Comments on: File browsing in Vim

By: Izkata

Izkata — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:38:40 +0000

Better yet:

:help netrw-dir

Here's a list of all the commands that work with the file browser, including: o Open file with a horizontal split v Open file with a vertical split c Make browsing directory the current directory - go up a directory

..and many more!

By: Izkata

Izkata — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:28:49 +0000

Here's something I just found by accident:

After using :Ex to get into the file browser, if you select a file and just hit v, vim will split the current view vertically and open the file.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:03:23 +0000

thanks for the Vim tip. I too spent ages (actually about three years) tryuing to recreate file browsing from a folder tree in Vim. The thing is I didn't want a solution that required a complex set of instrucitons in the .vimrc file. You're right the answer is - just use :Ex where ever you go.

PS love the rounded corners!

By: Campbell

Campbell — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:46:28 +0000

About that “odd refresh” — see :help g:netrw_fastbrowse you probably should have it set to 1 or 2.

By: Jerri

Jerri — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:23:59 +0000

Thanks for this little article. I never even knew about :Ex. Funny. I learn something new about vim every day. How deep is this rabbit hole? :)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:44:01 +0000

I was as frustrated as you and found a couple of other useful ex-commands. Vexp, Hexp, and Sexp.

I came from an emacs background and liked being able to mark multiple files while browsing a directory and rename, copy or execute any other command on them. If the same functionality is here in vim I haven't found it yet.