Thanks to all. The good news is that I'm making progress. (And yes, it was just a typo — guitabel was guitablabel all along.)
OK, per the attached PNG screenshot, I'm not sure if guitablabel=%t is working properly or not. I seem to have *reduced* the long pathname in front of the file, but filenames still include a preceding path character (V\) that I'd like to get rid of. So, is it possible to display *only* a filename in a tab? Or must one always have at least one directory/folder indicator? Cheers & thanks again to all, Ric SFO On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:23:37 AM UTC-7, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 6:32:27 PM UTC-5, sfosparky wrote: > > I've been trying to figure out how to change how Vim labels tabs. > > Everywhere I turn for information contains Vim script examples. This has > > led me to believe that "set guitablabel" can only be used via scripts(?) > > > > At present, Vim labels tabs with a file name prefaced with a "path code" of > > the form "\P\M\M\F\R\F\R\T", where each character is the first character of > > a folder name on the path. Ugh! > > > > In an effort to get rid of the path info, I tried using (without the > > quotation marks) ":set guitabel=%t" This has no effect. > > > > I assume you mean 'guitablabel' instead of 'guitabel'. Are you using GUI Vim > with GUI tabs enabled? See :help 'guitablabel' for the requirements, and also > for details in setting it. > > You don't NEED to write any script to use guitablabel or tabline options, it > is just more powerful if you do. Nevertheless, you can achieve a simple tab > label using only format strings like %N, %t, etc. See: > > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Show_tab_number_in_your_tab_line > > The comments section at the bottom contains a simple example without any > scripting, even though the tip itself contains a lot of script. Also see > :help setting-guitablabel, which includes this: > > > A simple example that puts the tab page number and the buffer name in the > label: > :set guitablabel=%N\ %f -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
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