ctrlp.vim VS ctags

ctrl-p

use a fuzzy finder, I like https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim (when I was a vim user, it was https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim)

Ctrlp.vim existed prior to VSCode.

Fuzzy file search: fzf, ctrlp

" --- VUNDLE --- set nocompatible " be iMproved, required filetype off " required " set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim call vundle#begin() " alternatively, pass a path where Vundle should install plugins "call vundle#begin('~/some/path/here') " let Vundle manage Vundle, required Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim' " The following are examples of different formats supported. " Keep Plugin commands between vundle#begin/end. " plugin on GitHub repo Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive' " plugin from http://vim-scripts.org/vim/scripts.html " Plugin 'L9' " Git plugin not hosted on GitHub Plugin 'git://git.wincent.com/command-t.git' " git repos on your local machine (i.e. when working on your own plugin) "Plugin 'file:///home/gmarik/path/to/plugin' " The sparkup vim script is in a subdirectory of this repo called vim. " Pass the path to set the runtimepath properly. Plugin 'rstacruz/sparkup', {'rtp': 'vim/'} " Install L9 and avoid a Naming conflict if you've already installed a " different version somewhere else. " Plugin 'ascenator/L9', {'name': 'newL9'} " All of your Plugins must be added before the following line Plugin 'Valloric/YouCompleteMe' Plugin 'preservim/nerdtree' call vundle#end() " required filetype plugin indent on " required " To ignore plugin indent changes, instead use: "filetype plugin on " " Brief help " :PluginList - lists configured plugins " :PluginInstall - installs plugins; append `!` to update or just :PluginUpdate " :PluginSearch foo - searches for foo; append `!` to refresh local cache " :PluginClean - confirms removal of unused plugins; append `!` to auto-approve removal " " see :h vundle for more details or wiki for FAQ " Put your non-Plugin stuff after this line " --- NATIVE --- syntax on set tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set expandtab set smartindent set nu set relativenumber set nowrap set smartcase set noswapfile set nobackup set undodir=~/.vim/undodir set undofile set incsearch " --- VIM-PLUG --- call plug#begin() Plug 'morhetz/gruvbox' Plug 'jremmen/vim-ripgrep' Plug 'vim-utils/vim-man' Plug 'mbbill/undotree' Plug 'https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim.git' call plug#end() colorscheme gruvbox set background=dark if executable('rg') let g:rg_derive_root=true endif let mapleader = " " let g:netrw_browse_split=2 let g:netrw_banner=0 let g:netrw_winsize=25 let g:ctrlp_use_caching=0 " --- REMAPPING --- " shift movement one key to the right noremap j h noremap k j noremap l k noremap ; l noremap h : " jj to escape from insert mode imap jj " --- COMMANDS --- " f9 runs current python script " normal mode autocmd FileType python map :w:exec '!python3' shellescape(@%, 1) " insert mode autocmd FileType python imap :w:exec '!python3' shellescape(@%, 1)

Set vim as your default text editor, that could give you additional motivation :) regarding plugins, it really depends of what you use now, but there are still some great general-use plugins: ctrl + p nerdtree git blame ack to beggin with

check nerdtree and ctrlp

Ctrl+p: A plugin to quickly jump to a file by name.

To open your files, use something like ctrl-p Alternative is fzf.vim

I also recommend you https://github.com/preservim/tagbar with https://ctags.io/ installed , it will map definitions (functions, enum, struct etc..) to tags and tagbar plugin allows you to open a split window with the mapped list and navigate through your file, it also enabled more advanced features for quick navigation .

grep, Ctags, Cscope, LSP

Vim has the tag feature built-in, which allows it to jump to the tags that were found by a tool like universal ctags using :h CTRL-]. See :help tags for more information on this. Fun fact: this is the approach that Vim uses when you use :help!

Requirements: You need to have a CTags implementation like universal-ctags installed on your system (on every system where you use vim).

Install https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags

If you are heavy Vim user, you do not need anything else. For just quick browsing, simply use ctags, make sure to use universal ctags (https://ctags.io) not exuberant ctags which are no longer well maintained. Go works out of box.

Other (built-in) tools for file navigation in Vim include: :h :ls and :h :buffer to navigate in your buffer list (i.e. the files you have loaded); everything listed in [https://vimways.org/2018/death-by-a-thousand-files/](romainl's "Death by a Thousand Files" articles in vimways); using tags by installing universal-ctags to generate the tags then using any of the commands in :h tag to navigate them; setting global marks to files you use often with m[UPPERCASE LETTER] and jumping to them with `[UPPERCASE LETTER]; :h :vimgrep…

I have good news for you. Universal Ctags, an Exuberant Ctags fork and essentially its replacement, has fixed this already:

Vim has built-in functionality that works pretty similar to what you want. If you have a tags file (for example, using universal ctags), you can hit Ctrl-] (:h Ctrl-]) to jump to the declaration of any function under your cursor. Or, if you don't have a tags file, you can use gd (:h gd) to jump to a local declaration within the open file.