Vi questions

[Carl Reynolds]

Aseem Khurana wrote:

>3. how to open more than 1 file simultaneously and switch back and forth between the files in full window mode (not split windows)
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After you open a file in vi type
    :e new-file-name
to edit a second file.

Now you can type
    :e #
to switch to the other file.

Repeated use of
    :e #
will switch back and forth between the two files.

It is also possible to use
    :e %
to re-edit the current file

I use this occasionally when I forget to type the full name of a file.
For example, I may type
    :e new-file
and what I meant was
    :e new-file-name

I can edit new-file-name by typing
    :e %-name



Carl.