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    Create New Files in Vim
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Create New Files in Vim

Michael Chan
InstructorMichael Chan
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Published 5 years ago
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Create new files in Vim by creating a new buffer and writing it to disk.

The :new command is used — in normal mode — to create new buffers in horizontal splits. As an alternative, :vnew can be used create new buffers in vertical splits.

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