How to map (alias?) a command in vim

Question

Lets say, hypothetically, that I always forget the command :vsplit, and always think it’s :vdivide.

Is there a way to map (I’m not sure if that’d be the right thing to call it, since it’s a command) one to the other?

Seems very similar to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7513380/vim-change-x-function-to-delete-buffer-instead-of-save-quit — Peter Rincker, Apr 15 '13 at 18:40
Pretty much, yes. Like the poster there, I had no idea how to correctly define what I was trying to do, hence the difficulty searching for it. — user137369, Apr 15 '13 at 22:48

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '13 at 18:04

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User defined command can only start with an uppercase letter, so you can only add :Vdivide but not :vdivide.

Add in your .vimrc

 command Vdivide vsplit

answered Apr 15 '13 at 18:04

Xavier T.

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '13 at 15:18

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To get around the limitation that user-defined commands must start with an uppercase letter, I recommend the cmdalias.vim - Create aliases for Vim commands plugin. With it, you can do:

:Alias vdivide vsplit

answered Apr 16 '13 at 15:18

Ingo Karkat

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