Vim — What is the name of "q and colon" mode? ( A. command-line window )

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Vim — What is the name of "q and colon" mode? ( A. command line window )

Or named "command window".

I mean "q and colon" ( q: ).

Not "colon and q" means quit vim ( :q ).

How hard to google this keyword.

• Google "Vim q and colon" (No results)
• Google "Vim q before colon" (No results)
• Google "Vim colon after q" (No results)
• Google "Vim command line q colon" (No results)

In Vim window "Command line" word is displayed.

Finally I found result with "Vim command line q" keyword on Googling.

Document

OPEN						*c_CTRL-F* *q:* *q/* *q?*

There are two ways to open the command-line window:

6. Command-line window				*cmdline-window* *cmdwin*

							*command-line-window*
In the command-line window the command line can be edited just like editing
text in any window.  It is a special kind of window, because you cannot leave
it in a normal way.
{not available when compiled without the |+cmdline_hist| or |+vertsplit|
feature}

Vim documentation: cmdline

Ref

Vim command window

...

q: — Open with a command history from normal mode
q/ — Open with a search history from normal mode (to search forward)
q? — Open with a search history from normal mode (to search backward)
Ctrl+F — Open with a command history from command mode

Vim command window | Arabesque

TODO

My creazy little things called dream is write abount a article named …

"Completely Summarizing : How hard to Googling keywords about Vim"

Links

• Qiita—Japanese
• Medium—imported

Haha. I went through the same problem. Thank you for your gist :)

Second result for Googling "vim q colon". Thanks!

Now it's first with "vim q colon" :-)

vim q: in Google. Thanks :)

thx

Thank you!

Thank you, I was able to find this gist with "vim q colon".

super helpful. have no idea since the past year 😅

From now on, this will be a gathering place for q:

Thank you!

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ thank you!

Very helpful! Thank you!

I'll add these keyword just so Google catches it later:
vim q colon
q colon
q:
neovim q colon
nvim q colon
q colon command history

Thanks for this!
Position #3 in Google searches for vim q: and vim "q:"!
May this gist forever have good SEO.

Keyword time let's go!
vim q colon
q colon
q:
neovim q colon
nvim q colon
q colon command history
q: vim
q: neovim
q: nvim
vim q:
vim "q:"
neovim q:
neovim "q:"

Love this tysm, bumping this to keep good SEO going