GitHub - Shougo/vimfiler.vim: 📁 Powerful file explorer implemented by Vim script (original) (raw)

A powerful file explorer implemented in Vim script

Note: Active development on vimfiler.vim has stopped. The only future changes will be bug fixes.

Please see ddu.vim andddu-ui-filer.

Introduction

vimfiler is a powerful file explorer ("filer") written in Vim script.

Usage

To start vimfiler, run this command:

If you set g:vimfiler_as_default_explorer to 1, vimfiler will be used as the default explorer (instead of netrw.)

:let g:vimfiler_as_default_explorer = 1

vimfiler depends on unite.vim.

Please install unite.vim 3.0 or later before you install vimfiler.

Screenshots

Common operations

Explorer feature (similar to NERDTree)

Dark theme

What are some of the advantages vimfiler offers compared to other file explorers?

• Integration with unite
• Integration with vimshell
• External sources (for example, unite-ssh)
• vimfiler is highly customizable.
• Many options (see |vimfiler-options|)
• Column customization
• Support for more than one screen