How to effectively work with multiple files in Vim

Question

I\'ve started using Vim to develop Perl scripts and am starting to find it very powerful.

One thing I like is to be able to open multiple files at once with:

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Answer 1

I use the command line and git a lot, so I have this alias in my bashrc:

alias gvim="gvim --servername \$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel || echo 'default') --remote-tab"

This will open each new file in a new tab on an existing window and will create one window for each git repository. So if you open two files from repo A, and 3 files from repo B, you will end up with two windows, one for repo A with two tabs and one for repo B with three tabs.

If the file you are opening is not contained in a git repo it will go to a default window.

To jump between tabs I use these mappings:

nmap  :tabprevious
nmap  :tabnext

To open multiple files at once you should combine this with one of the other solutions.