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Lorin Hochstein
Lorin Hochstein

Reputation: 59202

Vim: open file in right split

If I'm editing a file in vim, and I want to create a vertical split and open a new file in the right-hand side of the split, is there a way to do that with a single command? If I do:

:vsp filename.txt

Then it opens the file in the left-hand side of the split.

Upvotes: 69

Views: 36993

Answers (4)

fibonacci
fibonacci

Reputation: 2384

Well, we used to 

:vsp filename.txt

to open another window in vim. Then you can use

ctrl+w r

to swap the two window

Upvotes: 24

Cyrille
Cyrille

Reputation: 25144

Use

:botright vnew filename.txt

As seen in http://technotales.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/vim-splits-a-guide-to-doing-exactly-what-you-want/

Upvotes: 11

romainl
romainl

Reputation: 196556

:bo[tright] vs filename

does what you want.

You can add the two lines below to your ~/.vimrc to make that the default behavior:

set splitbelow
set splitright

Upvotes: 45

Amit
Amit

Reputation: 20456

You can set the following to open new split panes to right

:set splitright

Upvotes: 97

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