Questions tagged [netrw]
Questions about the Netrw plugin which adds directory listing to Vim, and allows you to open files over the network (ftp, http, scp, etc).
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Neovim fail to open file via scp - Undefined variable: b:netrw_method
I am opening a remote file with this command:
[n]vim scp://user@host/relative_file
Vim (8.2) opens the file correctly, but Neovim (v0.5.0-dev+1186-g8665a96b9) just shows a blank file and a blank ...
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Vim syntax highlighting: conceal does not work when opening files from netrw
I use Vim version 8.2.4919 without 3rd party plug-ins on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS running via WSL2.
I want to have italic syntax highlighting for words encapsulated in underscores in comments of my cpp ...
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How to display line numbers in netrw v125 (vim7.0)?
I added let g:netrw_bufsettings = 'noma nomod nu nobl nowrap ro' and set nu to my vimrc on my Ubuntu machine. It can display line numbers in netrw (V149).
When I use the same vimrc on a remote server ...
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How to detect netrw directory listing from autocommand?
I want to detect from a BufEnter autocommand whether the buffer is a netrw directory listing.
It seems that when the autocommand is fired, the filetype is empty and there are no netrw-related buffer ...
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Open files with "whitespace names" from within Vim with gx
I have a file, e.g. ~/abc def.mp3 that I want to open from within a Vim buffer that already contains these lines.
If there were no whitespaces in the filename, I could simply open the file with the ...
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How to make Vim open empty buffer with CWD set when opening a folder?
At the moment when I run nvim path/to/folder/ it opens up the netrw window for it (more accurately, the Dirvish window for it), I'd like this to not be the case.
Ideal behaviour is that:
when I do ...
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netrw not open correctly, just open blank with noperm message
I am Neovim user and have serious problem with netrw
I find netrw has a bug
when trying to open the file, at first it only shows an empty buffer(1st picture), and right bottom corner, you can see [...
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Issue after using netrw in normal mode
I'm not sure what's causing this, but on MacOS 13.5/vim 9.0, after entering netrw via :Ex, :Sex, or :Vex and switching between files, upon entering the file, I'm unable to press shift+o or o to insert ...
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netrw :Sex and :Vex clear the current buffer
If I open a file in Vim and then run :Vex (or :Sex) it opens netrw in both the new split and the existing split. This happens even if I have unsaved changes, meaning the changes are lost.
The ...
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Why does `Ex` apply to both splits? [duplicate]
I noticed that when I split multiple times in combination with Ex, for example I run the following commands
:Sexplore
:q
:Sexplore
It will open netrw in both splits. I expected it to only open in the ...
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Making vim-fugitive compatible with file explorers
I have the vim-fugitive plugin and use :G a lot. If I have NERDTree as a plug or netrw enabled then :G will open either a NERDTree file or a netrw file instead of the usual fugitive file with the ...
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Netrw problem - 'mt' open new tab instead of marking as target folder
I was playing with netrw and was amazed by the possibility.
I'd like to mark some files with 'mf' and move it to a folder using 'mt'. However, when I press 't', vim seems to interprets it as "open a ...
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Hiding multiple netrw files not working
I am trying to hide all dotfiles and all .jsx files from netrw
When I update the variable g:netrw_list_hide, nothing happens.
let ghregex = '\(^\|\s\s\)\zs\.\S\+'
let jsxregex = '.*\.jsx$'
let g:...
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How to delete non-empty directories in netrw (Vim 8 or Neovim)?
I try to delete some non-empty folder in netrw by pressing Shift d and, after press y, I got this error:
(netrw) unable to delete directory {path}
I already put this variable in my .config/nvim/init....
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Open netrw view of directory with Ctrl-P
Is it possible to use Ctrl-P to search for directories in addition to searching for files? I want to be able to search for directories in my project in whatever mode (CtrlP, CtrlPMRU, or other) and ...
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When alt-tabbing, subfolders in Netrw change appearance and opens in preview window
I'm on macOS Ventura 13.2, using macVim and terminal vim. When I toggle Netrw, open a folder with a subfolder, and then cmd-tab away from vim and back again, that subfolder changes appearance and ...
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Vim: Netrw used to equate "%" to the folder being examined
When I used previous versions of Netrw, I could issue Bash commands like :!mkdir %/NewSubFolder. The % would translate into the folder being examined by Netrw, which isn't necessarily the same as the ...
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Vim 8.2 says unwritten changes if I change netrw display views
I recently upgraded to Vim 8.2 (I don't recall what the last version was). When I open a buffer to display the contents of a folder, it uses netrw, which I've enjoyed for years. Now, if I use netrw'...
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How to get path in NetRW?
I want to override NetRW's response to <CR>. When I hit enter, I want to:
get the path of the file or directory of the line with the cursor in the :Lex window
test if path is a file
if the ...
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Vim file explorer - jump to file by letter
In windows file explorer, if you hit a letter like R, you get to a file/folder beginning with R.
Especially in directories with many files this is super convenient.
Does one of the Vim file explorers ...
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Changing working directory to current in netrw
My working directory is /a and I open up netrw with :tabe /b. I now want to change my working directory to /b. I read that :cd<CR> should work but it just does the same thing as typing cd in a ...
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Open JIRA issues from inside Vim based on JIRA tag
I just learned about the gx command to open URLs from Vim. Is there a way to do the same thing based on the highlighting. For example, I have this match rule to hightlight JIRA issues:
syn match ...
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How to open netrw at each vim session but have the cursor on the code (and not on the tree) when opening
I found the following chunk of command on this blog to have a file browser open by starting vim that I added to my .vimrc. It splits the window into 2 panes: a file browser and the text editor. The ...
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How can I open netrw in a split when opening a directory?
I have figured out how to open a file browser in a split, using the following in vimrc:
let g:netrw_liststyle = 3
let g:netrw_banner = 0
let g:netrw_browse_split = 4
let g:netrw_winsize = 25
let g:...
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Toggle explorer window
neovim 0.2-dev
:Lexplore opens up explorer window and entering :Lexplore again toggles it. However, if I interact with the explorer window(i.e. expand a directory), then typing :Lexplore opens up ...
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vim netrw problems on Windows 10
The weird behaviour I was seeing included:
:Ex might open an empty window
Use of - as a shortcut to go up to the parent directory in netrw, would make the entire shell non-responsive (or at least, ...
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"netrw" mishandling long filenames
I see an odd problem with netrw for file names that are long enough to run into the next column (which is for the file size). When I press "Return" or "o" to view the file, it ...
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Netrw-R Renaming multiple Files with vim
After going through the renaming guides from the doc folder in vim I found a way to replace text with the input :%s/frompattern/topattern/g.
Reaching the renaming files with the file browser tutorial/...
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How to have netrw ignore executables?
When I use netrw with the :Explore command I see that binary/executable files are highlighted in orange and have a little * start next to them, so I guess it can recognize them without having to rely ...
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How can I get netrw to not move the cursor when I return to it
When I open a directory in netrw by opening vim like vim ., it will show me a list of files in the current directory. If I find a file then press t it will open that file in a new tab, when I'm done, ...
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Netrw - Lexplore is not an editor command
I was trying to configure vim to have a file explorer on the side with no plugins. I found the following script:
function! ToggleNetrw()
if g:NetrwIsOpen
let i = bufnr("$")
while (...
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Vim hides files inside directories with brackets in the name
I've been dealing with a huge problem of NeoVim for weeks (also applies to Vim a GVim) and I failed to find the solution on my own. What's happening is that NERDTree is hiding the content of any ...
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Trouble remapping netrw
I'm using a bépo keyboard, kind of like a dvorak keyboard but for french. One of the most important aspect of using a bépo layout with vim is that I have to hjkl <-> ctsr. To do so I have this ...
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gx doesn't open the url and complains: netrw --No Line In Buffer--
My issue happens with the key combination gx in normal mode.
The problems happens in Vim, (I have also tried in NeoVim and it correctly opens the link in firefox directly).
I have a test file /tmp/...
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how to overwrite netwr default file handler keybinding and still use it?
I'd like to overwrite netrw plugin's default file handler keybinding gx
but still be able to use it:
" should remap netrw's gx to gX
xnoremap gX gx
" map gx to something else
xmap gx :...
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Unexpected TabNew behavior
I want to create a netrw sidebar whenever I open a new tab. I tried this:
au TabNew,VimEnter *
\ | :Vex
\ | :vert res 40
but this makes a layout like this when I :tabe file2:
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Selecting the directory underneath cursor in netrw
Let's say I am exploring a directory in netrw with many subdirectories:
" ============================================================================
" Netrw Directory Listing ...
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What's the cleanest way to open directories using FZF instead of netrw?
I have a dirty implementation of using FZF instead of netrw to open directories:
" netrw
let g:loaded_netrw = 1
let g:loaded_netrwPlugin = 1
" Directories
function! MaybeOpenFzfForDir(...
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Netrw doesn't recognize "~/"
I installed ubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso on VirtualBox 6.1.28. It is my first foray into virtual machines and Linux.
I installed Vim 8.1 according to this page.
The command :e ~/tmp/tmp.txt opens ...
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Showing different directories in multiple netrw instances
I was hoping that I could have splits or tabs in which I would use different netrw instances to see different folders or to use separate hide lists. Unfortunately any change in split/tab A affects ...
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How do I regain control of my Vim session when it hangs while saving a file via netrw?
I edit a lot of files using netrw in gvim. Sometimes, when I mash C-s to save, it will hang my vim session. I'm not sure if this is because of a network error, or because I also sometimes hit C-z at ...
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how to install this? NerdTree visual selection
I've been trying to install this package called nerdTree-visual-selection. It is a package that 'defines key mappings that will work on nodes contained in a Visual selection in NERDTree'.
It was weird ...
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Change behavior of `gx` key
I used to use chromium before and then, I could press gx on an url and vim would open it in a new tab if a chromium instance was already running, otherwise create a new window.
But in firefox, when I ...
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Vim cannot find medical spell files
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I would love to have a medical spell dictionary in vim.
Currently, I have a lot of medical terms in my own personal English dictionary right now. However, using an official ...
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Automatically getting diff between netrw preview window and fixed file
Say I am in a directory with the filetree below, where gold.txt is a file I would like to compare each of the other .txt files against, one at a time.
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├── gold.txt
└── to-compare
├── compare1....
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How can I use let `g:netrw_keepdir = 0` for folders and `autochdir` for files?
Normally I want to use autochdir to
change to the directory containing the file which was opened or selected
However, in netrw, there's a warning
However, the autochdir option:
:set acd
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Copying absolute filepath of selected file in Netrw
Is it possible to copy the absolute filepath of the file under the cursor in Netrw?
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Explore command not working in Terminal normal mode
In vim, I open a terminal using :term and enter the normal mode using <C-w> <N>. Then, :Explore does not open the vim's file navigation view, but creates a another split window of the ...
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how to stop vim suspending when using gx
When I press gx over a link in vim, it opens it in an external application, when it does this it also suspends Vim.
How do I prevent it from suspending Vim, so that I can use Vim while browsing ...
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netrw freezes for seconds when entering window for a folder on network drive with many zip files
I have split windows on Vim/Gvim, one of which is opened to a folder rather than an text file. When the folder is on a network drive, Vim/Gvim freezes for 5-10 seconds whenever I change focus to that ...
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