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Discussion on: What's the difference between a pane, buffer and tab in Vim and how should they be used in one's workflow?

 
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Michael Lee 🍕

Cool, thanks, will look into it. I take it you use this versus something like NerdTree?

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tbodt

Yeah, I don't use NerdTree. I prefer to hold the structure of my project's files in my head, and just type what I want. I occasionally use netrw (vim's builtin NerdTree equivalent) to browse file trees, but more often just use the Finder.

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Michael Lee 🍕

Nice, yeah I've been using NerdTree but thinking of removing it. Since the use of NerdTree was to replicate my experience in Atom. But I'm finding the workflow to be a little slow.

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tbodt

Are you using NerdTree to navigate between files? Yeah, give ctrlp a try and see if it feels faster.

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Michael Lee 🍕

Yup, that's right. It's for file navigation. Vim isn't my first choice for text editing but always looking to improve my workflow when I do.