Tony Mechelynck wrote: > >> Ctrl-W ] (or ":wincmd ]" ) splits the window to show the definition of the > >> tag > >> under the cursor, but prefixing it with :tab doesn't open a new tab: > >> > >> Reproducible: Always > >> > >> Steps to reproduce: > >> 1. Place the cursor on a tag (e.g. on an identifier in a program for which > >> ctags has been run). > >> 2. Type either > >> :tab wincmd ] > >> or > >> :tab exe "norm \<C-W>]" > >> > >> Actual result: > >> The (first) file containing the tag definition is opened in a split window. > >> > >> Expected result: > >> The file should have been opened in a new tab > > > > Right. It's not difficult to make this work. > > > > Vim 7.0.216 now opens a new tab for > > :tab wincmd ] > > but not for any of > > :tab exe "norm \<C-W>]" > :exe "tab norm \<C-W>]" > :tab norm ^W] > > (using Ctrl-V Ctrl-W to enter the latter): all three split the current window > without changing tabs. Is this intended behaviour? If it is, then I guess > doc/tabpage.txt (2006 Nov 18) should be modified near line 77 to mention that > ":tab" also doesn't work with ":normal" (in addition to ":diffsplit" and > ":diffpatch").
":tab" should work in the same places as ":vertical". I'll add a remark for these split-window modifiers that they don't work for ":execute" and ":normal". -- Yah, well, we had to carve our electrons out of driftwood we'd find. In the winter. Uphill. Both ways. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///
