How to open a new file in vim in a new window

unix vim

Is there a way to open vim in a new shell window or tab? I'm used to doing $ mate file, which opens the file in a new window.

I prefer having one 'central shell' where I issue commands and edit files in other windows or tabs, as necessary. How do people normally open vim files locally?

You can use ranger, or other terminal-based file managers and open several tabs. Inside the tabs, you can access directly to open files in vim.

xavdid

from inside vim, use one of the following

open a new window below the current one:

:new filename.ext

open a new window beside the current one:

:vert new filename.ext

@anu, you can use v, ctrl+v, or V to mark your text on the old file, y to yank it to the "clipboard", and p or P to paste it...

:vert new filename.txt could be shortened to :vnew filename.txt

...or :vsp filename.txt would also open it in a new split.

To switch between the two windows once you've got them is Control + W x2. That's Control + Shift + w (tap w twice with Control and Shift held down).

@DanielPorteous On my Windows 10 PC, Ctrl + wx2 is enough, no Shift is needed.

Eliran Malka

You can do so from within vim, using its own windows or tabs.

One way to go is to utilize the built-in file explorer; activate it via :Explore, or :Texplore for a tabbed interface (which I find most comfortable).

:Texplore (and :Sexplore) will also guard you from accidentally exiting the current buffer (editor) on :q once you're inside the explorer.

To toggle between open tabs, use gt or gT (next tab and previous tab, respectively).

See also Using tab pages on the vim wiki.

srinivasu u

I use this subtle alias:

alias vim='gnome-terminal -- vim'

-x is deprecated now. We need to use -- instead

I use the following code (based on this answer) in my startup script to allow me to continue using the same terminal window once I open a gnome-terminal with vim. This adds a '&' character to the end of the call to run gnome in the background and suppresses output. "vim_run () { gnome-terminal -- vim $1 &> /dev/null & } alias vim=vim_run"

aegis

If you don't mind using gVim, you can launch a single instance, so that when a new file is opened with it it's automatically opened in a new tab in the currently running instance.

to do this you can write: gVim --remote-tab-silent file

You could always make an alias to this command so that you don't have to type so many words. For example I use linux and bash and in my ~/.bashrc file I have:

alias g='gvim --remote-tab-silent'

so instead of doing $ mate file I do: $ g file

Question asks how to do this in vim. See related answer and associated downvotes above.

Chris Stryczynski

I'm using the following, though it's hardcoded for gnome-terminal. It also changes the CWD and buffer for vim to be the same as your current buffer and it's directory.

:silent execute '!gnome-terminal -- zsh -i -c "cd ' shellescape(expand("%:h")) '; vim' shellescape(expand("%:p")) '; zsh -i"' <cr>

jahroy

Check out gVim. You can launch that in its own window.

gVim makes it really easy to manage multiple open buffers graphically.

You can also do the usual :e to open a new file, CTRL+^ to toggle between buffers, etc...

Another cool feature lets you open a popup window that lists all the buffers you've worked on.

This allows you to switch between open buffers with a single click.

To do this, click on the Buffers menu at the top and click the dotted line with the scissors.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/sckza.png

Otherwise you can just open a new tab from your terminal session and launch vi from there.

You can usually open a new tab from terminal with CTRL+T or CTRL+ALT+T

Once vi is launched, it's easy to open new files and switch between them.

Downvote because the subsequent answer is the way to do this in vim, which was what I was looking for. While handy (and obviously good enough for the asker), gVim is not the same, and many people who find this answer when searching for "how to open a new window in vim" will be looking for the more popular answer.

Perhaps the question title/text should be clarified, then; it doesn't mention gvim or graphical windows, and "window" is a term of art within the context of vim specifically, as is "tab": vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/windows.html The "from inside vim" answer is a way to open a new "vim window"; a user who finds this page, having searched "how to open a new vim window", should see that answer.

+1, obviously this is the correct answer to the OPs question and what he was asking. Whether it's correct for what subsequent readers need is not a reason to downvote.

I think original question was ambigious, but it is true that this answer is a little inflexible.

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