fern.vim
🌿 General purpose asynchronous tree viewer written in Pure Vim script (by lambdalisue)
vim-eunuch
eunuch.vim: Helpers for UNIX (by tpope)
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fern.vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of fern.vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-26.
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Which file explorer do you use?
fern.vim
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Nvim-tree or ??
fern.vim is my current favorite.
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Fern.vim now supports nvim-web-devicons
Fern.vim is a fantastic asynchronous tree viewer plugin written in pure vimpscript developed by [lambalisue][https://github.com/lambdalisue).
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Need a faster and lightweight file tree
I'd be interested in hearing if fern doesn't do what you want.
- what is your startup time?
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Fernvim a high availability high performance and modern config
There is a long established plugin named fern.vim that has nearly 1,000 stars.
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Can I have icons in netrw?
I don't think you can, but it's possible with Fern: https://github.com/lambdalisue/fern.vim
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fern.vim file tree now supports Neovim's winbar
One of the reasons I like fern.vim is that it provides window selector functionality out of the box as noted here.
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How to use fern open/split commands from drawer.
Basically I want to be able to open files from the Fern drawer browser into new splits. I can see that the commands I want exist here: https://github.com/lambdalisue/fern.vim/wiki/Mappings and look like "open:above" and similar. How do I enter these commands?
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FAVOURITE PLUGINS
lambdalisue/fern.vim
vim-eunuch
Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-eunuch.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-24.
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Automatically make files with shebang executable using autocommands
Honorable mention : vim-eunch has this feature plus many other convenience commands.
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Best way to manipulate files inside neovim?
I use eunuch.vim mostly by executing :Rename or :Remove or :Move. I also use this plugin whenever I have to manipulate multiple files in the working directory using :Cfind -name '*.lua' -type f which puts all .lua files in the cwd in the quickfix list then doing something like :cfdo lua vim.lsp.buf.format() to format all files.
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Why :find is so slow compared to vscode/sublime file search feature?
If you are avoiding vim plugins due to external, non-standard dependencies (e.g. fzf), then you might be pleased to know that some plugins can solve this problem with standard linux utilities, like :Cfind and :Lfind from tpope/vim-eunuch which use the find linux utility.
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Which file explorer do you use?
I use vim-dirvish(you probably want to pair this with vim-enunch), it's a more minimal version of Netrw.
- How can I rename (case sensitive) a buffer and reopen it?
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Renaming current file
Try vim-eunuch lua {'tpope/vim-eunuch', config = function () vim.cmd('cnoreabbrev rename Rename') --:rgb + to trigger end},
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Problems Moving Files with Netrw
I use netrw but I do moving, renaming etc with vim-eunuch and have done for about ten years. It just works how you'd expect it to.
- what is your startup time?
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What shell commands do you invoke a lot from vi?
You might want to look into :Delete from tpope's vim-eunuch, along with wrappers for mkdir, chmod, etc.
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Move file open in window relative to files location?
I did try: 1. Using the vim file explorer move command: 1. It does not implement autocomplete 1. I cannot use the vim movement shortcuts to move in the path, so I need to use the arrow keys to get before the file name. (dealbreaker) 1. It does not rename the buffer 1. Using eunuch plugin Move command: https://github.com/tpope/vim-eunuch 1. Relative paths were dependent on doing a change directory command first. That is fine but bothersome. 1. Required me to write the filename manually if I used the autocomplete. I did not find an efficient way to paste the current file name (without the path) to a command argument. 1. All in all quite close but still not good enough for me.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fern.vim and vim-eunuch you can also consider the following projects:
nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua
nerdtree - A tree explorer plugin for vim.
barbar.nvim - The neovim tabline plugin.
neo-tree.nvim - Neovim plugin to manage the file system and other tree like structures.
ranger.vim - Ranger integration in vim and neovim
neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
firenvim - Embed Neovim in Chrome, Firefox & others.
indentLine - A vim plugin to display the indention levels with thin vertical lines
telescope.nvim - Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.
vim-bbye - Delete buffers and close files in Vim without closing your windows or messing up your layout. Like Bclose.vim, but rewritten and well maintained.