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:
have a try following maps for convenience editing multiple files
" split windows
nmap sh :leftabove vnew
nmap sl :rightbelow vnew
nmap sk :leftabove new
nmap sj :rightbelow new
" moving around
nmap j
nmap k
nmap l
nmap h