Re: A gf mapping which opens a tab or window?

On 2025-01-12 12:45, BPJ wrote:
> The `gf` mapping opens the file name under the cursor in the same window. I
> have a file with one (absolute) file path on each line, and would like to
> be able to open two or more of them in new tabs without closing that file.
> If I do `gf` and then `:tabe #` I "lose my position" in the file with
> paths. So is there a mapping or command which opens the filepath under the
> cursor in a new tab or at least a new window without losing my position in
> the file with the path, or how could one be created (it probably could,
> this being Vim, but I can't figure out how...)?

While I don't use tabs much and can't speak to them, for windows, you can use

:help CTRL-W_f

to open the filename under the cursor in a new window.

-tim





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