[yramagicman]

Also, did you know that Ctrl-w | maximizes the a window horizontally? So if you have splits open above and beside you ctlr-w _ ctrl-w | will maximize your current split.

immediately maps this to ctrl-w m

[ta0967]

yes i did, having read the manual. :) there's also `:on[ly]` (i have `set hidden` in my .vimrc)