netrw is 11,000 (eleven thousand) lines of code without any automated tests. You might want to try dirvish.vim[1] (400 lines of code, also no tests), the first file manager that actually leverages Vim's built-in features.
https://github.com/justinmk/vim-dirvish Justin M. Keyes On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 8:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > hello all, > > On Vim 7.4.1401 (OS X 10.11.3), netrw’s :Explore is acting very weirdly for > me. > > My workflow is to usually open some file, use :Explore to search for related > documents and switch between buffers as I need. Since at least 7.4.1401 > calling :Explore hides the current buffer, even if it has been edited. > > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Start with `vim file1.txt`; > 2. inside vim use `:Explore`; > 3. open `file2.txt` and find that `file1.txt` is not available anymore and is > not displayed on`:ls` — the only way to access it is to use `:ls!`, check the > buffer number and use `b{buffer_number}`. > > Since I’m managing vim with homebrew, I reverted to the previous version, > 7.4.1345, and it seems to fix the issue at hand. It does not seem to be > related to plugins (have disabled most of them before posting this). > > any clues on what might be happening? is this an actual issue or was I > relying on faulty behaviour (seems unlikely since I've been netrw in this > manner for at least 2 years now)? > > thanks in advance for any input! > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
