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Opening Files in Vim with Split
In Vim, files can be opened or split
horizontally and vertically to create an additional window or viewport for a given file.
Command Keys
The commands for creating a horizontal split:
:[N]split
[file]
:[N]sp
[file]
where sp
is the short abbreviation for split
.
The commands for creating a vertical split:
:[N]vsplit
[file]
:[N]vs
[file]
where vs
is the short abbreviation for vsplit
and...
[N]
is the height (defaults to half current window).[file]
is the file to open in the new split window (current file used if none given).
Examples
Some examples of using split in Vim:
- :
sp
Split the current window into equal horizontal windows for the current file. - :
10sp
Split the current window creating a new window with height 10 for the current file. - :
sp
index.html
Split the current window into equal horizontal windows and openindex.html
in the new window. - :
vs
main.css
Split the current window into equal vertical windows and openmain.css
in the new window.