On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:44 PM, cyboman <[email protected]> wrote: > i'm not new to vim but somewhat confused about this. what is the > difference between buffers and windows in vim? and is it significant? > > any help is appreciated. > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php >
A buffer is a blob of text in memory, usually (but not always) bound to some file. When you open a file, Vim loads the contents of that file into a buffer. When you edit the text, it's the contents of the buffer that you're changing. When you write the file, what you're actually doing is writing the contents of the buffer to the file. Think of a window as a viewport through which you view some buffer. If you have two split windows with the same file, both of those windows are views onto the same buffer. Hope that helps, Ulf -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
