vim/Keyshort/Buffer

• Keyshort vim vim/Keyshort
  • Toggle Between the Current and Alternate File Card
    • Shortcut: <C-^>
    • Description: Switches to the alternate file — the buffer edited before this one — and pressing it again switches back. With a count, {N}<C-^> edits buffer N instead.
    • You press Ctrl and 6. No Shift. ^ sits on the 6 key, and Ctrl with that key produces the character vim calls CTRL-^ — the name describes the character, not the keys, which is why it looks harder to type than it is. On some non-US layouts it is produced another way (:help CTRL-^).
  • My Note
    • The case it wins is two files edited in alternation, because it does not care where either one sits in the buffer list — unlike <S-h> / <S-l> in LazyVim/Keyshort/Buffer, which step through that list in order.
    • The alternate file is held in the # register, which is why :e # does the same thing in a longer form. The registers are set out on nvim/Q/What does " mean in nvim?.
    • Identical in vim and nvim, and LazyVim does not rebind it.