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so I've recently learned about sudoedit and how I can edit a file more safely than the standard "sudo vim".

the problem is now, when I'm in vim and "vsplit" or "tabnew" I open it as my user account (no root privileges)

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  • The sudo in sudoedit filename only works for filename; the whole point of sudoedit being to allow you to edit protected files from your regular account. Commented Dec 4, 2015 at 6:17

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sudoedit launches a separate instance of Vim, because it has to manage the lifecycle of the editing session; i.e. write back the edited temporary file with root priviledges. It cannot achieve that from a running Vim session.

However, there are plugins that achieve sudoedit-like functionality, for example the aptly named SudoEdit.

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Eunuch is another good plugin for this
The SudoEdit plugin should allow to use :vsp sudo:///filename. (I don't use this functionality and just kept it for backwards compatibility)
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Maybe you just want a option to save file as sudo.

You can find mapings for write file as sudo or use tpope enuch plugin.

You will get :SudoWrite and :SudoEdit commands and couple more.

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pretty much what I needed, thanks for pointing me in the right direction

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