dirbuf.nvim VS parinfer-rust

For me I think it’s the best at what it does (with mini.files coming in a close second. It would probably be my first, but I prefer the whole buffer approach over the floating popups.) I’ve tried dirbuf.nvim as well, but I didn’t like that I couldn’t copy/move files.

Big fan of https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim

Shout-out to dirbuf.nvim as it is one of my favorite plugins I cannot live without, but I see it rarely mentioned. It allows you to do file management by editing a file, so you can do anything you would do to edit any regular file. There are no new keymaps to learn, you just use any regular motion, :s, :g, or anything you can think of. Great for bulk renaming!

While I do use file managers often (ranger and dolphin are pretty nice overall), within Neovim my file management is fairly reduced. I use dirbuf when I need to browse through files (for refactors or something), and since it's dired-like its a lot more built into the "vim-as-a-language" mindset. Not to say I do a whole lot in it, but it is quicker than having to do shell stuff within Neovim. I think file-tree plugins tend to just miss the concept for me, as I never found them to be anything more than just "look and see" due to disconnect from the aforementioned "vim-as-a-language"

https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim, it's basically netrw done right.

https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim might just be the thing. In terms of navigating it's as minimal as it can be:

I use fish shell with z plugin to quickly jump to directories and nnn file manager mainly to select files for deletion. I also use dirbuf plugin for neovim when working inside this editor.

dirbuf.nvim!

dirbuf mostly. Anything really advanced and I'll just open a new ranger session

dirbuf doesn't get enough attention. It's a robust, simple, yet featureful replacement for the netrw plugin built into Vim/NeoVim. It allows directories to be treated somewhat like files - edit a directory, and you get a directory listing. That listing can be modified - add files, edit files, delete files, and the result ends up on disk. A much simpler and more-Vimy alternative to tree plugins like NeoTree, in my view.

parinfer-rust, while LISP only for reasons, is still absolutely amazing overall for its performance compared to the Lua version. I do wish there were more bracketing/scope algorithms out there for other languages. With a parinfer plugin, you only need to start a bracket for it to close what it believes is your scope. Great for enclosing things in functions

While my main daily driver is also IntelliJ, and also for Parinfer, I have found that Neovim + Rust-parinfer works remarkably well.

Another example where rust's benefits show is something like parfiner. Currently I'm using my own ffi interface to https://github.com/eraserhd/parinfer-rust, and it feels significantly faster than the plain-lua version I had before. Getting to write the whole thing in rust just makes life easier and simpler

I use a combination of parinfer-rust and Conjure for my Clojure, Janet, and Fennel development.

My personal configuration is also written in fennel if you would like to take. look: https://github.com/shaunsingh/nyoom.nvim. Neovim's come a long way in what you can do with it. Fennel has a macro system as with any lisp, so you can make the syntax feel right at home with emacs https://github.com/shaunsingh/nyoom.nvim/tree/main/fnl/macros. You can even create dynamic-module like integrations with rust programs (see https://github.com/shaunsingh/nyoom.nvim/blob/main/fnl/parinfer/init.fnl, interacting with https://github.com/eraserhd/parinfer-rust/tree/master/src)

eraserhd/parinfer-rust if you do any sort of Lisp programming

Clojure is an amazing language, and so is Rust. In fact, I think learning both of them is a wonderful way to introduce ourselves to such a broad range of programming ideas that it covers over half of the seven programing ur-languages. It's even worth investigating the differences in the way these languages have developed over time (Clojure being Rich's project and Rust taking a community approach). These ideas aren't in opposition to each other. If they were, the indispensable editor plugin I use to write Clojure wouldn't exist for crying out loud.

Have you seen an excellent parinfer-rust implementation of Parinfer? It's quite fast and can be integrated with other editors, like Emacs, Kakoune, Vim, etc. I think you can try to see if your integration passes their tests.

I am currently using parinfer. It’s not exactly minimal, but it doesn’t require much configuration and doesn’t have any special keybinds.