Getting Fuzzy with CtrlP and Vim

http://pyjamacoder.com/2013/04/25/getting-fuzzy-with-ctrlp/

by occam65 • 13 years ago

1 1 13 years ago

Hmm, no wonder you prefer CtrlP to your previous workflow, find and grep are two horrible and verbose tools for opening files from Vim!

The canonical way to open a file for editing is:

    :e file

Of course you can use tab-completion:

    :e fi<Tab>

And the "star" wildcard:

    :e f*/fil<Tab>

And the awesome "starstar" wildcard:

    :e **/f*/fil<Tab

It's even better if you activate the "wildmenu" and play with the "wildmode" option:

    filea  fileb  filec  filed
    ------------------------------------
    [filea] fileb filec filed
    ------------------------------------
    :e filea

CtrlP is a great plugin that I use extensively all day long but… there are other ways, beyond find and grep.

Getting Fuzzy with CtrlP and Vim

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