RE: Problem with default titlestring

Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado wrote:
> I do "vim onefile.txt otherfile.txt" and the window title says:
>
> "onefile.txt (~/Desktop) (1 of 2) - VIM"
>
> I assume this is correct. Then I do ":bd" and the window title says:
>
> "otherfile.txt (~/Desktop) ((1) of 2) - VIM"
>
> That is, the "1" is now between parentheses.
>
> For a start, this doesn't fit the help description, "filename [+=-]
> (path) - VIM" unless I'm missing anything in the help :?
>
> Apart from that, I don't know what the parentheses mean, and
> I don't know if the "2" means "two files" (would be correct)
> or "two buffers" (would be wrong).

A bit of exploring makes me think the following.

You start with 'vim one.txt two.txt' then ':bd' but you have not
done ':next'. So Vim started by displaying one.txt which was the
first file in an argument list of two (1 of 2). The :bd makes
the 1 invalid, so it is placed in parentheses which indicates
that you are up to argument 1, but you are editing some other
file.

I believe the (1 of 2) is talking about the argument list, so
it's not quite buffers or files.

BTW after :bd there still are two buffers, but one of them is
unlisted. Enter :ls! to see that you still have two buffers.
Use :bw to really wipeout a buffer (but that makes Vim forget
things like last edited position and any marks).

John

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