I have some folders with date-specific notes, like this:
2022-08-10_stuff.md
2022-08-12_things.md
2022-09-07_whatever.md
2023-01-26_another.md
I would prefer to have the most recent files at the top. Is this possible with NerdTree?
Ideally, files that don't have a date at the start would still be in ascending alphabetical order, if that's possible.
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Due to security, tight control of user rights, and understaffed IT, I have very limited opportunities to upgrade my Cygwin installation. I am using netrw version v149 plugin for vim, which sorts files like so:
20181217.1904+20190101.1954.zip*
20181217.1904+20190102.1731.zip
20181217.1904.zip*
I find this odd, since bash lists the files like so:
20181217.1904.zip*
20181217.1904+20190101.1954.zip*
20181217.1904+20190102.1731.zip
In both cases, the sort is by file name, in ascending order. However, the netrw sort seems to treat the "+" character as preceding ".", while the reverse is true in the bash sort.
I find the latter to be much more useful, and wonder how it is that the plugin is using a different character precedence. Is there a simple and pain-free way to get the second sorting scheme in netrw v.149?
This can be done. Like open say the directory which contains these files in vim. Then:
Use the r key to set Reverse sorting order.
Then press the s key to sort using a particular style : by name, time or file size.
Hope this helps you somehow mate.
EDIT : If you want to persist say the reverse order and the particular style all the time, then add these to your vim config file :
let g:netrw_sort_by="time" "this chooses the style of sorting
let g:netrw_sort_direction="reverse" "this persists reverse sorting
I'm struggling to order considerable amount of miscellaneous options in my .vimrc file.
Somewhere I saw an idea to order the .vimrc file by the order in which options are described in the VIM documentation.
So I wonder, is there any way to do this more or less automatically?
I, too, don't really get what you are after or why you would want it but you can certainly group and sort all your set ... lines together.
First, move your cursor on the first line with:
gg
Then, mark the current line with:
ma
Then, group all your set ... instructions together at the top of the file with:
:g/^set/m0
Then, order them alphabetically with:
:.'a-sort
As for doing it "more or less automatically", pay attention to what you are doing instead.
I just switched from Sublime Text to GVIM (on Windows). I am still debating whether I should continue ST or move completely to VIM. One feature that I desperately need (or miss) are
Ctrl+P to go to any file that I want in my list of folders.
Ctrl+Shift+f to find (and replace) any text in those list of folders.
I had added number of folders using Add Folders to Project feature in Sublime Text 3. It was really helpful. Now, I know that CtrlP plugin for VIM can do similar thing, but I can't figure out how to make it search the folders that I want, and not the root directory of current file.
I played around a bit with setting path in my vimrc file without much success.
Can you please help. If it is a repeated question, please excuse me.
Thanks.
AFAIK, ctrlp plugin only searches within one directory (and its descendants). Use the Unix features: make a directory with links to out-of-project directories you are interested in. This way, the association with out-of-project directories is not just something the editor knows about, but something recorded in the actual project.
Search and replace is a bit stickier thing. You want to work with all the files you are interested in, then repeat the replace command through all of them. For example, if you want to do the search for foo and replace with bar on all C files here and under,
:args **/*.c
:argdo %s/foo/bar/g
Ctrl+P to go to any file that I want in my list of folders.
The :find command can be used to "find" a file in the directories specified in the 'path' option:
set path+=/some/arbitrary/path
set path+=/another/one
:find *foo
I find these two mappings very handy:
nnoremap <key> :find * " search in every directory
" in 'path'
nnoremap <key> :find <C-R>=expand('%:p:h').'/**/*'<CR> " start from the directory
" of the current file
Ctrl+Shift+f to find (and replace) any text in those list of folders.
What amadan said above.
Good switch! So you’ve discovered CtrlP. It has extensive documentation built in. Use :h ctrlp to see the full vimdocs explaining the various options. It’ll explain some important settings for working dirs, which are pretty important for a good experience with it. Take for example some of the settings I use:
" The one you really care about...
" Set root to CWD. Another good option is 'r' for VCS mode.
" You should start vim in the root of your project tree
let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 0
" You _can_ switch dirs
let g:ctrlp_extensions = ['dir']
" Avoid big/unimportant project areas
set wildignore+=*/node_modules/*,*/build/*,*/components/*,*/_public/*,*/tmp/*,*/vendor/*
" Cache -- get used to pressing F5 on tree changes/additions
let g:ctrlp_use_caching = 1
let g:ctrlp_clear_cache_on_exit = 0
" Somewhat self-explanatory
let g:ctrlp_show_hidden = 1
let g:ctrlp_switch_buffer = 2
let g:ctrlp_max_depth = 6
let g:ctrlp_max_height = 50
" Open *h*orizontally and *j*ump to first win.
let g:ctrlp_open_multiple_files = 'hj'
" Use <C-d> to toggle
"let g:ctrlp_by_filename = 1
For further control of where to look for files outside your working tree, consult g:ctrlp_user_command. There is a Windows example using dir. You’d use that, but with your desired extra paths.
You might also want to add NerdTree, a nice complement to CtrlP. It is reminiscent of ST’s sidebar. Use its ? to get help. It has a menu that lets you quickly add files and dirs, maybe like you’re wanting out of “Add folders to project”.
For search-and-replace, look at ag.vim. I map it to <leader>g (meaning “grep”).
Those mentioned are some of my favorites, but you should explore the world of Vim plugins to decide which others are worth adopting. I recommend trying one at a time while you’re new, rather than a sometimes-opaque “distribution”. Tools to make plugin management easier are Vundle / Pathogen (choose one).
Eureka...!!!!!
After searching tirelessly for days (and sleepless nights), I found my answer (please read on).
First some foolosophy though
I was so keen not to give up on Vim. But this issue was just eating me from inside, and was disruptive in my work flow. I have many project folders in windows that I want vim to search through. Ctrl+p for some reason never really worked. I had some not-so-nice thoughts of giving up on Vim. and then I found this!
My Answer
This is a little different from what I expected. But the answer is Everything (by VoidTools). It allows to search from anywhere and gives results in a fraction of sec. It is by far the best filename search tool in Windows. It supports Regex. (though it is not text search tool). It has a command line interface called
es.exe
using Vim's FindEverything.vim plugin (FindEverything), I was able to search not only through my project folders, but pretty much anywhere. It returns the results in the vim buffer.
Thanks Y'all for your help. I know that not everyone may agree with this solution. But on Windows, this is by far the best solution, I found! Hopefully, it is useful for others why are in same boat!!!
I'm using vimdiff for a git merge. Is there a quick way to select 1 file to use, right now i'm just selecting everything from one buffer, replacing the $MERGE with that, and then saving. I guess I can macro that, but was wondering if there is a better way.
Thanks!
Several ways:
:%diffput
to do 'put' all changes from the current buffer to the 'other' buffer. This makes it easy with three-way diffs:
:%diffput OURS
The 'OURS' pattern will match uniquely on buffernames participating in the current diff
All the above can be done in reverse, substituting do or :diffget
You should take a look at Tim Pope's Fugitive plugin. It's a really usefull plugin.
When you run Gdiff in a conflicted file, 3 files are opened - target, merged and working copy. You would switch to the file you want to save, and execute Gwrite! to save that file.
There is a whole Vimcast explaining how to resolve merge conflicts with this plugin(And other 5 vimcasts explaining more about Fugitive.vim).
I think :%diffget LO or :%diffget RE is what you need.
Note: you need to run it in the MERGED part of vim windows. You can move cursor around the windows using Ctrl+w;←/↑/→/↓
Make sure that all participating buffers are in diff mode (see :h start-vimdiff on how to start diff mode)
Do v for VISUAL MODE in the Base
Select the whole file (press Page Down all the way)
Write : then diffget <buffer number/name> (: ls will list all buffers, generally in vimdiff they are from right to left 1-3 or 4 if 3 way diff)
Afterwards just : wqa and you are done
Alternatively, after step 0., one could do :%diffget <buffer number> to get all changes from the specified buffer as :diffget also accepts ranges. (See :% and :diffget.)
The reverse would also work: :%diffput <buffer> will send all changes to buffer number, making the two buffers have the same content.
I would like to *.pyc files not to be shown in NERDTree vim plugin.
How to achieve that?
You want the NERDTreeIgnore option. For example, in your .vimrc:
let NERDTreeIgnore = ['\.pyc$']
Where NERDTreeIgnore is an array of regular expressions that match the files you want to exclude.
Just ran into the problem: What about hiding binary files that do not have an extension?
Can't hide them, but can sort files to eliminate some cheesy clutter. Problem looks like:
file1*
file1.c
file2*
file2.c
Solution:
let NERDTreeSortOrder=['\.c$']
Result:
file1.c
file2.c
file1*
file2*
which will sort first the files ending with ".c" (followed by some other extension if you want). You don't get rid of the binary files, but it becomes manageable.
NERDTree has a mechanism to detect and highlight files with the extra execute bit, where -rwxr-xr-x displays in bold with a "*" at the end of the filename. It would not be hard to add an extra mechanism to hide executable files (useful for compiled stuff, not so desirable for scripts).