ctrlp.vim VS fzf

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

In addition, I think bash's `operate-and-get-next` can be very helpful. When you go back through your shell history, you can hit Ctrl+o instead of enter and it will execute the command then put the next one in your history on the command line, and keep track of where you are in your history. This way, you can rerun a bunch of commands by going to the first one and Ctrl+o till you are done. And you can edit those commands and hit Ctrl+o and still go to the next previously run command.

Note: fzf's history search feature breaks this. https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/issues/2399

fzf : https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

Those are the most used aliases in my gitconfig.

"git fza" shows a list of modified/new files in an fzf window, and you can select each file with tab plus arrow keys. When you hit enter, those files are fed into "git add". Needs fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

"git gone" removes local branches that don't exist on the remote.

"git root" prints out the root of the repo. You can alias it to "cd $(git root)", and zip back to the repo root from a deep directory structure. This one is less useful now for me since I started using zoxide to jump around. https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide

> my history is so noisy I had to find another way

The fzf search syntax can help, if you become familiar with it. It is also supported in atuin [2].

[1]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf#search-syntax

[2]: https://docs.atuin.sh/configuration/config/#fuzzy-search-syn...

You call it with `n` and get an interactive fuzzy search for your directories. If you do `n ` instead, it’ll start the find with `` already filled in (and if there’s only one match, jump to it directly). The `ls` is optional but I find that I like having the contents visible as soon as I change a directory.

I’m also including iCloud Drive but excluding the Library directory as that is too noisy. I have a separate `nl` function which searches just inside `~/Library` for when I need it, as well as other specialised `n` functions that search inside specific places that I need a lot.

¹ https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

² https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

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I do find the history pager stuff interesting, but ultimately not of tremendous use for me. I rebound all my history search stuff to use fzf[1] (via a fish plugin for such[2]), and so haven't been aware of the issues

[1] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

[2] https://github.com/PatrickF1/fzf.fish

You can also use fzf with ripgrep to great effect:

[1]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/blob/master/ADVANCED.md#usin...