Vim Tricks

Vim tricks are added here in order of need. A trick not often referenced should be at the bottom.

:tabnew - open a new empty buffer
:edit <filename> - open in a new buffer
:buffers, :ls - show open buffers
:buffer 1, :bu 1 - go to buffer 1
:buffer <substring> - go to buffer that matches substring (press tab to complete)
:bd 1 - close buffer
:w - write buffer