Opening built-in cheat sheet

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Every now and then when I try to quit vim, I incidentally open window with command cheat sheet as in attached picture. How do I do this and how is it called?

If you want, you can use nnoremap q: :q to quit when you accidentally type q: instead of :q. — Martin Tournoij, Aug 11 '15 at 07:59
I like how all the commands in the command line window screenshot are concerned with quitting vim. — Karl Yngve Lervåg, Aug 11 '15 at 10:47

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '15 at 07:18

That's not a cheat sheet; it's a history of the commands you've executed. It allows you to find, edit and repeat commands you've previously executed. There are a couple of ways you can enter it. One is to type Ctrl-F while on the ex command line. Another way is to type q: while in normal mode. You can read more about it here:

:help 20.4
:help 20.5
:help cmdwin

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '15 at 07:18

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This is command history invoked by q:.

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_command-line_history

answered Aug 11 '15 at 07:18

charlee

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Opening built-in cheat sheet

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