Mastodawn

In #tmux, a "horizontal split" pane window places the panes side-by-side via "Ctrl+b %" or ":split-window -h".

In #Vim, it's a "vertical split" by executing either "Ctrl+w Ctrl+v" or ":vsplit".

No wonder I'm always confused.

Is it a horizontal split because the windows/panes or horizontally placed, or a vertical split because there is a vertical line separating the windows/panes?

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Alex

@atoponce In Vim it's a `:vsplit` because the split between the panes is vertical.

I tmux it's a `:split-window -h` because the “new” pane is placed horizontally next to the “old” one.

It took me a solid year of my early nerd career to isolate those notions in my brain.