On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:21:15PM +0200, Christian Brabandt wrote: > Am 2015-04-01 11:30, schrieb [email protected]: > >I have some VimL where I write the current buffer to a temporary file like > >this: > > > > let tmp = tempname() > > execute 'keepalt silent write' tmp > > > >I then use the temporary file in an external command invoked with > >system(). Finally I delete the temporary file: > > > > call delete(tmp) > > > >At no point do I load, or want to load, the temporary file into a vim > >buffer. > > > >However every time my VimL executes, a new buffer number is taken > >because the temporary file is allocated an unlisted buffer (visible > >with :ls!). How can I prevent Vim allocating buffers for my temporary > >files? > > > >For example: > > > >1. Open some file in Vim. This is loaded into buffer 1. > >2. Execute my VimL ten times. > >3. Open some other file. > > > >Desired behaviour: "some other file" is loaded into buffer 2. > >Actual behaviour: "some other file" is loaded into buffer 12. > > I fail to understand, why this is a problem,
For people who sometimes like to switch buffers by using their numbers (e.g. myself), it's much nicer to be able to do 1<C-^>, 2<C-^>, 3<C-^>, as opposed to 1<C-^>, 15<C-^>, 42<C-^>. Marius Gedminas -- We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART? -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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