Question

I am new to VIM.
It seems like, in order for copy and paste functionality to work between different files, one must open the files in the same VIM instance. Doing this, however, splits the terminal screen into 2. Opening a new file, splits it into 3, etc.

what happens if i have to open, say, 10+ files? how do developers who use VIM deal with this issue?

Answer 1

Open all your txt files in tabs:

$ vim -p *.txt

Use gtgT to switch between tabs.

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Or you can put these key-mappings in your .vimrc:

nmap <C-H> gT
nmap <C-L> gt
nmap <leader>t :tabnew<CR>