Marcin Szamotulski wrote:
> On 15:15 Wed 30 Jul , Marcin Szamotulski wrote:
> > On 12:53 Wed 30 Jul , Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > >
> > > Marcin Szamotulski wrote:
> > >
> > > > I wrote a patch to reuse an argument list from different window.
> > > > I think it is useful to have a way of setting an argument list from
> > > > a different window [tab page]. One scenario where it is useful is when
> > > > a window has global argument list and one makes a ':split|argl' and
> > > > after a while one would like to reuse the new local argument list
> > > > somewhere
> > > > else. With the attached patch one can:
> > > >
> > > > :call usearglist({winnr} [, {tabnr}])
> > > >
> > > > to use the argument list from window number {winnr} (in tab page
> > > > {tabnr}) in the current window.
> > > >
> > > > The function returns 0 on success and -1 on error (window or tab page
> > > > not
> > > > found).
> > >
> > > Hmm, it's a bit strange to have this as a function. Otherwise setting
> > > the argument list is done with commands. E.g. :argglobal is similar,
> > > but always switches to the global argument list.
> > >
> > > We could use :{nr}arglocal instead. The question is where the user gets
> > > the {nr} from. When using arglistid() this requires using :exe. I
> > > think we need a command to list all the arglists.
> >
> > I agree.
> > >
> > > For a user who actually uses multiple arglists it would indeed be useful
> > > to list the ones that are in use. With a summary of the file names, and
> > > which window/tab they are used in.
> > >
> >
> > Maybe it should show columns:
> > file name, window id, tab id and arglist id
> >
> > or even omit tab id by default and only include other tab pages when
> > a bang is used. I think it is better to organize the list by tab page id
> > and window id rather by arglist id, since it will be easier to find the
> > correct arglist id.
> >
> > Something like:
> > tabdo windo echo printf('%2d %4d %4d %s', tabpagenr(), winnr(),
> > arglistid(), bufname('%'))
> >
> > (but without the drawback of landing in a different window/tab page)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marcin Szamotulski
>
> Dear Bram,
>
> I attach patch for :{N}arglocal (for using arglist with ID {N} in the
> current window) command which also adds :arglists[!] (for listing all
> the arglists).
>
> During compilation I get a warning:
> ex_docmd.c:205:13: warning: ‘ex_arglists’ used but never defined [enabled by
> default]
> which I don't know how to fix.
Thanks. I'll give others some time to make comments.
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