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Tip 1247 Previous Next Created: June 2, 2006 Complexity: basic Author: hari_vim Version: n/a

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If you are like me, you might have already used :qa or :qa! to mean :tabclose instead of quitting the whole session for a shock. Here is my workaround. You need cmdalias.vim plugin for this trick to work.

• First create a user command, say QA. Put the below in your vimrc:

command! -bang QA :call TabQAll('<bang>')
function! TabQAll(bang)
  try
    if tabpagenr('$') > 1
      exec 'tabclose'.a:bang
    else
      exec 'qa'.a:bang
    endif
  catch
    echohl ErrorMsg | echo v:exception | echohl NONE
  endtry
endfunction

• Create an abbreviation for :qa to mean :QA such that you don't have to remember to say :QA (if you have to remember, it totally defeats this exercise). This is where you need the cmdalias plugin. It is a very simple (and so, very small) plugin to make sure the abbreviation works only in the : mode and at the start of the command (so "qa" while typing as part of a filename will not possibly become "QA"). Put this in your vimrc:

function! InitPlugins()
  call CmdAlias('qa', 'QA')
  au! InitPlugins VimEnter
endfunction

aug InitPlugins
  au!
  au VimEnter * :call InitPlugins()
aug END

The VimEnter approach is required because, the CmdAlias() function will not be available while vimrc is being sourced.

[edit] Comments

Instead I chose to map the Firefox key-stroke to Vim (Ctrl+T -- New Tab, Ctrl+F4 -- Close tab).

"Vim 7 specific mappings
if version >= 700
  map <C-t> <Esc>:tabnew<CR>
  map <C-F4> <Esc>:tabclose<CR>
endif

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