On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 09:44:11AM EST, Ben Fritz wrote: > On Jan 3, 4:09 pm, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The only problem, is that after a while the buffer list in a long > > running instance of vim may become so large as to be unmanageable. > This is one reason that I tend to organize my work into tab pages > (often each having multiple split windows). I rarely if ever pay > attention to the buffer list. Hmm.. one scenario is that I have one tab open for project number one and I am going back and forth between some 6-8 files/buffers, which is a bit more than I could make visible on my display at the same time. I guess I could spread them out over several tabs, but I tend to prefer sticking to just one tab for each project and bringing back recently visited buffers that via a :ls followed by a :bnn - and issue a Ctrl-O when I'm done with it and want to bring back the prior content of the window. > Yes, I know tabs aren't buffers, and I'm not trying to force them to > act as such. They're just a convenient way to organize my work. I guess an working solution is always going to be in the form of a tradeoff that privileges what one particular user feels is important over what matters less to him. I use both tabs and the buffer list, but in essence, I find tabs rather less flexible that buffers because since tabs have to take into account the physical constraints of my display's size, I have to be careful or else quickly find myself with just too many of them open for comfort - since the tabline does not scroll, ten to twelve tabs is just about the maximum that I can fit on my 232 columns display. Also, something about my working habits causes lots of [No Name] empty buffers to be created, which I have to look into and correct - quite annoying really, because I can't think of a better way to figure out what's happening than doing my stuff in slow motion. Thank you for your comments, CJ -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
