Andrew Falanga wrote:
I'm doing some reading on vim.org in the documentation areas and found
that the ability to browse a directory from within a buffer is
actually accomplished by plugins rather than being built into the vim
binary. I didn't know this. So, what plugin is it that accomplishes
what is referenced here
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/usr_22.html?
netrw.vim
Its also been updated quite a bit since the original release of vim 7.0;
so here's
some directions on how to update it:
To get an up-to-date version of netrw, you'll also need to get an
up-to-date version of vimball. So:
1) Get up-to-date versions of vimball and netrw:
vimball:
http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1502
-or- http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#VimBall
(the mysite.verizon.net one will be the more recent version)
netrw:
http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1075
-or- http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#NETRW
2) Remove the old vimball plugin and install the new one:
Linux:
cd /usr/local/share/vim/vim70
/bin/rm plugin/vimball*.vim autoload/vimball*.vim doc/pi_vimball.txt
mv (wherever it was downloaded)/vimball.tar.gz .
gunzip vimball.tar.gz
tar -xvf vimball.tar
Windows:
Under Windows, check your runtimepath to determine where your
vim 7.0's runtime directories are:
vim
:echo &rtp
:q
The first directory is likely your personal plugins directory,
the second one is your vim system directory.
cd (to your vim system directory)
del plugin\vimballPlugin.vim
del autoload\vimball.vim
del doc\pi_vimball.txt
ren (wherever)\vimball.tar.gz vimball.tar.gz
gunzip vimball.tar.gz
tar -xvf vimball.tar
3) Remove system version of netrw:
Linux:
cd /usr/local/share/vim/vim70
/bin/rm plugin/netrw*.vim autoload/netrw*.vim doc/pi_netrw.txt
syntax/netrw*.vim
Windows:
cd (to your vim system directory)
del plugin\netrwPlugin.vim
del autoload\netrw.vim
del doc\pi_netrw.txt
del syntax\netrw.vim
4) Install an up-to-date version of netrw:
vim netrw.vba.gz
:so %
:q
Regards,
Chip Campbell
