On 14.06.11 12:44, cyboman 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.
Are you perhaps, like me, a traditional Vim user who sees a buffer as a Vim file buffer (often modified wrt file on disk) listed by the ':ls' command, and accessible through the :buffer command? Having tried the newfangled tab/[split]window stuff once or twice, after seeing it mentioned in a number of posts, I've found it a bit of a pain. It was easy to get into one, but I didn't quickly and easily find a way out, not least because Vim documentation can be impenetrable at times. AIUI, and that's miniscule, windows can be split in the display, so that you see very little text in each one, making it even harder to establish context, than with a single window/"displayed buffer". Given the ability to switch buffers with ':bu <a_short_string_exclusive_to_one name>' I'm delighted to stick with them. But maybe the new things can do it too. I'll watch this thread with interest, to see if some advantage of the newfangled approach materialises. And if I guessed wrong, then please feel free to ignore. :-) Erik -- In a time of drastic change it is the learners who survive; the 'learned' find themselves fully equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. - Eric Hoffer -- 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
