Vim: getting back and forth between two files.
 

Hi:
I do 'vim foo1.txt foo2.txt'. How do I switch from one file to the other? Any hint will be welcome.

Here's a vi/vim cheat sheet. I think what you want is towards the bottom:

http://www.worldtimzone.com/res/vi.html

Thanks a lot, mlangdn.

Hi,then within vimand back againMarkus

Previous buffer
Next buffer
Or failing all of that you can install 'buftabs'. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1664

You're welcome! I've been meaning to learn about vi/vim, and I had that one bookmarked.

Marvelous! But what does vim (or the shell) do with the second argument (vim foo1.txt foo2.txt) if I invoke that way? Does he take notice?

Well, this works if you edit one file after another, when editing two buffers simultanously, you may use the code of barriehie in post #5
But if you edit both files simultanously with "vim foo1.txt foo2.txt" you'll have to use ":bp" or ":bn" once and may use ":e #" afterwards to switch between the two files.

Markus

Vim's powerful.