Re: can :sp borrow something from :b

On Friday, March 1, 2013 2:36:45 PM UTC-6, Jim Green wrote:
> Dear list:
> assume i have two buffers in my vim session
>
> 1 abc.txt
> 2 xyz.txt
>
> I am currently in buffer 1 abc.txt
>
> I can use :b z and tab completion to open buffer 2 xyz.txt because vim is smart to determine that only buffer 2 has letter z in its name
>
> now I want use :sp z to have the same smartness but it doesn't seem to work that way. I can only sp #2 to split the second buffer.
>
> Could anyone share some ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> Jim.

Use :sb (short for :sbuffer) instead of :sp or :b

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