How can I swap positions of two open files (in splits) in vim?
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Starting with this:
____________________ | one | two | | | | | |______| | | three| | | | |___________|______|
Make 'three' the active window, then issue the command ctrl-w J. This moves the current window to fill the bottom of the screen, leaving you with:
____________________ | one | two | | | | |___________|______| | three | | | |__________________|
Now make either 'one' or 'two' the active window, then issue the command ctrl-w r. This 'rotates' the windows in the current row, leaving you with:
____________________ | two | one | | | | |___________|______| | three | | | |__________________|
Now make 'two' the active window, and issue the command ctrl-w H. This moves the current window to fill the left of the screen, leaving you with:
____________________ | two | one | | | | | |______| | | three| | | | |___________|______|
As you can see, the manouevre is a bit of a shuffle. With 3 windows, it's a bit like one of those 'tile game' puzzles. I don't recommand trying this if you have 4 or more windows - you'd be better off closing them then opening them again in the desired positions.
I made a screencast demonstrating how to work with split windows in Vim.