Lets say, hypothetically, that I always forget the command :vsplit, and always think it’s :vdivide.
Is there a way to map (I’m not sure if that’d be the right thing to call it, since it’s a command) one to the other?
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user137369
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something like "command Vdivide vsplit"? – EHuhtala Apr 15 '13 at 18:03
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2Seems very similar to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7513380/vim-change-x-function-to-delete-buffer-instead-of-save-quit – Peter Rincker Apr 15 '13 at 18:40
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Pretty much, yes. Like the poster there, I had no idea how to correctly define what I was trying to do, hence the difficulty searching for it. – user137369 Apr 15 '13 at 22:48
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User defined command can only start with an uppercase letter, so you can only add :Vdivide but not :vdivide.
Add in your .vimrc
command Vdivide vsplit
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To get around the limitation that user-defined commands must start with an uppercase letter, I recommend the cmdalias.vim - Create aliases for Vim commands plugin. With it, you can do:
:Alias vdivide vsplit
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