Tab order in Vim minibufexplorer

Question

Is there any way to change the tab order in Vim minibufexplorer? Or when I opened them once, do they have to stay that way until I will close Vim?

Answer 1

Vim always assign the next sequential number for a new buffer. minibufexplorer shows the buffers in this sequential order. Since you can't reassign new buffer numbers, you have three options:

• Ask fholgado to implement this feature (he has a minibufexplorer fork, and added a lot of good stuff);
• Find another buffer listing plugin that have different sort mechanisms that you like;
• Use tabs instead of buffers, one tab per buffer (understand the caveats of this approach). Using gVim, you can move them as you like, using some shortcuts.