vim-tips

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vim-tips

Whenever something feels tedious in vim, it's generally a sign of not full grokking vim. There's a better way.

Help

:help
:help {topic}
:help buff<TAB> 

navigate help docs

• C-{ jump to the underlined link in the vim docs

Multi-file

vim -p *.c # open multiple files each in a tab (pages in vim)
vim *.c    # open multiple files in vim

tabs (pages)

• gt g o to next t ab
• gT go back a tab (shift is a common way to do a binding backwards when that makes sense)
• {N}gt go to Nth tab

buffers (vim's idea of a file)

• :buffers list all the buffers vim has open
• :bn b uffer n ext
• :bp b uffer p revious