From e7a82e91c3268288d757aa7fdf6c8d59ca89c9e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prabir Shrestha <mail@prabir.me>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 14:54:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] do not open unnecessary extra buffer in vim8

---
 plugin/split-term.vim | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugin/split-term.vim b/plugin/split-term.vim
index 6eab3bb..d4d1944 100644
--- a/plugin/split-term.vim
+++ b/plugin/split-term.vim
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ fun! s:openTerm(args)
     exe 'set shell =' . s:default_shell
   endif
 
-  exe 'terminal' a:args
+  if has('nvim')
+    exe 'terminal' a:args
+  else
+    exe 'terminal ++curwin' a:args
+  endif
+
   exe 'startinsert'
   if s:map_keys
     call s:defineMaps()