I'm in windows XP, and the vim TagList plugin only behaves correctly if the file I'm coding in is inside the Ctag58 folder. Otherwise it just genetats a list of my open files without tags.
I've tried adding the catalog to path and the vim command :let Tlist_Ctags_Cmd='C:\Program\Ctags58\ctags.exe'
and it didn't work but then in.
I went through the the taglist FAQ:
But the last to "dots" of part 1. of the
http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/faq.html
were they speak of temp and tmp variables . I can't make heads or tails of that part.
Could this be my problem? How do i tell...
Mmmm the question is not exactly clear ('it just genetats the file catalog' -- sure, that makes sense).
Without looking any further I'd suggest you add the path to the ctags.exe executable to your environment (Win+Break, advanced, environment, current user, PATH, edit, append ;C:\Program Files\Wherever\ctags\bin (of course you'd have to use the ACTUAL path not this sample).
Then you'd need to restart VIM to test it
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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!!!
NERDTree keeps list of all bookmark in $HOME/.NERDTreeBookmarks file .When I hit B it show all entries from that file.So I tried having a local copy of this file with project specific bookmark but this does not work :(
Is there a way to see only project related bookmark in NERDTree ?
Here's what I use for git repo specific NERDTree bookmarks.
if isdirectory(expand(".git"))
let g:NERDTreeBookmarksFile = '.git/.nerdtree-bookmarks'
endif
Since there's no way to tell how a project directory is structured, it seems like the use of a shell environment variable is the easiest solution.
First, add path to your bookmarks:
export NERDTREE_BOOKMARKS="/full/path/.NERDTreeBookmarks"
Then add this to your ~/.vimrc or similar:
if !empty($NERDTREE_BOOKMARKS)
if filereadable($NERDTREE_BOOKMARKS)
let g:NERDTreeBookmarksFile = $NERDTREE_BOOKMARKS
endif
endif
Depending on how you develop, the use of environment variables may or may not be a suitable solution. I.e. if you open/close your shell all the time, or have a multitude of shells open at once.
A simpler alternative could be something like this, but it'll only work if you open vim/a file with vim in the directory the bookmarks are located.
if filereadable(".NERDTreeBookmarks")
let g:NERDTreeBookmarksFile = ".NERDTreeBookmarks"
endif
As timss already pointed out, the key setting is the g:NERDTreeBookmarksFile config variable. You need to find a way to manipulate that (global) setting depending on the project that is currently open. Using external environment variables is one solution; I would rather solve this with one of the local vimrc plugins that are available on vim.org; I use localrc.vim - Enable configuration file of each directory myself.
In each different project dir, you create a .local.vimrc script that sets the above variable to the project's bookmark file. (This only works reliably when you only ever open one project at a time in Vim.)
Is there a way to set a PATH-like sequence of directories to search for files in vim? My project has C files split across many directories, and it would be nice to jump back and forth without remembering the full path each time.
For instance, if I have:
platform/drivers/uart.c
ui/display/menu.c
cpu/registers/regs.h
I would like to be able to set PATH to "platform/drivers:ui/display:cpu/registers". Then when I want to switch to a file, I can just type:
:e uart.c
instead of
:e platform/drivers/uart.c
I understand that I can change the working directory, but then I have to type
:e ../../ui/display/menu.c
to get to another directory.
Alternatively, is there a better way to navigate a project like this than using :edit?
There is, and it's called path. The way you use path is with the :find command: :find menu.c would search for menu.c in the directories in path and edit it. There are other commands that use path, like :sfind that opens the found file in a new split. See the documentation of path for details and other commands that use it.
Another thing that may help you find your files is the **-wildcard that can expand to any directory path. For example :edit **/menu.c will look for menu.c in subdirectories, so you don't have remember and type the full path.
When I switch buffers in Vim (using :bn and :bp), I want it to automatically set the working directory, BUT not to be the directory of the opened file. I want Vim to search recursively upwards for a file called "tags", and when it finds that file, set the working directory to the directory with the "tags" file.
Example:
:e ~/programming/projects/foobar/src/js/scripts.js
As you can see, "foobar" is kind of the "project root". Let's assume the "tags" file is in the foobar directory. Now Vim should look in "js", but there's no tags file. Then it should look in "src", no tags file there. Then it should look in "foobar" and find the "tags" file, then do:
:cd ~/programming/projects/foobar/
Is there a simple way to do this? :)
If your whole point is to get to the correct "tags"-file then this could be done easier:
set tags=./tags,tags;$HOME/programming,$HOME/programming/your/global/tags
The tags option accepts a comma (or space) delimited list of entries. In my example I have the following entries:
./tags this means it should look first for a tags-file in the current directory
tags;$HOME/programming this means look for a tags-file from the current directory up to $HOME/programming (that's what the semicolon does, see file-searching). If you don't specify the "stop"-directory using the semicolon then it searches up to the root directory /
$HOME/programming/your/global/tags lastly this is a tags file referred to by absolute file name
My example is probably overkill for your purpose from your description you only need this:
set tags=tags;$HOME/programming
But if you really need to change the working directory then you could add something like this (change lcd to cd if you have to) to your .vimrc:
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.js execute ":lcd " . fnamemodify(findfile("tags", ".;"), ":p:h")
Disclaimer: I'm the author of the mentioned plugin.
I think you could use the little codepath.vim. I wrote it because I was in need of a little function that would help me to reach my project root. The plugin makes the assumption you have a folder with all your code. Something like $HOME/code. Well, it provides the following function:
codepath#path()
I use in combinations with plugins like NERDTree or command-t. So I can open a NERDTree window in my project root. It really is a little plugin but I use it all the time.
Say, I have files foo.js and bar.css in my project. There is a ":find" command in vim, which find files, matching string. But this command, alas, has some limitations. For example, if I launch this way - "vim", or even this way - "vim ." - there's nothing to be find in js subdirectory. But if I launch vim this way - "vim js/any_file_other_than_foo.js", then calling ":find foo.js" works pretty well.
Since it is not intuitive (i'm working in the same directory, "pwd" returns the same path), my first question is - can anybody explain how to circumvent this issue? And, even broader, is there any way to type something like find foo - and open first file, which name matches pattern foo.
thanks in advance.
You could try
:e[dit] **/*foo* and then press 'tab' to move to the first match.
the ** is a directory globbing pattern, while * is character matching.
If you were so inclined, you could write a simple fuzzy finder command, for more information you can check out the vim tips wiki: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Find_files_in_subdirectories
Vim's :find works by searching each directory in the path variable (and ignores pwd). By default, it does not search recursively. That's why find is only working for you when you open a js file. The '.' in path refers to the directory for the current file -- not pwd.
You can change path to include your desired directories:
set path+=$PROJECT/js
See :help path.
One of the magic bits to use is to add ** to a path to search that path recursively:
" search recursively in my project
set path+=$PROJECT/**
" search recursively from the current file's directory
set path+=./**
See :help file-searching for more magic.
A nice plugin that accomplishes a similar effect is Command-T.
The Command-T plug-in provides an
extremely fast, intuitive mechanism
for opening files with a minimal
number of keystrokes. It's named
"Command-T" because it is inspired by
the "Go to File" window bound to
Command-T in TextMate.
Files are selected by typing
characters that appear in their paths,
and are ordered by an algorithm which
knows that characters that appear in
certain locations (for example,
immediately after a path separator)
should be given more weight.should be given more weight.
Here is a screencast of Command-T in action.