Re: How to quickly move to a specific buffer?

Usually, I :split open (maximized) my active files and switch back and forth using some helpful mappings (Alt-j and Alt-k). When the number of splits are more, I open a tab and do similar stuff there. I usually do not like the ":split" opening window unmaximized, so these mappings help in achieving that:

"--8<--

set nocp
set winminheight=0
set laststatus=2

au WinEnter * wincmd _

"Map Alt-j to edit split window one below. "Alt" works well in GUI, use something else inside terminals
nnoremap <m-j> <c-w>j
"Map Alt-k to edit split window one above
nnoremap <m-k> <c-w>k

"--8<--

Regards,

-Arun

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 5:10 PM Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I typically use :bn and :bp to move between buffers, but I have five
buffers open on my current project, which requires a heck of a lot of
keystrokes to move to a specific buffer. So I'd like a command to bring
up a list of buffers so I can chose a specific one.

I've looked up :h buffers and can't find anything. Is there a way I
could do this?

Theoretically I could use the gvim menu system to do this, but it
involves taking my hands off home position to use the arrow keys, and
also, Alt+b is a difficult hotkey, so I'd much rather have some sort of
Vim command to do it.

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt
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