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Step one: enable dirty buffers. no step 2. Vim will behave like any other tabbed editor. Be it using tabs or buffers. Done. Why it's not the default? Well i do

by gcb 14y ago

Step one: enable dirty buffers. no step 2. Vim will behave like any other tabbed editor. Be it using tabs or buffers. Done. Why it's not the default? Well i don't care as vim is painful in all sorts of ways without customization anyway :)

funksta 14y ago
Could you expand on this? I'm not familiar with this option/setting and can't seem to turn anything up via search.
- gcb 14y ago
  http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Easier_buffer_switching http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Easier_buffer_switching :set hidden
  - funksta 14y ago
    Thanks, turns out I had it in my .vimrc already but didn't remember what it did.