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# Use Active Window With BufExplorer
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I often use [BufExplorer](https://github.com/jlanzarotta/bufexplorer) within
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long-running Vim sessions as a way of quickly jumping between the various
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buffers in my buffer list. After working with one buffer, I use `<leader>bs`
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to open BufExplorer, move my cursor to the next buffer of interest, and hit
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enter to open it in place of the current buffer. This is the default
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behavior at least.
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With this setting toggled on, BufExplorer will open buffers in the _active
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window_. The _active window_ is the window that was active before
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BufExplorer was opened. If this setting is toggled off, BufExplorer doesn't
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bother finding the active window, it just opens the buffer up in place of
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itself in whatever split window was created for itself.
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This setting can be toggled within the BufExplorer window by hitting `f`. It
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will toggle between `Locate Buffer` and `Don't Locate Buffer`. I prefer the
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default of `Locate Buffer`.
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h/t Vidal Ekechukwu
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