Opening a vertical terminal in Vim 8.1 Vim 8.1 added the `:terminal` command, which opens up a new bash terminal as a split. However, it always seems to be a horizontal split, and I prefer vertical splits. Is there a way to open a terminal as a vertical split without using: :vsp :terminal <c-w>j :q Alternatively, is there a way I could add it as a command in my _.vimrc_ , like so: `command Vterm :vsp | :terminal | <c-w>j | :q` The command above chokes on trying to execute `<c-w>j`, opens a new vim split with the following: > executing job failed: No such file or directory Just having: `command Vterm :vsp | :terminal` Works fine, but leaves the original split.

You can use the [`:vert[ical]`]( command modifier:


:vert term


`:vertical` works with any command that splits a window, for example:


:vert copen
:vert help vert