> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:31:37 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: bufdo and tabs > > On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:11:20 AM UTC-6, Roy Fulbright wrote: > > I'm using gvim 7.3.600 on Windows 7. > > > > I have three files opened in tabs (tab1=a.txt, tab2=b.txt, tab3=c.txt). > > All three files contain the string 'abc'. > > > > When I use :bufdo :%s/abc/def/ I get message E37: No write since last > > change (add ! to override). > > > > When I use :bufdo! :%s/abc/def/ all files are changed, but > > now tab1 and tab3 both contain c.txt. What happened to a.txt in tab1? > > > > If I do :wa then exit and look at the files, all three files are changed. > > It's tab1 displaying the same file as tab3 after the :bufdo! that's > > puzzling. > > > > Is this a bug or am I missing something regarding bufdo and tabs? > > > > Thanks. > > It's not a bug. I think you may be missing something regarding windows, tabs, > and buffers. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Buffers has a nice overview. > > It sounds like you expect bufdo to operate on all TABS in your Vim, rather > than all BUFFERS, and you just happen to have a single window open in each > tab with a different buffer in each case. The :tabdo command will be close to > what you want but if you have multiple windows in a tab or a tab with a > duplicate buffer it still may do something unexpected. If you know you have > exactly one window per tab with a unique buffer in each window, there will be > no problem. > > You can also open up a tab containing all open buffers and run a windo on > that tab: > > :tabnew > :sball > :windo WhateverCommandYouWant > > -- > 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 Thanks for the quick response. The :tabdo command is what I needed.
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