created by

Ton van den Heuvel

script type

utility

description

When editing multiple files oftentimes it would be nice to be able to go back and forth between the last edited files, just like a web browser allows the user to navigate web pages forward and backward in history. The standard :bn(ext) and :bp(revious) Vim commands allow to switch between next and previous buffers respectively, but they do no take the history of the last used files into account. Instead, they use the order in which the files were opened, which can cause confusion in case the user expects to navigate forward and backwards in history.  For example, in case the user opened the files A, B, and C in the order: A, B, C and the navigation history would be A, B, C, B then :bp(revious) in the last buffer (B) would open up buffer A, where C is preferable. This buffer supplies the user with the commands :BufSurfForward and :BufSurfBack to navigate buffers forwards and backwards according to the navigation history. The latest version of this plugin is available at:   http://github.com/ton/vim-bufsurf Bugs can be reported there as well.

install details

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
bufsurf.tar.gz	0.2	2011-03-19	7.3	Ton van den Heuvel	- Rewritten in vimscript (drop Ruby dependency). - Allow ignoring specific buffer names from showing up in the navigation history.
bufsurf.tar.gz	0.1	2010-09-17	7.2	Ton van den Heuvel	Initial upload

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