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I can list buffers with :ls and see their load state. I can load all the buffers using :bufdo e and a specific buffer using a range, for instance to load only buffer 2 :2bufdo e, however this makes buffer 2 the current file, that is I can now see it. Is there a command I can use to ensure a buffer is loaded but not make it current?

For a bit of background see vim-orgmode issue

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  • Welcome to Vi and Vim! Can you explain why you need a buffer to be loaded? Whenever you need access to the buffer, Vim would load it at that point anyways... I can't really see why one would need to preload a buffer... Can you expand on that? It's easier to switch to a buffer with :b 2, why not just do that? Can you use :e # to switch back to the file you were editing after loading buffer 2?
    – filbranden
    Commented Aug 29, 2020 at 17:20
  • Also, in the vim-orgmode issue, you mention args and :argdo, so is this actually about args that haven't been loaded into buffers yet? Or do you really see them in :ls output, but without the flag showing it's loaded?
    – filbranden
    Commented Aug 29, 2020 at 17:27

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You want bufload() and maybe bufadd().

Usage example:

call bufadd('someName')->bufload()

The patch 8.1.1610 is required.

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