Re: A gf mapping which opens a tab or window?

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, Tim Chase wrote:

> On 2025-01-12 12:45, BPJ wrote:
> > The `gf` mapping opens the file name under the cursor in the same window. I
> > have a file with one (absolute) file path on each line, and would like to
> > be able to open two or more of them in new tabs without closing that file.
> > If I do `gf` and then `:tabe #` I "lose my position" in the file with
> > paths. So is there a mapping or command which opens the filepath under the
> > cursor in a new tab or at least a new window without losing my position in
> > the file with the path, or how could one be created (it probably could,
> > this being Vim, but I can't figure out how...)?
> 
> While I don't use tabs much and can't speak to them, for windows, you can use
> 
>   :help CTRL-W_f

... and for tabpages there is CTRL-W_gf (mentioned just a few lines 
below the above entry :))

Thanks,
Christian
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