vim-multiple-cursors VS nerdtree

Compare vim-multiple-cursors vs nerdtree and see what are their differences.

vim-multiple-cursors

True Sublime Text style multiple selections for Vim (by terryma)

nerdtree

A tree explorer plugin for vim. (by preservim)
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vim-multiple-cursors nerdtree
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7,908 19,205
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1.8 7.2
over 3 years ago 13 days ago
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vim-multiple-cursors

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-multiple-cursors. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-30.
  • NeoVim Installation and Configuration on Win10/11
    14 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2022
    :set number :set autoindent :set tabstop=5 :set shiftwidth=4 :set smarttab :set softtabstop=4 :set mouse=a call plug#begin() Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/lifepillar/pgsql.vim' " PSQL Pluging needs :SQLSetType pgsql.vim Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer' " For brackets autocompletion " Auto-completion For Javascript, typescript, html, jsx ...etc Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'do': 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile'} " this is for auto complete, prettier and tslinting let g:coc_global_extensions = ['coc-tslint-plugin', 'coc-tsserver', 'coc-css', 'coc-html', 'coc-json', 'coc-prettier'] " list of CoC extensions needed Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs' "this will auto close ( [ { " these two plugins will add highlighting and indenting to JSX and TSX files. Plug 'yuezk/vim-js' Plug 'HerringtonDarkholme/yats.vim' Plug 'maxmellon/vim-jsx-pretty' set encoding=UTF-8 call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nnoremap :call CocActionAsync('jumpDefinition') nmap :TagbarToggle :set completeopt-=preview " For No Previews :colorscheme jellybeans let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~" " --- Just Some Notes --- " :PlugClean :PlugInstall :UpdateRemotePlugins " " :CocInstall coc-python " :CocInstall coc-clangd " :CocInstall coc-snippets " :CocCommand snippets.edit... FOR EACH FILE TYPE " air-line let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1 if !exists('g:airline_symbols') let g:airline_symbols = {} endif " airline symbols let g:airline_left_sep = '' let g:airline_left_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_right_sep = '' let g:airline_right_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_symbols.branch = '' let g:airline_symbols.readonly = '' let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '' inoremap pumvisible() ? coc#_select_confirm() : ""
  • vim wishlist
    2 projects | /r/vim | 18 Nov 2022
  • My Neovim Configuration
    11 projects | dev.to | 1 Sep 2022
    call plug#begin('~/.config/nvim/plugged') Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nmap :TagbarToggle let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~"
  • How do I work with Rust Workspaces in Neovim?
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Aug 2022
    call plug#begin() Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release'} Plug 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim' Plug 'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim', { 'tag': '0.1.0' } call plug#end()
  • How to do this in Neovim?
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Aug 2022
    In case you want to select multiple variables and change those all at once, you can check out https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors.
  • Notepad++ - Unhappy Users' Edition
    9 projects | /r/programming | 8 Jul 2022
    To be precise I'm talking about something like this plugin does
  • Would you be interested in multicursor support for Neovim?
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 27 May 2022
    By the way this is probably my favorite nvim plugin simply because it solves part of this problem https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors. However it doesnt help with the more complex examples, like the one I mentioned above.
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 27 May 2022
    I also never used multi-cursor feature anywhere, but I stumbled upon a plugin that implemented the feature for VIM: https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors . I do not know how useful and easy-to-use it is but it has some good examples in its README.
  • vim-devicons won't display on Windows Terminal with WSL2.
    11 projects | /r/neovim | 4 Jan 2022
    :set number :set relativenumber :set autoindent :set tabstop=2 :set shiftwidth=2 :set smarttab :set softtabstop=2 :set mouse=a :set guifont=Fira\ Code\ 11 call plug#begin() Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer' " Auto braces & bracket closing set encoding=UTF-8 call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nmap :TagbarToggle :set completeopt-=preview " For No Previews set termguicolors :colorscheme onehalfdark " Setting Neovim color theme let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~" " air-line let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1 let g:airline_theme='onehalfdark'
  • Found on internet
    2 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 28 Aug 2021
    There's a brilliant plugin that emulates sublime's way of doing it. https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors There's probably a way to do it using vim's default behaivour but this is easy and it works well for me.

nerdtree

Posts with mentions or reviews of nerdtree. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-29.
  • I use the default file browser in vim (netrw). I know there are plugins that a lot of people like. Should I switch?
    9 projects | /r/vim | 29 Jun 2023
    I personally use nerdtree. Add nerdtree-git-plugin too, that's nice when looking at your project (for files, use vim-gitgutter).
  • How to configure vim like an IDE
    44 projects | /r/vim | 27 Jun 2023
    https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree I believe this has git integration.
    44 projects | /r/vim | 27 Jun 2023
    nerdtree is another very popular option
  • Auto update Javascript imports when moving file/folder
    2 projects | /r/vim | 22 Jun 2023
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 21 Jun 2023
    Using my toy js refactoring plugin and NERDTree.
  • Is it possible to use VIM as an ide?
    7 projects | /r/vim | 3 Jun 2023
    2) Syntax check https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic 3) File navigation https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree 4) Autocomplete There are many autocomplete extensions. I haven't found one that I feel comfortable to recommend. Another way is to create a txt file with all the key words and lines in the languages you use, make an autocommand that adds the txt file to the buffer, and then use ctrl-n or ctrl-p to autocomplete. You can also use ctrl-x-ctrl-l to autocmplete entire lines. 5) Running code Add commands in your .vmrc to run the current file as a a whatever file. I use :J to run java files, :P to run python files, :C to run c files and so on. For example, this is my command to run a java file: command J execute "!java %:t"
  • Auto-completion problems for terraform
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 May 2023
    Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree'
  • New User
    3 projects | /r/vim | 26 Feb 2023
    My basic vim workflow is that I open vim, which opens NerdTree for me by default. I can find the file I want in NerdTree, or I can hit Ctrl+p to open a file with fuzzy searching.
  • How do you work with buffers?
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Feb 2023
    What's also useful is to have a tree plugin (such as nvim-tree or nerdtree), so you can just open any file in the workspace (or outside it) if needed. That way, even if you delete a buffer, you can just come back to a file whose buffer you deleted.
  • how do I download nerd tree on neovim??
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 17 Jan 2023
    Worth noting Nerdtree’s repo is now at https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree and not at https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-multiple-cursors and nerdtree you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua

LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

nvim-treesitter-textobjects

fzf.vim - fzf :heart: vim

vim-vinegar - vinegar.vim: Combine with netrw to create a delicious salad dressing

fern.vim - 🌿 General purpose asynchronous tree viewer written in Pure Vim script

chadtree - File manager for Neovim. Better than NERDTree.

vim-nerdtree-syntax-highlight - Extra syntax and highlight for nerdtree files

telescope.nvim - Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.

my-lunarvim-config - My config for LunarVim

ctrlp.vim - Active fork of kien/ctrlp.vim—Fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, etc finder.

vim-airline - lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air