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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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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2Thanks. I must have typed q: instead of :q – Maciej Goszczycki Apr 19 '13 at 18:09