Thank you guys for replies: didn't know C-x k will keep window layout. Frank Fischer wrote:

Maybe we could add another parameter that determines whether the windows should be closed and defaults to some customization option.

+1 Although this could start deviating from Vim's features (I'm not sure does vim provide similar option) it will make life easier for sure. Aside from that, solution like: (evil-ex-define-cmd "bdp" 'kill-buffer) is perfectly acceptable for me too ;) Christoph LANGE wrote:

The pipe is somewhat misleading; here's what the vim help says:

--- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< '|' can be used to separate commands, so you can give multiple commands in one line. If you want to use '|' in an argument, precede it with '\'. --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %< --- %<

Ahh, thanks for the tip! Regards, Sanel