On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Christian Brabandt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I think, there is an inconsistency with regard to the :tabnext and > :tabprev commands: > > > :tabn[ext] {count} > {count}<C-PageDown> > {count}gt Go to tab page {count}. The first tab page has number one. > > :tabp[revious] {count} > :tabN[ext] {count} > {count}<C-PageUp> > {count}gT Go {count} tab pages back. Wraps around from the first one > to the last one. > > Note, the first does go to the specified number, while the second goes > that many numbers back. > > Could we adjust this, so that perhaps :tabn +{count} always goes {count} > number forwards and :tab {count} moves to the specified tabnumber > and :tabprevious +{count} moves that many number backwards, while > :tabprevious {count} goes to the specified number? (and perhapse > -{count} goes into the opposite direction?) > > This is slightly backwards compatible, so perhaps there are other > opinions? > > Best, > Christian
I don't know the history of how these commands came into being, but I can imagine that the "forward" case was done by analogy with Ctrl-W w (without a count: go to next window round-robin; with a count: go to window n, top-left is 1) and that in the "back" case, Bram wanted to avoid the synonymity that we have in the case of Ctrl-W W (without a count: go to previous window round-robin; with a count: go to window n, top-left is 1). I don't use tab pages, but I do use Ctrl-W w with a count to get to the nth window. I think that the change you propose would be more than "slightly" backwards-incompatible. The present situation is asymmetric in the case of tabs, symmetric in the case of windows; neither is really elegant, but I think both are usable. Best regards, Tony. -- -- 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.
