Questions tagged [hidden-buffers]
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Open a second file and quit the previously opened one without saving
If I do something like this:
vim
i
# Write some tmp text
# This tmp file served it's purpose, want to quit this one and open a new one
:e newfile
# E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)
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Why does “E89: No write since last change” error not occur when commands are joined with bar?
I have :set hidden set in my ~/.vimrc.
First I did this:
vim foo bar
:bnEnter
ihelloEsc
:bpEnter
:bd#Enter
The :bd# command leads to this error:
E89: No write since last change for buffer 2 (add ! ...
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vim :make :cwindow, I need error length character limit larger than 1000
I am compiling a program with :make command, then I examine g++ errors using :cwindow. The problem is that the error produced by g++ is longer than 1000 characters and it is cut.
Currently I have to ...
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Buffers are left even when `nohidden` is set
I have explictly said in my vimrc that I want nohidden behaviour (I am jumping between files a lot, with long lasting session, and after some time buffers list is very polluted). However when I jump ...
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How to detect the buffer number of new buffer
I would like to create a new scratch buffer in vim script. I would like to use this buffer to output the result of the execution of a scala script.
I am creating the buffer with this function:
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“set hidden” leaves many *empty* buffers. Can I automatically get rid of them?
I recently added set hidden to my vimrc script because I didn't always want to :write a file before :editing another file. (With set nohidden, which is the default, this resulted in a E37: No write ...
