avoiding warning message and delay in "macro"

[Eric Smith]

Hi

I am using tabs in vim7 and have several files permanently opened
on screen window called "data".  I have bindings as per:
bind r eval 'select data' 'stuff :tabn1^M'
bind t eval 'select data' 'stuff :tabn2^M'

This takes me from wherever I am in screen to the data window and
then issues the :ex command do go to tab number 1 if I pressed
"r" and tab 2 if I pressed "t".

This works perfectly if I am not in window "data".
But I want to use the same keystrokes even if I am in the data
window.  But then I get the error message "This IS window ..."
and an irritating 1 sec pause.

How do I achieve the functionality I want without this waste of
time?  (I know you can config the time delay for these messages
but I do not want that to be done as a global setting).

Thanks

Eric