Split windows and the project drawer go together like oil and vinegar. I don't mean to say that you can combine them to create a delicious salad dressing. I mean that they don't mix well!
- Drew Neil
You know what netrw is, right? The built in directory browser? Well, vinegar.vim enhances netrw, partially in an attempt to mitigate the need for more disruptive "project drawer" style plugins.
Some of the behaviors added by vinegar.vim would make excellent upstream additions. Many, the author would probably reject. Others are a bit too wild to even consider.
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in any buffer to hop up to the directory listing and seek to the
file you just came from. Keep bouncing to go up, up, up. Having rapid
directory access available changes everything.I
to toggle until you adapt.'suffixes'
.'wildignore'
.let g:netrw_list_hide = '\(^\|\s\s\)\zs\.\S\+'
in your vimrc, vinegar will initialize with dot files hidden.
Press gh
to toggle dot file hiding..
on a file to pre-populate it at the end of a :
command line.
This is great, for example, to quickly initiate a :grep
of the file or
directory under the cursor. Type .!chmod +x
and
get :!chmod +x path/to/file
.y.
to yank an absolute path for the file under the cursor.~
to go home.CTRL-^
(CTRL-6
) for switching back to the previous
buffer from the netrw buffer.Install using your favourite package manager, or use Vim's built-in package support:
mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
cd ~/.vim/pack/tpope/start
git clone https://github.com/tpope/vim-vinegar.git
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Copyright © Tim Pope. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.
See :help license
.