On 2006-05-06, Sven Brueggemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use Vim in diff mode (gvim.exe -d) as a diff viewer
> in a version control system (not exclusively of
> course :-) ).
>
> This works excellent when diffing a local file ("working
> copy") against another version of this file that the
> VCS saves to a temp file for diffing. One can easily
> distinguish both versions of the file by their name.
>
> But when diffing two versions of a file that are both
> saved to temp files (say temp1.txt and temp2.txt) it's
> often hard to say which is which.
>
> The VCS can provide window titles for both files, e.g.
> "This is revision 10 of foobar.txt" for temp1.txt and
> "This is revision 22 of foobar.txt" for temp2.txt.
>
> I'm trying to make use of these window titles for
> ages now - with not much luck. Although I'd prefer
> a way to display the titles per window, I would
> happily accept suggestions on how to display the
> titles together in the window title of the vim instance.
> I'm almost certain that should be possible, but I'm
> struggling with the quotes that are needed, because
> the command "+set titlestring" contains spaces as
> do the windows titles provided by the VCS (these are
> already in double quotes).
>
> Any ideas? I'm using gvim.exe 7.0g.
Here is a sketchy outline of a solution. Use an autocommand to set
a buffer-local variable (e.g., b:title) to the title string provided
by your VCS. Set the 'statusline' option to call a function instead
of displaying the file name directly. In that function, return the
value of that buffer-local variable if it exists, e.g.,
function! FileName()
if exists('b:title')
return b:title
else
return expand("%")
endif
endfunction
One way to solve the "set titlestring" problem is to use "let
&titlestring = " instead. This allows you to quote the spaces as
let &titlestring = "Title with Spaces"
instead of
set titlestring=Title\ with\ Spaces
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division
| Spokane, Washington, USA
