Why does :q delete the window

[Guido Van Hoecke]

Hi Sanel,

On 3 September 2012 10:04, Sanel Zukan <sanelz at gmail.com> wrote:
> AFAIK this is how vim behaves. Also, the buffer is not deleted, only window
> where that buffer is shown (the same as in vim).

Thanks for the info.

I like to keep the window, and now happily use the redefined commands
suggested by Titus.

Kind regards,

Guido

>
> Regards,
> Sanel
>
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Guido Van Hoecke <guivho at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I usualy have a 2x2 window configuration for my Emacs frame.
>> My evil-version is 0.1 and my emacs is
>> GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36)
>>  of 2012-08-27 on bob.porkrind.org
>>
>> Anybody has an idea why :q or :wq not only gets rid of the buffer, but
>> also of the window?
>>
>> Editing a file in window 2 with following configuration
>>
>> -1- -2-
>> -3- -4-
>>
>> and doing :q in -2- I end up with configuration
>>
>> ---1---
>> -3- -4-
>>
>> This is rather annoying.
>>
>> Any pointers?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>>
>> Guido
>>
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