Vim tip: Open the last file you closed with :e#

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 05:03:49 -0800

I can’t believe I didn’t learn this earlier because now I do it all the time:

If you close a file, as I often do with :bd, to open the last file you closed, type e# in command mode:

:e#

The last closed file opens in your current window.

This is great for me because in my editing workflow, I have a story budget from one directory in one window, and I work on stories from a different directory in another. So my working directory is the story directory, and I would have to change it to reopen my budget file, which I often close when moving from one computer to another to do a Google Meet (aka Google Zoom) chat and not be too loud for everybody else in the house. (It’s 2020, and we’re quarantining.)

Permissions are hard

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 19:56:40 -0700

Figuring out file and directory permissions on a server is hard.

You have to balance security with functionality. What are the most restrictive permissions you can set and still have everything work?

Unix on passthejoe

Vim tip: Open the last file you closed with :e#

Permissions are hard