created by

chao wang

script type

utility

description

Only for windows. As a vimer, I wish to use vim to locate and open file more easier and faster. One day, I found a free software named Everything, it can locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. This plugin provides a interface with Everything command-line tools(es.exe). Invoke FindEverything, type the file name you wish to find, and then it will return results in a buffer window. How fast it can be? I type '*', which means find all files in all of my drives, and it return 160,000+ results in less than 5 seconds. I believe that if you type more character, it will show the results instantly. Usage: 1. Download Everything gui and command-line(es.exe) tools     from the website: http://www.voidtools.com/download.php 2. Start everything.exe and keep it running in background. 3. Put this plugin into your vim runtime/plugin directory. 4. Define g:fe_es_exe in your vimrc file.      Notice: it should pointer to the everything command-line interface(es.exe)      e.g. let g:fe_es_exe = 'd:\Everything\es.exe' 5. Open vim and run command :FE Command(all capital) :FE  find files using everything. :FER toggle the buffer to see the last search result. Some map_keys: <CR>     Open file under the cursor by default association. <C-CR>   Open file under the cursor using current vim session. <ESC>    Quit the result buffer. Some options: 1. Always open these file types in current vim session.    let g:fe_openfile_filter = ['txt', 'vim'] 2. Define es.exe option.    let g:fe_es_option = '-s' Known issues: 1. Don't set g:fe_es_exe to any path include whitespace. 2. es.exe support regular search, but seems that it can't work as well as its gui tools.    So, I suggest not using its -r option. You can use vim regular for further searching.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
FindEverything.vim	1.0	2011-03-13	7.0	chao wang	Initial upload

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