lf.vim
Lf integration in vim and neovim (by ptzz)
dirbuf.nvim
A file manager for Neovim which lets you edit your filesystem like you edit text (by elihunter173)
lf.vim | dirbuf.nvim | |
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6 | 23 | |
170 | 421 | |
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4.4 | 0.0 | |
about 2 months ago | over 1 year ago | |
Vim Script | Lua | |
- | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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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.
lf.vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of lf.vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-30.
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[Plugin] ranger.nvim
You probably already checked it out but https://github.com/ptzz/lf.vim
- New file explorer: oil.nvim, a modern take on vim-vinegar/vidir
- Which file browser do you use ?
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Any plugin that gives me a floating file manager? I just need it to do operations like move, rename, copy and delete
You can use terminal file manager (e.g. https://github.com/gokcehan/lf) inside vim-floaterm (https://github.com/voldikss/vim-floaterm#use-with-command-line-tools , for lf there is also additive plugin https://github.com/ptzz/lf.vim) You can than map something like this: nnoremap e :Lf nnoremap w :LfWorkingDirectory
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File tree browser faster than NERDTree
After trying a lot of terminal file browsers I ended up using lf and that's what I use with vim as well. ptzz/lf.vim
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lf.vim - fullscreen estate LF experience
For those who are not comfortable using floating window concept in `official` lf plugin or get accustomed to ranger.vim but eager to start using LF please welcome lf.vim.
dirbuf.nvim
Posts with mentions or reviews of dirbuf.nvim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-04.
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People who swear by Oil.nvim , why?
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.
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Workflow with nvim
Big fan of https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim
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What are the plugins you consider necessary to have a great neovim experience?
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!
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My thoughts about editors in 2022
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"
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What file explorer do you use?
https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim, it's basically netrw done right.
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netwr like file explorer for neovim?
https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim might just be the thing. In terms of navigating it's as minimal as it can be:
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What file manager do you use?
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.
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neovim plugins that have improved your workflow
dirbuf.nvim!
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Which file browser do you use ?
dirbuf mostly. Anything really advanced and I'll just open a new ranger session
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What is the coolest, unknown(-ish) plugin that you're using that other people could benefit from?
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.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing lf.vim and dirbuf.nvim you can also consider the following projects:
nnn.nvim - File manager for Neovim powered by nnn.
vimv - Batch-rename files using Vim
nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua
fzf.vim - fzf :heart: vim
vim-filebeagle - A VINE-spired (Vim Is Not Emacs) file system explorer.
reprosjession.nvim
vifm - Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
ranger.vim - Ranger integration in vim and neovim
telescope-file-browser.nvim - File Browser extension for telescope.nvim
lir.nvim - Neovim file explorer