Can the context scratch buffers be reused?

[mnzaki]

Is it possible to reuse the scratch buffers created instead of destroying them when context is empty and creating new ones every time a context is going to be rendered?
This way buffer numbers don't increase dramatically and also avoids triggering other plugins reacting to buffers being created/destroyed.

I'm having a particular problem with vim-airline which I have traced back to this constant cycling of buffers that nvim-treesitter-context does. The issue feels like it should be fixed in airline, but at the same time would be nice to reuse scratch buffers at least to avoid buffer numbers increasing (I easily get into the 1000s after a few hours of coding)

[lewis6991]

@apollo1321

[apollo1321]

I believe this can be easily fixed when the context becomes empty. However, if you don't use the multiwindow option, the buffer number will increase every time you switch to another window. Although this can also be addressed, the implementation will be more complex.

Anyway, I'll take a closer look at it in the near future.

[lewis6991]

I believe before multiwindow was implemented we declared a single buffer and always reused it. So this in effect is another regression.

[apollo1321]

Yes, this it true. I'll fix that.

[mnzaki]

Thank you both for your time!