On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:27:18 -0600 "Andrew Falanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? Do you mean the ability to "edit" a directory and read its contents? > The documentation says that it's distributed with vim. However, I > installed vim using the FreeBSD ports system on my FreeBSD system and > this pluglin, apparently, isn't installed along with the rest of vim. That's odd. The FreeBSD ports build method for Vim is simply to download the patches, apply them, and do a standard build. To my knowledge, nothing is removed. One possibility I can think of: did you build a "LITE" version? (Using `make -DLITE install` for example.) What leads you to believe that this functionality isn't present? Do you get some sort of error messages when you try to do something? > While browsing for the plugin, I've found all sorts of plugins, but > the descriptions don't seem to match what this describes (or the > behavior I'm used to because I use the feature a lot in Linux). I'm > seeing minibufexplr.vim, bufexplorer.vim, SelectBuf.vim and a pluthra > of others, but the closest I've found yet is winmanager.vim. However, > like I said, it doesn't sound quite like what I'm looking for and I'm > hoping someone here knows the plugin I need. I actually use the Project plugin to do file navigation -- the downside (or I rather think of it as a benefit) is that you have to "register" what files you want it to list. Anyway, I think with a little more info, we may be able to further examine why the builtin version isn't working on your setup. -- Taylor Venable [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metasyntax.net/
