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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T23:50:46+00:00 2026-06-04T23:50:46+00:00

In one of the vim config files I have noticed this keyboard mapping map

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In one of the vim config files I have noticed this keyboard mapping
map <C-L> <C-W>l<C-W>_ supposedly for easier moving in tabs and windows. What does that translate to keyboard presses? What is that underscore at the end for?

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    2026-06-04T23:50:48+00:00Added an answer on June 4, 2026 at 11:50 pm

    The command map <C-L> <C-W>l<C-W>_ maps Ctrl-L to Ctrl-W, l, Ctrl-W, _.

    You invoke this binding by just pressing Ctrl-L. To invoke what it binds to you would type Ctrl-W, then l, followed by Ctrl-W again, and finally _ (which on a US keyboard is shift-hyphen). This is two separate bindings, <C-W>l moves the cursor to the window to the right, and <C-W>_ resizes current window to the maximum possible vertical size.

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