Open multiple files in split mode from within Vim (not command-line)

Question

From within an existing Vim session, I am looking for a technique to achieve the equivalent of -o file1 file2 file3. The :sp[lit] command just seems to create a single new split--it doesn't allow for opening multiple splits simultaneously. It seems like this should be possible, but I haven't been able to find a solution.

Answer 1

Try these:

args file1 file2 file3|vert all

or

args file1 file2 file3|all

all rearranges the screen to open one window for each argument. See help for more information.

Note the | is not used like a pipe, in Vim it's the command separator.