Hi, Benjamin Reitzammer wrote: > > I've searched the archive and asked many search engines for help, but > I still haven't found what I'm looking for (well, I'll stop the > humming, singing instantly ;) > > Currently I switch between jEdit and vim on a hourly basis, depending > on the machine I'm working. I really love vim and would like to use it > exclusively, but until now there's one major thing missing for me, > that I couldn't find. "Find filenames as you type, and open them > instantly" .... or explained in more detail ... > > In jEdit there's a plugin called Openit > (http://plugins.jedit.org/plugins/?OpenIt) which let's me configure a > number of directories. It then indexes the filenames contained in > these directories. Then it gives me the opportunity to search through > all the indexed filenames very, very quickly, and opening a found > file. Combined with fast typing, knowing the names of your files, and > a shortcut for opening the searching window, this is awesome. > I've uploaded a screenshot to better convey what I mean. It's at > http://nur-eine-i.de/openit_screenshot.png > > > Now my question: > Is there something similar for vim? Or do you guys have any hacks, > shell scripts for achieving this? Pressing a key combination, typing > in some letters, hitting enter and you opened another file?
though I don't think that VIM uses indexing, maybe :help :find :help 'path' is what you have been looking for. Regards, Jürgen -- Jürgen Krämer Softwareentwicklung HABEL GmbH & Co. KG mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hinteres Öschle 2 Tel: +49 / 74 61 / 93 53 - 15 78604 Rietheim-Weilheim Fax: +49 / 74 61 / 93 53 - 99
