Shortcut to open file in Vim

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I want to open a file in Vim like in Eclipse using Ctrl   Shift   R  or via the Ctrl   N option of autofill  Invoke a keyboard shortcut  type the file name pattern  and choose from all the matching files names   I know opening it normally like    tabe  lt filepath gt   new  lt filepath gt   edit  lt filepath gt    The problem here is that I have to specify the whole file path in these cases

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I installed FuzzyFinder  However  the limitation is that it only finds files in the current dir  One workaround to that is to add FuzzyFinderTextmate  However  based on the docs and commentary  that doesn t work reliably  You need the right version of FuzzyFinder and you need your copy of Vim to be compiled with Ruby support   A different workaround I m trying out now is to open all the files I m likely to need at the beginning of the editing session  E g   open all the files in key directories      args app     args config     args test    etc       This means I would have possibly scores of files open  however so far it still seems to work OK    After that  I can use FuzzyFinder in buffer mode and it will act somewhat like TextMate s command-o shortcut      FuzzyFinderBuffer

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I recently fell in love with fuzzyfinder vim      -    FuzzyFinderFile will let you open files by typing partial names or patterns

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I know three plugins that permit to open files  support auto-completion  and don t require to enter the full path name of the file s  to open  as long as the files are under one of the directories from  amp path vim option     searchInRuntime that I m maintaining  the completion is not on  e  find  but on split actions  fuzzy finder as it has been already pointed out  lookupfile    Lately  I ve seen another plugin with a similar feature  but I don t remember the name   Soon   find is likely support auto-completion -- patches on this topic are circulating on vim dev mailing-list these days

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This isn t exactly what you re looking for  but it s good in many cases  though not all      If you VIM open and there s a name of a file in the buffer  you can put the cursor on that filename and type gf   This opens the file whose name is under the cursor in the same buffer   It s the same as   e CTRL r CTRL w

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What I normally do is e    e-space-dot  which gives me a browsable current directory - then I can   - search for name fragments  just like finding a word in a text file  I find that generally good enough  simple and quick

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There s also command-t which I find to be the best of the bunch  and I ve tried them all    It s a minor hassle to install it but  once it s installed  it s a dream to use   https   wincent com products command-t

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You can search for a file in the current path by using       tabe    header h   Hit tab to see various completions if there is more than one match

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Use tabs  they work when inputting file paths in vim escape mode

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you can use  set wildmenu  you can use tab to autocomplete filenames you can also use matching  for example  e p  dat or something like that  like in old  dos  you could also  browse confirm e  for a graphical window  but you should also probably specify what vim version you re using  and how that thing in emacs works  Maybe we could find you an exact vim alternative

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I use a couple of shortcuts in my  vimrc file  exact syntax below    They are based on the fact that in 90  of the cases  I want to open another file in the same directory as the file that I am currently editing  or in a directory that is very close in the hierarchy to that edited file   Here s what the commands do do    cd   Change the current working directory to the directory that the current file you are editing is in    e   Opens a file with the current working directory already filled in so you have to specify only the filename   Put these into your  vimrc   map  e  e  lt C-R gt  expand    p h          lt CR gt   map  cd  cd   p h  lt CR gt    Here s a sequence of events      You are editing a file called test java in   home prog   cd -  Current working directory now becomes   home prog   e -  Expands to   e  home prog  so that you can just fill in the file name  say test h        e -  Expands to   e  home  tab -  Cycle through subdirectories of  home enter -  cd to the directory you want say  home prog  e -  Expands to   e  home prog

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With Exuberant ctags  you can create tag files with file information   ctags --extra  f -R     Then  open file from VIM with    tag filename   You can also use  lt tab gt  to autocomplete file name

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I like the  FuzzyFinderTextMate  or Ctrl   F  on my setup  See http   weblog jamisbuck org 2008 10 10 coming-home-to-vim

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If you re editing files in a common directory  you can  cd to that directory  then use  e on just the filename   For example  rather than    e  big long path that takes a while to type or tab complete thingy rb  sp  big long path that takes a while to type or tab complete other thingy c  vs  big long path that takes a while to type or tab complete one more thingy java   You can do    cd  big long path that takes a while to type or tab complete   e thingy rb  sp other thingy c  vs one more thingy java   Or  if you already have a file in the desired directory open  you can use the   shorthand for the current filename  and trim it to the current directory with the  h modifier   help           e  big long path that takes a while to type or tab complete thingy rb  cd   h  sp other thingy c  vs one more thingy java   And  like others have said  you can tab-complete file names on the ex-line  see  help cmdline-completion for more

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unless I m missing something   e filename is the fastest way I ve found   You can use tab to autocomplete the filename as well

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In GVIM  The file can be browsed using open   read   write dialog    browse  command     command  - open   read   write  open - Opens the file read - Appends the file write - SaveAs dialog

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find is another option   I open vim from the root of my project and have the path set to there   Then  I can open files located anywhere in the tree using    find    filena lt  tab  gt    Tab will autocomplete through various matches      tells it to search recursively through the path

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Consider using CtrlP plug-in   It is included in Janus Distributive   Allows you to find files in the current directory  open buffers or most recently used files using  fuzzy matching  or regular expression

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FuzzyFinder has been mentioned  however I love the textmate like behaviour of the FuzzyFinderTextmate plugin which extends the behaviour to include all subdirs   Make sure you are using version 2 16 of fuzzyfinder vim - The higher versions break the plugin

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If you ve got tags  and you should   you can open a file from the command line just by the name of the class or method or c function  with  vim -t DBPlaylist   and within vim with   tag ShowList

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