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Sometime when I execute a vim command, a history like window appears out of nowhere. Anyone knows what it does, what it's called and how to make it appear?
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History. Vim's forerunner, Stevie (ST Editor for VI Enthusiasts), was created by Tim Thompson for the Atari ST in 1987 and further developed by Tony Andrews and G.R. (Fred) Walter. Basing his work on Stevie, Bram Moolenaar began working on Vim for the Amiga computer in 1988, with the first public release (Vim v1.
To search the specific previous command in the command line prompt, use : and your search key. For example; type :p and then press the upper arrow key. It will search the command that starts with p and display those commands for you. You can scroll through the history by using up and down arrow keys.
gg. Jumps to top of file. 1G. Jumps to top of file. 23Gjumps to 23rd line in file.
It is called the command-line window
:h command-line-window
You can bring it via <c-f> while on the prompt or q: in normal mode
:h q:
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