In the spirit of editing text at the speed of thought.
The mappings presented are shortcuts to traverse the buffer list (first, last, previous, next). This works well for a few files, but when the list grows larger, one has to either issue the next command repeatedly (similar to jjjjjjjjjjjjjj/kkkkkkkk
for scrolling lines) or revert back to (slowly) typing :ls<CR>
and :b N
/ :b {bufname}
.
A single mapping that is often suggested is nnoremap <leader>b :ls<CR>:b<space>
which quickly prints the buffer list and prompts for a buffer number or name. In combination with the already presented <C-^>
toggle, one can really fly through the buffers.