Questions tagged [split]
Questions about splitting current window into multiple viewports.
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Persistently fix the height of a split in vim
So I searched the web far and wide and I can not for the life of me figure out how to do this.
I have the following key binding:
nnoremap <leader>o :below 10sp term://.//$SHELL <cr> :set ...
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Filetype changes when using :split and :Explore
Why does using :split and :Explore cause the filetype to change?
For example, edit a file named text.man, and the filetype is set to man. Change the filetype to txt, then :split and :Explore in the ...
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Intermittently cannot switch from Vim terminal to other panes
I've looked at quite a few other posts and haven't found a similar problem. I've recently begun using WSL and Vim and love it. Most of the time, it works great and I use CTRL-W-h/j/k/l to navigate ...
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:sbr opens buffers with horizontal split, even with switchbuf set to vsplit
I've set switchbuf to vsplit but when I use :sbr, vim uses a horizontal split to open the new buffer. This seems directly contrary to what :help sbr says:
:sbr[ewind] [+cmd]
Split window and go ...
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Method for each split to have its own undo buffer?
Often, I want to edit multiple different parts of the same file simultaneously. This is usually done with a number of splits. Is there a way such that the undo history in each split is separate? E.g., ...
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Neovim 'tab' or 'vert' no longer splits, just creates buffer
When I start a neovim session, my first command is to startup a terminal session within vim. However lately (perhaps due to an OSX update?) any use of vert or tab no longer performs a vertical split, ...
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How to split view all buffers in vim with equal distribution vertical horizontal
How can I split view all buffers in vim with a distribution between vertical and horizontal? Is there a plugin?
I know how to make all buffers appear in either horizontal or vertical splits:
:ball
:...
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How can I overlap windows, use non-rectangular windows, or dock a window in the corner?
I'm working on a text file (my notes/todo document), and I want to have the to-do list part of the document open in one Vim window (to check things off), with another to look at the rest of the ...
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Using fzf inside vim with double star completion
I wonder if it is possible to use fzf inside vim the same way it can be used on the command line. So, on the command line I can do vim file** and it will use fzf to search 'file'. I wonder if this is ...
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No automatic scrolling when opening splits
When using plugins, splits are often created to show something, e.g. a quickfixlist or the taglist. If the split is opened (especially for horizontal splits), the original window is automatically ...
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How to pin a file to a window(/viewport)
When I have multiple files open in multiple splits, when I open a new file via quickfix ( or Ctrl-P ), it sometimes ends up placing the new file in a window that I don't want to be changed.
Is there ...
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How to close splits automatically when changing file or closing VIM?
I am trying to create my own IDE like setup inside of VIM. This is what I have. I am also using Tmux here if you wonder about the bottom terminal screen.
If I change file to another CPP within ...
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:vsp sometimes making one split bigger than other and hiding NERDTree
So most of the time I have my standard layout like this:
And every now and then I want to open a split in the main buffer using :vsp and most of the time that looks like this:
And that is what I ...
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Resizing split panes in vim with {n}Ctrl-W +/- not working as described on MacOS
I am using vim on MacOS.
I have one vertical split down the middle and two panes split horizontally on the left side ( :Vex Ctrl wh :Sex ).
From my understanding nCtrl w +|- should resize the focused ...
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Vim - open wrong path when I run command ':vs .' run in Vim
When I run the :vs . command in Vim for the current working directory window split, the parent directory opens, not the current directory.
Example:
A/B/C$ vi test.c
in Vim:
:vs .
Split window ...
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Is it possible to fix a section of buffer fixed on top even when scrolling?
I need to open 4 different files on my screen to consolidate data on diff file .
I kept forgetting which tile is which file..
All my files has file name on line 1..
Is there way to keep the line 1 ...
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After opening all args with :ba, go back to a single split
Generally when opening more than two or three files in vim, I use a single split, navigating between the files/buffers with :n/:N. Sometimes, however, I want to open all of them in visible splits at ...
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Why does my syntax highlighting disappear after so many splits?
I can successfully run :sp *filename* several times per vim session, but after a seemingly-random number of splits (5-10) all future splits will no longer have syntax highlighting until I fully quit ...
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Put previous jump location in other buffer
I have multiple interesting buffers in my jumplist, but I would like to view two of them side-by-side. How would you do that? That's the general case of this question.
In my particular case, it is ...
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Edit a file in two different terminal windows
It's nice to edit the same file from two different views. I use a vsplit for this, as described here, and it works well.
However, I'd like to have the two views open in different terminal windows, ...
