On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Gary Johnson <garyj...@spocom.com> wrote:
> On 2012-08-10, Mark Volkmann wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > > > On 10/08/12 20:38, Mark Volkmann wrote: > > > > Sometimes when I have split windows and press :E to explore the > file > > system, the cursor jumps to a different window than the one I > was in > > when I pressed :E. This is very frustrating because I have to > move back > > to the original window to select a file. What could cause this? > > > > > > According to ":help :Explore" (quoted below), the directory browser > will > > take over the current window if the file hasn't been modified, > otherwise it > > will open a new split-window: > > > > > > In my case the current window has not been modified. A new split-window > is not > > opened. Instead, the cursor jumps to another window that is occupied by a > > different buffer. > > > > This also often happens when I select ".." in the file list within the > explorer > > window. That window changes to show me a list of the files in the parent > > directory AND the cursor jumps to a different window. > > It would help greatly if you could post a sequence of steps that > demonstrates this problem consistently. > Here's a sequence of steps that seems reliable. - start MacVim - :E - select any file (opens in what I'll call window 1) - :sp - :E - select any other file (opens in window 2 - ctrl-w ctrl-w (to switch to window 1) - :E - the cursor jumps from window 1 to window 2 -- R. Mark Volkmann Object Computing, Inc. -- 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
