How do I use the tab functionality of the VI editor?

Question

I've searched through a few of the "master the vi editor" sites but can't seem to find out how to use the tabbed functionality like I want to. Note: I'm not referring to the tab button or indenting, but the actual tabs for opening multiple files within a single vi command prompt.

Answer 1

Assuming you are actually using vim,

vim -p file1 file2 file3 ... will open tabs for multiple tabs.
vim -p[N] will open N tabs

:tabn and :tabp will move you to the next or previous tab.

Answer 2

Hope this helps:

http://hell.org.ua/Docs/oreilly/unix2/vi/ch05_05.htm