Re: Returning to unnamed empty buffer

Hi Taylor!

On Mo, 17 Sep 2012, Taylor Hedberg wrote:

> richard emberson, Mon 2012-09-17 @ 08:22:08-0700:
> > So, you start Vim without a file name. Your is some unnamed empty
> > buffer. Then from the command line you goto some file to edit:
> >
> > :e SomeFile
> >
> > After editing the file, you then wish to return to the original
> > unnamed empty buffer. I don't seem to figure out how to get back. Does
> > the original unnamed empty buffer have some sort of reference that can
> > be used to get back to it.
>
> The :enew command will open a new [No Name] buffer in the current
> window. It may not be the *same* buffer as the one in which you started,
> but does that matter?

It is not the same buffer. I think, this is the only time, Vim reuses
the buffer number (which is usually unique for each buffer and doesn't
get reused).

regards,
Christian

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