Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> Hello, I just noticed a difference between :wincmd and Ctrl-W — namely,
> in the former, but not in the latter, you can use more "count" values
> than just a number. Here are a few examples:
>
> :$wincmd w
> " jumps to the last window
>
> However,
>
> :.-4wincmd w
> " does not jump to the 4th window before the current one.
>
> Looks like $ does mean "maximum possible" but . doesn't mean "current
> window" — maybe it still means "current line".
>
> Bram, do you think this use with $ is worth documenting? And y'all
> people, what do you think?
As you noticed $ stands for the number of lines in the current window,
like it does with most commands. It's not very useful for ":wincmd".
I'll add a note that when the count is larger than the number of windows
it moves to the last window.
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