Why does :q delete the window

Mon Sep 3 11:51:43 CEST 2012

Hi Titus,

On 3 September 2012 10:02, Titus von der Malsburg <malsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> What :q and :wq should do in Evil is a matter of taste.  I redefined
> them (in init.el) to only close the buffer and leave the window
> untouched.  See below.

Thanks! These behave exactly as I prefer it!

Guido

>
>   Titus
>
> (evil-define-command evil-quit (&optional bang)
>   "Closes the current buffer."
>   :repeat nil
>   (interactive "<!>")
>   (when bang
>     (set-buffer-modified-p nil))
>   (kill-this-buffer))
>
> (evil-define-command evil-save-and-close (file &optional bang)
>   "Saves the current buffer and closes the window."
>   :repeat nil
>   (interactive "<f><!>")
>   (evil-write nil nil nil file bang)
>   (evil-quit bang))
>
>
> 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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>
>
> --
> Titus von der Malsburg
> DFG Research Group 868: Mind and Brain Dynamics
> Dept. of Linguistics, University of Potsdam
> http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~malsburg/