If by "making the desired tab current" you mean using :tabn {count} then
it isn't allowed. I imagine changing tabs within the tabline function
would be A Bad Thing, and would cause recursion.I hadn't thought about using a global array of names, although it would be a pain to maintain when one closes a tab (and I have better things to program than that right now! :) Anyone else know if you can get a tab local variable somehow? Max > -----Original Message----- > From: A.J.Mechelynck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:32 AM > To: Max Dyckhoff > Cc: vim@vim.org > Subject: Re: Checking if a variable exists in a given tab > > Max Dyckhoff wrote: > > I'm sure this is an easy one, I just can't find the answer anywhere. > > > > I'm writing my own tabline function (based heavily on the one by Tony > > Mechelynck, thanks!) and I want to be able to name a tab manually. The > > best way I can think to do this is to have a tab local variable, such as > > t:maxd_TabName. Only problem is that within the script I can only check > > if that variable exists within the CURRENT tab. > > > > So how can I get a tab local variable from a numbered tab? I've found > > gettabwinvar(), but I just can't make it work ("echo gettabwinvar(i, 0, > > "maxd_TabName")" doesn't work). > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > -- > > Max Dyckhoff > > AI Engineer > > Bungie Studios > > > > > > > > > > What about making the desired tab (temporarily) current while checking > if the variable exists? Maybe "manually naming" the current tab is good > enough (the user can change tabs manually too)? Or else, rather than a > separate variable in each tab, use a global array (a List, if you will), > with as many items as there are tabs? > > > Best regards, > Tony.
