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Re: multiple file editing in VI

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From: Andrew Moore
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:13
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In article <Bz1y7H.BEA@sci.kun.nl> jeroenh@sci.kun.nl (Jeroen Huinink) writes:
>Hello,
>
>When editing multiple files in vi (using 'vi *.c') you can get to the next
>file using :n and you can get to the first file with :rew. What I would
>like to do is skip to the previous file or to a file with a certain number
>without having to remember the filename or doing :rew and a number of times
>:n. 
>
>Can someone enlighten me?

The following doesn't answer your question directly, but maybe it will
help...

I belive you can toggle back and forth between two files with the ex
command 
:e# 
And if you are editting C language files, I presume you know about
ctags?  For example, after creating a tags file, use CTL-] (i.e., press
the ] key while holding down the CTL key) to jump to the file defining
the function under the cursor. To return, use CTL-^.  If the version of
vi you use has tag stacks (e.g., I don't think elvis  has them yet),
you can get around very well this way.
Related commands are ":ta" ":pop," and from the command line "vi -t tag."
-Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>
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