Vimr: "Buffers" misleading as a tool name?
To me buffers in the vim sense of the word means files loaded into memory for editing.
from the neovim doc:
A buffer is the in-memory text of a file.
A window is a viewport on a buffer.
A tab page is a collection of windows.
Shouldn't vimr keep true to this logic?
As of right now the Buffers tool shows all opened tabs. I would expect to find the output of :buffers.
robertgzr
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Very confusing indeed, and I would like to have this changed. Keep up the good work, I really like VimR!
bvgastel
on 8 Feb 2017
Ok, this sounds reasonable. I'll see what I can do :)
qvacua
on 23 Feb 2017
There are so many things that I absolutely love about VimR, but I have to say, renaming "Buffers" tool-pannel to "Opened" in SNAPSHOT-169 left me more confused then before. In an application like VimR there could be so many "opened" things: buffers, files, windows, sockets, etc...
May be the way to approach this would be by splitting this tool onto two: Tabs & Buffers?
Tabs panel would list all open tabs of the current window, just as "Opened" does now and "Buffers" did before SNAPSHOT-169,
and the new Buffers panel would display a list of all buffers loaded in the current window (output of
:buffers)
This way the name of the tool would stay true to the terminology used by NeoVim, describe the tool's purpose, and define the content a user can expect to find inside. This solution would also cater for both, those who prefer to use mainly buffers, and those who are tab-heavy users.
@qvacua, what do you think?
UrsaDK
on 16 Mar 2017
Agree with @UmkaDK
Current implementation of "Buffers" a little bit confusing
lowerzero
on 13 Oct 2017
qvacua
on 1 Dec 2017
BTW: @UmkaDK sorry for late reply, but Tabs tool is a nice idea 😀
qvacua
on 1 Dec 2017
@qvacua This is absolutely brilliant. Works like a charm!
Thanks a lot for doing that!
UrsaDK
on 15 Feb 2018
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There are so many things that I absolutely love about VimR, but I have to say, renaming "Buffers" tool-pannel to "Opened" in SNAPSHOT-169 left me more confused then before. In an application like VimR there could be so many "opened" things: buffers, files, windows, sockets, etc...
May be the way to approach this would be by splitting this tool onto two: Tabs & Buffers?
Tabs panel would list all open tabs of the current window, just as "Opened" does now and "Buffers" did before SNAPSHOT-169,
and the new Buffers panel would display a list of all buffers loaded in the current window (output of
:buffers)This way the name of the tool would stay true to the terminology used by NeoVim, describe the tool's purpose, and define the content a user can expect to find inside. This solution would also cater for both, those who prefer to use mainly buffers, and those who are tab-heavy users.
@qvacua, what do you think?