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Prevent NERDTree from switching tabs when opening a file node?

In NERDTree, if I select a file node and hit o, it opens the file in a window in the current tab. However, if that particular file is already open in another tab, NERDTree switches to that tab. I find ...
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How do I change the default size of plugin window (NerdTree, Taglist, etc)?

I'm using the Taglist and NerdTree plugins quite often. Usually the window that opens in the left side is too small and I need to extend it. I usually do: 10 CTRL+w > Is there a way to change the ...
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NERDTree How to open a file and automatically close the explorer buffer

When using NERDTree plugin the default behavior is to open a new file and keeping the NERDTree buffer open. What I want to do is to keep this default behavior but also overriding it when I want so the ...
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Why `NERDTree` doesn't trigger the autocommand `BufEnter`?

I am writing a vimscript function which should keep in a consistent state a "home made buffer manager". The idea is that I want to keep a trace of my buffers in the tabs they were open in. This "...
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NerdTree cd vs CD

I'm not quite sure of the difference between cd and CD in NERDTree. It seems to actually cd into a directory I have to do cdCD, so for me they are kind of mushed together. From the docs it says: CD --...
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NERDTree Leaving Empty Space on Bottom of Window

I've been using NERDTree forever, but recently it started doing something odd. When I open the NERDTree Menu, it adds this block of space at the bottom of the window, and I can't get rid of it (...
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