Diff Commands, Window Splitting, and Tab Pages in Vim

putting the text of the current window in the other window. "dp" stands for "diff put". You can also do it the other way around. Move the cursor to the right window, to the line where "changed" was inserted. Now type this command: > do The change will now be removed by getting the text from the other window. Since there are no changes left now, Vim puts all text in a closed fold. "do" stands for "diff obtain". "dg" would have been better, but that already has a different meaning ("dgg" deletes from the cursor until the first line). For details about diff mode, see |diff-mode|. ============================================================================== *08.8* Various The 'laststatus' option can be used to specify when the last window has a statusline: 0 never 1 only when there are split windows (the default) 2 always 3 have a global statusline at the bottom instead of one for each window Many commands that edit another file have a variant that splits the window. For Command-line commands this is done by prepending an "s". For example: ":tag" jumps to a tag, ":stag" splits the window and jumps to a tag. For Normal mode commands a CTRL-W is prepended. CTRL-^ jumps to the alternate file, CTRL-W CTRL-^ splits the window and edits the alternate file. The 'splitbelow' option can be set to make a new window appear below the current window. The 'splitright' option can be set to make a vertically split window appear right of the current window. When splitting a window you can prepend a modifier command to tell where the window is to appear: :leftabove {cmd} left or above the current window :aboveleft {cmd} idem :rightbelow {cmd} right or below the current window :belowright {cmd} idem :topleft {cmd} at the top or left of the Vim window :botright {cmd} at the bottom or right of the Vim window ============================================================================== *08.9* Tab pages You will have noticed that windows never overlap. That means you quickly run out of screen space. The solution for this is called Tab pages. Assume you are editing "thisfile". To create a new tab page use this command: > :tabedit thatfile This will edit the file "thatfile" in a window that occupies the whole Vim window. And you will notice a bar at the top with the two file names: > +----------------------------------+

This section explains the `dp` (diff put) and `do` (diff obtain) commands for moving text between diff windows to resolve differences. It further discusses the `laststatus` option, controlling the status line, and the use of commands with 's' or CTRL-W prefixes to split windows when editing other files. The `splitbelow` and `splitright` options are covered for window placement, along with modifier commands like `:leftabove`, `:rightbelow`, `:topleft`, and `:botright`. Finally, the introduction of tab pages via the `:tabedit` command is presented as a solution for managing screen space when working with multiple files.