Thanks Matt,
I did have the feeling that I could bend Vim to my old ways, but this
revelation was more about realising that I wasn't using features that
make Vim different from other editors. I like the fact that it's now
simpler both in terms of visual clutter and use.
Also, after playing with the new tabs I found a bug where the 4
window split would disappear if I opened a few tabs and came back to
the 4 windowed one. This was in fact the point where I asked ...well
do I actually NEED the static file browser.
Cheers,
Nick
Nick,
The article is good and illustrates a good point. However, I would
like
to point out that what you were origionally trying to do is very
possible.
The simplest way (and there are probably others) is to make a simple
mapping that does all the stuff you describe (jump to the correct
window, jump back to the file explorer pane, and then hit "P"). You
could bind something like Alt-p (<m-p>) to do all that. This way you
would never have to worry about the file being opened in the wrong
window, because it's your own logic that decides the target window.
--Matt
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 11:17:20AM +1000, Nick Lo wrote:
After spending a frustrating evening that stretched into the night, I
had one of those moments of revelation that I have a feeling all Vim
users get now and again.
In this case it was breaking from my previous text editor way of
thinking to suddenly "get" the vim way of file browsing. Hardened Vim
users will not see it as anything new as it's really about the
using :Ex while editing rather than assigning specific windows the
role of file browser.
Anyway, since it really needed an image or two, I wrote it up here...
http://www.ingredients.com.au/nick/2006/06/21/file-browsing-in-vim/
I hope that it will help others in the same boat.
Comments welcome,
Nick
