On 04/08/12 23:31, Florian Rehnisch wrote:
On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 04:50:20PM -0400, shawn wilson wrote:
so, i go to open a file:
:o t2.pl
E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)
ok, fine:
:o! t2.pl
E477: No ! allowed
so, what is the issue and shouldn't the error be better / more descriptive?
Yepp, there is an inconsitency between ":open! file" and
":visual! file"/":edit! file" (The latter two silently
drop your old changes).
In Joy's good old vi :open stood for something
completely different, namely switch to a mode
suited for really dumb terminals.
Vi clones don't have this open mode, so :open
was aliased to :visual in Vim.
But to implement the ! flag was forgotten, as
nearly everyone would use :edit to load
another file, I guess.
flori
There is no :open file, it's :open or :open /pattern/, to simulate
legacy Vi's command for going out of ex mode into open mode (in Vim:
into Normal mode): a rarely used command in Vim, except maybe for vi
old-timers. In no case does it open a new file. See :help :open
To open a file in a running Vim, there is:
:e[dit] file
open the new file in the current window
one of
:new file
:sp[lit] file
open the file in a new window in the current tab
one of
:tabnew file
:tabe[dit] file
:tab new file
:tab sp[lit] file
open the file in a new tab
or, in the same order but readonly
:vie[w] file " same window
:sv[iew] file " new window, same tab
:tab sv[iew] file " new tab
Don't type the brackets, of course: they are just there to show how far
the command names may be abbreviated.
Best regards,
Tony.
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