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jmargolisvt
jmargolisvt

Reputation: 6088

Vim: how to move the command line to a split

I'm using MacVim, trying to move the bottom/command line buffer to a split. I'd like to have my code on the left, the command line to the right. The command line doesn't seem to behave like a regular split. This would be useful to me because I have a REPL jacked in to Mvim and I'd like to see the output vertically, side-by-side with my code. Any way to move the command line to a split?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 247

Answers (1)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172520

Neither the command-line nor the command-line window can be moved. They will always be located at the bottom, across the entire width.

If you try to issue window-movement commands like <C-w>K, Vim complains with E11: Invalid in command-line window; <CR> executes, CTRL-C quits.

Following :help E11, the following explanation is given:

The command-line window is not a normal window.  It is not possible to move to
another window or edit another buffer.  All commands that would do this are
disabled in the command-line window.  Of course it _is_ possible to execute
any command that you entered in the command-line window.  Other text edits are
discarded when closing the window.

Upvotes: 2

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