How do I prevent Vim from pausing at the --More-- prompt when displaying long command output?

Explanation

When a Vim command produces output that exceeds the terminal height, Vim pauses and displays a -- More -- prompt, requiring you to press a key to continue. Setting nomore disables this pause entirely so all output is shown at once.

How it works

• :set more (the default) enables the pause-at-end-of-screen behavior
• :set nomore disables it, letting output scroll past without interruption
• This affects any command that produces multi-page output: :messages, :reg, :history, :scriptnames, :map, and others

Example

With the default more setting, running :scriptnames on a large config shows:

  1: ~/.vim/vimrc
  2: ~/.vim/bundle/plug.vim
  ...
-- More --

After :set nomore, the full list prints without pausing.

Tips

• Useful in scripts invoked with vim -c where interactive prompts break automation
• Commonly set in ~/.vimrc alongside :redir capture workflows so the full output is redirected without needing manual confirmation
• Restore the default with :set more
• In Neovim, nomore also suppresses the pause in vim.cmd() calls from Lua