Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Re: How can I open help in the current window?

On 04/24, Edward Beckett wrote:
> hmm... well if you get an answer do tell... your work flow does sound
> rather convenient...

As I decribed in my previous email, I managed to get a working solution by
placing this code in my vimrc:

function! OpenHelpInCurrentWindow(topic)
view $VIMRUNTIME/doc/help.txt
setl filetype=help
setl buftype=help
setl nomodifiable
exe 'keepjumps help ' . a:topic
endfunction

command! -nargs=? -complete=help Help call OpenHelpInCurrentWindow(<q-args>)

nnoremap <silent> <leader>h :Help

Then with <leader>h or :Help you can open a help topic in the current window

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