On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:48:12 +0200, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > I use the following to open the help window at the very bottom when I > use F1, ":h" or ":h {subject}" (typing ":help" in full would revert > to default behaviour); you could use the :abo[veleft] prefix instead > of :bo[tright] to open just above the current window instead. Only if > there is no help window yet, of course: an existing help window in > the current tab page will always be reused, as mentioned in the help > text you quoted. > > " open help window at bottom unless :help typed in full > if version < 700 > cnoreabbrev h bot h > else > cnoreabbrev <expr> h > \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 2)? 'bot h' : 'h') > endif > map <F1> :bot help<CR> >
(Apologies for the previous post - I hit 'Send' before I'd edited it :-( ) Thanks for that Tony. I also had a suggestion on the -dev list to use filetype detection for help files. I'll implement something like what you've given me here, and then probably have a go at doing the filetype stuff afterwards. -- <<< Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines >>> 9:15am up 23 days 15:10, 1 user, load average: 0.62, 0.84, 1.26 Registered Linux User #232457 | LFS ID 11703 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---