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There must be a way, something like this:
vim -[option] <file-list>
to open files from command prompt and not from within Vim.
- split windows vertically or/and horizontally
- in separate tabs
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There must be a way, something like this:
vim -[option] <file-list>
to open files from command prompt and not from within Vim.
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I'm assuming you mean from the command line. From vim --help
:
-o[N] Open N windows (default: one for each file)
-O[N] Like -o but split vertically
So type this to open files split horizontally, for example:
vim -o file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt
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Ctrl+W, S (upper case) for horizontal splitting
Ctrl+W, v (lower case) for vertical splitting
Ctrl+W, Q to close one
Ctrl+W, Ctrl+W to switch between windows
Ctrl+W, J (xor K, H, L) to switch to adjacent window (intuitively up, down, left, right)
4:q
also closes window – Alexandre Bourlier – 2014-12-29T16:52:50.930
1Ctrl+w to switch windows doesn't seem to work on mac terminal. Ctrl+w,w does though – slashdottir – 2015-06-26T21:23:47.307
@slashdottir Ctrl+w
works on Mac terminal too! I'm on Yosemite.
ZZ
also closes a focused window. – Majid – 2015-08-13T20:45:12.740
should be Ctrl + W
, v
<= lower case – zx1986 – 2015-09-30T07:09:30.387
swapped order of down and up for Ctrl + W
J
(down) and Ctrl + W
K
(up) – pseyfert – 2016-11-30T17:02:17.807
For horizontal splitting, it doesn't need to be capital S. – shampoo – 2017-04-05T04:04:05.187
Thanks this helped me figure out how to move backwards, Ctrl + w
left arrow
. I always use ctrl + ww
to cycle forward. If your on the bottom and need to access a file on the top quickly, and don't want to go forward, you need to move up first with ctrl + w
up arrow
before moving left(or right). Thanks. – Brian Thomas – 2017-05-11T20:09:02.340
@EricLeschinski I can't get that to work. What's a screen? – None – 2017-11-30T13:17:24.477
@DrEval strictly speaking, we're talking about Vim splits, which are views into buffers. Here's a couple resources to get you started, 1) https://www.sourceallies.com/2009/11/vim-splits-an-introduction/, 2) https://robots.thoughtbot.com/vim-splits-move-faster-and-more-naturally
– Atav32 – 2018-05-07T23:37:21.700@Atav32 I know about splits. I was asking about screens to force the issue because that term is not used in the context of splits, tabs, views, windows, buffers... there are enough terms without inventing new ones. – None – 2018-05-08T08:43:35.993
@DrEval I generally assume people asking questions on SO are asking in good faith – Atav32 – 2018-05-08T20:58:22.367
@Atav32 I was responding to a comment, not a question, and this is Superuser, not stack overflow. The comment used the wrong term and I asked a simple question in response in an attempt to politely point this out as you can't moderate comments and it's not wrong enough to warrant a flag. Plus it didn't work anyway, no matter what you call it. – None – 2018-05-09T08:12:06.200
11To switch screens, Press Ctrl-w
and then up arrow
or down arrow
to switch screens. – Eric Leschinski – 2012-10-17T01:20:58.260
7@EricLeschinski, I prefer ctrl+w
ctrl+w
to cycle through windows as arrow keys feel a little anti-vi – Lucas – 2013-01-27T20:39:05.817
7Ah but you can use regular vim movements, e.g. ctrl+w j
to jump to the buffer below the current one. – mitjak – 2013-10-04T21:00:45.490
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While running vim:
:sp filename
for a horizontal split:vsp filename
or :vs filename
for a vertical split:vsplit filename
is the same as :vsp filename
and :vs filename
, but perhaps a tiny bit easier to remember for some people – b_dev – 2016-09-13T17:14:59.497
64This doesn't answer the question raised...but it SURE helped me out :D Thanks! – Abel – 2011-03-24T18:45:03.060
1Many thanks for it. It's exactly what I need it! – mapcuk – 2012-03-16T08:43:33.403
7thanks, just what I was looking for. I also :set splitright
– zack – 2012-08-07T23:44:16.093
4ctrl-ww for switching between splits – Nerrve – 2014-02-17T09:29:34.020
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another interested trick is the CLI -p argument - which opens them in separate tabs for recent versions of vim and gvim.
gvim -p file1.txt file2.txt
1
Another useful trick that I just found out, is that you can use wildcards in the filelist to open multiple files. Say you want to open file1.txt, file2.txt, and file3.txt all in separate tabs but don't feel like typing that all out you can just do:
vim -p file*
I frequently find myself needing to open a lot of files with a similar prefix, and this has been quite helpful
12That does not have to do with Vim itself but with the shell you are using. It is the shell that expands globs. – Kazark – 2012-08-24T19:16:13.330
@Cascabel
– user3338098 – 2018-07-24T17:21:25.787-whatever[N]
means thatN
is optional and can be omitted, I believe it derives from standard ebnf syntax@user3338098 I think there may have been a deleted comment here; Laurence's "Indeed..." comment implies that it was causing problems when omitted. – Cascabel – 2018-07-24T17:32:07.740
@Cascabel
-o without N works as documented.
so omitting N solved the problem. I suspect they were literally doing something likevim -o[2] file1 file2
which is invalid syntax. – user3338098 – 2018-07-27T17:11:01.85714Really? I've never had to provide an N. – Cascabel – 2009-10-05T20:03:13.463
3Indeed, it seems to be something in my .vimrc causing the trouble. If I move it aside, -o without N works as documented. – Laurence Gonsalves – 2009-10-06T03:35:07.210
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-o
is like:split
,-O
is like:vsplit
– Evgeni Sergeev – 2014-01-21T10:06:24.960