good stuff. also, `:b` completion shows your open buffers. and ^6 is not only good for going between two, not if you have three and can remember their buffer numbers via :ls, <n>^6 takes you to buffer number n.
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 20:21 Tim Chase <v...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > On 2022-12-13 20:09, Steve Litt wrote: > > I typically use :bn and :bp to move between buffers, but I have five > > buffers open on my current project, which requires a heck of a lot of > > keystrokes to move to a specific buffer. So I'd like a command to bring > > up a list of buffers so I can chose a specific one. > > I usually use > > :ls > > though there's also similarly > > :files > :buffers > > with details at > > :help :files > > to list the buffers I currently have open, and then use "#" followed > by the buffer-number to edit that particular buffer-number or split > it in a new window: > > :e #38 > :sp #38 > > as detailed at > > :help :_#n > > If I have two that I'm flipping back and forth between, I'll use > control+^ (:help CTRL+^) to toggle between the current file and the > alternate file. > > :help alternate-file > > Hopefully that gives you some reasonable built-in solutions. I'm > sure there are all sorts of file-navigation plugins, but the stock > functionality works fine for me. > > -tim > > > > > -- > -- > 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/Y5klK91M1LNLWBed%40thechases.com > . > -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAJdN7KicKCjEZ40%3DjAjHhKzcvkMAx400GXVdp%3DORoEsNXeF8uQ%40mail.gmail.com.
