On 2007-03-23, "Waters, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I jump to a tag reference in a different file, can I have VIM
> open that file in a new Microsoft Window? As it works now, I jump
> to the new file in the same VIM session. I have three problems
> with that:
>
> 1. VIM will not jump to the tag unless all of the changes in my
> current file have been saved.
You can fix this by making the current buffer hidden before
executing the jump. See
:help hidden
:help bufhidden
:help hide
> 2. When I jump to the new file, I loose the undo buffer for the
> previous file.
Making the buffer hidden will fix that, too.
> 3. I would prefer to look at the new file in a separate,
> side-by-side Microsoft Window.
In that case, you could map your "jump to tag" key to a command that
would execute
gvim -t <cword>
I'll leave that to you to figure out since it may require ":!start
gvim ..." instead of just ":!gvim ..." and I don't do Windows that
much. See
:help :!
:help :!start
:help -t
:help map.txt
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
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| Spokane, Washington, USA
