Using gvim 7.2.108 (Huge) with GTK2/Gnome2 GUI
I notice the following about the ":tab" command. Are they intended?
1) When "filename" is already open in a window, ":tab drop filename"
_moves_ that window to the bottom in the _current_ tab. I would have
expected it to open the window without moving it, ignoring the ":tab"
prefix since in this case Vim doesn't attempt to open a new split-window.
2) ":tab help" opens $VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt in a new tab even if there
already is a help window. I would have expected it to reuse the current
help window.
Rationale for the above: I read the following under ":help :tab":
> Execute {cmd} and when it opens a new window open a new tab
> page instead. Doesn't work for |:diffsplit|, |:diffpatch|,
> |:execute| and |:normal|.
The key phrase for my reasoning is "when it opens a new window" in the
help text above. If the command doesn't try to open any new window
(i.e., to split it off, otherwise it would be an "old" window), I would
expect the ":tab" prefix to have no effect, like the ":to[pleft]" and
":bo[tright]" prefix have no effect when there is no split (for
instance, ":bot help" opens the existing help window, if there is one
anywhere in the current tab, and doesn't move it to the bottom).
Best regards,
Tony.
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