fuzzee.vim

Fuzzee.vim will tab-complete paths relative to the current working directory in Vim and also the current buffer for use with :e[dit], :E[xplore], and many other splitting options. It also ignores files, directories, and filetypes listed in the user-defined wildignore setting and has support for multi-directory globbing and custom-path mappings.

Install

Install with vim-pathogen in your configured bundles folder.

Or you can extract fuzzee.vim from plugins/ and place it in your ~/.vim/plugins/ directory with the others.

Usage

The :F command can be given any fuzzily-typed string that, when expanded, matches some filepath on your system.

It accepts 3 different types of arguments:

• Strings that expand to files relevant to the current buffer
• The same but ones directly in the root of the current working directory
• Absolute paths

Let's give an example working directory and how :F can be used to navigate around it depending on what file you're currently viewing. Say the cwd, or current working directory, looks something like:

~/Dropbox/dev/project

app/
    coffeescripts/
******  application.coffee ******
        models.coffee
        collections.coffee
lib/
    scripts.js
public/
    stylesheets/
        sass/
        css/
    javascripts/
        application.js
        models.js
        collections.js
Cakefile

First we'll use :F to get to the working directory from a new Vim session in your home directory. Any of the following are sufficient:

:F ~/dr/de/pro  " search for /Users/you/*d*r*/*d*e*/*p*r*o*
:F `*dro*oje    " globs for any *o*j*e* under /Users/you/*d*r*o*/**/
:F dr*project   " search for any filepath *d*r**/*p*r*o*j*e*c*t* under the cwd

Then :FL will change the local working directory to the project path or whatever directory the current buffer is in. :FL and :FC both accept arguments as well.

A quick :F */alcf will glob the current working directory for *a*l*c*f* to edit app/coffeescripts/application.coffee.

By hitting :F <TAB>, Fuzzee.vim will show you everything in the current buffer's directory first but that's only if you give it no arguments. This will be everything in app/coffeescripts/. To edit models.coffee, type :F md. Remember, by default it will always refer first in relation to the current buffer and if no matches are found then show the current working directory.

:F ./ will search for anything in the current working directory. However, it's not always necessary. All of the following work to edit the Cakefile from the currently edited .coffee file:

:F cak          " search in the directory above the buffer for *c*a*k*. if 
                " nothing is found, then search the current working directory.
:F ./ckf        " search in the current working directory for *c*k*f*
:F */cake       " glob for any filepath of *c*a*k*e* under the cwd

Respectively, :F ../ will search for anything in the directory above what you're currently editing. So at app/coffeescripts/application.coffee, then that will look in app/coffeescripts.

To open directories quickly, Fuzzee.vim can also be invoked with no arguments or just .

:F              " opens up the directory above the current buffer
:F .            " open the current working directory

Say you just :quit the application.coffee file in vim but you want to open it back up quickly.

:FB applcof     " open a buffer with matching fuzzy string "*a*p*p*l*c*o*f*"
                " either as a relation to the cwd or full path

The fuzzy-expansion works for any filepath on your system no matter where you are but it can always backtrace to the current working directory as well. Primarily, it searches in relation to what you're currently viewing.

Commands

• :F - open a fuzzy-string filepath
• :FS - open up in a split
• :FV - open in a vertical split
• :FT - open in a new tab
• :FL - change local working directory
• :FC - change working directory
• :FB - open a hidden or switch to an active buffer

Path Mappings

Fuzzee.vim can be used for exploring common project filepaths and directories quickly with a cmapping. For instance, to match any javascripts in your public directory, try out the following:

set wcm=<C-z> " this is just a way to map <Tab> completion
FuzzeeMap ,js javascript
FuzzeeMap ,cs css
FuzzeeMap ,st specs/spec

How this works is that you'd type in :F mod,js which would then expand and tab-complete to :F javascript/model.js or whatever file matches *m*o*d*. If you just want to explore the directory, :F ,js will show a menu of files in the javascript directory.

If you have multiple directories of the same name, remember you can specify from the root with a prepended ./ as ./javascript. Lastly, if you just want to glob down from a certain path in your project you can use a mapping like FuzzeeMap ,js app/javascript* which will look through all folders from that starting point.

To set default mappings in your vimrc, use the following:

call fuzzee#map(',ac', 'app/coffeescripts')
call fuzzee#map(',js', 'javascript')
call fuzzee#map(',cs', 'css')

Make sure to read the next section for recommended wildmenu options.

Tips

Some recommended vimrc settings:

nnoremap <Leader>f :F<Space>
nnoremap <Leader>t :F */
set wildmode=list:longest,full
set wildmenu
set wildignore+=
    \*.png,*.jpg,*.pdf,
    \CVS,SVN,
    \" more files to ignore here
set switchbuf=usetab

• Vim has a global working directory :cd and a local to window (that includes splits) working directory :lcd. Use these for making project paths relative as app/dir and not absolute like /Users/foo/dev/app/dir.

• Hitting <C-w> with any expanded path deletes back to the last word - use to move up directories quickly.

• The 'switchbuf' setting allows the :FB command to find files in other tabs or splits with a matching fuzzy-name. If the buffer is hidden (a file that was :q) then the command will just open the buffer in the current window.

Links

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