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A reference for splitting windows in VIM
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vim-splits.md 
frame   horizontal up     -->  :topleft     split
frame   horizontal down   -->  :botright    split
frame   vertical   left   -->  :topleft     vsplit
frame   vertical   right  -->  :botright    vsplit
window  horizontal up     -->  :leftabove   split
window  horizontal down   -->  :rightbelow  split
window  vertical   left   -->  :leftabove   vsplit
window  vertical   right  -->  :rightbelow  vsplit

NOTE: In VIM parlance, a "window" is "a viewport on a buffer," so splitting a "window" is splitting just the portion of the screen dedicated to the currently selected file contents. Splitting a "frame," then, is splitting the entire window (in the ordinary sense of the word window).

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