On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:48:12 +0200, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>
> On 01/09/09 12:35, Spencer Collyer wrote:
> >
> > In the help for the 'help' command it states the following:
> >
> > -----8<--------8<--------------------8<--------8<--------------------8<-------
> > :h[elp] Open a window and display the help file in
> > read-only mode. If there is a help window open already, use
> > that one. Otherwise, if the current
> > window uses the full width of the screen or is at least 80
> > characters wide, the help window will appear just above the
> > current window. Otherwise the new window
> > is put at the very top.
> > -----8<--------8<--------------------8<--------8<--------------------8<-------
> >
> > However, I have the 'splitbelow' option set and my help windows
> > always open below the current window. This is consistent with the
> > help for 'splitbelow' but not for the help for 'help'. Is this a
> > bug in the help or the behaviour of 'help' when splitbelow is set?
> >
> > What I'd really like is for the help window to _always_ appear above
> > the current window (as stated in the above help text), ignoring the
> > value of 'splitbelow'. Is there any easy way I can do that?
> >
> > Spencer
> >
>
> I think that the fact that the help window obeys the 'splitbelow'
> setting is the desired behaviour, and that the text under
> ":help :help" (and maybe at some other places) has not been updated
> due to an oversight at the time the 'splitbelow' option was
> introduced.
>
> I use the following to open the help window at the very bottom when I
> use F1, ":h" or ":h {subject}" (typing ":help" in full would revert
> to default behaviour); you could use the :abo[veleft] prefix instead
> of :bo[tright] to open just above the current window instead. Only if
> there is no help window yet, of course: an existing help window in
> the current tab page will always be reused, as mentioned in the help
> text you quoted.
>
> " open help window at bottom unless :help typed in full
> if version < 700
> cnoreabbrev h bot h
> else
> cnoreabbrev <expr> h
> \ ((getcmdtype() == ':' && getcmdpos() <= 2)? 'bot h' : 'h')
> endif
> map <F1> :bot help<CR>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
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