Re: Why does argsdo duplicates a file?

On 2019-11-26, John Little wrote:
> 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

Even simpler is

:vert all

Regards,
Gary

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