On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > > On 2009-09-18, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: >> Hi vimmers, >> >> I use quickfix quite often and I like the feature very much, >> especially with :make. The one problem I couldn't solve is that if >> file1.c is open and I do a :make then instead of file1.c another file >> will be open, say file2.c, which is the file containing the first >> error. This is all good, but often I forget the original file name, in >> this case file1.c, and after inspecting the errors I'd like to go back >> editing it. Is there a way of telling vim "go back to the file that I >> was editing when I said :make"? > > I use Ctrl-O (letter o) for this. See > > :help CTRL-O > > You may have to type it a couple of times to get back to your > original file. Or you can execute > > :jumps > > to see a list of places you've been and if you recuognize the file > name, jump to it directly. Or, you can execute > > :buffers > > to see a list of buffers you've had open during the current session > and again if you recognize the file name, open that buffer with > > :b <buffer number> > > or a number of other ways you can read about at > > :help buffer
I usually go with <C-^> (which is usually obtained by typing CTRL+6). It's a shortcut for :buffer#<CR> - that is, it switches to the previous buffer that was displayed in the current window. ~Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
