On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 4:23:38 PM UTC-5, shawn wilson wrote: >> >> what i generally do is have a split (window?) that i want to toggle >> between two files in, but if i have two other files i want to toggle >> between in another window, this becomes an issue as i need to remember >> my current place in the buffers and i can't just bn/bp . is there a >> way to do this? >> > > Each window has its own "alternate file" which you can switch between with > either: > > :b #
i have no idea what that's doing. if i have only two files, b1 work. but, if i type b2, it opens up a new file, and if i hot ':' again, vim closes that split, and displays a part of the other file and i can't figure out how to get out of this. > or CTRL+^ (CTRL+6 on a QWERTY keyboard) in normal mode. that does what i want. thanks -- 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
