How do I open a blank new file in a split in Vim?

Question

Must be something super obvious, but I can't figure out, and Google is not helping out either.

akira · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-18 13:19:39Z

up vote 12 down vote accepted

:help new
:help vnew

should bring you on course.

you will have a new buffer then, obviously. that buffer becomes a file only if you :w it to the disk.

answered Nov 18 '10 at 13:19

akira
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And :set splitright puts the new split on the right. Awesome, thanks – hakanensari Nov 18 '10 at 13:56

g19fanatic · Answer 2 · 2010-11-22 15:32:01Z

up vote 6 down vote

another way is to do a <CTRL + W> n in normal mode. This will create a new split.

answered Nov 22 '10 at 15:32

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Rolnik · Answer 3 · 2010-11-18 13:44:28Z

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I used the Vim menu under File - Split Open. You will have to give a name for your new blank file though.

answered Nov 18 '10 at 13:44

Rolnik
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	Vim has a menu? – frabjous Nov 18 '10 at 16:23
	gvim or macvim are able to display a menu, yes. what did you expect? :) – akira Nov 18 '10 at 16:26
	It seems that :sp also can work -- for those not using the gvim version. – Rolnik Nov 18 '10 at 18:58

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