On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:30:59 AM UTC-5, Thiago de Arruda wrote: > On 04/23, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > > > > > So you can always open help for subject foobar in the current window > > > by doing > > > > > > :view $VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt | help foobar > > > > > > > This isn't working for me, while the help doc is opened, the topic for > "foobar" > > opens in another window. > > > > I have even tried :view '$VIMRUNTIME/doc/help | setf help | help foobar' with > no > > luck, the help topic always open in another window. > > > > I'm amazed that something that seems so simple is so difficult to accomplish > in > > the most powerful editor :)
I think the difference is that the :help command looks for a window with the 'buftype' option set to "help". :help 'buftype' says you're not supposed to set that manually, but I don't think there is anything preventing you from doing so. This should work slightly better: :view $VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt | set buftype=help | help foobar It seems to work for me, anyway. I'd set up a command to do all this for you rather than typing it all every time, though. Or just use :tab help. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
