How to access file with vim when there is + before directory name
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Oil.nvim like file manager for vim

i switch between vim and neovim. i have a special love for vim so i try to bring some neovim features that i miss into vim. one, for example, is the oil.nvim plugin for neovim. i made myself a plugin just like it.

I can create, rename, move, copy, delete files as if i am editing a vim buffer. of course since i made it for myself it is not bug free and not 100% complete.

my question is does the vim community want such plugin? or are they happy with using the already available file managers?

UPDATE:

i have made the plugin and it is ready to use. I am calling it VimExplorer. please try to forgive me for any bugs that you might encounter. help me by reporting it and i will find time to work on it.

Link to repo: https://github.com/Ashik80/VimExplorer

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Give me tips for my programming setup

I am a CS student. Our main language in our courses is Java. When I was still using Windows, jGRASP was the main IDE I was using in the beginning. This was the one recommended to us. After jGRASP, I started using VScodium.

In the past year, I started using terminal-based editors because I switched to Linux and honestly I feel more productive and less distracted.

I use tmux as my terminal multiplexer. On the left side, the main pane has Vim opened. On the right side, I have two panes one on top of the other. One of them I use to display the files in the directory. The other one I use for javac/ running commands. I don’t have any plugins installed. I like to run things vanilla first before doing modifications. Do you think my set up is good or do you think I make things hard for myself by not using plugins? Thank you very much guys!

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Tempfile pattern for more Unix philosophy points

Vim usually composes well with Unix utilities. However some tools, like paste and comm accept two file arguments and there is only one stdin. So it requires file saving in some capacity.

The pattern is “use stdin for one file and save an alternate file to a tempfile”. Some of this can be automated, of course. Then utilize :h :_# placeholder for an alternate file and :help :range! to replace current buffer with the result of the CLI utility.

Here's an asciinema with an example https://asciinema.org/a/857466

Edit: I guess there is another pattern here that's more interesting. Delete lines that prevent you from making your edit into another file, perform an edit, place the removed lines back.

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vim-gramaculate: AI-powered vim grammar checker for markdown
https://github.com/ahalbert/vim-gramaculate

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The Awesome Vim9 list now supports GitHub and Codeberg links.

You can now add

https://github.com/user/repo

or

https://codeberg.org/user/repo

... links to contributions.md.

I will accept PRs (see CONTRIBUTING.md) for users wishing to add new Codeberg links or update their own GitHub links to Codeberg.

99 projects on the list as I write this.

https://github.com/saccarosium/awesome-vim9

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vim-format - a vimscript code formatter written in C++

I love tools like clang-format and black. I was not aware of any vimscript code formatter in existence, so I decided to make my own.

https://github.com/twcarbone/vim-format

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built an open-source tool to pair program without leaving vim

hey r/vim, i got tired of being told to "just use vs code liveshare" every time someone wanted to pair, so i built shadow.

it works at the filesystem level — syncs file changes over an encrypted websocket connection. no vim plugin needed, it just picks up your writes automatically.

start a session, share a link, your partner joins in whatever editor they use. both of you edit live.

e2e encrypted (server never sees your code)
CLI tool (works on any OS) + mac menu bar app
free and open-source (MIT)
works for pair programming, code reviews, mock interviews

github: https://github.com/go-johnnyhe/shadow

would love feedback from vim users.

https://redd.it/1rt1b2h
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Gruber-Darker Theme Port For Vim

Hey r/vim,

I’ve spent the last 3 years jumping between C++, Rust, Java, and C#, and I finally got tired of "rainbow-puke" themes that distract me from the logic.

I've always loved the Gruber Darker palette (originally by Jason Blevins and Alexey Kutepov, also known as Tsoding or rexim, made for GNU Emacs), so I built a faithful, robust, highly configurable, pixel perfect Vim port that focuses on readability and zero-distraction.

Why use this?

Low-level friendly: Great contrast for pointers, macros, and memory management in C/C++/Rust.
No unnecessary bloat: Just a clean .vim file.
Multi-plugin support: This port supports Airline, Lightline, and also has support for most Plugin Managers.
Mahoosive Help Documentation: I have written a very detailed and brief help documentation on this theme of a total of 1472 lines. Check the repo for more details.

Screenshot:

https://preview.redd.it/veexqthc77qg1.png?width=1918&format=png&auto=webp&s=8da29ca4c64c37fc82425218279a724cfcf3315f

Repo: https://github.com/ThunderBoltCODMYT/gruber-darker.vim

I'd love to hear what you guys think, especially if you spend 8+ hours a day in the terminal. Issues and Discussions are also open on the github repo, maybe if you want to suggest some features or find some bugs, I'll be happy to fix them!

https://redd.it/1ryvk9d
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Is there an easy way to change the color of specific characters.

In monospaced fonts far too many characters look alike, dashes and hyphens, and the dashes different lengths are some examples. Same for spaces. Also the breaking status. I'd like to mark them with color. Is there a simple way to do this.

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Formating tables : Some weird vimscript bug

Hello everybody,

I am currently trying to write a vimscript to act on a visual range.

**Here is the whole idea :**

1. I filter visual selection through pandoc command (not relevant here I think, but it transforms my multiline-table markdown table to simple line)
2. because I lost visual selection (and because a:lastline is now wrong), i select my table again
3. I remove the === and --- lines.

**Here is the following script :**

1: function! FuncFormatPandocTable()
2: '<,'>!pandoc -t markdown-multiline_tables --wrap=none -o -
3: endfunction
4:
5: function! FuncFormatListTable()
6: call FuncFormatPandocTable()
7: normal vip
8: '<,'>g/^[ =+-]*$/d
9: endfunction

**Here is the problem :**
The full script doesnt work.

1. If i comment line 8, I do have my table formated and the (new) table is selected.
2. If i comment line 6, I do have my '===' and '---' lines removed.
3. I can not chain both, for some mysterious reason

Does somebody can explain this sorcery to me ?

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