When this comes up for me, I generally use the NERD tree plugin.
There is, iir, method to make vims buffers global among all active vim
sessions, but I do not recall the specifics.
Thanks,
Chris
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Per Thulin" <per.thu...@valentinewebsystems.se>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:01:54
To: <v...@vim.org>
Subject: Navigating complicated file hierarchies
Hello fellow vim users!
I use vim for all my coding and text editing needs. Until now I've
only used it for small projects with all files in a single folder,
nothing complicated. However, my current job involves a lot of jumping
around between files in very different file hierarchies, copying
pasting etc. I've tried a few different strategies:
1. Use bash to jump around in the system and open/close new Vim
instances when I need to edit something. This makes it easy to
navigate the file system but doesn't work when I need to copy/paste
content from e.g. /foo/b/c/d.txt to /bar/a/b/c/d.txt, as I need both
these files open in the same vim instance, and to open those files as
absolute paths is a PITA.
2. Have one Vim instance and use :Ex to navigate the file system. The
biggest problem with this setup though is that when I've navigated to
a different folder, I can't use :e to open a new file in this same
folder because the working directory that :e looks at isn't affected.
I think the best solution for me would be if there was a way to have
multiple terminals where I can use bash and vim however I choose, but
copy/paste content freely between them. I have no problems with
multiple windows, just need to be able to copy/paste.
So my question is: how do you manage long file hierarchies in vim? I
know it's possible because I've heard about very skilled developers
doing the same work as I do entirely in vim.
Thanks!
-Per Thulin
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