Modern Vim

Tip 17

Managing Windows That Contain Terminal Buffers

Neovim’s splits and tab pages can display terminal buffers in just the same way that they display regular text buffers. That opens up a new possibility: you can use Neovim as a simple window manager not just for text files, but for any programs that you can run in a terminal.

Open up a simple text file in Neovim:

$ cd code/terminal/
$ nvim readme.md

Now open a new terminal buffer running your shell:

:terminal

Notice that the :terminal command takes over the current window, and the buffer containing readme.md is hidden. This is similar to how the :edit {file} command works. ...