Monday, April 2, 2012

Re: :help WITHOUT split screen

On Sunday, April 1, 2012 5:52:39 AM UTC-5, Thilo Six wrote:
> Hello Ben
>
>
> Excerpt from Ben Fritz:
> -- <snip> --
> > I would lean toward something like this, were I to want an automatic method:
> >
> > au bufwinenter *.txt
> > \ if &filetype=='help' | wincmd p |
> > \ if &filetype!='help' | wincmd p | wincmd T |
> > \ else | wincmd p | endif |
> > \ endif
>
> How about:
> au bufwinenter *.txt
> \ if &buftype == "help"
> \ | wincmd T
> \ | endif
>
>

Yes, you could also use &buftype rather than &filetype. But this will never allow you to intentionally split a help window and look up a new topic to see two of them side-by-side. Hence the wincmd p stuff in my suggestion.

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