Mastering Vim

Tabs

In many modern editors, tabs are used to represent different files. While you can certainly do this in Vim, you might want to consider their original purpose.

Vim uses tabs to switch between collections of windows, allowing you to effectively have multiple workspaces. Tabs are often used to work on a slightly different problem or set of files within the same Vim session. Personally, I don't get a lot of use out of tab pages, but if you find yourself often switching context within the project or between projects, then tabs might be exactly what you're looking for.

Another reason to use tabs would be Vim's diff functionality, which works per tab. You can read more about the vimdiff in Chapter 5, Build, Test, and Execute.

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