vim-terminal is a Vim plugin which allows you to run interactive programs, such as bash on Linux or powershell.exe on Windows, inside a Vim buffer. In other words, it is a terminal emulator which uses a Vim buffer to display the program output.

vim-terminal

Usage

Type :Terminal to run your command in vim, for example:

:Terminal bash
:Terminal mysql -h localhost -u joe -p sock_collection
:Terminal Powershell.exe
:Terminal C:\Python27\python.exe

To open Terminal in a new horizontal or vertical buffer use:

:TerminalSplit <command>
:TerminalVSplit <command>
:TerminalTab <command>

All text typed in insert mode will be sent to your shell. Use the key to send a visual selection from any buffer to the shell.

For more help type :help Terminal

Requirements

Linux

Vim or GVim 7.0+ with +python and/or +python3
Python 2.3+ and/or 3.x

WINDOWS

GVim 7.3 (the official installer from this site)
Python 2.7 and/or 3.1

Installation

apt-vim install -y https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal.git

Note

vim-terminal was inspired by Conque