On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 4:59:37 PM UTC-5, shawn wilson wrote: > > > :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. >
I meant, type a '#' character literally, not a number. See :help :_# and :help alternate-file If you use a number with :b, you're switching to a specific buffer, as given by the buffer number which you can see with :ls. See :help :b -- 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
