Edit Multiple files via vim

link vi to vim

[root@localhost ]# which vi

/usr/bin/vi

[root@localhost ]# mv /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/vi.old

[root@localhost ]# which vim

/usr/bin/vim

[root@localhost ]# ln -s /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi

Install ctags

1. Download the ctags source package

2. ./configure

3. make

4. make install

5. build tags, ctags -R *.c

Install taglist

1. Download ctags package to ~/.vim

2. Unzip the package

3. cd ~/.vim/doc, start vim, run command helptags . so you can help taglist.txt

4. TlistT to open close function list

tips

Open 3 files at the same time

[root@localhost ]# vi start.c stop.c Makefile

list all buffers

:ls
  1 #    "Makefile"                     line 7
  2      "start.c"                      line 1
  4 %a   "stop.c"                       line 2

switch to the 1st buffer： b1

switch to the next buffer： bn

switch to the previous buffer： bp

open a new buffer： e <filename>

close a buffer： bd

see build error, :e error,  !!make all error will input to a new file, easy to search the error

to delete all lines, d}

see line number： set number

don't save buffer： set hidden

copy 1 word to register a:  "a y w

yell 1 word from register a: "a p