If your main use of Ex is to find a file to open, there are more direct ways to do so. I don't recall all the options I have set, but I can type ":find " (with space) and hit tab to see the list of files in the present directory. If I know there is an 'o' in the file's name, I can type ":find *o*" and hit tab to see all files (in some search path that includes the present directory) with 'o' in their name; etc. Sorry I can't give you the specific details to set things up this way.
--Suresh -----Original Message----- From: Nick Lo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:13 PM To: vim@vim.org Subject: Re: File browsing in Vim Thanks Matt, I did have the feeling that I could bend Vim to my old ways, but this revelation was more about realising that I wasn't using features that make Vim different from other editors. I like the fact that it's now simpler both in terms of visual clutter and use. Also, after playing with the new tabs I found a bug where the 4 window split would disappear if I opened a few tabs and came back to the 4 windowed one. This was in fact the point where I asked ...well do I actually NEED the static file browser. Cheers, Nick > Nick, > > The article is good and illustrates a good point. However, I would > like > to point out that what you were origionally trying to do is very > possible. > > The simplest way (and there are probably others) is to make a simple > mapping that does all the stuff you describe (jump to the correct > window, jump back to the file explorer pane, and then hit "P"). You > could bind something like Alt-p (<m-p>) to do all that. This way you > would never have to worry about the file being opened in the wrong > window, because it's your own logic that decides the target window. > > --Matt > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 11:17:20AM +1000, Nick Lo wrote: >> After spending a frustrating evening that stretched into the night, I >> had one of those moments of revelation that I have a feeling all Vim >> users get now and again. >> >> In this case it was breaking from my previous text editor way of >> thinking to suddenly "get" the vim way of file browsing. Hardened Vim >> users will not see it as anything new as it's really about the >> using :Ex while editing rather than assigning specific windows the >> role of file browser. >> >> Anyway, since it really needed an image or two, I wrote it up here... >> >> http://www.ingredients.com.au/nick/2006/06/21/file-browsing-in-vim/ >> >> I hope that it will help others in the same boat. >> >> Comments welcome, >> >> Nick > >
