Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-30 Thread rwmit...@gmail.com
On Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 12:17:08 PM UTC-4 v...@tlinx.org wrote: > On 2021/06/29 03:05, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > > The source code is available - you're free to use to make what ever > > changes make you happy. > > How many people do you think would be capable of making such ch

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-30 Thread L A Walsh
On 2021/06/29 03:05, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: The source code is available - you're free to use to make what ever changes make you happy. How many people do you think would be capable of making such changes? At least I know programming, unlike some poor soul on a list who was telling me t

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-29 Thread Christian Brabandt
On Di, 29 Jun 2021, L A Walsh wrote: > but I can use split and get 4 panels open in 1 copy of vim. > Already I can do multiple panels with 1 vim, just not disconnected. Correct. Note, Vim is open source, so you can contribute and give something back. Best, Christian -- Tatsächlich weicht in

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-29 Thread rwmit...@gmail.com
The source code is available - you're free to use to make what ever changes make you happy. On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 4:56:21 AM UTC-4 v...@tlinx.org wrote: > On 2021/06/28 21:07, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > > > Well, one copy of Vim means one panel and that's that, > but I can use split and

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-29 Thread L A Walsh
On 2021/06/28 21:07, Tony Mechelynck wrote: Well, one copy of Vim means one panel and that's that, but I can use split and get 4 panels open in 1 copy of vim. Already I can do multiple panels with 1 vim, just not disconnected. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-28 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 4:06 AM L A Walsh wrote: > > On 2021/06/16 03:45, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Campbell has a very straightforward approach of accomplishing the > > same end result by saving the contents of the current buffer, and then > > starting a new instance of gvim with that bu

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-28 Thread L A Walsh
On 2021/06/16 03:45, rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: Campbell has a very straightforward approach of accomplishing the same end result by saving the contents of the current buffer, and then starting a new instance of gvim with that buffer. (I don't use gvim, so I hope I got that right. I did get

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-16 Thread Christian Brabandt
On Di, 15 Jun 2021, L A Walsh wrote: > > That is not supported, Vim only works with one toplevel window. > > > Why can't it allow undocking like other GUI apps? I'm not wanting > it to be a separate instance of vim -- since I want it to be a > different view on the same file -- so it's no

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-16 Thread rwmit...@gmail.com
I suspect it isn't supportable due to decisions early on and the evolution of the code over many years. Making the change properly would require changes throughout the code. If Bram says it can't be done, I believe him. Campbell has a very straightforward approach of accomplishing the same en

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-15 Thread L A Walsh
On 2021/06/10 09:44, Bram Moolenaar wrote: If I use split, I can create a separate panel that is a view on a file. How can I undock it? That is not supported, Vim only works with one toplevel window. Why can't it allow undocking like other GUI apps? I'm not wanting it to be a s

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-11 Thread rwmit...@gmail.com
Ultimately I added: let curfile = @% and added that to: call system("mvim ".curfile." -S ".shellescape(sessionfile).' -c "set lines='.h.' columns='.w.'"'.' -c "winpos '.x.' '.y.'"') and it seems to work for me. I'm assuming mvim is lacking something gvim automatically does. On Friday, J

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-11 Thread rwmit...@gmail.com
I tried it. I'm using MacVim. I edited the plugin replacing 'gvim' with 'mvim'. It closes the current tab (good), opens a new macvim window (good) that is empty (bad). I'm guessing the purpose of creating a new tmpname is to hold the contents of the current buffer without forcing it to be sa

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-11 Thread Tony Mechelynck
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 2:29 PM rwmit...@gmail.com wrote: > > That link returns a 404 for me. I was able to backup to just > ```http://www.drchip.org``` > but now that is hanging. (no error, just not returning) > On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 7:56:56 PM UTC-4 Charles Campbell wrote: >> >> L A Wal

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-11 Thread rwmit...@gmail.com
That link returns a 404 for me. I was able to backup to just ```http://www.drchip.org``` but now that is hanging. (no error, just not returning) On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 7:56:56 PM UTC-4 Charles Campbell wrote: > L A Walsh wrote: > > If I use split, I can create a separate panel that > > is

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-10 Thread Charles Campbell
L A Walsh wrote: If I use split, I can create a separate panel that is a view on a file. How can I undock it? Its not exactly what you're asking for, but I wrote something called "Detach" which will detach a tab into its own process. ctrl-w T will move a window into a new tab. The :Detach com

Re: How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-10 Thread Bram Moolenaar
> If I use split, I can create a separate panel that > is a view on a file. > > How can I undock it? That is not supported, Vim only works with one toplevel window. -- Why I like vim: > I like VIM because, when I ask a question in this newsgroup, I get a > one-line answer. With xemacs, I get

How can I undock a file panel from a split window?

2021-06-09 Thread L A Walsh
If I use split, I can create a separate panel that is a view on a file. How can I undock it? -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You rec