On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 1:12 AM Enan Ajmain <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 21:32:24 -0800 (PST) > [email protected] wrote: > > is there a complement to <ctrl-w>T? > > > > i do file diffs in a split tab page and occassionally move one of the > > windows to a new tab page. is there any existing mechanism for > > moving a file in a tab page to an empty window in another tab page? > > There is no existing mechanism, no. And I don't think there is any > concept of an "empty window" in Vim. I guess you're talking about > ':new' windows with unnamed buffer ([No Name]). > > In any case, you should be able to build yourself a function. > > 1. Get current buffer number (see ':h bufnr'). Say it's "3". > 2. Move to the tab where you want to move the buffer (':norm! <n>gt'), > where "<n>" is an integer. > 3. Split a window and open the buffer "3" (':split | b3'). > 4. Return. > > -- > Enan > I use the following mappings to create a new tab and move the current buffer from here to there or to copy it to there (so that it remains here AND shows up in the new tab, also): " Moves the current buffer to a new tab; I can type this faster than <c-w>T nmap <leader>nt <c-w>T " Opens a new tab with the current buffer in it, leaving the current buffer in the current tab as well. nmap <leader>nT :sp<cr><leader>nt If you want to move the current file to an already existing tab, then I included MoveToTab and CopyToTab commands in my tab manager ( https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3536) that takes a single parameter: the number of the destination tab, $ to mean the last tab, n to mean the next tab or p to mean the previous tab. I hope one of these does what you want. All the best, Salman -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CANuxnEfJbq4AGN-VT9a1xox6be8FPxDfxnPVtU4_JFe-Rw3T_Q%40mail.gmail.com.
