Installing Vim

Utilize the following commands to install Vim on different Linux distributions.

For Debian based distributions

sudo apt install vim

For Arch based distributions

sudo pacman -Sy vim

For RPM based distributions

sudo yum install vim

Now vim will be installed, to check whether the installation was successful use the following command.

vim

Splitting Vim Screen Horizontally and Vertically in Linux

Vim, short for “Vi IMproved,” is an open-source text editor which is considered to be one of the most powerful and popular text editors for Linux. Vim is a powerful and highly configurable text editor which is known for its extensive feature set. It is available for free download and use across various platforms, including MacOS, Linux, and Windows. In this article we will see how to split the vim editor screen horizontally and vertically.

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Splitting the editor screen horizontally

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Splitting the editor screen Vertically.

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Changing the width and height of the Workspace

The height and width of each individual splits can be increased or decreased as per our requirements. Let is consider the following workspace as an example and try to modify the height and width of the splits....

Conclusion

In this article, we illustrated how to create horizontal or vertical splits within an active Vim workspace, and also gained insights on resizing split windows, closing active splits, and efficiently navigating between open windows....

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