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

Question

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

User · Answer

You can do so from within vim and use 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 when using tab pages use gt or gT (next tab and previous tab, respectively).

See also Using tab pages on the vim wiki.

User · Answer

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      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

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

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    lt cr gt

User · Answer

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

User · Answer

I use this subtle alias   alias vim  gnome-terminal -- vim    -x is deprecated now  We need to use -- instead

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