created by

Romain Maurer

script type

utility

description

This script  caches the content of a part of the filesystem and help retrieves the appropriate file based on a pattern. It has been heavily inspired by the FindFile plugin. However, this plugin is not limited to filename patterns only as you can type any part of a file path (thus including folders). The plugin also comes with some options that allow faster search like automatic search 'completion' of folders, case sensitivity, ... The pattern supports wildcards (* / ?). It is a 2 step process to use:     1. cache the files     2. search through them This is my first vim script so feel free to give me advices :) Here is the documentation that you can find inside the script header:                You can use the following functions:                  ":GetFileCacheFiles <path>" - Caches the files. Has to be called at least once before a call to ":GetFile".                  ":GetFileClearCache" - Clear the cache.                  ":GetFile" - Start searching for a file.                You may want to add the following lines in your ~/.vimrc file:                (or whatever shortcut you find suitable)                "nmap <silent> <unique> fc :GetFileCacheFiles .<CR>"                "nmap <silent> <unique> ff :GetFile<CR>"                Once in the "[GetFile]" buffer:                                   Use "<Up>" / "<C-p>" and "<Down>" / "<C-n>" to select a file.                  "<CR>" opens the selected file. (If no selection done, it opens the first file).                  "<ESC>" exits the buffer.                Supported Options that you can specify in your .vimrc file:                    "g:GetFileIgnoreList"                        List of patterns to ignore.                        Default = ['*.o', '*.pyc', '*/tmp/*', '*~', '*/.svn/*', '*#']                    "g:GetFileIgnoreCase"                        Do not take case into account when searching files.                        Default = 0                    "g:GetFileAutoFillFolder"                        Speeds up the search when searching through folders as                        typing '/' is equivalent to typing '*/'.                        There are 3 possible values:                            0: do not use this option                            1: auto complete the current folder only. (match till                            the next '/' only)                            2: auto complete the entire sub hierarchy. (match                            till the last possible '/')                        Default = 1                Example of how to set an option in you .vimrc file:                                   "let g:GetFileAutoFillFolder = 2"

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
getfile.vim	1.0.3	2010-05-07	7.0	Romain Maurer	Initial upload

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