Get the current window/buffer/tabpage in Vimscript

Question

In python, when using the vim module, it is incredibly simple to get the current window/buffer/tabpage:

current_win = vim.current.window
current_buff = vim.current.buffer
current_tabpage = vim.current.tabpage

My question is, how do you do this in pure VimL / Vimscript and what type of object is returned? I really can't seem to find this anywhere in windows.txt (:h windows).

Answer 1

Well… it's just as simple in vimscript.

Current window

Python:

current_win = vim.current.window

Vimscript:

let current_win = winnr()

Current buffer

Python:

current_buff = vim.current.buffer

Vimscript:

let current_buff = bufnr("%")

Current tabpage

Python:

current_tabpage = vim.current.tabpage

Vimscript:

let current_tabpage = tabpagenr()

See :help functions.