How to show cursor in the middle of the window despite being at the end of the file?

Question

I am editing at the bottom of a file, but I want the line I'm editing to appear in the middle of the screen. Is this possible without adding a bunch of spurious newlines at the end of the file?

Answer 1

Of course. Just use zz to move current line to the middle of your vim window.

Additionally you can use ctrl-e and ctrl-y to scroll-up and down.