Hiding vim command-line when it's not being used?

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Is there any way to hide the vim command-line (ideally, automatically) when it's not being used? On small screens it takes up one valuable line. I'm thinking it would be 'normally' hidden, and appear when :, /, etc. are typed.

Andrew Ferrier

Posted 2013-07-14T21:34:22.417

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No, that is not possible. The command line is always present and there's no way to hide it without changing vim's sources. It's not only used if you type : or / but also for status messages (try ctrl-g, for instance).

Marco

Posted 2013-07-14T21:34:22.417

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This is some truly abominable UI design. Neovim has an as-of-now active issue for this feature request.

– iono – 2019-07-26T04:39:11.773

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...and here's the PR which fixes it (needs a C writer to fix/finish it)

– iono – 2019-07-26T04:52:56.760

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