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I often have several files open in vim, each in a different tab. I have to remember which tab has which file open. Is there a way to show this in the tab titles?

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vim supports tabs (both in the GUI and on the command line), so you do not need to use tabs from gnome-terminal. See :help tabpage. –  Benjamin Bannier Jul 3 '10 at 23:26
@honk: Thanks, that's pretty neat! I think I'm going to stick with gnome-terminal tabs, so that I can use alt + [tab number] to switch between them. Or is there a way to do this in vim, too? –  Matthew Jul 4 '10 at 1:00
CTRL-PgUp/gt and CTRL-PgDown/gT for switching to next/previous tab, and also e.g. 2gt to go to tab 2. Not sure if the CTRL part is default or depends on the terminal setup. –  Benjamin Bannier Jul 4 '10 at 2:12
@honk: gnome-terminal steals CTRL-PgUp/PgDown when multiple terminal tabs are open (it works when vim is the only one). 2gt works, but neither option is as convenient for ant + [tab number] anyway. Thanks for the tip, though, I'll remember it if I'm ever stuck using a terminal without tabs. –  Matthew Jul 4 '10 at 18:31

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From vim.wikia.com:

Add this to your .vimrc:

let &titlestring = hostname() . "[vim(" . expand("%:t") . ")]"
if &term == "screen"
  set t_ts=^[k
  set t_fs=^[\
  set title
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:set title is enough for gnome-terminal. –  Benjamin Bannier Jul 3 '10 at 23:25
For anyone curious: To make the title just the filename, change the first line to let &titlestring = expand("%:t"). –  Matthew Jul 4 '10 at 23:45

More simple way for gnome-terminal, write below in your vimrc :

set title
autocmd BufRead * let &titlestring = expand("%:p")

show only filepath in title

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