Usage
Open Vim in Netrw
# open current directory
vim .
# open in path
vim /path/to/dir
Commands
:E[xplore]- will make Netrw occupy the entire window:Hex[plore]- horizontal split and show the directory in the lower window:Vex[plore]- vertical split and show the directory on the left side:Sex[plore]- horizontal split and show the directory in the upper window:Tex[plore]- new tabpage to show the directory:Lex[plore]- like Vexplore, but will open a file on the window where we called the command. Also works to toggles Netrw
Variants with a ! will show the directory on the opposite side :Lex!
- Open with specific width
:Vex 25
Shortcuts
v - open file in split
P - open file in previous window
p - open preview window
CTRL-W Z - close preview window
d - create directory
% - create file
R - rename file
D - delete file or empty directory
mt - assign target used by move & copy
mf - mark file or directory
mc - copy marked files in target
mm - move marked files to target
mx - run external command on marked files
I - toggle banner
gh - toggle hidden files
s - change sort order
i - toggle view
x - open in default editor
Settings
Configs
" helps to avoid move files error
let g:netrw_keepdir=0
" change size of Netrw window
let g:netrw_winsize=30
" hide banner
let g:netrw_banner=0
" enable recursive copy of directories
let g:netrw_localcopydircmd='cp -r'
" tree-view
let g:netrw_liststyle = 3
" use the previous window to open file
let g:netrw_browse_split = 4
Keymaps
nnoremap <leader>dd :Lexplore %:p:h<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>da :Lexplore<CR>
" wipeout netrw buffers when they are hidden
augroup AutoDeleteNetrwHiddenBuffers
au!
au FileType netrw setlocal bufhidden=wipe
augroup end