On 02/09/09 19:24, Alessandro Antonello wrote:
>
> Hi, all.
>
> This is a simple question. Maybe I did not searched in the right place.
> Well, if you use the following command:
>
> :bd 5
>
> You will 'delete a buffer' that it's number is 5.
> The following command:
>
> :bd 3 5 7 9
>
> Will do the same for the buffers 3, 5, 7 and 9.
> And more:
>
> :1,4bd
>
> Will delete from buffer 1 to 4.
> Why the ':close' command does not have a similar functionality? See, I
> use GVim usually with two or more buffers in "splitted" windows. I don't
> want to change to another window just to close it. I want to close it from
> else where. But the ':close' command does not accept a buffer number or
> name. What can I do?
>
> Regards,
> Alessandro
They don't act the same because they aren't parallel.
":bun[load]", ":bd[elete]" and ":bw[ipeout]" all act on _buffers_, each
of which can be displayed in zero, one or several windows, and they all
accept a buffer range before the command, space-separated buffer numbers
after, or one (non-numeric) buffer name in cleartext. If any buffer you
unload, delete or wipe happens to be displayed in one or more windows,
_all_ windows displaying it will be closed as a side-effect, except that
Vim itself won't close so at least one window (possibly empty, or
possibly on a different buffer than before) will remain open after the
command.
":clo[se]", OTOH, acts only on the _current window_, the way ":q[uit]",
":x[it]" and ":exi[t]" do. If the current buffer is displayed in more
than one window, all these commands will close _only_ the current one
(or maybe they won't close anything and give an error message instead).
Also, ":q" and ":x", but not ":close", can close the current window even
if it is the only one, thus shutting down the current Vim instance.
What can you do? Use a different command.
If you want to close _all_ windows of _any_ tabs containing buffer 5,
which is not 'modified' (maybe because you just saved it to disk, or
maybe because you viewed it but did not alter it), use ":bun 5". This
command accepts one or more buffer numbers, or one non-numeric buffer
name, after it, or a buffer range before it, and that buffer (or any of
those buffers if several) may, but need not, be the current one.
If you want to close the current window but not other windows containing
the same buffer, you can use ":close", ":q" or ":x", but of course you
cannot use the buffer number in that case, because it is common to the
window you want to close and some others that you don't.
I fear you cannot close a non-current window (but not other windows on
the same buffer) from elsewhere, but you can go to it, close it, and
come back. Depending on circumstances, there are several ways to do
that, see among others
:help expand()
:help CTRL-W
:help :wincmd
:help :drop
You may even want to write a user-command and/or function to automate
the process, but beware that the window you started from won't
necessarily keep its window number if you close another window. See
:help :command
:help :function
Best regards,
Tony.
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