Re: avoiding warning message and delay in "macro"

[Michael Schroeder]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 03:52:16PM +0200, Eric Smith wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am using tabs in vim7 and have several files permanently opened
> on screen window called "data".  I have bindings as per:
> bind r eval 'select data' 'stuff :tabn1^M'
> bind t eval 'select data' 'stuff :tabn2^M'
> 
> This takes me from wherever I am in screen to the data window and
> then issues the :ex command do go to tab number 1 if I pressed
> "r" and tab 2 if I pressed "t".
> 
> This works perfectly if I am not in window "data".
> But I want to use the same keystrokes even if I am in the data
> window.  But then I get the error message "This IS window ..."
> and an irritating 1 sec pause.

If you don't mind the extra refresh you can use:

bind r eval 'select -' 'select data' 'stuff :tabn1^M'
bind t eval 'select -' 'select data' 'stuff :tabn2^M'

Cheers,
  Michael.

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