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Buffer Hint : A handy buffer switcher

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created by
Yanhui Shen
 
script type
utility
 
description
With this plugin, you can browse all buffers in a popup side window. In addition, this plugin provides a "hint key" for each buffer, just like what Vimperator/Vimium/VimFx does. Therefore, you can switch among buffers quickly with a single key stroke in the best case.

Project Home Page: https://github.com/bsdelf/bufferhint
 
install details
Install:
cp bufferhint.vim ~/.vim/plugin/

Configure:
nnoremap - :call bufferhint#Popup()<CR>
nnoremap \ :call bufferhint#LoadPrevious()<CR>

Use Case:
1."vim 1.txt 2.txt 3.txt"
2.type "-" to popup buffer hints
3.type "a"/"b"/"c" to switch to 1.txt/2.txt/3.txt correspondingly

Latest recently used mode:
4.type "-" to popup buffer hints
5.type SPACE to switch to LRU mode
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
bufferhint.vim 1.1.1 2016-10-26 7.0 Yanhui Shen Fix LoadPrevious, thanks to Jianping Liu.
bufferhint.vim 1.1.0 2016-03-29 7.0 Yanhui Shen New Features:
Keep window layout while deleting buffer (let g:bufferhint_KeepWindow = 1, default is 0)

Other Enhancements:
https://github.com/bsdelf/bufferhint/pull/1
bufferhint.vim 1.0.1 2015-12-06 7.0 Yanhui Shen fix a bug in bufferhint#Popup()
bufferhint.vim 1.0 2015-11-26 7.0 Yanhui Shen Initial upload
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