Re: Why does argsdo duplicates a file?

On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 1:00:31 AM UTC+13, Igor wrote:

Assuming the current directory has files a.txt, b.txt, c.txt

: args *.txt

: argdo vs

> What happens is: c.txt is displayed left most, then the same c.txt ...

> I expected to see c.txt displayed in one single window, but it it displayed in two windows. Why?

The argdo vs behaves like you'd entered the following sequence:

:vs
:next
:vs
:next
:vs

Each command in isolation is doing its thing correctly.  There's three splits,
resulting in four vim windows.

If what you want is as many vim windows as arguments, in order, try

:1,$-argdo vs | wincmd w
:next

Note there's lots of options affecting vim's behaviour here.  For example, if you have 'splitright' set, it's simpler:

:set spr
:1,$-argdo vs
:next

Regards, John Little

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