vim-ripgrep VS vim-vinegar

But I mostly use ctrlp when I work with projects. A can recommend vim-ripgrep too, it lets you find strings/patterns in your project files.

I use vim-ripgrep and the result is directly addressed into the quickfix.

Sometimes I still use https://github.com/jremmen/vim-ripgrep to ripgrep non-interactively with more complex searches over bigger projects, which populates the quickfix list, the rely on bqf for extra functionality

which is what I was looking for in this regard, it allows you to specify rg arguments, like -tlua to only search in lua files for example. For me this was something that was missing, I was using https://github.com/jremmen/vim-ripgrep before that, which I still use as it is muscle memory.

In emacs we can do incremental search through an entire directory with projectile-ripgrep. The only thing I know that works more or less the same in vim is https://github.com/jremmen/vim-ripgrep, but the results only appear after I enter the hole expression and press enter, and not incrementally. Also, projectile-ripgrep lets me use a regex instead of just normal text as a query.

project-wide search (I use vim-ripgrep but any grep-finder would do)

I'm running the kitty terminal emulator with fzf and https://github.com/jremmen/vim-ripgrep installed and integrated w/ VIM-Vi IMproved 8.2 (or I believe I do). Please refer to this github link to see my vimrc.

I’m no expert, but I believe ripgrep will do PCRE, and there are more than a couple vim plugins that’ll leverage it. I happen to use vim-ripgrep, which is good enough for me, but not sure if it’ll let you get at the PCRE option (I’d guess it should, but I haven’t checked).

If the symbol has a fairly unique name you can do something like 'grep word under cursor', there are many ways to do this, I tend to use https://github.com/jremmen/vim-ripgrep, also just :h vimgrep. For more complicated cases maybe write some minimal vimscript/lua code to for example use a more specialized grep pattern in a specific directory and make a keymap for that or something.

My question is simple: Why do we need plugin like: (jremmen/vim-ripgrep)[https://github.com/jremmen/vim-ripgrep]

I just recently got into the "plugin frenzy", and since I was already using netrw, I ignored all the tree-style options and just installed the tpope's vim-vinegar to extend it.

Netrw + vim-vinegar works for me. In conjunction with harpoon and a bufferline and maybe vim-eunuch, it works out pretty well

I think you might be looking for netrw (:Ex brings it up). It is the default file explorer and can be used in many cool ways. There are extensions for it, like (vim-vinegar, and :help netrw is your friend :)

Plain `netrw` with a few options changed and tpope's vim-vinegar for easy access

I use Vinegar but should try Oil. https://github.com/tpope/vim-vinegar

Hijacking netrw to prevent disruptive "project drawer" style plugins as mentioned in the vim-vinegar readme is important to me.

When you understand the default file explorer, you'll probably appreciate https://github.com/tpope/vim-vinegar

ThePrimeagen suggests pv as the mapping to see the folder, but - comes from me being used to https://github.com/tpope/vim-vinegar some time ago. Choose your's to your liking.

Netrw, vim’s built in file explorer is pretty solid if you’re looking to understand the topology of a project. I really like the pattern of browsing the file tree in the window pane where the file will open. vim vinegar is a great plugin for refining the netrw experience and making it a little more seamless. Takes a minute to learn the keybindings, but I find it much lighter and less intrusive than nerd tree or it’s offshoots.

This one is for the vinegar workflow enjoyers. Netrw is good enough for my needs but it was missing a bit of *bling*. This plugins adds basic icon supports and custom keymappings.