Vim is touch-typing on steroids

Re:Vim is touch-typing on steroids by sodapopcan on Friday January 13, 2023 @12:00AM (#34364131)

Ya, "tabs" are a misnomer coming from almost any other editor which is unfortunate. Vim doesn't have what most people think of as "tabs" (I guess you could think of them as "dynamic" tabs but I digress).

Vim has been my only code editor for the past 10+ years and I wish I used tabs a little better (ie, the way you describe). As it stands I have some plugins that open in a tab so they are easy to close (like gv.vim) and otherwise use my tabline as a secondary status line (it tells me my working directory and if I'm tracking a session or not).

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Re:Vim is touch-typing on steroids by Aperocky on Friday January 13, 2023 @12:34AM (#34364315)

airline and bufferline plugins are great - it helps unify/bridge buffer and tabs

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Re:Vim is touch-typing on steroids by sodapopcan on Friday January 13, 2023 @09:51AM (#34368459)

I never liked airline as I felt it was too busy and I like customizing my own statusline, though you've piqued my interest with how they deal with tabs. I actually like vim's tabs just as they are--I mostly need better mapping for manipulating them. I'm otherwise a dual-split-with-a-mark-or-two person.

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