A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
>Vinay Doma wrote:
>
>> I'd like to be able to delete a buffer in a tab, but still
>> retain the tab. Right now, Vim just closes the tab. Is there
>> any way I can configure Vim to do this?
>>
>>
>> Example,
>>
>> vim file1.txt
>> :tabe file2.txt
>> :bd (closes file2.txt as well as the tab. I'd still like to
>> retain this empty tab.)
>
> 1) :bd doesn't really delete the buffer, it only marks it as
> "unlisted". ":ls!" (with bang) will still list it even after
> :bdel
> 2) Use :enew (which doesn't even mark the buffer as unlisted
> however) to get an empty tab. You may use :ls thereafter,
> followed by :bd <number> or :bw <number> (where <number> is the
> buffer number) to mark the buffer as unlisted, or wipe it out.
No need to :ls to find the previous buffer's number -- can use #
:bd # or :bw # will do.
See :help alternate-file
> See
> :help :enew
> :help :ls
> :help :bd
> :help :bw
>
