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Startify command opens Startify in all empty buffers #459

Closed poetaman closed 3 years ago

poetaman commented 3 years ago

If I open vim, and lets say I select-and-open an empty buffer from startify options (which closes the startify buffer). Then let's say I do vertical and horizontal splits & execute command :Startify again from one of the window. It opens startify in all the empty windows. This seems more like a Vim behavior, though I don't know (am new). Is there a way to get around this? I would like Startify to open only in the currently focused window. Thanks!

tristenps commented 3 years ago

I believe you're getting confused because creating a new split in vim will open that same buffer within two splits. That means any file, or Startify, will look like it's being repeated unless another buffer already exists. Hope I explained it correctly!

mhinz commented 3 years ago

When you only have one unnamed buffer in one window and split that window 2 times, then you end up with 3 windows all showing the same unnamed buffer.

When Startify is run in that empty buffer, it will reuse that buffer automatically. Reason: https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify/commit/6f621bd99a72781cf538d1cf28b07826ed17db26

So, if you really want the behaviour that you describe, you can use: :enew | Startify.

Hope that helps!