Thanks, I didn't about the terminal emulator! Now that I launched it via vsplit and :set modifiable - how can I switch back to the second buffer?
:tnoremap <Esc> <C-\><C-n>
:tnoremap <A-h> <C-\><C-n><C-w>h
:tnoremap <A-j> <C-\><C-n><C-w>j
:tnoremap <A-k> <C-\><C-n><C-w>k
:tnoremap <A-l> <C-\><C-n><C-w>l