I have vim buffers like this:
1 "file1.txt"
2 "file2.txt"
3 "file3.txt"
and I want re-assign buffer numbers like this:
1 "file2.txt"
2 "file1.txt"
3 "file3.txt"
How do I do this?
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2 Answers
From :help :ls:
Each buffer has a unique number. That number will not change, so you can always go to a specific buffer with ":buffer N" or "N CTRL-^", where N is the buffer number.
Why do you need to reassign those numbers? Maybe there is another thing to do to help you in your task?
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rp101
I don't use windows and i don't use tabs in vim. I use buffers for manipulating files which I am editing. Maybe there ares some other ways to do this in vim?
Benoit
Maybe you could harvest from the BufExplorer plug-in, or from
:args and :argdo commands, from windowing and tabbing. All of them.rp101
I am new with vim. And I do not use plug-ins yet. I want to learn standard vim commands and functions.
Benoit
If you are new you should take time to learn, it won't be done in a single day! You can find vim geeks on IRC Freenode server (
#vim channel) who will be happy to help you for any problem you might have.
François
You can use tab-completion in command mode, like :b <tab>. Wildmenu also improves greatly the completion (:set wildmode). With :b, tab-completion also works with substrings. With your example, :b 1<tab> will complete to file1.txt.
While it is true that you can't technically re-assign buffer numbers there is this plugin that allows you to act like you can:
https://github.com/gelus/vim-buffer-enhancement
it allows you to map buffers to numbers by hitting <count><leader><C-6>
Then returning to the mapped buffers in the same way you switch to a regular buffer <count><C-6>
so for your example:
- pull up file2.txt and hit
1<leader><C-6> - pull up file1.txt and hit
2<leader><C-6> file3 is already at buffer 3, ( you can map it if you want, but it would work the same )
now hitting
1<C-6>will take you to file2.txt,2<C-6>will take you to file1.txt and3<C-6>will still take you to file3.txt
