Hello fellow vim users! I use vim for all my coding and text editing needs. Until now I've only used it for small projects with all files in a single folder, nothing complicated. However, my current job involves a lot of jumping around between files in very different file hierarchies, copying pasting etc. I've tried a few different strategies:
1. Use bash to jump around in the system and open/close new Vim instances when I need to edit something. This makes it easy to navigate the file system but doesn't work when I need to copy/paste content from e.g. /foo/b/c/d.txt to /bar/a/b/c/d.txt, as I need both these files open in the same vim instance, and to open those files as absolute paths is a PITA. 2. Have one Vim instance and use :Ex to navigate the file system. The biggest problem with this setup though is that when I've navigated to a different folder, I can't use :e to open a new file in this same folder because the working directory that :e looks at isn't affected. I think the best solution for me would be if there was a way to have multiple terminals where I can use bash and vim however I choose, but copy/paste content freely between them. I have no problems with multiple windows, just need to be able to copy/paste. So my question is: how do you manage long file hierarchies in vim? I know it's possible because I've heard about very skilled developers doing the same work as I do entirely in vim. Thanks! -Per Thulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
