Consider the following instance. You are debugging an app with Vim Vdebug. You have opened several other text buffers as well. Also note that we’ve a couple of tabs as well.

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{ s-h | s-j | s-k | s-l }

Still using <C-W> commands to switch buffers? It’s probably time to practise a more efficient way.

I’ve put some text on my .vimrc which allows me to switch buffers 537ns before I think about switching buffers.
* ns = nano seconds = 1x10^(-9)s

I strongly encourage you to put these in your .vimrc and experience The Ultimate Speed of Buffer Switching.

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nmap sh <C-W>h
nmap sj <C-W>j
nmap sk <C-W>k
nmap sl <C-W>l

Lightning Speed Tab Switching

I recommend the following settings for a faster and more intuitive tab swiching experience.

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nnoremap sn :tabp<cr>
nnoremap sm :tabn<cr>

Exercise

Don’t look at the keyboard! Can you find the ’s’ key without looking at the keyboard?

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