I swear by tabbar[1] as well as a few bindings to make switching between buffers faster. Specifically: map <C-n> :bn<Cr> map <C-p> :bp<Cr> It probably helps

I swear by tabbar[1] as well as a few bindings to make switching between buffers faster. Specifically: map <C-n> :bn<Cr> map <C-p> :bp<Cr> It probably helps that I've mapped caps-lock to ctrl so using ctrl is very convenient for me. [1] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1338 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1338