how to open a file in a list of files in vim?

Question

I have a longish list of files opened in vim that looks like this:

/dir1/file1
/dir2/file2
/dir2/file3
.....

How can I open all of them one

Answer 1

I'm going to assume you have the file list open inside Vim, and want to simulate the "gf" command across the whole list...

Edit your .vimrc to include this function:

function Openall()
    edit 
    bfirst
endfunction

You can then highlight the entire file (or the set of paths you want to open) using visual mode (1G, Shift-V, G) and typing ":call Openall()". Afterwards the command row will show this:

:'<,'>call Openall()

This will run the new Openall() function across all highlighted lines.

Press Enter and all the files will be opened in background buffers. You can then access them using the usual buffer commands. :ls will display them as a list.