:vertical terminal should open a vsplit

[thirtythreeforty]

Currently, running any of the following has the same effect as just running :terminal:

• :vertical terminal
• :split terminal

I'm not sure if this is by design or not, but it's certainly unexpected. It would be great if these would act similarly to other commands that begin with vert, such as :vert help.

As baumy pointed out in #neovim, a decent workaround is :vert sp | term.

[thirtythreeforty]

If someone could please point me at the relevant parts of the code, I might try implementing this myself.

[ZyX-I]

1. :terminal command does not open a new window. Thus vertical terminal behaves exactly as documented. :help command does open a new window, so :vert help works.
2. split terminal should open the window named terminal according to the documentation. It is exactly what it does. Unlike vertical split command is not a modifier.

@justinmk Unless someone is going to decide that terminal should open a new window this issue should be closed because all commands behave as documented and their behaviour is compatible. I also remember seeing some other issues that can be considered duplicate. I think that since this feature is highly requested someone may open a feature request to add :sterminal and :vterminal commands. But this exact request is invalid and inconsistent.

[ZyX-I]

Duplicate of #2315. As :vertical :tab is also a modifier that works when command opens a new window, this is why I mark it as duplicate.

[nackjicholson]

:vs|:te works for me.

[Tervicke]

how can i make this open horizontal?

[mhinz]

For usage questions, see https://neovim.discourse.group.

(The answer is :sp +te or :sp | te or :sp | te cmd arg1 arg2.)

[m-ocean-it]

But how to open a terminal to the right side?
@mhinz @nackjicholson

[mhinz]

For usage questions, see https://neovim.discourse.group.