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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
harpoon
Posts with mentions or reviews of harpoon.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
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Am I this bad?
A mini harpoon. Basically, a floating window with a list of files, and a way to navigate to them.
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The best way to switching between buffers
Check out harpoon which lets you pin buffers, that you frequently want to visit the most. For the rest Telescope buffers should suffice I believe.
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Two Weeks into Vim: A Transformation
Navigating open files I use harpoon https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/harpoon
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Best way to manipulate files inside neovim?
Netrw + vim-vinegar works for me. In conjunction with harpoon and a bufferline and maybe vim-eunuch, it works out pretty well
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Can I jump to opened buffer instead of display is in current window?
Check out harpoon and other.nvim for improving your workflow. I've only used harpoon and am really satisfied with using it. other is on my checklist, so you might also test it out.
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Your favourite Neovim plugins?
got a question about other. I am using harppon.nvim atm. What’s the benefit of using other or do they complement each other?
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What plugins do you use to manage work across multiple files?
Harpoon for quick buffer switching that persists across sessions
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annotate.nvim: Set and restore notes tied to lines of code
Not sure if it’s helpful, but Harpoon allows per-branch marks, so that code might be relevant if you go down that path. https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/harpoon
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How do you work with just one monitor
This does sound like harpoon a bit.
- New Nightmare, the Hammerhead Worm
ctrlp.vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of ctrlp.vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-08.
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neovim + telescooe + fzf native
ctrl-p
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Project & File navigation
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)
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If you are going to install a load of plugins anyways, why not just use an IDE that has vim mode?
Ctrlp.vim existed prior to VSCode.
- Switching from VSCode how to make Similar Cmd+P for Finding Files
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Software engineers on big projects using vim, are you there?
Fuzzy file search: fzf, ctrlp
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Movement key remapping not working properly
" --- 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)
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How do I get into the vim world.
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
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A few questions from an Emacs user
check nerdtree and ctrlp
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How can I learn VIM workflow(besides actual VIM)
Ctrl+p: A plugin to quickly jump to a file by name.
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Make NERDTree work with Tabs and Sessions.
To open your files, use something like ctrl-p Alternative is fzf.vim
What are some alternatives?
When comparing harpoon and ctrlp.vim you can also consider the following projects:
telescope.nvim - Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.
fzf.vim - fzf :heart: vim
fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
marks.nvim - A better user experience for viewing and interacting with Vim marks.
vscode-neovim - Vim mode for VSCode, powered by Neovim
nvim-config - A modern Neovim configuration with full battery for Python, Lua, C++, Markdown, LaTeX, and more...
LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.
ack.vim - Vim plugin for the Perl module / CLI script 'ack'
nvim-lightbulb - VSCode 💡 for neovim's built-in LSP.