I wrote the WinWalker.vim script partly with this sort of thing in mind. Combining window layouts with sessions and macro keys (both supported from inside the plugin), and Vim7 tabs should do what I think you mean.
http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1522
> On 6/8/06, Markus Mottl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm new to the developer list so I don't know whether this has already >> been discussed here. >> >> One thing I encounter frequently is that I have tons of open buffers, >> especially also from different projects, and I would like to switch >> between sets of windows very quickly. It would be great if Vim had a >> feature that allowed me to bind the current layout of windows (buffers >> contained, positions + dimensions, etc.) to a key. Jumping between >> projects would then be really easy. >> >> One can, of course, use several terminals and start multiple >> Vim-instances in them, but this is inconvenient, because one cannot >> easily share data between them (registers, etc.). >>
