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VimExplorer : VE - the File Manager within Vim!

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created by
Ming Bai
 
script type
utility
 
description
Get the latest version from Github:
https://github.com/mbbill/VimExplorer

Usage:        :h VimExplorer
Screen shots:
http://mbbill.googlepages.com/VE1.PNG
http://mbbill.googlepages.com/VE2.PNG

CONTENTS                                        *VimExplorer-contents*

1.  Intro.......................................|VimExplorer-start|
2.  Functionality...............................|VimExplorer-functionality|
    2.1  Tree Panel Hotkeys.....................|VimExplorer-treehotkey|
    2.2  File Panel Hotkeys.....................|VimExplorer-filehotkey|
    2.3  Commands...............................|VimExplorer-commands|
3.  Directory Browsing..........................|VimExplorer-browse|
    3.1  Tree Browsing..........................|VimExplorer-treebrowse|
    3.2  File Browsing..........................|VimExplorer-filebrowse|
    3.3  Forward and Backward...................|VimExplorer-forbackward|
    3.4  Favorites..............................|VimExplorer-favorite|
    3.5  Temp Marks.............................|VimExplorer-tempmark|
4.  Marks.......................................|VimExplorer-mark|
    4.1  Single File Marks......................|VimExplorer-marksingle|
    4.2  Visual Marks...........................|VimExplorer-markvisual|
    4.3  Regexp Marks...........................|VimExplorer-markregexp|
5.  File operations.............................|VimExplorer-fileoperation|
    5.1  Create.................................|VimExplorer-new|
    5.2  Move...................................|VimExplorer-move|
    5.3  Delete.................................|VimExplorer-delete|
    5.4  Diff...................................|VimExplorer-diff|
    5.5  Search.................................|VimExplorer-search|
    5.6  Other Operations.......................|VimExplorer-otherfileopt|
6.  Other Functionalities.......................|VimExplorer-otherfuncs|
7.  Customization...............................|VimExplorer-customize|
    7.1  Normal Options.........................|VimExplorer-custnormal|
    7.2  Hotkey Customization...................|VimExplorer-custhotkey|
    7.3  Command Customization..................|VimExplorer-custcommand|
8.  The Author..................................|VimExplorer-author|
9.  Problems and Fixes..........................|VimExplorer-problems|


==============================================================================
1.  Intro                                       *VimExplorer-start*

What is VimExplorer ?
VimExplorer is a file manager, it can do a lot of file operations such as
copy, delete, move, preview, search and so on. Also it has a variety of other
capacities and customization abilities.

You can start VimExplorer by the following command:
>
        :VE
<
Then it will ask you for the starting directory, default is the current path.
>
        VimExplorer (directory): /home/username/
<
You can change it to some other directories or just push "Enter" to start it.

The second approach to start VimExplorer:
>
        :VE [directory]
<
Example:
>
        :VE /usr/src/
<
Now, VimExplorer will start using the path '/usr/src/'. When you are typing
the path, <tab> and <ctrl-d> will help you to complete the path automatically.
After all of these operations, you can see a new tab which has two panels
within it, one is the "Tree Panel" and the other is "File Panel". From now you
will have a happy journey using the powerful file manager.
 
install details
Put vimExplorer.vim to plugin/ directory, that's all.
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
vimExplorer.vim 0.99 2011-07-08 7.0 Ming Bai Some new features and bug-fixes.
vimExplorer.vim 0.98 2007-08-08 7.0 Ming Bai (BE SURE TO UPDATE TO THIS VERSION, THE PREVIOUS VERSION HAS A SERIOUS BUG WHICH WOULD CAUSE FILE LOST!)
0.98
    -   Add option VEConf_filePanelFilter.
    -   Bug fix: Escape <space> in command 'e' 'se' 'u' and '='.
    -   Bug fix: 'Cut' and 'Paste' command causes file lost.
    -   Change the default hotkey 'M' and 'B' to 'm','J'.
    -   Change forward and backward hotkey to |<c-o>| and |<c-i>|(<tab>).
    -   Change hotkey |<tab>| to |<c-tab>|.
    -   Change hotkey |mr| |mv| |md| |me| |mc| to |Mr| |Mv| |Md| |Me| |Mc|.
    -   When GUI is running, use confirm() to pop a dialog instead of input().
vimExplorer.vim 0.97 2007-07-24 7.0 Ming Bai 0.97
    - Change the behaviour of hotkey 'F', now it adds the path under cursor to
        favorite list. If no path under cursor, use current working path
        instead.(Thanks to Vincent Wang)
    - Bug fix: escape ' %#' for path.
    - Add options |g:VEConf_usingKDE| and |g:VEConf_usingGnome| for starting
        program in *nix environment.
    - Check if the script is already loaded, thanks to Dennis Hostetler.
    - Change default g:VEConf_systemEncoding to '' (empty)
    - Bug fix: favorite selection out of range.
vimExplorer.vim 0.96 2007-07-18 7.0 Ming Bai bug fix.
vimExplorer.vim 0.95 2007-07-11 7.0 Ming Bai Initial upload
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