April 21st, 2026

Using terminals in Neovim

:term switches to terminal mode that runs a terminal in the current buffer.

Press i to enter insert mode and type into the terminal.

:new | term opens a terminal in a new horizontal pane.

:vnew | term opens a terminal in a new vertical pane.

:tabnew | term opens a terminal in a new tab.

Type C-\ C-n to leave terminal mode and re-enter normal mode.

Adding a keymap to make escaping terminal mode easier

vim.keymap.set("t", "<esc><esc>", "<C-\\><C-n>")

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