On Feb 6, 12:44 am, Ben Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ben says "For every tab, Vim adds a new tab". It seems counter-
> > intuitive to me considering that my command is *bufdo* tabnew (i.e.,
> > for each *buffer* create a new tab).
>
> > Just seeking to understand here: Do tabs transcend buffers or vice-
> > versa (i.e., can I have a set of buffers in a tab that the buffer
> > lists in other tabs do not know? Or can a tab be agnostic of buffers
> > loaded by vim?).
>
> O, yes, sorry; I didn't explain fully. :tabnew creates a new tab with a new,
> empty, buffer. So, yes, you are right, it's because there is a new *buffer*
> that
> it keeps going and going and going; the fact that a new tab comes with each
> buffer
> is just coincidental.
>
Thank you for the above explanation, and your perspective of using
tabs in the follow-up after reviewing my post. Much appreciated.
> It might work if you used :tabedit which edits a file in a new tab, rather
> than
> opening a new file in a tab, i.e.
>
> :bufdo tabedit
>
Am afraid that has the same effect as :bufdo tabnew, but you gave me
the correct answer in your very first reply.
- Anand
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