--- a/plugins/hghelp/hghelp.vim	Tue Oct 28 15:26:12 2025 -0400
+++ b/plugins/hghelp/hghelp.vim	Thu Oct 30 13:45:31 2025 -0400
@@ -13,18 +13,14 @@
   let l:current_file = a:file !=# '' ? a:file : expand('%')
   let l:filetype = &filetype
   let l:temp_file = tempname()
-  execute 'tabnew'
-  execute 'silent !hg cat -r . ' . l:current_file . ' > ' . l:temp_file
-  execute 'edit ' . l:temp_file
+  let l:command = 'hg cat -r . ' . l:current_file . ' > ' . l:temp_file
+  let result = system(l:command . ' 2>&1')
+  execute 'tabe ' . l:temp_file
   execute 'setfiletype' l:filetype
   setlocal buftype=nofile bufhidden=wipe nobuflisted noswapfile 
   execute 'vert diffsplit' l:current_file
 endfunction
 
-
-
-
-
 command HGDiff call s:OpenHgDiff(expand('%'))
 command Commit call s:CommitWithFormat()