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vim/rotate-the-orientation-of-split-windows.md

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+# Rotate The Orientation Of Split Windows
+
+Let's say you have a vim session going with a single window/buffer open. If you
+were to then open another file with the split command (e.g. `:sp README.md`),
+then you'd have a horizontal split. With one file above and one file below.
+
+You can rotate the orientation of the split to be a vertical split with one
+file on the left and another on the right. You can do this with a _Window
+Command_—`Ctrl-W H` (that's `ctrl-w` and then capital `H`).
+
+If you want to go the other direction—from a vertical split to a horizontal
+split—you can use `Ctrl-W J` (that's `ctrl-w` and then capital `J`).
+
+This trick only works when there is a split between two windows. When
+additional splits are involved, it will rotate the focused window to that
+orientation and leave the others stacked in their current orientation.
+
+See `:h CTRL-W` for more details on these and other Window Commands.