Have you looked into the CtrlP plugin? You can use it to 'fuzzy find' files like you are describing and then I believe there are options to open them in a new split window, or tab, and probably other options.
Ethan Alan On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Jim Green <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear list: > assume i have two buffers in my vim session > > 1 abc.txt > 2 xyz.txt > > I am currently in buffer 1 abc.txt > > I can use :b z and tab completion to open buffer 2 xyz.txt because vim is > smart to determine that only buffer 2 has letter z in its name > > now I want use :sp z to have the same smartness but it doesn't seem to > work that way. I can only sp #2 to split the second buffer. > > Could anyone share some ideas? > > Thanks! > Jim. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
