On 2013-05-24, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2013-05-24 07:56, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > When I open help by ":help", it will add a new window for help. Is > > > there a way to replace the current window with help? Thanks. > > > > :help > > :only > > This has unfortunate side-effects if you have multiple windows open. > Yukihiro's solution using ":set buftype=help" is the closest I've seen > to solving the OP's request (despite the warning in the help for > 'buftype' that tells you it shouldn't need to be set manually) though > if the buffer has been modified, vim will warn you rather than losing > your changes. There doesn't seem to be a ":help!" (well, there is, > but it doesn't abandon changes in the buftype=help window; rather it > attempts to console you in your panic :-)
Good point. I often use that when opening a new vim instance just to read help. I wasn't thinking about the multiple window case. Regards, Gary -- -- 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.
