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+" capture (dump) the (somewhat long) ouput of the commands like `:digraph`, `:map', `:highlight`, `:scripnames` etc.
+
+function! s:dump(cmd) abort
+
+    " Start a new split or maybe a buffer or a tab
+    " enew | " open a new buffer
+    10split | enew | " open a new split (with 10% height (?))
+    " tabnew | " open a new tab
+
+    " Make it a scratch buffer ( `:help special-buffers`)
+    setlocal
+                \ bufhidden=wipe
+                \ buftype=nofile
+                \ nobuflisted
+                \ nolist
+                \ noswapfile
+                \ norelativenumber
+                \ nonumber
+
+    " Write the cmd output to the buffer
+    put =execute(a:cmd)
+    " There are 2 empty line at the beginning of the buffer before the ouput of
+    " the cmd. Not sure from where they are comning from. Anyhow I will delete
+    " them.
+    norm gg2dd
+
+    " No modifications to this buffer
+    setlocal readonly nomodifiable nomodified
+
+    " Press escape to close when you're done
+    nnoremap <buffer><silent> <Esc> :bd<CR>
+
+endfunction
+
+" Define a command to use the function easier
+command! -nargs=1 Dump execute "call s:dump(" string(<q-args>) ")"