26 Apr 2012
A small Vim Buffers cheatsheet:
:bu <tab> - select a buffer
:buN - select buffer N
:ls - list buffers
:sb tab - split screen on another buffer
:sbN - split screen on buffer N
:only - make this the only buffer (ie maximise)
^w^o - make this the only buffer (ie maximise)
:ball - split screen on all buffers
:hide - hide this buffer
:bdel - remove buffer from list
Vim buffers don’t seem as flexible as the Emacs equivalent, but then _nothing_ is as flexible as Emacs: