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 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 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 -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/1883d4cf-7fbc-4b67-81f0-9f830596b642n%40googlegroups.com [1]. Links: -- [1] https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/1883d4cf-7fbc-4b67-81f0-9f830596b642n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/f9bb02e9ea40c79370ac90584452c782%40ifohancroft.com.
Re: New User Several Questions and Concerns
Using tabs as you suggested is a really good idea. Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On Sep 17, 2021, 13:01, Lifepillar wrote: > On 2021-09-17, Bernard wrote: >> I assumed each tab would be identified w/ a number > > Yes, that is the case. If you want the number to show up in the tab > label, you may customize the tab line. See `:help setting-tabline`. > >> so one can merely type something like ":gototab3" > > :3tabnext > > (See `:help :tabnext`). Or use gt, as already suggested. > >> Furthermore one horizontal line of text of course offers finite space > > I don't think there is a way to show tab labels that do not fit, except > by enlarging the terminal (or GUI) window. > > You haven't specified what your use case is for lots of tabs. But if you > tend to open each file in a separate tab, that is not how tabs are meant > to be used. You should think of tabs as workspaces (groups of windows), > not files. > > Hope this helps, > Life. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/si2omg%24jam%241%40ciao.gmane.io. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/qGTCS3QTV-KUHaMaqMjVTjzHmgxYUjgYKDiZLrr9Y_mnZqpA4BH6IYZSL-0LSGwBBLl2yDV3G9L4UUVO-5ZBfGh-SJAJ3OsU9A0GvXbVBbU%3D%40protonmail.com.
Re: New User Several Questions and Concerns
On 2021-09-17, Bernard wrote: > I assumed each tab would be identified w/ a number Yes, that is the case. If you want the number to show up in the tab label, you may customize the tab line. See `:help setting-tabline`. > so one can merely type something like ":gototab3" :3tabnext (See `:help :tabnext`). Or use gt, as already suggested. > Furthermore one horizontal line of text of course offers finite space I don't think there is a way to show tab labels that do not fit, except by enlarging the terminal (or GUI) window. You haven't specified what your use case is for lots of tabs. But if you tend to open each file in a separate tab, that is not how tabs are meant to be used. You should think of tabs as workspaces (groups of windows), not files. Hope this helps, Life. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/si2omg%24jam%241%40ciao.gmane.io.
Re: New User Several Questions and Concerns
On 2021-09-17, 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 :help :tabnext > 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 I don't know of a solution for that. > Furthermore I > do not see why Vim does not offer filename completion when entering a file > name > for editing It does have filename completion. See :help cmdline-completion What have you tried that doesn't seem to be working? > 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 It has this, too. See :help :browse > Furthermore Upon merely starting Vim and resizing the console window it > crashes If this is reproducible, send reproduction steps to this list and someone will have a look. Regards, Gary -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20210917163630.GC20592%40phoenix.
Re: New User Several Questions and Concerns
I use gt. so to go to the 5th tab i enter: 5gt -Original Message- From: Bernard To: vim_use Sent: Fri, Sep 17, 2021 10:37 am Subject: New User Several Questions and Concerns 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 -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/1883d4cf-7fbc-4b67-81f0-9f830596b642n%40googlegroups.com. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/1667299414.927098.1631895333970%40mail.yahoo.com.
