Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Jean-Rene David
* Gary Johnson [2006.11.04 18:30]: > When you open file A, then open file B, then > want to go back to A, you don't do so by > quitting B--you explicitly open A. Looking at it that way, it makes good sense. Thanks again for all the suggestions. -- JR

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Bill McCarthy
On Sat 4-Nov-06 6:10pm -0600, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > Bill McCarthy wrote: >> On Sat 4-Nov-06 5:40pm -0600, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: >> >>> Vim's ":quit", ":close" or ":exit" commands will close any window, including >>> "special" windows like the netrw, options, quickfix, ... windows. So where's >>

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Bill McCarthy wrote: On Sat 4-Nov-06 5:40pm -0600, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Vim's ":quit", ":close" or ":exit" commands will close any window, including "special" windows like the netrw, options, quickfix, ... windows. So where's the problem? Reading the thread, it appears the OP was editing a f

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Bill McCarthy
On Sat 4-Nov-06 5:40pm -0600, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > Vim's ":quit", ":close" or ":exit" commands will close any window, including > "special" windows like the netrw, options, quickfix, ... windows. So where's > the problem? Reading the thread, it appears the OP was editing a file and then starte

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Jean-Rene David wrote: * Yegappan Lakshmanan [2006.11.04 13:00]: You can try using CTRL-^ to jump to the alternate buffer. Good idea. Most suggestions were useful, BTW, thanks all. This looks like a bug in netrw. Well personally I find not having a "quit" or "exit" function pretty close t

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Gary Johnson
Say I open vim7's new super duper file explorer "netrw" to browse some local directory. Say then I decide I don't want to open any new file and just want to go back to what I was doing. What would be the standard way to do that? On 2006-11-04, Jean-Rene David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Yeg

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2006-11-04, Yegappan Lakshmanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 11/3/06, Jean-Rene David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Say I open vim7's new super duper file explorer > > "netrw" to browse some local directory. Say then I > > decide I don't want to open any new file and just > > want t

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Jean-Rene David
* Yegappan Lakshmanan [2006.11.04 13:00]: > You can try using CTRL-^ to jump to the alternate buffer. Good idea. Most suggestions were useful, BTW, thanks all. > This looks like a bug in netrw. Well personally I find not having a "quit" or "exit" function pretty close to a bug. But there are so

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Yegappan Lakshmanan
Hi, On 11/3/06, Jean-Rene David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Say I open vim7's new super duper file explorer "netrw" to browse some local directory. Say then I decide I don't want to open any new file and just want to go back to what I was doing. What would be the standard way to do that? I can u

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-04 Thread Marius Roets
On Friday 03 November 2006 22:14, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: > > Or you could use :Texplore to open a netrw-browser in a new tab! > And so we learn new things every day ;) Thanks Marius

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-03 Thread Charles E Campbell Jr
Marius Roets wrote: On 11/3/06, Jean-Rene David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought of using :q but that closes vim if only one window is open. Am I missing something obvious? Then F2 opens explorer in a new tab, and q closes the tab, and you should be back where you were before pressing

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-03 Thread Marius Roets
On 11/3/06, Jean-Rene David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought of using :q but that closes vim if only one window is open. Am I missing something obvious? I use :Sexplore (or :Vexplore) to open the explorer. Then it's not a problem using :q. Or if you really want to be fancy, put this in yo

Re: Getting out of netrw

2006-11-03 Thread Charles E Campbell Jr
Jean-Rene David wrote: Say I open vim7's new super duper file explorer "netrw" to browse some local directory. Say then I decide I don't want to open any new file and just want to go back to what I was doing. What would be the standard way to do that? I can use to eventually land up where I wa

Getting out of netrw

2006-11-03 Thread Jean-Rene David
Say I open vim7's new super duper file explorer "netrw" to browse some local directory. Say then I decide I don't want to open any new file and just want to go back to what I was doing. What would be the standard way to do that? I can use to eventually land up where I was but I need to backtrack