Re: changing buffers on windows

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:07:09 AM UTC-5, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Monday, October 22, 2012 9:58:06 PM UTC-5, Brandon Coleman wrote:
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> > What is the suggested way to switch a buffer in a window that is displayed, but not the current window, or windows in other tab pages?
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> If you're asking how to change what buffer is displayed in a non-current window, you simply save the current window number, jump to the other window, change the buffer, and switch back to the saved window.

That is what I am asking, but that seems like an error prone way of changing windows. If i'm writing a script that changes a window in a different tab page every time the current window is changed:
1. I would assume I would see the screen refresh a couple of time a window needed to be updated.
2. An autocommand could trigger as I am switching through windows/tabpages that could delete the window I am looking for. In this case I would update the window that took the previous windows place.
3. An autocommand could trigger as I am switching through windows/tabpages that could change a window in a way that I am now in an infinite window changing loop.

Brandon

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