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Timur Fayzrakhmanov
Timur Fayzrakhmanov

Reputation: 19587

How to close [No Name] buffer without closing vim?

Please, see the screenshot:

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After :help some-page I opened new unnamed buffer by :new. Now I want to close it (hence bottom window), but when I press ^Wq (which should close the focused window) it closes vim at all! What's wrong here?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3815

Answers (2)

timss
timss

Reputation: 10260

From :h ^wq:

Quit current window. When quitting the last window (not counting a help window), exit Vim.

It seems that you're using ^wq while the bottom window is selected, and that will leave only a help window, thus exiting vim.

Select the help window with ^ww or similar, and then do ^wq.

Another alternative is to use :bd[delete] or :clo[se].

Upvotes: 3

Marth
Marth

Reputation: 24812

Vim quits when you close the [No Name] buffer because it's the last listed buffer (see :ls and :ls!, also :h unlisted-buffers for more info on unlisted buffers).

You can use :clo[se] (or ^Wc), which simply removes the current window (you'll then have the help window in the entire pane).

Upvotes: 3

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