On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 15:09, Phil Dobbin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30/03/2012 13:39, Guido Van Hoecke wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 13:51, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This is one of my biggest bug bears and it drives me absolutely nuts: >>> >>> Is there a way to prevent :help from splitting the window?! >>> I never, ever want a horizontal split. I'd just like to see the help >>> text in a new tab. >> Same here >>> I mostly use gvim, sometimes vim. So I need a solution that works in >>> both cases. >> I have this command abbreviation: >> >> " h open help in new tab >> cabbrev h tab help >> >> So whenever I ask help with ':h' it just opens a new tab with it. > > Maybe it's just me but if I type: > > `:tab help topic` that works but the above abbreviation doesn't do anything.
`:h topic` should work equally well. > > Vim 7.2.445 huge with GTK2 GUI & the same console version on Debian > Squeeze + Vim 7.3.462 huge no GUI & MacVim 7.3.353 huge with MacVim GUI > on OS X. Strange, I have this cabbrev in my .vimrc longer than I can remember. Currently I use :version VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Jan 2 2012 17:38:47) MacOS X (unix) version Included patches: 1-390 Compiled by Bjorn Winckler <[email protected]> Huge version with MacVim GUI. So sorry I can't give any further assistance. It's basic vim, can't think of any reason why it would not work. With kind regards, Guido -- All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
