Recent file history in Vim?

Question

I would like to access recent files that I had opened and then closed in GVim. I open and close GVim frequently. I would like to access recent files from previous sessions as we

Answer 1

The CtrlP plugin lets you search through your recently used files as well as files in the current directory with this command:

nnoremap  :CtrlPMixed

This saves you the hassle of having to deal with built in Vim commands and the MRU plugin, neither of which let you do fuzzy file searching, which is critical when working on larger projects.