Re: New User Several Questions and Concerns

You can also use buffers.

After having multiple files open (either by passing multiple files to
vim when starting it, or by using :e </path/to/file.extension> after Vim
has already been open), you can do:

:ls

And you will see the open files, prefixed with a number.

To go to a specific file, you can do:

:b<buffer-number>

There are also keyboard shortcuts but since I don't use them, I don't
really remember them.

Best Regards,
IFo Hancroft

On 2021-09-17 08:37, Bernard wrote:
> Greetings I am learning Vim (Windows 10) It is of no use to me unless
> I can effortlessly edit multiple files w/o a mouse I learned of tabs
> but am surprised I can see no way to select any tab of my choice I
> assumed each tab would be identified w/ a number so one can merely
> type something like ":gototab3" let's say to edit the tab so labeled
> But when I enter ":tabedit" multiple times all I see is each tab
> labeled "[ No Name ]" w/ no further distinguishing mark upon it I do
> not wish to step through a series of tabs to reach my intended
> destination I prefer random access not sequential Furthermore one
> horizontal line of text of course offers finite space I saw no mention
> in the Help file as to how Vim responds to the situation of more tabs
> created than will fit Of course upon experimentation I observed the
> result The Help file offers no guidance of course as to how to scroll
> the list of tabs in such an instance Furthermore I do not see why Vim
> does not offer filename completion when entering a file name for
> editing and provide the ability to scroll up/down the list of file and
> directory names relative to the current directory or relative to the
> directory entered Furthermore Upon merely starting Vim and resizing
> the console window it crashes - Cheerio
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