Timeline for How can I edit multiple files in Vim?
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| Feb 7, 2023 at 1:54 | comment | added | Gertlex | Also generally available if you use the tab approach: :tabnew xyz, :Texplore for selecting a file to open (and :Hexpl, :Vexpl...), :tabn3 for e.g. going to the third tab. I've read the linked article in a comment above a few times over the years, and remain unconvinced that I shouldn't use tabs this way :) | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 19:05 | comment | added | Luv2code | Aside: If you're already in vim and want to add another file, you can use: :argadd filename and then :next to it. Likewise, you can use :argdel filename to remove one of the files in edit. | |
| Oct 14, 2015 at 9:26 | comment | added | patryk.beza | Note that tabs are not intended to work with multiple files. They are intended to work with multiple layouts. See article. | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 19:52 | history | edited | Hanan | CC BY-SA 3.0 | keyboard symbols |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 13:13 | comment | added | me_and | AMAZE! I'd never come across this before, despite having used vim for years. This changes everything. | |
| S Dec 31, 2011 at 15:13 | history | suggested | James Womack | CC BY-SA 3.0 | edited to include keyboard shortcuts for tab switching |
| Dec 31, 2011 at 10:33 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Dec 25, 2011 at 1:15 | comment | added | Not Now | This. Also open files in tabs with: vim -p file1 file2 | |
| Dec 24, 2011 at 17:28 | history | answered | Hanan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |