On 1 March 2013 16:38, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, March 1, 2013 2:36:45 PM UTC-6, Jim Green wrote: >> Dear list: >> assume i have two buffers in my vim session >> >> 1 abc.txt >> 2 xyz.txt >> >> I am currently in buffer 1 abc.txt >> >> I can use :b z and tab completion to open buffer 2 xyz.txt because vim is >> smart to determine that only buffer 2 has letter z in its name >> >> now I want use :sp z to have the same smartness but it doesn't seem to work >> that way. I can only sp #2 to split the second buffer. >> >> Could anyone share some ideas? >> >> Thanks! >> Jim. > > Use :sb (short for :sbuffer) instead of :sp or :b
this is great. have used vim for about 10 years and never heard about such a nice thing. 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
