140 is set, 'eadirection' isn't "hor", and one of them is higher |
| 141 than the current or the new window). | |
| 7 | 142 Note: CTRL-S does not work on all terminals and might block |
| 143 further input, use CTRL-Q to get going again. | |
| 144 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 145 | |
| 146 CTRL-W CTRL-V *CTRL-W_CTRL-V* | |
| 147 CTRL-W v *CTRL-W_v* | |
| 148 :[N]vs[plit] [++opt] [+cmd] [file] *:vs* *:vsplit* | |
| 1354 | 149 Like |:split|, but split vertically. The windows will be |
| 150 spread out horizontally if | |
| 151 1. a width was not specified, | |
| 152 2. 'equalalways' is set, | |
| 153 3. 'eadirection' isn't "ver", and | |
| 1622 | 154 4. one of the other windows is wider than the current or new |
| 1354 | 155 window. |
| 7 | 156 Note: In other places CTRL-Q does the same as CTRL-V, but here |
| 157 it doesn't! | |
| 158 | |
| 159 CTRL-W n *CTRL-W_n* | |
| 160 CTRL-W CTRL_N *CTRL-W_CTRL-N* | |
| 161 :[N]new [++opt] [+cmd] *:new* | |
| 162 Create a new window and start editing an empty file in it. | |
| 163 Make new window N high (default is to use half the existing | |
| 164 height). Reduces the current window height to create room (and | |
| 165 others, if the 'equalalways' option is set and 'eadirection' | |
| 166 isn't "hor"). | |
| 167 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 168 If 'fileformats' is not empty, the first format given will be | |
| 169 used for the new buffer. If 'fileformats' is empty, the | |
| 170 'fileformat' of the current buffer is used. This can be | |
| 171 overridden with the |++opt| argument. | |
| 172 Autocommands are executed in this order: | |
| 173 1. WinLeave for the current window | |
| 174 2. WinEnter for the new window | |
| 175 3. BufLeave for the current buffer | |
| 176 4. BufEnter for the new buffer | |
| 177 This behaves like a ":split" first, and then a ":e" command. | |
| 178 | |
| 179 :[N]vne[w] [++opt] [+cmd] [file] *:vne* *:vnew* | |
| 180 Like |:new|, but split vertically. If 'equalalways' is set | |
| 181 and 'eadirection' isn't "ver" the windows will be spread out | |
| 182 horizontally, unless a width was specified. | |
| 183 | |
| 184 :[N]new [++opt] [+cmd] {file} | |
| 185 :[N]sp[lit] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} *:split_f* | |
| 186 Create a new window and start editing file {file} in it. | |
| 187 If [+cmd] is given, execute the command when the file has been | |
| 188 loaded |+cmd|. | |
| 189 Also see |++opt|. | |
| 190 Make new window N high (default is to use half the existing | |
| 191 height). Reduces the current window height to create room | |
| 192 (and others, if the 'equalalways' option is set). | |
| 193 | |
| 194 :[N]sv[iew] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} *:sv* *:sview* *splitview* | |
| 195 Same as ":split", but set 'readonly' option for this buffer. | |
| 196 | |
| 197 :[N]sf[ind] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} *:sf* *:sfind* *splitfind* | |
| 1668 | 198 Same as ":split", but search for {file} in 'path' like in |
| 199 |:find|. Doesn't split if {file} is not found. | |
| 7 | 200 |
| 201 CTRL-W CTRL-^ *CTRL-W_CTRL-^* *CTRL-W_^* | |
| 202 CTRL-W ^ Does ":split #", split window in two and edit alternate file. | |
| 203 When a count is given, it becomes ":split #N", split window | |
| 204 and edit buffer N. | |
| 205 | |
| 206 Note that the 'splitbelow' and 'splitright' options influence where a new | |
| 207 window will appear. | |
| 208 | |
| 209 *:vert* *:vertical* | |
| 210 :vert[ical] {cmd} | |
| 211 Execute {cmd}. If it contains a command that splits a window, | |
| 212 it will be split vertically. | |
| 1123 | 213 Doesn't work for |:execute| and |:normal|. |
| 7 | 214 |
| 215 :lefta[bove] {cmd} *:lefta* *:leftabove* | |
| 216 :abo[veleft] {cmd} *:abo* *:aboveleft* | |
| 217 Execute {cmd}. If it contains a command that splits a window, | |
| 218 it will be opened left (vertical split) or above (horizontal | |
| 219 split) the current window. Overrules 'splitbelow' and | |
| 220 'splitright'. | |
| 1123 | 221 Doesn't work for |:execute| and |:normal|. |
| 7 | 222 |
| 223 :rightb[elow] {cmd} *:rightb* *:rightbelow* | |
| 224 :bel[owright] {cmd} *:bel* *:belowright* | |
| 225 Execute {cmd}. If it contains a command that splits a window, | |
| 226 it will be opened right (vertical split) or below (horizontal | |
| 227 split) the current window. Overrules 'splitbelow' and | |
| 228 'splitright'. | |
| 1123 | 229 Doesn't work for |:execute| and |:normal|. |
| 7 | 230 |
| 231 *:topleft* *E442* | |
| 232 :to[pleft] {cmd} | |
| 233 Execute {cmd}. If it contains a command that splits a window, | |
| 234 it will appear at the top and occupy the full width of the Vim | |
| 235 window. When the split is vertical the window appears at the | |
| 236 far left and occupies the full height of the Vim window. | |
| 1123 | 237 Doesn't work for |:execute| and |:normal|. |
| 7 | 238 |
| 239 *:botright* | |
| 240 :bo[tright] {cmd} | |
| 241 Execute {cmd}. If it contains a command that splits a window, | |
| 242 it will appear at the bottom and occupy the full width of the | |
| 243 Vim window. When the split is vertical the window appears at | |
| 244 the far right and occupies the full height of the Vim window. | |
| 1123 | 245 Doesn't work for |:execute| and |:normal|. |
| 7 | 246 |
| 247 These command modifiers can be combined to make a vertically split window | |
| 248 occupy the full height. Example: > | |
| 249 :vertical topleft edit tags | |
| 250 Opens a vertically split, full-height window on the "tags" file at the far | |
| 251 left of the Vim window. | |
| 252 | |
| 253 | |
| 254 Closing a window | |
| 255 ---------------- | |
| 256 | |
| 257 CTRL-W q *CTRL-W_q* | |
| 258 CTRL-W CTRL-Q *CTRL-W_CTRL-Q* | |
| 259 :q[uit] Quit current window. When quitting the last window (not | |
| 260 counting a help window), exit Vim. | |
| 261 When 'hidden' is set, and there is only one window for the | |
| 262 current buffer, it becomes hidden. | |
| 263 When 'hidden' is not set, and there is only one window for the | |
| 264 current buffer, and the buffer was changed, the command fails. | |
| 265 (Note: CTRL-Q does not work on all terminals) | |
| 266 | |
| 267 :q[uit]! Quit current window. If this was the last window for a buffer, | |
| 268 any changes to that buffer are lost. When quitting the last | |
| 269 window (not counting help windows), exit Vim. The contents of | |
| 270 the buffer are lost, even when 'hidden' is set. | |
| 271 | |
| 272 CTRL-W c *CTRL-W_c* *:clo* *:close* | |
| 273 :clo[se][!] Close current window. When the 'hidden' option is set, or | |
| 274 when the buffer was changed and the [!] is used, the buffer | |
| 275 becomes hidden (unless there is another window editing it). | |
| 674 | 276 When there is only one window in the current tab page and |
| 277 there is another tab page, this closes the current tab page. | |
| 278 |tab-page|. | |
| 7 | 279 This command fails when: *E444* |
| 280 - There is only one window on the screen. | |
| 281 - When 'hidden' is not set, [!] is not used, the buffer has | |
| 282 changes, and there is no other window on this buffer. | |
| 283 Changes to the buffer are not written and won't get lost, so | |
| 284 this is a "safe" command. | |
| 285 | |
| 286 CTRL-W CTRL-C *CTRL-W_CTRL-C* | |
| 287 You might have expected that CTRL-W CTRL-C closes the current | |
| 288 window, but that does not work, because the CTRL-C cancels the | |
| 289 command. | |
| 290 | |
| 291 *:hide* | |
| 292 :hid[e] Quit current window, unless it is the last window on the | |
| 293 screen. The buffer becomes hidden (unless there is another | |
| 294 window editing it or 'bufhidden' is "unload" or "delete"). | |
| 674 | 295 If the window is the last one in the current tab page the tab |
| 296 page is closed. |tab-page| | |
| 7 | 297 The value of 'hidden' is irrelevant for this command. |
| 298 Changes to the buffer are not written and won't get lost, so | |
| 299 this is a "safe" command. | |
| 300 | |
| 301 :hid[e] {cmd} Execute {cmd} with 'hidden' is set. The previous value of | |
| 302 'hidden' is restored after {cmd} has been executed. | |
| 303 Example: > | |
| 304 :hide edit Makefile | |
| 305 < This will edit "Makefile", and hide the current buffer if it | |
| 306 has any changes. | |
| 307 | |
| 308 CTRL-W o *CTRL-W_o* *E445* | |
| 309 CTRL-W CTRL-O *CTRL-W_CTRL-O* *:on* *:only* | |
| 310 :on[ly][!] Make the current window the only one on the screen. All other | |
| 311 windows are closed. | |
| 312 When the 'hidden' option is set, all buffers in closed windows | |
| 313 become hidden. | |
| 314 When 'hidden' is not set, and the 'autowrite' option is set, | |
| 315 modified buffers are written. Otherwise, windows that have | |
| 316 buffers that are modified are not removed, unless the [!] is | |
| 317 given, then they become hidden. But modified buffers are | |
| 318 never abandoned, so changes cannot get lost. | |
| 319 | |
| 320 ============================================================================== | |
| 321 4. Moving cursor to other windows *window-move-cursor* | |
| 322 | |
| 323 CTRL-W <Down> *CTRL-W_<Down>* | |
| 324 CTRL-W CTRL-J *CTRL-W_CTRL-J* *CTRL-W_j* | |
| 325 CTRL-W j Move cursor to Nth window below current one. Uses the cursor | |
| 326 position to select between alternatives. | |
| 327 | |
| 328 CTRL-W <Up> *CTRL-W_<Up>* | |
| 329 CTRL-W CTRL-K *CTRL-W_CTRL-K* *CTRL-W_k* | |
| 330 CTRL-W k Move cursor to Nth window above current one. Uses the cursor | |
| 331 position to select between alternatives. | |
| 332 | |
| 333 CTRL-W <Left> *CTRL-W_<Left>* | |
| 334 CTRL-W CTRL-H *CTRL-W_CTRL-H* | |
| 335 CTRL-W <BS> *CTRL-W_<BS>* *CTRL-W_h* | |
| 336 CTRL-W h Move cursor to Nth window left of current one. Uses the | |
| 337 cursor position to select between alternatives. | |
| 338 | |
| 339 CTRL-W <Right> *CTRL-W_<Right>* | |
| 340 CTRL-W CTRL-L *CTRL-W_CTRL-L* *CTRL-W_l* | |
| 341 CTRL-W l Move cursor to Nth window right of current one. Uses the | |
| 342 cursor position to select between alternatives. | |
| 343 | |
| 344 CTRL-W w *CTRL-W_w* *CTRL-W_CTRL-W* | |
| 345 CTRL-W CTRL-W Without count: move cursor to window below/right of the | |
| 346 current one. If there is no window below or right, go to | |
| 347 top-left window. | |
| 348 With count: go to Nth window (windows are numbered from | |
| 349 top-left to bottom-right). To obtain the window number see | |
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| 7 | 352 |
| 353 *CTRL-W_W* | |
| 354 CTRL-W W Without count: move cursor to window above/left of current | |
| 355 one. If there is no window above or left, go to bottom-right | |
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356 window. With count: go to Nth window, like with CTRL-W w. |
| 7 | 357 |
| 358 CTRL-W t *CTRL-W_t* *CTRL-W_CTRL-T* | |
| 359 CTRL-W CTRL-T Move cursor to top-left window. | |
| 360 | |
| 361 CTRL-W b *CTRL-W_b* *CTRL-W_CTRL-B* | |
| 362 CTRL-W CTRL-B Move cursor to bottom-right window. | |
| 363 | |
| 364 CTRL-W p *CTRL-W_p* *CTRL-W_CTRL-P* | |
| 365 CTRL-W CTRL-P Go to previous (last accessed) window. | |
| 366 | |
| 367 *CTRL-W_P* *E441* | |
| 368 CTRL-W P Go to preview window. When there is no preview window this is | |
| 369 an error. | |
| 370 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix| feature} | |
| 371 | |
| 372 If Visual mode is active and the new window is not for the same buffer, the | |
| 373 Visual mode is ended. If the window is on the same buffer, the cursor | |
| 374 position is set to keep the same Visual area selected. | |
| 375 | |
| 376 *:winc* *:wincmd* | |
| 377 These commands can also be executed with ":wincmd": | |
| 378 | |
| 379 :[count]winc[md] {arg} | |
| 380 Like executing CTRL-W [count] {arg}. Example: > | |
| 381 :wincmd j | |
| 382 < Moves to the window below the current one. | |
| 383 This command is useful when a Normal mode cannot be used (for | |
| 384 the |CursorHold| autocommand event). Or when a Normal mode | |
| 385 command is inconvenient. | |
| 386 The count can also be a window number. Example: > | |
| 387 :exe nr . "wincmd w" | |
| 388 < This goes to window "nr". | |
| 389 | |
| 390 ============================================================================== | |
| 391 5. Moving windows around *window-moving* | |
| 392 | |
| 393 CTRL-W r *CTRL-W_r* *CTRL-W_CTRL-R* *E443* | |
| 394 CTRL-W CTRL-R Rotate windows downwards/rightwards. The first window becomes | |
| 395 the second one, the second one becomes the third one, etc. | |
| 396 The last window becomes the first window. The cursor remains | |
| 397 in the same window. | |
| 398 This only works within the row or column of windows that the | |
| 399 current window is in. | |
| 400 | |
| 401 *CTRL-W_R* | |
| 402 CTRL-W R Rotate windows upwards/leftwards. The second window becomes | |
| 403 the first one, the third one becomes the second one, etc. The | |
| 404 first window becomes the last window. The cursor remains in | |
| 405 the same window. | |
| 406 This only works within the row or column of windows that the | |
| 407 current window is in. | |
| 408 | |
| 409 CTRL-W x *CTRL-W_x* *CTRL-W_CTRL-X* | |
| 410 CTRL-W CTRL-X Without count: Exchange current window with next one. If there | |
| 411 is no next window, exchange with previous window. | |
| 412 With count: Exchange current window with Nth window (first | |
| 413 window is 1). The cursor is put in the other window. | |
| 414 When vertical and horizontal window splits are mixed, the | |
| 415 exchange is only done in the row or column of windows that the | |
| 416 current window is in. | |
| 417 | |
| 418 The following commands can be used to change the window layout. For example, | |
| 419 when there are two vertically split windows, CTRL-W K will change that in | |
| 420 horizontally split windows. CTRL-W H does it the other way around. | |
| 421 | |
| 422 *CTRL-W_K* | |
| 423 CTRL-W K Move the current window to be at the very top, using the full | |
| 424 width of the screen. This works like closing the current | |
| 425 window and then creating another one with ":topleft split", | |
| 426 except that the current window contents is used for the new | |
| 427 window. | |
| 428 | |
| 429 *CTRL-W_J* | |
| 430 CTRL-W J Move the current window to be at the very bottom, using the | |
| 431 full width of the screen. This works like closing the current | |
| 432 window and then creating another one with ":botright split", | |
| 433 except that the current window contents is used for the new | |
| 434 window. | |
| 435 | |
| 436 *CTRL-W_H* | |
| 437 CTRL-W H Move the current window to be at the far left, using the | |
| 438 full height of the screen. This works like closing the | |
| 439 current window and then creating another one with | |
| 440 ":vert topleft split", except that the current window contents | |
| 441 is used for the new window. | |
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| 7 | 443 |
| 444 *CTRL-W_L* | |
| 445 CTRL-W L Move the current window to be at the far right, using the full | |
| 446 height of the screen. This works like closing the | |
| 447 current window and then creating another one with | |
| 448 ":vert botright split", except that the current window | |
| 449 contents is used for the new window. | |
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450 {not available when compiled without the |+vertsplit| feature} |
| 7 | 451 |
| 826 | 452 *CTRL-W_T* |
| 453 CTRL-W T Move the current window to a new tab page. This fails if | |
| 454 there is only one window in the current tab page. | |
| 455 When a count is specified the new tab page will be opened | |
| 456 before the tab page with this index. Otherwise it comes after | |
| 457 the current tab page. | |
| 458 | |
| 7 | 459 ============================================================================== |
| 460 6. Window resizing *window-resize* | |
| 461 | |
| 462 *CTRL-W_=* | |
| 463 CTRL-W = Make all windows (almost) equally high and wide, but use | |
| 464 'winheight' and 'winwidth' for the current window. | |
| 1123 | 465 Windows with 'winfixheight' set keep their height and windows |
| 466 with 'winfixwidth' set keep their width. | |
| 7 | 467 |
| 468 :res[ize] -N *:res* *:resize* *CTRL-W_-* | |
| 469 CTRL-W - Decrease current window height by N (default 1). | |
| 2152 | 470 If used after |:vertical|: decrease width by N. |
| 7 | 471 |
| 472 :res[ize] +N *CTRL-W_+* | |
| 473 CTRL-W + Increase current window height by N (default 1). | |
| 2152 | 474 If used after |:vertical|: increase width by N. |
| 7 | 475 |
| 476 :res[ize] [N] | |
| 477 CTRL-W CTRL-_ *CTRL-W_CTRL-_* *CTRL-W__* | |
| 478 CTRL-W _ Set current window height to N (default: highest possible). | |
| 479 | |
| 480 z{nr}<CR> Set current window height to {nr}. | |
| 481 | |
| 482 *CTRL-W_<* | |
| 483 CTRL-W < Decrease current window width by N (default 1). | |
| 484 | |
| 485 *CTRL-W_>* | |
| 486 CTRL-W > Increase current window width by N (default 1). | |
| 487 | |
| 488 :vertical res[ize] [N] *:vertical-resize* *CTRL-W_bar* | |
| 489 CTRL-W | Set current window width to N (default: widest possible). | |
| 490 | |
| 491 You can also resize a window by dragging a status line up or down with the | |
| 492 mouse. Or by dragging a vertical separator line left or right. This only | |
| 493 works if the version of Vim that is being used supports the mouse and the | |
| 494 'mouse' option has been set to enable it. | |
| 495 | |
| 496 The option 'winheight' ('wh') is used to set the minimal window height of the | |
| 497 current window. This option is used each time another window becomes the | |
| 498 current window. If the option is '0', it is disabled. Set 'winheight' to a | |
| 499 very large value, e.g., '9999', to make the current window always fill all | |
| 500 available space. Set it to a reasonable value, e.g., '10', to make editing in | |
| 501 the current window comfortable. | |
| 502 | |
| 503 The equivalent 'winwidth' ('wiw') option is used to set the minimal width of | |
| 504 the current window. | |
| 505 | |
| 506 When the option 'equalalways' ('ea') is set, all the windows are automatically | |
| 507 made the same size after splitting or closing a window. If you don't set this | |
| 508 option, splitting a window will reduce the size of the current window and | |
| 509 leave the other windows the same. When closing a window, the extra lines are | |
| 510 given to the window above it. | |
| 511 | |
| 512 The 'eadirection' option limits the direction in which the 'equalalways' | |
| 513 option is applied. The default "both" resizes in both directions. When the | |
| 514 value is "ver" only the heights of windows are equalized. Use this when you | |
| 515 have manually resized a vertically split window and want to keep this width. | |
| 516 Likewise, "hor" causes only the widths of windows to be equalized. | |
| 517 | |
| 518 The option 'cmdheight' ('ch') is used to set the height of the command-line. | |
| 519 If you are annoyed by the |hit-enter| prompt for long messages, set this | |
| 520 option to 2 or 3. | |
| 521 | |
| 522 If there is only one window, resizing that window will also change the command | |
| 523 line height. If there are several windows, resizing the current window will | |
| 524 also change the height of the window below it (and sometimes the window above | |
| 525 it). | |
| 526 | |
| 527 The minimal height and width of a window is set with 'winminheight' and | |
| 528 'winminwidth'. These are hard values, a window will never become smaller. | |
| 529 | |
| 530 ============================================================================== | |
| 531 7. Argument and buffer list commands *buffer-list* | |
| 532 | |
| 533 args list buffer list meaning ~ | |
| 534 1. :[N]argument [N] 11. :[N]buffer [N] to arg/buf N | |
| 535 2. :[N]next [file ..] 12. :[N]bnext [N] to Nth next arg/buf | |
| 536 3. :[N]Next [N] 13. :[N]bNext [N] to Nth previous arg/buf | |
| 537 4. :[N]previous [N] 14. :[N]bprevious [N] to Nth previous arg/buf | |
| 538 5. :rewind / :first 15. :brewind / :bfirst to first arg/buf | |
| 539 6. :last 16. :blast to last arg/buf | |
| 540 7. :all 17. :ball edit all args/buffers | |
| 541 18. :unhide edit all loaded buffers | |
| 542 19. :[N]bmod [N] to Nth modified buf | |
| 543 | |
| 544 split & args list split & buffer list meaning ~ | |
| 545 21. :[N]sargument [N] 31. :[N]sbuffer [N] split + to arg/buf N | |
| 546 22. :[N]snext [file ..] 32. :[N]sbnext [N] split + to Nth next arg/buf | |
| 547 23. :[N]sNext [N] 33. :[N]sbNext [N] split + to Nth previous arg/buf | |
| 548 24. :[N]sprevious [N] 34. :[N]sbprevious [N] split + to Nth previous arg/buf | |
| 549 25. :srewind / :sfirst 35. :sbrewind / :sbfirst split + to first arg/buf | |
| 550 26. :slast 36. :sblast split + to last arg/buf | |
| 237 | 551 27. :sall 37. :sball edit all args/buffers |
| 7 | 552 38. :sunhide edit all loaded buffers |
| 553 39. :[N]sbmod [N] split + to Nth modified buf | |
| 554 | |
| 555 40. :args list of arguments | |
| 556 41. :buffers list of buffers | |
| 557 | |
| 558 The meaning of [N] depends on the command: | |
| 559 [N] is number of buffers to go forward/backward on ?2, ?3, and ?4 | |
| 560 [N] is an argument number, defaulting to current argument, for 1 and 21 | |
| 561 [N] is a buffer number, defaulting to current buffer, for 11 and 31 | |
| 562 [N] is a count for 19 and 39 | |
| 563 | |
| 564 Note: ":next" is an exception, because it must accept a list of file names | |
| 565 for compatibility with Vi. | |
| 566 | |
| 567 | |
| 568 The argument list and multiple windows | |
| 569 -------------------------------------- | |
| 570 | |
| 571 The current position in the argument list can be different for each window. | |
| 572 Remember that when doing ":e file", the position in the argument list stays | |
| 573 the same, but you are not editing the file at that position. To indicate | |
| 574 this, the file message (and the title, if you have one) shows | |
| 575 "(file (N) of M)", where "(N)" is the current position in the file list, and | |
| 576 "M" the number of files in the file list. | |
| 577 | |
| 578 All the entries in the argument list are added to the buffer list. Thus, you | |
| 579 can also get to them with the buffer list commands, like ":bnext". | |
| 580 | |
| 581 :[N]al[l][!] [N] *:al* *:all* *:sal* *:sall* | |
| 582 :[N]sal[l][!] [N] | |
| 583 Rearrange the screen to open one window for each argument. | |
| 584 All other windows are closed. When a count is given, this is | |
| 585 the maximum number of windows to open. | |
| 699 | 586 With the |:tab| modifier open a tab page for each argument. |
| 587 When there are more arguments than 'tabpagemax' further ones | |
| 588 become split windows in the last tab page. | |
| 7 | 589 When the 'hidden' option is set, all buffers in closed windows |
| 590 become hidden. | |
| 591 When 'hidden' is not set, and the 'autowrite' option is set, | |
| 592 modified buffers are written. Otherwise, windows that have | |
| 593 buffers that are modified are not removed, unless the [!] is | |
| 594 given, then they become hidden. But modified buffers are | |
| 595 never abandoned, so changes cannot get lost. | |
| 596 [N] is the maximum number of windows to open. 'winheight' | |
| 597 also limits the number of windows opened ('winwidth' if | |
| 598 |:vertical| was prepended). | |
| 599 Buf/Win Enter/Leave autocommands are not executed for the new | |
| 600 windows here, that's only done when they are really entered. | |
| 601 | |
| 602 :[N]sa[rgument][!] [++opt] [+cmd] [N] *:sa* *:sargument* | |
| 603 Short for ":split | argument [N]": split window and go to Nth | |
| 604 argument. But when there is no such argument, the window is | |
| 605 not split. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 606 | |
| 607 :[N]sn[ext][!] [++opt] [+cmd] [file ..] *:sn* *:snext* | |
| 608 Short for ":split | [N]next": split window and go to Nth next | |
| 609 argument. But when there is no next file, the window is not | |
| 610 split. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 611 | |
| 612 :[N]spr[evious][!] [++opt] [+cmd] [N] *:spr* *:sprevious* | |
| 613 :[N]sN[ext][!] [++opt] [+cmd] [N] *:sN* *:sNext* | |
| 614 Short for ":split | [N]Next": split window and go to Nth | |
| 615 previous argument. But when there is no previous file, the | |
| 616 window is not split. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 617 | |
| 618 *:sre* *:srewind* | |
| 619 :sre[wind][!] [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 620 Short for ":split | rewind": split window and go to first | |
| 621 argument. But when there is no argument list, the window is | |
| 622 not split. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 623 | |
| 624 *:sfir* *:sfirst* | |
| 168 | 625 :sfir[st] [++opt] [+cmd] |
| 7 | 626 Same as ":srewind". |
| 627 | |
| 628 *:sla* *:slast* | |
| 629 :sla[st][!] [++opt] [+cmd] | |
| 630 Short for ":split | last": split window and go to last | |
| 631 argument. But when there is no argument list, the window is | |
| 632 not split. Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. | |
| 633 | |
| 634 *:dr* *:drop* | |
| 1702 | 635 :dr[op] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} .. |
| 7 | 636 Edit the first {file} in a window. |
| 637 - If the file is already open in a window change to that | |
| 638 window. | |
| 639 - If the file is not open in a window edit the file in the | |
| 640 current window. If the current buffer can't be |abandon|ed, | |
| 641 the window is split first. | |
| 642 The |argument-list| is set, like with the |:next| command. | |
| 643 The purpose of this command is that it can be used from a | |
| 644 program that wants Vim to edit another file, e.g., a debugger. | |
| 819 | 645 When using the |:tab| modifier each argument is opened in a |
| 646 tab page. The last window is used if it's empty. | |
| 1702 | 647 Also see |++opt| and |+cmd|. |
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648 {only available when compiled with a GUI} |
| 7 | 649 |
| 650 ============================================================================== | |
| 651 8. Do a command in all buffers or windows *list-repeat* | |
| 652 | |
| 653 *:windo* | |
| 819 | 654 :windo {cmd} Execute {cmd} in each window. |
| 7 | 655 It works like doing this: > |
| 656 CTRL-W t | |
| 657 :{cmd} | |
| 658 CTRL-W w | |
| 659 :{cmd} | |
| 660 etc. | |
| 685 | 661 < This only operates in the current tab page. |
| 674 | 662 When an error is detected on one window, further |
| 7 | 663 windows will not be visited. |
| 664 The last window (or where an error occurred) becomes | |
| 665 the current window. | |
| 666 {cmd} can contain '|' to concatenate several commands. | |
| 667 {cmd} must not open or close windows or reorder them. | |
| 668 {not in Vi} {not available when compiled without the | |
| 669 |+listcmds| feature} | |
| 685 | 670 Also see |:tabdo|, |:argdo| and |:bufdo|. |
| 7 | 671 |
| 672 *:bufdo* | |
| 673 :bufdo[!] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in each buffer in the buffer list. | |
| 674 It works like doing this: > | |
| 675 :bfirst | |
| 676 :{cmd} | |
| 677 :bnext | |
| 678 :{cmd} | |
| 679 etc. | |
| 680 < When the current file can't be |abandon|ed and the [!] | |
| 681 is not present, the command fails. | |
| 682 When an error is detected on one buffer, further | |
| 683 buffers will not be visited. | |
| 684 Unlisted buffers are skipped. | |
| 685 The last buffer (or where an error occurred) becomes | |
| 686 the current buffer. | |
| 687 {cmd} can contain '|' to concatenate several commands. | |
| 688 {cmd} must not delete buffers or add buffers to the | |
| 689 buffer list. | |
| 690 Note: While this command is executing, the Syntax | |
| 691 autocommand event is disabled by adding it to | |
| 692 'eventignore'. This considerably speeds up editing | |
| 693 each buffer. | |
| 694 {not in Vi} {not available when compiled without the | |
| 695 |+listcmds| feature} | |
| 685 | 696 Also see |:tabdo|, |:argdo| and |:windo|. |
| 7 | 697 |
| 698 Examples: > | |
| 699 | |
| 700 :windo set nolist nofoldcolumn | normal zn | |
| 701 | |
| 702 This resets the 'list' option and disables folding in all windows. > | |
| 703 | |
| 704 :bufdo set fileencoding= | update | |
| 705 | |
| 706 This resets the 'fileencoding' in each buffer and writes it if this changed | |
| 707 the buffer. The result is that all buffers will use the 'encoding' encoding | |
| 708 (if conversion works properly). | |
| 709 | |
| 710 ============================================================================== | |
| 711 9. Tag or file name under the cursor *window-tag* | |
| 712 | |
| 713 *:sta* *:stag* | |
| 714 :sta[g][!] [tagname] | |
| 715 Does ":tag[!] [tagname]" and splits the window for the found | |
| 716 tag. See also |:tag|. | |
| 717 | |
| 718 CTRL-W ] *CTRL-W_]* *CTRL-W_CTRL-]* | |
| 719 CTRL-W CTRL-] Split current window in two. Use identifier under cursor as a | |
| 720 tag and jump to it in the new upper window. Make new window N | |
| 721 high. | |
| 722 | |
| 723 *CTRL-W_g]* | |
| 724 CTRL-W g ] Split current window in two. Use identifier under cursor as a | |
| 725 tag and perform ":tselect" on it in the new upper window. | |
| 726 Make new window N high. | |
| 727 | |
| 728 *CTRL-W_g_CTRL-]* | |
| 729 CTRL-W g CTRL-] Split current window in two. Use identifier under cursor as a | |
| 730 tag and perform ":tjump" on it in the new upper window. Make | |
| 731 new window N high. | |
| 732 | |
| 733 CTRL-W f *CTRL-W_f* *CTRL-W_CTRL-F* | |
| 734 CTRL-W CTRL-F Split current window in two. Edit file name under cursor. | |
| 820 | 735 Like ":split gf", but window isn't split if the file does not |
| 7 | 736 exist. |
| 737 Uses the 'path' variable as a list of directory names where to | |
| 738 look for the file. Also the path for current file is | |
| 739 used to search for the file name. | |
| 740 If the name is a hypertext link that looks like | |
| 741 "type://machine/path", only "/path" is used. | |
| 742 If a count is given, the count'th matching file is edited. | |
| 743 {not available when the |+file_in_path| feature was disabled | |
| 744 at compile time} | |
| 745 | |
| 681 | 746 CTRL-W F *CTRL-W_F* |
| 747 Split current window in two. Edit file name under cursor and | |
| 748 jump to the line number following the file name. See |gF| for | |
| 749 details on how the line number is obtained. | |
| 839 | 750 {not available when the |+file_in_path| feature was disabled |
| 751 at compile time} | |
| 681 | 752 |
| 820 | 753 CTRL-W gf *CTRL-W_gf* |
| 754 Open a new tab page and edit the file name under the cursor. | |
| 755 Like "tab split" and "gf", but the new tab page isn't created | |
| 756 if the file does not exist. | |
| 757 {not available when the |+file_in_path| feature was disabled | |
| 758 at compile time} | |
| 759 | |
| 839 | 760 CTRL-W gF *CTRL-W_gF* |
| 761 Open a new tab page and edit the file name under the cursor | |
| 762 and jump to the line number following the file name. Like | |
| 763 "tab split" and "gF", but the new tab page isn't created if | |
| 764 the file does not exist. | |
| 765 {not available when the |+file_in_path| feature was disabled | |
| 766 at compile time} | |
| 767 | |
| 7 | 768 Also see |CTRL-W_CTRL-I|: open window for an included file that includes |
| 769 the keyword under the cursor. | |
| 770 | |
| 771 ============================================================================== | |
| 772 10. The preview window *preview-window* | |
| 773 | |
| 774 The preview window is a special window to show (preview) another file. It is | |
| 775 normally a small window used to show an include file or definition of a | |
| 776 function. | |
| 777 {not available when compiled without the |+quickfix| feature} | |
| 778 | |
| 731 | 779 There can be only one preview window (per tab page). It is created with one |
| 780 of the commands below. The 'previewheight' option can be set to specify the | |
| 781 height of the preview window when it's opened. The 'previewwindow' option is | |
| 782 set in the preview window to be able to recognize it. The 'winfixheight' | |
| 783 option is set to have it keep the same height when opening/closing other | |
| 784 windows. | |
| 7 | 785 |
| 786 *:pta* *:ptag* | |
| 787 :pta[g][!] [tagname] | |
| 788 Does ":tag[!] [tagname]" and shows the found tag in a | |
| 789 "Preview" window without changing the current buffer or cursor | |
| 237 | 790 position. If a "Preview" window already exists, it is re-used |
| 7 | 791 (like a help window is). If a new one is opened, |
| 792 'previewheight' is used for the height of the window. See | |
| 793 also |:tag|. | |
| 794 See below for an example. |CursorHold-example| | |
| 795 Small difference from |:tag|: When [tagname] is equal to the | |
| 796 already displayed tag, the position in the matching tag list | |
| 797 is not reset. This makes the CursorHold example work after a | |
| 798 |:ptnext|. | |
| 799 | |
| 800 CTRL-W z *CTRL-W_z* | |
| 801 CTRL-W CTRL-Z *CTRL-W_CTRL-Z* *:pc* *:pclose* | |
| 802 :pc[lose][!] Close any "Preview" window currently open. When the 'hidden' | |
| 803 option is set, or when the buffer was changed and the [!] is | |
| 804 used, the buffer becomes hidden (unless there is another | |
| 805 window editing it). The command fails if any "Preview" buffer | |
| 806 cannot be closed. See also |:close|. | |
| 807 | |
| 808 *:pp* *:ppop* | |
| 809 :[count]pp[op][!] | |
| 810 Does ":[count]pop[!]" in the preview window. See |:pop| and | |
| 811 |:ptag|. {not in Vi} | |
| 812 | |
| 813 CTRL-W } *CTRL-W_}* | |
| 814 Use identifier under cursor as a tag and perform a :ptag on | |
| 237 | 815 it. Make the new Preview window (if required) N high. If N is |
| 7 | 816 not given, 'previewheight' is used. |
| 817 | |
| 818 CTRL-W g } *CTRL-W_g}* | |
| 819 Use identifier under cursor as a tag and perform a :ptjump on | |
| 237 | 820 it. Make the new Preview window (if required) N high. If N is |
| 7 | 821 not given, 'previewheight' is used. |
| 822 | |
| 823 *:ped* *:pedit* | |
| 824 :ped[it][!] [++opt] [+cmd] {file} | |
| 825 Edit {file} in the preview window. The preview window is | |
| 826 opened like with |:ptag|. The current window and cursor | |
| 827 position isn't changed. Useful example: > | |
| 828 :pedit +/fputc /usr/include/stdio.h | |
| 829 < | |
| 830 *:ps* *:psearch* | |
| 831 :[range]ps[earch][!] [count] [/]pattern[/] | |
| 832 Works like |:ijump| but shows the found match in the preview | |
| 833 window. The preview window is opened like with |:ptag|. The | |
| 834 current window and cursor position isn't changed. Useful | |
| 835 example: > | |
| 836 :psearch popen | |
| 837 < Like with the |:ptag| command, you can use this to | |
| 838 automatically show information about the word under the | |
| 839 cursor. This is less clever than using |:ptag|, but you don't | |
| 840 need a tags file and it will also find matches in system | |
| 841 include files. Example: > | |
| 842 :au! CursorHold *.[ch] nested exe "silent! psearch " . expand("<cword>") | |
| 843 < Warning: This can be slow. | |
| 844 | |
| 845 Example *CursorHold-example* > | |
| 846 | |
| 847 :au! CursorHold *.[ch] nested exe "silent! ptag " . expand("<cword>") | |
| 848 | |
| 849 This will cause a ":ptag" to be executed for the keyword under the cursor, | |
| 850 when the cursor hasn't moved for the time set with 'updatetime'. The "nested" | |
| 851 makes other autocommands be executed, so that syntax highlighting works in the | |
| 852 preview window. The "silent!" avoids an error message when the tag could not | |
| 853 be found. Also see |CursorHold|. To disable this again: > | |
| 854 | |
| 855 :au! CursorHold | |
| 856 | |
| 857 A nice addition is to highlight the found tag, avoid the ":ptag" when there | |
| 858 is no word under the cursor, and a few other things: > | |
| 859 | |
| 860 :au! CursorHold *.[ch] nested call PreviewWord() | |
| 861 :func PreviewWord() | |
| 862 : if &previewwindow " don't do this in the preview window | |
| 863 : return | |
| 864 : endif | |
| 865 : let w = expand("<cword>") " get the word under cursor | |
| 866 : if w =~ '\a' " if the word contains a letter | |
| 867 : | |
| 868 : " Delete any existing highlight before showing another tag | |
| 869 : silent! wincmd P " jump to preview window | |
| 870 : if &previewwindow " if we really get there... | |
| 871 : match none " delete existing highlight | |
| 872 : wincmd p " back to old window | |
| 873 : endif | |
| 874 : | |
| 875 : " Try displaying a matching tag for the word under the cursor | |
| 876 : try | |
| 877 : exe "ptag " . w | |
| 878 : catch | |
| 879 : return | |
| 880 : endtry | |
| 881 : | |
| 882 : silent! wincmd P " jump to preview window | |
| 883 : if &previewwindow " if we really get there... | |
| 884 : if has("folding") | |
| 885 : silent! .foldopen " don't want a closed fold | |
| 886 : endif | |
| 887 : call search("$", "b") " to end of previous line | |
| 888 : let w = substitute(w, '\\', '\\\\', "") | |
| 889 : call search('\<\V' . w . '\>') " position cursor on match | |
| 890 : " Add a match highlight to the word at this position | |
| 891 : hi previewWord term=bold ctermbg=green guibg=green | |
| 892 : exe 'match previewWord "\%' . line(".") . 'l\%' . col(".") . 'c\k*"' | |
| 893 : wincmd p " back to old window | |
| 894 : endif | |
| 895 : endif | |
| 896 :endfun | |
| 897 | |
| 898 ============================================================================== | |
| 899 11. Using hidden buffers *buffer-hidden* | |
| 900 | |
| 901 A hidden buffer is not displayed in a window, but is still loaded into memory. | |
| 902 This makes it possible to jump from file to file, without the need to read or | |
| 903 write the file every time you get another buffer in a window. | |
| 904 {not available when compiled without the |+listcmds| feature} | |
| 905 | |
| 906 *:buffer-!* | |
| 907 If the option 'hidden' ('hid') is set, abandoned buffers are kept for all | |
| 908 commands that start editing another file: ":edit", ":next", ":tag", etc. The | |
| 909 commands that move through the buffer list sometimes make the current buffer | |
| 910 hidden although the 'hidden' option is not set. This happens when a buffer is | |
| 911 modified, but is forced (with '!') to be removed from a window, and | |
| 912 'autowrite' is off or the buffer can't be written. | |
| 913 | |
| 914 You can make a hidden buffer not hidden by starting to edit it with any | |
| 915 command. Or by deleting it with the ":bdelete" command. | |
| 916 | |
| 917 The 'hidden' is global, it is used for all buffers. The 'bufhidden' option | |
| 918 can be used to make an exception for a specific buffer. It can take these | |
| 919 values: | |
| 920 <empty> Use the value of 'hidden'. | |
| 921 hide Hide this buffer, also when 'hidden' is not set. | |
| 922 unload Don't hide but unload this buffer, also when 'hidden' | |
| 923 is set. | |
| 924 delete Delete the buffer. | |
| 925 | |
| 926 *hidden-quit* | |
| 927 When you try to quit Vim while there is a hidden, modified buffer, you will | |
| 928 get an error message and Vim will make that buffer the current buffer. You | |
| 929 can then decide to write this buffer (":wq") or quit without writing (":q!"). | |
| 930 Be careful: there may be more hidden, modified buffers! | |
| 931 | |
| 932 A buffer can also be unlisted. This means it exists, but it is not in the | |
| 933 list of buffers. |unlisted-buffer| | |
| 934 | |
| 935 | |
| 936 :files[!] *:files* | |
| 937 :buffers[!] *:buffers* *:ls* | |
| 938 :ls[!] Show all buffers. Example: | |
| 939 | |
| 940 1 #h "/test/text" line 1 ~ | |
| 941 2u "asdf" line 0 ~ | |
| 42 | 942 3 %a+ "version.c" line 1 ~ |
| 7 | 943 |
| 944 When the [!] is included the list will show unlisted buffers | |
| 945 (the term "unlisted" is a bit confusing then...). | |
| 946 | |
| 947 Each buffer has a unique number. That number will not change, | |
| 948 so you can always go to a specific buffer with ":buffer N" or | |
| 949 "N CTRL-^", where N is the buffer number. | |
| 950 | |
| 951 Indicators (chars in the same column are mutually exclusive): | |
| 952 u an unlisted buffer (only displayed when [!] is used) | |
| 953 |unlisted-buffer| | |
| 954 % the buffer in the current window | |
| 955 # the alternate buffer for ":e #" and CTRL-^ | |
| 956 a an active buffer: it is loaded and visible | |
| 957 h a hidden buffer: It is loaded, but currently not | |
| 958 displayed in a window |hidden-buffer| | |
| 959 - a buffer with 'modifiable' off | |
| 960 = a readonly buffer | |
| 961 + a modified buffer | |
| 962 x a buffer with read errors | |
| 963 | |
| 964 *:bad* *:badd* | |
| 965 :bad[d] [+lnum] {fname} | |
| 966 Add file name {fname} to the buffer list, without loading it. | |
| 967 If "lnum" is specified, the cursor will be positioned at that | |
| 237 | 968 line when the buffer is first entered. Note that other |
| 7 | 969 commands after the + will be ignored. |
| 970 | |
| 971 :[N]bd[elete][!] *:bd* *:bdel* *:bdelete* *E516* | |
| 972 :bd[elete][!] [N] | |
| 973 Unload buffer [N] (default: current buffer) and delete it from | |
| 974 the buffer list. If the buffer was changed, this fails, | |
| 975 unless when [!] is specified, in which case changes are lost. | |
| 976 The file remains unaffected. Any windows for this buffer are | |
| 977 closed. If buffer [N] is the current buffer, another buffer | |
| 978 will be displayed instead. This is the most recent entry in | |
| 979 the jump list that points into a loaded buffer. | |
| 980 Actually, the buffer isn't completely deleted, it is removed | |
| 981 from the buffer list |unlisted-buffer| and option values, | |
| 982 variables and mappings/abbreviations for the buffer are | |
| 983 cleared. | |
| 984 | |
| 985 :bdelete[!] {bufname} *E93* *E94* | |
| 986 Like ":bdelete[!] [N]", but buffer given by name. Note that a | |
| 987 buffer whose name is a number cannot be referenced by that | |
| 988 name; use the buffer number instead. Insert a backslash | |
| 989 before a space in a buffer name. | |
| 990 | |
| 991 :bdelete[!] N1 N2 ... | |
| 992 Do ":bdelete[!]" for buffer N1, N2, etc. The arguments can be | |
| 993 buffer numbers or buffer names (but not buffer names that are | |
| 994 a number). Insert a backslash before a space in a buffer | |
| 995 name. | |
| 996 | |
| 997 :N,Mbdelete[!] Do ":bdelete[!]" for all buffers in the range N to M | |
| 998 |inclusive|. | |
| 999 | |
| 1000 :[N]bw[ipeout][!] *:bw* *:bwipe* *:bwipeout* *E517* | |
| 1001 :bw[ipeout][!] {bufname} | |
| 1002 :N,Mbw[ipeout][!] | |
| 1003 :bw[ipeout][!] N1 N2 ... | |
| 683 | 1004 Like |:bdelete|, but really delete the buffer. Everything |
| 1005 related to the buffer is lost. All marks in this buffer | |
| 1006 become invalid, option settings are lost, etc. Don't use this | |
| 1007 unless you know what you are doing. | |
| 7 | 1008 |
| 1009 :[N]bun[load][!] *:bun* *:bunload* *E515* | |
| 1010 :bun[load][!] [N] | |
| 1011 Unload buffer [N] (default: current buffer). The memory | |
| 1012 allocated for this buffer will be freed. The buffer remains | |
| 1013 in the buffer list. | |
| 1014 If the buffer was changed, this fails, unless when [!] is | |
| 1015 specified, in which case the changes are lost. | |
| 1016 Any windows for this buffer are closed. If buffer [N] is the | |
| 1017 current buffer, another buffer will be displayed instead. | |
| 1018 This is the most recent entry in the jump list that points | |
| 1019 into a loaded buffer. | |
| 1020 | |
| 1021 :bunload[!] {bufname} | |
| 1022 Like ":bunload[!] [N]", but buffer given by name. Note that a | |
| 1023 buffer whose name is a number cannot be referenced by that | |
| 1024 name; use the buffer number instead. Insert a backslash | |
| 1025 before a space in a buffer name. | |
| 1026 | |
| 1027 :N,Mbunload[!] Do ":bunload[!]" for all buffers in the range N to M | |
| 1028 |inclusive|. | |
| 1029 | |
| 1030 :bunload[!] N1 N2 ... | |
| 1031 Do ":bunload[!]" for buffer N1, N2, etc. The arguments can be | |
| 1032 buffer numbers or buffer names (but not buffer names that are | |
| 1033 a number). Insert a backslash before a space in a buffer | |
| 1034 name. | |
| 1035 | |
| 1036 :[N]b[uffer][!] [N] *:b* *:bu* *:buf* *:buffer* *E86* | |
| 1037 Edit buffer [N] from the buffer list. If [N] is not given, | |
| 1038 the current buffer remains being edited. See |:buffer-!| for | |
| 1039 [!]. This will also edit a buffer that is not in the buffer | |
| 1040 list, without setting the 'buflisted' flag. | |
| 1041 | |
| 1622 | 1042 :[N]b[uffer][!] {bufname} |
| 1043 Edit buffer for {bufname} from the buffer list. See | |
| 7 | 1044 |:buffer-!| for [!]. This will also edit a buffer that is not |
| 1045 in the buffer list, without setting the 'buflisted' flag. | |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 :[N]sb[uffer] [N] *:sb* *:sbuffer* | |
| 1048 Split window and edit buffer [N] from the buffer list. If [N] | |
| 1049 is not given, the current buffer is edited. Respects the | |
| 1050 "useopen" setting of 'switchbuf' when splitting. This will | |
| 1051 also edit a buffer that is not in the buffer list, without | |
| 1052 setting the 'buflisted' flag. | |
| 1053 | |
| 1622 | 1054 :[N]sb[uffer] {bufname} |
| 1055 Split window and edit buffer for {bufname} from the buffer | |
| 7 | 1056 list. This will also edit a buffer that is not in the buffer |
| 1057 list, without setting the 'buflisted' flag. | |
| 648 | 1058 Note: If what you want to do is split the buffer, make a copy |
| 1059 under another name, you can do it this way: > | |
| 1060 :w foobar | sp # | |
| 7 | 1061 |
| 648 | 1062 :[N]bn[ext][!] [N] *:bn* *:bnext* *E87* |
| 7 | 1063 Go to [N]th next buffer in buffer list. [N] defaults to one. |
| 1064 Wraps around the end of the buffer list. | |
| 1065 See |:buffer-!| for [!]. | |
| 1066 If you are in a help buffer, this takes you to the next help | |
| 1067 buffer (if there is one). Similarly, if you are in a normal | |
| 1068 (non-help) buffer, this takes you to the next normal buffer. | |
| 1069 This is so that if you have invoked help, it doesn't get in | |
| 237 | 1070 the way when you're browsing code/text buffers. The next three |
| 7 | 1071 commands also work like this. |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 *:sbn* *:sbnext* | |
| 1074 :[N]sbn[ext] [N] | |
| 1075 Split window and go to [N]th next buffer in buffer list. | |
| 1076 Wraps around the end of the buffer list. Uses 'switchbuf' | |
| 1077 | |
| 1078 :[N]bN[ext][!] [N] *:bN* *:bNext* *:bp* *:bprevious* *E88* | |
| 1079 :[N]bp[revious][!] [N] | |
| 1080 Go to [N]th previous buffer in buffer list. [N] defaults to | |
| 1081 one. Wraps around the start of the buffer list. | |
| 1082 See |:buffer-!| for [!] and 'switchbuf'. | |
| 1083 | |
| 1084 :[N]sbN[ext] [N] *:sbN* *:sbNext* *:sbp* *:sbprevious* | |
| 1085 :[N]sbp[revious] [N] | |
| 1086 Split window and go to [N]th previous buffer in buffer list. | |
| 1087 Wraps around the start of the buffer list. | |
| 1088 Uses 'switchbuf'. | |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 *:br* *:brewind* | |
| 1091 :br[ewind][!] Go to first buffer in buffer list. If the buffer list is | |
| 1092 empty, go to the first unlisted buffer. | |
| 1093 See |:buffer-!| for [!]. | |
| 1094 | |
| 1095 *:bf* *:bfirst* | |
| 1096 :bf[irst] Same as ":brewind". | |
| 1097 | |
| 1098 *:sbr* *:sbrewind* | |
| 1099 :sbr[ewind] Split window and go to first buffer in buffer list. If the | |
| 1100 buffer list is empty, go to the first unlisted buffer. | |
| 1101 Respects the 'switchbuf' option. | |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 *:sbf* *:sbfirst* | |
| 1104 :sbf[irst] Same as ":sbrewind". | |
| 1105 | |
| 1106 *:bl* *:blast* | |
| 1107 :bl[ast][!] Go to last buffer in buffer list. If the buffer list is | |
| 1108 empty, go to the last unlisted buffer. | |
| 1109 See |:buffer-!| for [!]. | |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 *:sbl* *:sblast* | |
| 1112 :sbl[ast] Split window and go to last buffer in buffer list. If the | |
| 1113 buffer list is empty, go to the last unlisted buffer. | |
| 1114 Respects 'switchbuf' option. | |
| 1115 | |
| 1116 :[N]bm[odified][!] [N] *:bm* *:bmodified* *E84* | |
| 1117 Go to [N]th next modified buffer. Note: this command also | |
| 1118 finds unlisted buffers. If there is no modified buffer the | |
| 1119 command fails. | |
| 1120 | |
| 1121 :[N]sbm[odified] [N] *:sbm* *:sbmodified* | |
| 1122 Split window and go to [N]th next modified buffer. | |
| 1123 Respects 'switchbuf' option. | |
| 1124 Note: this command also finds buffers not in the buffer list. | |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 :[N]unh[ide] [N] *:unh* *:unhide* *:sun* *:sunhide* | |
| 1127 :[N]sun[hide] [N] | |
| 1128 Rearrange the screen to open one window for each loaded buffer | |
| 1129 in the buffer list. When a count is given, this is the | |
| 1130 maximum number of windows to open. | |
| 1131 | |
| 1132 :[N]ba[ll] [N] *:ba* *:ball* *:sba* *:sball* | |
| 1133 :[N]sba[ll] [N] Rearrange the screen to open one window for each buffer in | |
| 1134 the buffer list. When a count is given, this is the maximum | |
| 1135 number of windows to open. 'winheight' also limits the number | |
| 1136 of windows opened ('winwidth' if |:vertical| was prepended). | |
| 1137 Buf/Win Enter/Leave autocommands are not executed for the new | |
| 1138 windows here, that's only done when they are really entered. | |
| 1123 | 1139 When the |:tab| modifier is used new windows are opened in a |
| 699 | 1140 new tab, up to 'tabpagemax'. |
| 7 | 1141 |
| 1142 Note: All the commands above that start editing another buffer, keep the | |
| 1143 'readonly' flag as it was. This differs from the ":edit" command, which sets | |
| 1144 the 'readonly' flag each time the file is read. | |
| 1145 | |
| 1146 ============================================================================== | |
| 1147 12. Special kinds of buffers *special-buffers* | |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 Instead of containing the text of a file, buffers can also be used for other | |
| 1150 purposes. A few options can be set to change the behavior of a buffer: | |
| 1151 'bufhidden' what happens when the buffer is no longer displayed | |
| 1152 in a window. | |
| 1153 'buftype' what kind of a buffer this is | |
| 1154 'swapfile' whether the buffer will have a swap file | |
| 1155 'buflisted' buffer shows up in the buffer list | |
| 1156 | |
| 1157 A few useful kinds of a buffer: | |
| 1158 | |
| 648 | 1159 quickfix Used to contain the error list or the location list. See |
| 1160 |:cwindow| and |:lwindow|. This command sets the 'buftype' | |
| 1161 option to "quickfix". You are not supposed to change this! | |
| 1162 'swapfile' is off. | |
| 7 | 1163 |
| 1164 help Contains a help file. Will only be created with the |:help| | |
| 1165 command. The flag that indicates a help buffer is internal | |
| 1166 and can't be changed. The 'buflisted' option will be reset | |
| 1167 for a help buffer. | |
| 1168 | |
| 140 | 1169 directory Displays directory contents. Can be used by a file explorer |
| 7 | 1170 plugin. The buffer is created with these settings: > |
| 632 | 1171 :setlocal buftype=nowrite |
| 1172 :setlocal bufhidden=delete | |
| 1173 :setlocal noswapfile | |
| 7 | 1174 < The buffer name is the name of the directory and is adjusted |
| 1175 when using the |:cd| command. | |
| 1176 | |
| 1177 scratch Contains text that can be discarded at any time. It is kept | |
| 1178 when closing the window, it must be deleted explicitly. | |
| 1179 Settings: > | |
| 632 | 1180 :setlocal buftype=nofile |
| 1181 :setlocal bufhidden=hide | |
| 1182 :setlocal noswapfile | |
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| 7 | 1185 |
| 1186 *unlisted-buffer* | |
| 1187 unlisted The buffer is not in the buffer list. It is not used for | |
| 1188 normal editing, but to show a help file, remember a file name | |
| 1189 or marks. The ":bdelete" command will also set this option, | |
| 1190 thus it doesn't completely delete the buffer. Settings: > | |
| 632 | 1191 :setlocal nobuflisted |
| 7 | 1192 < |
| 1193 | |
| 1194 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: |