Re: [PATCH] mergetool: reorder vim/gvim buffers in three-way diffs

From: Dickson Wong <dicksonwong@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 11, 2016, 19:24 UTC
Message-ID: <CAB8-syo8dCjDfCH3gAFvC1cnuB-wm9hxtmVb1OhZ7NT0Pw+EbQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbn7nxmhe.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

Thanks for looking into the patch.

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> Thanks. I, being a non-user of vim, was wondering if people who had
> their own user-defined commands (macros? and possibly short-cut keys
> to invoke them) built around the old (and odd) numbering need to
> adjust--in which case we may need to forewarn.
>

Vim buffers are not reorderable and windows are always numbered from top-left to bottom-right. However, I can see someone who is familiar with the old behavior issue a "CTRL-W_K" command to move the merged window from the bottom to the top, making the merged window the first window and consistent with buffer indexes. If they use this command after the patch, the indexes would no longer be consistent. The command would most likely be issued manually and not through a vim startup script.