Shortcut for tabn & tabp in vim/vi

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When I open several files using vim+tabf, switching across the files will involve using tabp & tabn.

Can I have a quicker way to do so?

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In vim you can replace any command with a shortcut key sequence. For tabp and tabp you might want to use ctrl-k and ctrl-j. To create that mapping you would add the following to your .vimrc:

nmap <C-k> :tabn<cr>
nmap <C-j> :tabp<cr>

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I got all the pieces together to do the trick. The best way is to create a custom mapping for all the commands:

 map <F8> :let mycurf=expand("<cfile>")<cr><c-w> w :execute("e ".mycurf)<cr><c-w>p

Explanation:

map <F8> maps on "F8" the commands that follow
let mycurf=expand("<cfile>") gets the filename under the cursor and saves it in mycurf
<c-w>w changes the focus to the next open split window
execute("e ".mycurf) opens the file saved in mycurf
finally <c-w>p changes the focus to the previous window (where we actually came from)

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