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I have the following files in directory:

" ============================================================================
" Netrw Directory Listing                                        (netrw v149) 
"   /home/.../content
"   Sorted by      name
"   Sort sequence: [\/]$,\<core\%(\.\d\+\)\=\>,\.h$,\.c$,\.cpp$,\~\=\*$,*,\.o$...
"   Quick Help: <F1>:help  -:go up dir  D:delete  R:rename  s:sort-by  x:exec
" ============================================================================
../
./
.swo
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10-1
10-2
10-3
10-4
10-5
10-6
2
3
4
5
6
7
8-1
8-2
8-3
9-1
9-2
9-3
9-4
9-5

Having 10-2 buffer opened, how can I open for editing the next file (10-3)?

What about going back?

Right now I do :Ex and then go to the next file.

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  • Your question looks similar to please check this link - stackoverflow.com/questions/1708623/… Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 6:27
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    Open all files: vim *. Then, use :n to go to the next file, and :N to go to the previous file. Commented Mar 30, 2021 at 14:45

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Can I install it using Bundle?
@IonicăBizău: The GitHub repo for my plugin is github.com/vim-scripts/EditSimilar
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You can load all the files:

:args *

Then use :bn and :bp to switch.

EDIT: Okay, macro time... use these mappings:

nmap <leader>[ :Ex<CR>k<CR>
nmap <leader>] :Ex<CR>j<CR>

Note that this kind of depends on <CR> mapping from netrw, so you can't use nnoremap.

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I only have one opened file for edit at the time. Having a lot of files loaded it not the best thing in my case.
Unless you're doing :bd after each file, I assure you that is not true. :) But yeah, if you have too many files, that's probably not the best idea.
Well, I meant that I want to only have one opened buffer at the time. :-) So, is there any workaround? Maybe a macro?
Can you explain that's the meaning of <leader>? Actually, I know that the default is ``, but how can I find what its value in my case? Also, what keys am I supposed to press to go to next/previous file?
<leader> is a key that is commonly used to prefix custom keybindings. See here for more info. If you haven't changed your mapleader, with these keybindings, two keys: \[ for previous and \] for next. But there is nothing stopping you from changing those bindings to whatever you want.
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You can try this mapping:

nnoremap <key> :setlocal bufhidden=wipe<CR>:edit<Space>

Action shot (the mapping is less polished but it does the same thing):

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+1, but I only need simple shortcuts for doing that.
Which is exactly what I gave to you.
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I think the straight forward way to go about this is to put all files that you will need while working on your project in a buffer and move to the next or the previous buffer as you see fit. For example: if you need three files at this time in your project:

file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt

Put all three files in the vim buffer with the following command:

vim file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

And open each buffer as you need with :bn to get the next buffer and :bp to get the previous buffer

:bn
:bp

(Optional) You can also open a new file in a buffer while you are editing a file in vim. The command is:

:e <name of the new file>

And then you can use :bn or :bp to get to the next or previous buffer

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