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I'd like to map +Ngt and -Ngt to :tabnext N and :tabprev N. I can create key bindings such as:

nnoremap <buffer> <silent> +1gt :tabnext 1
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> +2gt :tabnext 2
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> +3gt :tabnext 3
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> +4gt :tabnext 4
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> +5gt :tabnext 5
nnoremap <buffer> <silent> +6gt :tabnext 6
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but can I do it better? (Not that I really want to move "6 tabs ahead" since that would be much slower than just typing Ngt, but IMO it's only natural to ask this question for future reference.)

A great example would be NG command that jumps to line N. I highly doubt that Vim internally adds separate keybinding to each line we might possibly want to jump to.

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Yes, you can do better:

nnoremap <silent> gt @=":tabnext\n"<CR>

Then 6gt will move 6 tabs ahead etc. Using the expression register = is a trick to make a map repeatable by a number prefix.

On a side note: you can also do better by posting Vim-related questions to its own home. :)

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  • Right, I completely forgot about vim stackexchange. Thanks. Commented May 17, 2015 at 20:09

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