1*pi_netrw.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Jul 28 2 3 ----------------------------------------------------- 4 NETRW REFERENCE MANUAL by Charles E. Campbell, Jr. 5 ----------------------------------------------------- 6Author: Charles E. Campbell, Jr. <NdrOchip@ScampbellPfamily.AbizM> 7 (remove NOSPAM from Campbell's email first) 8 9Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Charles E Campbell, Jr *netrw-copyright* 10 Permission is hereby granted to use and distribute this code, with 11 or without modifications, provided that this copyright notice is 12 copied with it. Like anything else that's free, netrw.vim, 13 netrwPlugin.vim, netrwFileHandlers.vim, netrwSettings.vim, 14 syntax/netrw.vim, and pi_netrw.txt are provided *as is* and comes 15 with no warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. No 16 guarantees of merchantability. No guarantees of suitability for 17 any purpose. By using this plugin, you agree that in no event will 18 the copyright holder be liable for any damages resulting from the 19 use of this software. 20 21 22 *dav* *ftp* *netrw-file* *rcp* *scp* 23 *davs* *http* *netrw.vim* *rsync* *sftp* 24 *fetch* *netrw* *network* 25 26============================================================================== 271. Contents *netrw-contents* {{{1 28 291. Contents.............................................|netrw-contents| 302. Starting With Netrw..................................|netrw-start| 313. Netrw Reference......................................|netrw-ref| 32 EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS AND PROTOCOLS................|netrw-externapp| 33 READING............................................|netrw-read| 34 WRITING............................................|netrw-write| 35 SOURCING...........................................|netrw-source| 36 DIRECTORY LISTING..................................|netrw-dirlist| 37 CHANGING THE USERID AND PASSWORD...................|netrw-chgup| 38 VARIABLES AND SETTINGS.............................|netrw-variables| 39 PATHS..............................................|netrw-path| 404. Network-Oriented File Transfer.......................|netrw-xfer| 41 NETRC..............................................|netrw-netrc| 42 PASSWORD...........................................|netrw-passwd| 435. Activation...........................................|netrw-activate| 446. Transparent File Editing.............................|netrw-transparent| 457. Ex Commands..........................................|netrw-ex| 468. Variables and Options................................|netrw-var| 479. Browsing.............................................|netrw-browse| 48 Introduction To Browsing...........................|netrw-intro-browse| 49 Quick Reference: Maps..............................|netrw-browse-maps| 50 Quick Reference: Commands..........................|netrw-browse-cmds| 51 Bookmarking A Directory............................|netrw-mb| 52 Browsing...........................................|netrw-cr| 53 Browsing With A Horizontally Split Window..........|netrw-o| 54 Browsing With A New Tab............................|netrw-t| 55 Browsing With A Vertically Split Window............|netrw-v| 56 Change Listing Style.(thin wide long tree).........|netrw-i| 57 Changing To A Bookmarked Directory.................|netrw-gb| 58 Changing To A Predecessor Directory................|netrw-u| 59 Changing To A Successor Directory..................|netrw-U| 60 Customizing Browsing With A User Function..........|netrw-x| 61 Deleting Bookmarks.................................|netrw-mB| 62 Deleting Files Or Directories......................|netrw-D| 63 Directory Exploring Commands.......................|netrw-explore| 64 Exploring With Stars and Patterns..................|netrw-star| 65 Displaying Information About File..................|netrw-qf| 66 Edit File Or Directory Hiding List.................|netrw-ctrl-h| 67 Editing The Sorting Sequence.......................|netrw-S| 68 Going Up...........................................|netrw--| 69 Hiding Files Or Directories........................|netrw-a| 70 Improving Browsing.................................|netrw-ssh-hack| 71 Listing Bookmarks And History......................|netrw-qb| 72 Making A New Directory.............................|netrw-d| 73 Making The Browsing Directory The Current Directory|netrw-c| 74 Marking Files......................................|netrw-mf| 75 Marking Files By Regular Expression................|netrw-mr| 76 Marked Files: Arbitrary Command....................|netrw-mx| 77 Marked Files: Compression And Decompression........|netrw-mz| 78 Marked Files: Copying..............................|netrw-mc| 79 Marked Files: Diff.................................|netrw-md| 80 Marked Files: Editing..............................|netrw-me| 81 Marked Files: Grep.................................|netrw-mg| 82 Marked Files: Hiding and Unhiding by Suffix........|netrw-mh| 83 Marked Files: Moving...............................|netrw-mm| 84 Marked Files: Printing.............................|netrw-mp| 85 Marked Files: Sourcing.............................|netrw-ms| 86 Marked Files: Tagging..............................|netrw-mT| 87 Marked Files: Setting the Target Directory.........|netrw-mt| 88 Marked Files: Unmarking............................|netrw-mu| 89 Netrw Browser Variables............................|netrw-browser-var| 90 Netrw Browsing And Option Incompatibilities........|netrw-incompatible| 91 Netrw Settings.....................................|netrw-settings| 92 Obtaining A File...................................|netrw-O| 93 Preview Window.....................................|netrw-p| 94 Previous Window....................................|netrw-P| 95 Refreshing The Listing.............................|netrw-ctrl-l| 96 Renaming Files Or Directories......................|netrw-move| 97 Reversing Sorting Order............................|netrw-r| 98 Selecting Sorting Style............................|netrw-s| 99 Setting Editing Window.............................|netrw-C| 10010. Problems and Fixes...................................|netrw-problems| 10111. Debugging Netrw Itself...............................|netrw-debug| 10212. History..............................................|netrw-history| 10313. Todo.................................................|netrw-todo| 10414. Credits..............................................|netrw-credits| 105 106{Vi does not have any of this} 107 108============================================================================== 1092. Starting With Netrw *netrw-start* {{{1 110 111Netrw makes reading files, writing files, browsing over a network, and 112local browsing easy! First, make sure that you have plugins enabled, so 113you'll need to have at least the following in your <.vimrc>: 114(or see |netrw-activate|) > 115 116 set nocp " 'compatible' is not set 117 filetype plugin on " plugins are enabled 118< 119(see |'cp'| and |:filetype-plugin-on|) 120 121Netrw supports "transparent" editing of files on other machines using urls 122(see |netrw-transparent|). As an example of this, let's assume you have an 123account on some other machine; if you can use scp, try: > 124 125 vim scp://hostname/path/to/file 126< 127Want to make ssh/scp easier to use? Check out |netrw-ssh-hack|! 128 129So, what if you have ftp, not ssh/scp? That's easy, too; try > 130 131 vim ftp://hostname/path/to/file 132< 133Want to make ftp simpler to use? See if your ftp supports a file called 134<.netrc> -- typically it goes in your home directory, has read/write 135permissions for only the user to read (ie. not group, world, other, etc), 136and has lines resembling > 137 138 machine HOSTNAME login USERID password "PASSWORD" 139 machine HOSTNAME login USERID password "PASSWORD" 140 ... 141 default login USERID password "PASSWORD" 142< 143Now about browsing -- when you just want to look around before editing a 144file. For browsing on your current host, just "edit" a directory: > 145 146 vim . 147 vim /home/userid/path 148< 149For browsing on a remote host, "edit" a directory (but make sure that 150the directory name is followed by a "/"): > 151 152 vim scp://hostname/ 153 vim ftp://hostname/path/to/dir/ 154< 155See |netrw-browse| for more! 156 157There are more protocols supported by netrw than just scp and ftp, too: see the 158next section, |netrw-externapp|, on how to use these external applications with 159netrw and vim. 160 161PREVENTING LOADING *netrw-noload* 162 163If you want to use plugins, but for some reason don't wish to use netrw, then 164you need to avoid loading both the plugin and the autoload portions of netrw. 165You may do so by placing the following two lines in your <.vimrc>: > 166 167 :let g:loaded_netrw = 1 168 :let g:loaded_netrwPlugin = 1 169< 170 171============================================================================== 1723. Netrw Reference *netrw-ref* {{{1 173 174 Netrw supports several protocols in addition to scp and ftp as mentioned 175 in |netrw-start|. These include dav, fetch, http,... well, just look 176 at the list in |netrw-externapp|. Each protocol is associated with a 177 variable which holds the default command supporting that protocol. 178 179EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS AND PROTOCOLS *netrw-externapp* {{{2 180 181 Protocol Variable Default Value 182 -------- ---------------- ------------- 183 dav: *g:netrw_dav_cmd* = "cadaver" if cadaver is executable 184 dav: g:netrw_dav_cmd = "curl -o" elseif curl is available 185 fetch: *g:netrw_fetch_cmd* = "fetch -o" if fetch is available 186 ftp: *g:netrw_ftp_cmd* = "ftp" 187 http: *g:netrw_http_cmd* = "elinks" if elinks is available 188 http: g:netrw_http_cmd = "links" elseif links is available 189 http: g:netrw_http_cmd = "curl" elseif curl is available 190 http: g:netrw_http_cmd = "wget" elseif wget is available 191 http: g:netrw_http_cmd = "fetch" elseif fetch is available 192 rcp: *g:netrw_rcp_cmd* = "rcp" 193 rsync: *g:netrw_rsync_cmd* = "rsync -a" 194 scp: *g:netrw_scp_cmd* = "scp -q" 195 sftp: *g:netrw_sftp_cmd* = "sftp" 196 197 *g:netrw_http_xcmd* : the option string for http://... protocols are 198 specified via this variable and may be independently overridden. By 199 default, the option arguments for the http-handling commands are: > 200 201 elinks : "-source >" 202 links : "-source >" 203 curl : "-o" 204 wget : "-q -O" 205 fetch : "-o" 206< 207 For example, if your system has elinks, and you'd rather see the 208 page using an attempt at rendering the text, you may wish to have > 209 let g:netrw_http_xcmd= "-dump >" 210< in your .vimrc. 211 212 213READING *netrw-read* *netrw-nread* {{{2 214 215 Generally, one may just use the url notation with a normal editing 216 command, such as > 217 218 :e ftp://[user@]machine/path 219< 220 Netrw also provides the Nread command: 221 222 :Nread ? give help 223 :Nread "machine:path" uses rcp 224 :Nread "machine path" uses ftp w/ <.netrc> 225 :Nread "machine id password path" uses ftp 226 :Nread "dav://machine[:port]/path" uses cadaver 227 :Nread "fetch://[user@]machine/path" uses fetch 228 :Nread "ftp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path" uses ftp w/ <.netrc> 229 :Nread "http://[user@]machine/path" uses http uses wget 230 :Nread "rcp://[user@]machine/path" uses rcp 231 :Nread "rsync://[user@]machine[:port]/path" uses rsync 232 :Nread "scp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path" uses scp 233 :Nread "sftp://[user@]machine/path" uses sftp 234 235WRITING *netrw-write* *netrw-nwrite* {{{2 236 237 One may just use the url notation with a normal file writing 238 command, such as > 239 240 :w ftp://[user@]machine/path 241< 242 Netrw also provides the Nwrite command: 243 244 :Nwrite ? give help 245 :Nwrite "machine:path" uses rcp 246 :Nwrite "machine path" uses ftp w/ <.netrc> 247 :Nwrite "machine id password path" uses ftp 248 :Nwrite "dav://machine[:port]/path" uses cadaver 249 :Nwrite "ftp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path" uses ftp w/ <.netrc> 250 :Nwrite "rcp://[user@]machine/path" uses rcp 251 :Nwrite "rsync://[user@]machine[:port]/path" uses rsync 252 :Nwrite "scp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path" uses scp 253 :Nwrite "sftp://[user@]machine/path" uses sftp 254 http: not supported! 255 256SOURCING *netrw-source* {{{2 257 258 One may just use the url notation with the normal file sourcing 259 command, such as > 260 261 :so ftp://[user@]machine/path 262< 263 Netrw also provides the Nsource command: 264 265 :Nsource ? give help 266 :Nsource "dav://machine[:port]/path" uses cadaver 267 :Nsource "fetch://[user@]machine/path" uses fetch 268 :Nsource "ftp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path" uses ftp w/ <.netrc> 269 :Nsource "http://[user@]machine/path" uses http uses wget 270 :Nsource "rcp://[user@]machine/path" uses rcp 271 :Nsource "rsync://[user@]machine[:port]/path" uses rsync 272 :Nsource "scp://[user@]machine[[:#]port]/path" uses scp 273 :Nsource "sftp://[user@]machine/path" uses sftp 274 275DIRECTORY LISTING *netrw-dirlist* {{{2 276 277 One may browse a directory to get a listing by simply attempting to 278 edit the directory: > 279 280 :e scp://[user]@hostname/path/ 281 :e ftp://[user]@hostname/path/ 282< 283 For remote directories (ie. those using scp or ftp), that trailing 284 "/" is necessary (the slash tells netrw to treat the argument as a 285 directory to browse instead of a file to download). 286 287 However, the Nread command can also be used to accomplish this: 288 289 :Nread [protocol]://[user]@hostname/path/ 290 291 *netrw-login* *netrw-password* 292CHANGING USERID AND PASSWORD *netrw-chgup* *netrw-userpass* {{{2 293 294 Attempts to use ftp will prompt you for a user-id and a password. 295 These will be saved in global variables g:netrw_uid and 296 s:netrw_passwd; subsequent uses of ftp will re-use those two items to 297 simplify the further use of ftp. However, if you need to use a 298 different user id and/or password, you'll want to call NetUserPass() 299 first. To work around the need to enter passwords, check if your ftp 300 supports a <.netrc> file in your home directory. Also see 301 |netrw-passwd| (and if you're using ssh/scp hoping to figure out how 302 to not need to use passwords, look at |netrw-ssh-hack|). 303 304 :NetUserPass [uid [password]] -- prompts as needed 305 :call NetUserPass() -- prompts for uid and password 306 :call NetUserPass("uid") -- prompts for password 307 :call NetUserPass("uid","password") -- sets global uid and password 308 309NETRW VARIABLES AND SETTINGS *netrw-variables* {{{2 310(also see: |netrw-browser-var| |netrw-protocol| |netrw-settings| |netrw-var|) 311 312Netrw provides a lot of variables which allow you to customize netrw to your 313preferences. One way to look at them is via the command :NetrwSettings (see 314|netrw-settings|) which will display your current netrw settings. Most such 315settings are described below, in |netrw-browser-options|, and in 316|netrw-externapp|: 317 318 *b:netrw_lastfile* last file Network-read/written retained on a 319 per-buffer basis (supports plain :Nw ) 320 321 *g:netrw_bufsettings* the settings that netrw buffers have 322 (default) noma nomod nonu nowrap ro nobl 323 324 *g:netrw_chgwin* specifies a window number where file edits will take 325 place. (also see |netrw-C|) 326 (default) not defined 327 328 *g:Netrw_funcref* specifies a function (or functions) to be called when 329 netrw edits a file. The file is first edited, and 330 then the function reference (|Funcref|) is called. 331 This variable may also hold a |List| of Funcrefs. 332 (default) not defined 333> 334 Example: place in .vimrc; affects all file opening 335 fun! MyFuncRef() 336 endfun 337 let g:Netrw_funcref= function("MyFuncRef") 338< 339 *g:netrw_ftp* if it doesn't exist, use default ftp 340 =0 use default ftp (uid password) 341 =1 use alternate ftp method (user uid password) 342 If you're having trouble with ftp, try changing the 343 value of this variable to see if the alternate ftp 344 method works for your setup. 345 346 *g:netrw_ftpextracmd* default: doesn't exist 347 If this variable exists, then any string it contains 348 will be placed into the commands set to your ftp 349 client. As an example: 350 ="passive" 351 352 *g:netrw_ftpmode* ="binary" (default) 353 ="ascii" 354 355 *g:netrw_ignorenetrc* =0 (default for linux, cygwin) 356 =1 If you have a <.netrc> file but it doesn't work and 357 you want it ignored, then set this variable as 358 shown. (default for Windows + cmd.exe) 359 360 *g:netrw_menu* =0 disable netrw's menu 361 =1 (default) netrw's menu enabled 362 363 *g:netrw_nogx* if this variable exists, then the "gx" map will not 364 be available (see |netrw-gx|) 365 366 *g:netrw_uid* (ftp) user-id, retained on a per-vim-session basis 367 *s:netrw_passwd* (ftp) password, retained on a per-vim-session basis 368 369 *g:netrw_preview* =0 (default) preview window shown in a horizontally 370 split window 371 =1 preview window shown in a vertically split window. 372 Also affects the "previous window" (see |netrw-P|) in 373 the same way. 374 375 *g:netrw_scpport* = "-P" : option to use to set port for scp 376 *g:netrw_sshport* = "-p" : option to use to set port for ssh 377 378 *g:netrw_sepchr* =\0xff 379 =\0x01 for enc == euc-jp (and perhaps it should be for 380 others, too, please let me 381 know) 382 Separates priority codes from filenames internally. 383 See |netrw-p12|. 384 385 *g:netrw_silent* =0 : transfers done normally 386 =1 : transfers done silently 387 388 *g:netrw_use_errorwindow* =1 : messages from netrw will use a separate one 389 line window. This window provides reliable 390 delivery of messages. (default) 391 =0 : messages from netrw will use echoerr ; 392 messages don't always seem to show up this 393 way, but one doesn't have to quit the window. 394 395 *g:netrw_win95ftp* =1 if using Win95, will remove four trailing blank 396 lines that o/s's ftp "provides" on transfers 397 =0 force normal ftp behavior (no trailing line removal) 398 399 *g:netrw_cygwin* =1 assume scp under windows is from cygwin. Also 400 permits network browsing to use ls with time and 401 size sorting (default if windows) 402 =0 assume Windows' scp accepts windows-style paths 403 Network browsing uses dir instead of ls 404 This option is ignored if you're using unix 405 406 *g:netrw_use_nt_rcp* =0 don't use the rcp of WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP 407 =1 use WinNT's rcp in binary mode (default) 408 409PATHS *netrw-path* {{{2 410 411Paths to files are generally user-directory relative for most protocols. 412It is possible that some protocol will make paths relative to some 413associated directory, however. 414> 415 example: vim scp://user@host/somefile 416 example: vim scp://user@host/subdir1/subdir2/somefile 417< 418where "somefile" is in the "user"'s home directory. If you wish to get a 419file using root-relative paths, use the full path: 420> 421 example: vim scp://user@host//somefile 422 example: vim scp://user@host//subdir1/subdir2/somefile 423< 424 425============================================================================== 4264. Network-Oriented File Transfer *netrw-xfer* {{{1 427 428Network-oriented file transfer under Vim is implemented by a VimL-based script 429(<netrw.vim>) using plugin techniques. It currently supports both reading and 430writing across networks using rcp, scp, ftp or ftp+<.netrc>, scp, fetch, 431dav/cadaver, rsync, or sftp. 432 433http is currently supported read-only via use of wget or fetch. 434 435<netrw.vim> is a standard plugin which acts as glue between Vim and the 436various file transfer programs. It uses autocommand events (BufReadCmd, 437FileReadCmd, BufWriteCmd) to intercept reads/writes with url-like filenames. > 438 439 ex. vim ftp://hostname/path/to/file 440< 441The characters preceding the colon specify the protocol to use; in the 442example, it's ftp. The <netrw.vim> script then formulates a command or a 443series of commands (typically ftp) which it issues to an external program 444(ftp, scp, etc) which does the actual file transfer/protocol. Files are read 445from/written to a temporary file (under Unix/Linux, /tmp/...) which the 446<netrw.vim> script will clean up. 447 448Now, a word about Jan Minář's "FTP User Name and Password Disclosure"; first, 449ftp is not a secure protocol. User names and passwords are transmitted "in 450the clear" over the internet; any snooper tool can pick these up; this is not 451a netrw thing, this is a ftp thing. If you're concerned about this, please 452try to use scp or sftp instead. 453 454Netrw re-uses the user id and password during the same vim session and so long 455as the remote hostname remains the same. 456 457Jan seems to be a bit confused about how netrw handles ftp; normally multiple 458commands are performed in a "ftp session", and he seems to feel that the 459uid/password should only be retained over one ftp session. However, netrw 460does every ftp operation in a separate "ftp session"; so remembering the 461uid/password for just one "ftp session" would be the same as not remembering 462the uid/password at all. IMHO this would rapidly grow tiresome as one 463browsed remote directories, for example. 464 465On the other hand, thanks go to Jan M. for pointing out the many 466vulnerabilities that netrw (and vim itself) had had in handling "crafted" 467filenames. The |shellescape()| and |fnameescape()| functions were written in 468response by Bram Moolenaar to handle these sort of problems, and netrw has 469been modified to use them. Still, my advice is, if the "filename" looks like 470a vim command that you aren't comfortable with having executed, don't open it. 471 472 *netrw-putty* *netrw-pscp* *netrw-psftp* 473One may modify any protocol's implementing external application by setting a 474variable (ex. scp uses the variable g:netrw_scp_cmd, which is defaulted to 475"scp -q"). As an example, consider using PuTTY: > 476 477 let g:netrw_scp_cmd = '"c:\Program Files\PuTTY\pscp.exe" -q -batch' 478 let g:netrw_sftp_cmd= '"c:\Program Files\PuTTY\psftp.exe"' 479< 480See |netrw-p8| for more about putty, pscp, psftp, etc. 481 482Ftp, an old protocol, seems to be blessed by numerous implementations. 483Unfortunately, some implementations are noisy (ie., add junk to the end of the 484file). Thus, concerned users may decide to write a NetReadFixup() function 485that will clean up after reading with their ftp. Some Unix systems (ie., 486FreeBSD) provide a utility called "fetch" which uses the ftp protocol but is 487not noisy and more convenient, actually, for <netrw.vim> to use. 488Consequently, if "fetch" is available (ie. executable), it may be preferable 489to use it for ftp://... based transfers. 490 491For rcp, scp, sftp, and http, one may use network-oriented file transfers 492transparently; ie. 493> 494 vim rcp://[user@]machine/path 495 vim scp://[user@]machine/path 496< 497If your ftp supports <.netrc>, then it too can be transparently used 498if the needed triad of machine name, user id, and password are present in 499that file. Your ftp must be able to use the <.netrc> file on its own, however. 500> 501 vim ftp://[user@]machine[[:#]portnumber]/path 502< 503However, ftp will often need to query the user for the userid and password. 504The latter will be done "silently"; ie. asterisks will show up instead of 505the actually-typed-in password. Netrw will retain the userid and password 506for subsequent read/writes from the most recent transfer so subsequent 507transfers (read/write) to or from that machine will take place without 508additional prompting. 509 510 *netrw-urls* 511 +=================================+============================+============+ 512 | Reading | Writing | Uses | 513 +=================================+============================+============+ 514 | DAV: | | | 515 | dav://host/path | | cadaver | 516 | :Nread dav://host/path | :Nwrite dav://host/path | cadaver | 517 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 518 | DAV + SSL: | | | 519 | davs://host/path | | cadaver | 520 | :Nread davs://host/path | :Nwrite davs://host/path | cadaver | 521 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 522 | FETCH: | | | 523 | fetch://[user@]host/path | | | 524 | fetch://[user@]host:http/path | Not Available | fetch | 525 | :Nread fetch://[user@]host/path| | | 526 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 527 | FILE: | | | 528 | file:///* | file:///* | | 529 | file://localhost/* | file://localhost/* | | 530 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 531 | FTP: (*3) | (*3) | | 532 | ftp://[user@]host/path | ftp://[user@]host/path | ftp (*2) | 533 | :Nread ftp://host/path | :Nwrite ftp://host/path | ftp+.netrc | 534 | :Nread host path | :Nwrite host path | ftp+.netrc | 535 | :Nread host uid pass path | :Nwrite host uid pass path | ftp | 536 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 537 | HTTP: wget is executable: (*4) | | | 538 | http://[user@]host/path | Not Available | wget | 539 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 540 | HTTP: fetch is executable (*4) | | | 541 | http://[user@]host/path | Not Available | fetch | 542 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 543 | RCP: | | | 544 | rcp://[user@]host/path | rcp://[user@]host/path | rcp | 545 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 546 | RSYNC: | | | 547 | rsync://[user@]host/path | rsync://[user@]host/path | rsync | 548 | :Nread rsync://host/path | :Nwrite rsync://host/path | rsync | 549 | :Nread rcp://host/path | :Nwrite rcp://host/path | rcp | 550 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 551 | SCP: | | | 552 | scp://[user@]host/path | scp://[user@]host/path | scp | 553 | :Nread scp://host/path | :Nwrite scp://host/path | scp (*1) | 554 +---------------------------------+----------------------------+------------+ 555 | SFTP: | | | 556 | sftp://[user@]host/path | sftp://[user@]host/path | sftp | 557 | :Nread sftp://host/path | :Nwrite sftp://host/path | sftp (*1) | 558 +=================================+============================+============+ 559 560 (*1) For an absolute path use scp://machine//path. 561 562 (*2) if <.netrc> is present, it is assumed that it will 563 work with your ftp client. Otherwise the script will 564 prompt for user-id and password. 565 566 (*3) for ftp, "machine" may be machine#port or machine:port 567 if a different port is needed than the standard ftp port 568 569 (*4) for http:..., if wget is available it will be used. Otherwise, 570 if fetch is available it will be used. 571 572Both the :Nread and the :Nwrite ex-commands can accept multiple filenames. 573 574 575NETRC *netrw-netrc* 576 577The <.netrc> file, typically located in your home directory, contains lines 578therein which map a hostname (machine name) to the user id and password you 579prefer to use with it. 580 581The typical syntax for lines in a <.netrc> file is given as shown below. 582Ftp under Unix usually supports <.netrc>; ftp under Windows usually doesn't. 583> 584 machine {full machine name} login {user-id} password "{password}" 585 default login {user-id} password "{password}" 586 587Your ftp client must handle the use of <.netrc> on its own, but if the 588<.netrc> file exists, an ftp transfer will not ask for the user-id or 589password. 590 591 Note: 592 Since this file contains passwords, make very sure nobody else can 593 read this file! Most programs will refuse to use a .netrc that is 594 readable for others. Don't forget that the system administrator can 595 still read the file! Ie. for Linux/Unix: chmod 600 .netrc 596 597 598PASSWORD *netrw-passwd* 599 600The script attempts to get passwords for ftp invisibly using |inputsecret()|, 601a built-in Vim function. See |netrw-userpass| for how to change the password 602after one has set it. 603 604Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be a way for netrw to feed a password to 605scp. Thus every transfer via scp will require re-entry of the password. 606However, |netrw-ssh-hack| can help with this problem. 607 608 609============================================================================== 6105. Activation *netrw-activate* {{{1 611 612Network-oriented file transfers are available by default whenever Vim's 613|'nocompatible'| mode is enabled. Netrw's script files reside in your 614system's plugin, autoload, and syntax directories; just the 615plugin/netrwPlugin.vim script is sourced automatically whenever you bring up 616vim. The main script in autoload/netrw.vim is only loaded when you actually 617use netrw. I suggest that, at a minimum, you have at least the following in 618your <.vimrc> customization file: > 619 620 set nocp 621 if version >= 600 622 filetype plugin indent on 623 endif 624< 625 626============================================================================== 6276. Transparent File Editing *netrw-transparent* {{{1 628 629Transparent file transfers occur whenever a regular file read or write 630(invoked via an |:autocmd| for |BufReadCmd|, |BufWriteCmd|, or |SourceCmd| 631events) is made. Thus one may read, write, or source files across networks 632just as easily as if they were local files! > 633 634 vim ftp://[user@]machine/path 635 ... 636 :wq 637 638See |netrw-activate| for more on how to encourage your vim to use plugins 639such as netrw. 640 641 642============================================================================== 6437. Ex Commands *netrw-ex* {{{1 644 645The usual read/write commands are supported. There are also a few 646additional commands available. Often you won't need to use Nwrite or 647Nread as shown in |netrw-transparent| (ie. simply use > 648 :e url 649 :r url 650 :w url 651instead, as appropriate) -- see |netrw-urls|. In the explanations 652below, a {netfile} is an url to a remote file. 653 654 *:Nwrite* *:Nw* 655:[range]Nw[rite] Write the specified lines to the current 656 file as specified in b:netrw_lastfile. 657 (related: |netrw-nwrite|) 658 659:[range]Nw[rite] {netfile} [{netfile}]... 660 Write the specified lines to the {netfile}. 661 662 *:Nread* *:Nr* 663:Nr[ead] Read the lines from the file specified in b:netrw_lastfile 664 into the current buffer. (related: |netrw-nread|) 665 666:Nr[ead] {netfile} {netfile}... 667 Read the {netfile} after the current line. 668 669 *:Nsource* *:Ns* 670:Ns[ource] {netfile} 671 Source the {netfile}. 672 To start up vim using a remote .vimrc, one may use 673 the following (all on one line) (tnx to Antoine Mechelynck) > 674 vim -u NORC -N 675 --cmd "runtime plugin/netrwPlugin.vim" 676 --cmd "source scp://HOSTNAME/.vimrc" 677< (related: |netrw-source|) 678 679:call NetUserPass() *NetUserPass()* 680 If g:netrw_uid and s:netrw_passwd don't exist, 681 this function will query the user for them. 682 (related: |netrw-userpass|) 683 684:call NetUserPass("userid") 685 This call will set the g:netrw_uid and, if 686 the password doesn't exist, will query the user for it. 687 (related: |netrw-userpass|) 688 689:call NetUserPass("userid","passwd") 690 This call will set both the g:netrw_uid and s:netrw_passwd. 691 The user-id and password are used by ftp transfers. One may 692 effectively remove the user-id and password by using empty 693 strings (ie. ""). 694 (related: |netrw-userpass|) 695 696:NetrwSettings This command is described in |netrw-settings| -- used to 697 display netrw settings and change netrw behavior. 698 699 700============================================================================== 7018. Variables and Options *netrw-options* *netrw-var* {{{1 702 703(if you're interested in the netrw browser settings, see: |netrw-browser-var|) 704 705The <netrw.vim> script provides several variables which act as options to 706affect <netrw.vim>'s file transfer behavior. These variables typically may be 707set in the user's <.vimrc> file: (see also |netrw-settings| |netrw-protocol|) 708> 709 ------------- 710 Netrw Options 711 ------------- 712 Option Meaning 713 -------------- ----------------------------------------------- 714< 715 b:netrw_col Holds current cursor position (during NetWrite) 716 g:netrw_cygwin =1 assume scp under windows is from cygwin 717 (default/windows) 718 =0 assume scp under windows accepts windows 719 style paths (default/else) 720 g:netrw_ftp =0 use default ftp (uid password) 721 g:netrw_ftpmode ="binary" (default) 722 ="ascii" (your choice) 723 g:netrw_ignorenetrc =1 (default) 724 if you have a <.netrc> file but you don't 725 want it used, then set this variable. Its 726 mere existence is enough to cause <.netrc> 727 to be ignored. 728 b:netrw_lastfile Holds latest method/machine/path. 729 b:netrw_line Holds current line number (during NetWrite) 730 g:netrw_silent =0 transfers done normally 731 =1 transfers done silently 732 g:netrw_uid Holds current user-id for ftp. 733 g:netrw_use_nt_rcp =0 don't use WinNT/2K/XP's rcp (default) 734 =1 use WinNT/2K/XP's rcp, binary mode 735 g:netrw_win95ftp =0 use unix-style ftp even if win95/98/ME/etc 736 =1 use default method to do ftp > 737 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 738< 739The script will also make use of the following variables internally, albeit 740temporarily. 741> 742 ------------------- 743 Temporary Variables 744 ------------------- 745 Variable Meaning 746 -------- ------------------------------------ 747< 748 b:netrw_method Index indicating rcp/ftp+.netrc/ftp 749 w:netrw_method (same as b:netrw_method) 750 g:netrw_machine Holds machine name parsed from input 751 b:netrw_fname Holds filename being accessed > 752 ------------------------------------------------------------ 753< 754 *netrw-protocol* 755 756Netrw supports a number of protocols. These protocols are invoked using the 757variables listed below, and may be modified by the user. 758> 759 ------------------------ 760 Protocol Control Options 761 ------------------------ 762 Option Type Setting Meaning 763 --------- -------- -------------- --------------------------- 764< 765 netrw_ftp variable =doesn't exist userid set by "user userid" 766 =0 userid set by "user userid" 767 =1 userid set by "userid" 768 NetReadFixup function =doesn't exist no change 769 =exists Allows user to have files 770 read via ftp automatically 771 transformed however they wish 772 by NetReadFixup() 773 g:netrw_dav_cmd variable ="cadaver" if cadaver is executable 774 g:netrw_dav_cmd variable ="curl -o" elseif curl is executable 775 g:netrw_fetch_cmd variable ="fetch -o" if fetch is available 776 g:netrw_ftp_cmd variable ="ftp" 777 g:netrw_http_cmd variable ="fetch -o" if fetch is available 778 g:netrw_http_cmd variable ="wget -O" else if wget is available 779 g:netrw_list_cmd variable ="ssh USEPORT HOSTNAME ls -Fa" 780 g:netrw_rcp_cmd variable ="rcp" 781 g:netrw_rsync_cmd variable ="rsync -a" 782 g:netrw_scp_cmd variable ="scp -q" 783 g:netrw_sftp_cmd variable ="sftp" > 784 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 785< 786 *netrw-ftp* 787 788The g:netrw_..._cmd options (|g:netrw_ftp_cmd| and |g:netrw_sftp_cmd|) 789specify the external program to use handle the ftp protocol. They may 790include command line options (such as -p for passive mode). Example: > 791 792 let g:netrw_ftp_cmd= "ftp -p" 793< 794Browsing is supported by using the |g:netrw_list_cmd|; the substring 795"HOSTNAME" will be changed via substitution with whatever the current request 796is for a hostname. 797 798Two options (|g:netrw_ftp| and |netrw-fixup|) both help with certain ftp's 799that give trouble . In order to best understand how to use these options if 800ftp is giving you troubles, a bit of discussion is provided on how netrw does 801ftp reads. 802 803For ftp, netrw typically builds up lines of one of the following formats in a 804temporary file: 805> 806 IF g:netrw_ftp !exists or is not 1 IF g:netrw_ftp exists and is 1 807 ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ 808< 809 open machine [port] open machine [port] 810 user userid password userid password 811 [g:netrw_ftpmode] password 812 [g:netrw_ftpextracmd] [g:netrw_ftpmode] 813 get filename tempfile [g:netrw_extracmd] 814 get filename tempfile > 815 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 816< 817The |g:netrw_ftpmode| and |g:netrw_ftpextracmd| are optional. 818 819Netrw then executes the lines above by use of a filter: 820> 821 :%! {g:netrw_ftp_cmd} -i [-n] 822< 823where 824 g:netrw_ftp_cmd is usually "ftp", 825 -i tells ftp not to be interactive 826 -n means don't use netrc and is used for Method #3 (ftp w/o <.netrc>) 827 828If <.netrc> exists it will be used to avoid having to query the user for 829userid and password. The transferred file is put into a temporary file. 830The temporary file is then read into the main editing session window that 831requested it and the temporary file deleted. 832 833If your ftp doesn't accept the "user" command and immediately just demands a 834userid, then try putting "let netrw_ftp=1" in your <.vimrc>. 835 836 *netrw-cadaver* 837To handle the SSL certificate dialog for untrusted servers, one may pull 838down the certificate and place it into /usr/ssl/cert.pem. This operation 839renders the server treatment as "trusted". 840 841 *netrw-fixup* *netreadfixup* 842If your ftp for whatever reason generates unwanted lines (such as AUTH 843messages) you may write a NetReadFixup() function: 844> 845 function! NetReadFixup(method,line1,line2) 846 " a:line1: first new line in current file 847 " a:line2: last new line in current file 848 if a:method == 1 "rcp 849 elseif a:method == 2 "ftp + <.netrc> 850 elseif a:method == 3 "ftp + machine,uid,password,filename 851 elseif a:method == 4 "scp 852 elseif a:method == 5 "http/wget 853 elseif a:method == 6 "dav/cadaver 854 elseif a:method == 7 "rsync 855 elseif a:method == 8 "fetch 856 elseif a:method == 9 "sftp 857 else " complain 858 endif 859 endfunction 860> 861The NetReadFixup() function will be called if it exists and thus allows you to 862customize your reading process. As a further example, <netrw.vim> contains 863just such a function to handle Windows 95 ftp. For whatever reason, Windows 86495's ftp dumps four blank lines at the end of a transfer, and so it is 865desirable to automate their removal. Here's some code taken from <netrw.vim> 866itself: 867> 868 if has("win95") && g:netrw_win95ftp 869 fun! NetReadFixup(method, line1, line2) 870 if method == 3 " ftp (no <.netrc>) 871 let fourblanklines= line2 - 3 872 silent fourblanklines.",".line2."g/^\s*/d" 873 endif 874 endfunction 875 endif 876> 877 878============================================================================== 8799. Browsing *netrw-browsing* *netrw-browse* *netrw-help* {{{1 880 *netrw-browser* *netrw-dir* *netrw-list* 881 882INTRODUCTION TO BROWSING *netrw-intro-browse* {{{2 883 (Quick References: |netrw-quickmaps| |netrw-quickcoms|) 884 885Netrw supports the browsing of directories on your local system and on remote 886hosts; browsing includes listing files and directories, entering directories, 887editing files therein, deleting files/directories, making new directories, 888moving (renaming) files and directories, copying files and directories, etc. 889One may mark files and execute any system command on them! The Netrw browser 890generally implements the previous explorer's maps and commands for remote 891directories, although details (such as pertinent global variable names) 892necessarily differ. To browse a directory, simply "edit" it! > 893 894 vim /your/directory/ 895 vim . 896 vim c:\your\directory\ 897< 898(Related topics: |netrw-cr| |netrw-o| |netrw-p| |netrw-P| |netrw-t| 899 |netrw-mf| |netrw-mx| |netrw-D| |netrw-R| |netrw-v| ) 900 901The Netrw remote file and directory browser handles two protocols: ssh and 902ftp. The protocol in the url, if it is ftp, will cause netrw also to use ftp 903in its remote browsing. Specifying any other protocol will cause it to be 904used for file transfers; but the ssh protocol will be used to do remote 905browsing. 906 907To use Netrw's remote directory browser, simply attempt to read a "file" with 908a trailing slash and it will be interpreted as a request to list a directory: 909> 910 vim [protocol]://[user@]hostname/path/ 911< 912where [protocol] is typically scp or ftp. As an example, try: > 913 914 vim ftp://ftp.home.vim.org/pub/vim/ 915< 916For local directories, the trailing slash is not required. Again, because it's 917easy to miss: to browse remote directories, the url must terminate with a 918slash! 919 920If you'd like to avoid entering the password repeatedly for remote directory 921listings with ssh or scp, see |netrw-ssh-hack|. To avoid password entry with 922ftp, see |netrw-netrc| (if your ftp supports it). 923 924There are several things you can do to affect the browser's display of files: 925 926 * To change the listing style, press the "i" key (|netrw-i|). 927 Currently there are four styles: thin, long, wide, and tree. 928 To make that change "permanent", see |g:netrw_liststyle|. 929 930 * To hide files (don't want to see those xyz~ files anymore?) see 931 |netrw-ctrl-h|. 932 933 * Press s to sort files by name, time, or size. 934 935See |netrw-browse-cmds| for all the things you can do with netrw! 936 937 *netrw-getftype* *netrw-filigree* *netrw-ftype* 938The |getftype()| function is used to append a bit of filigree to indicate 939filetype to locally listed files: 940 941 directory : / 942 executable : * 943 fifo : | 944 links : @ 945 sockets : = 946 947The filigree also affects the |g:netrw_sort_sequence|. 948 949 950QUICK HELP *netrw-quickhelp* {{{2 951 (Use ctrl-] to select a topic)~ 952 Intro to Browsing...............................|netrw-intro-browse| 953 Quick Reference: Maps.........................|netrw-quickmap| 954 Quick Reference: Commands.....................|netrw-browse-cmds| 955 Hiding 956 Edit hiding list..............................|netrw-ctrl-h| 957 Hiding Files or Directories...................|netrw-a| 958 Hiding/Unhiding by suffix.....................|netrw-mh| 959 Hiding dot-files.............................|netrw-gh| 960 Listing Style 961 Select listing style (thin/long/wide/tree)....|netrw-i| 962 Associated setting variable...................|g:netrw_liststyle| 963 Shell command used to perform listing.........|g:netrw_list_cmd| 964 Quick file info...............................|netrw-qf| 965 Sorted by 966 Select sorting style (name/time/size).........|netrw-s| 967 Editing the sorting sequence..................|netrw-S| 968 Sorting options...............................|g:netrw_sort_options| 969 Associated setting variable...................|g:netrw_sort_sequence| 970 Reverse sorting order.........................|netrw-r| 971 972 973 *netrw-quickmap* *netrw-quickmaps* 974QUICK REFERENCE: MAPS *netrw-browse-maps* {{{2 975> 976 --- ----------------- ---- 977 Map Quick Explanation Link 978 --- ----------------- ---- 979< <F1> Causes Netrw to issue help 980 <cr> Netrw will enter the directory or read the file |netrw-cr| 981 <del> Netrw will attempt to remove the file/directory |netrw-del| 982 - Makes Netrw go up one directory |netrw--| 983 a Toggles between normal display, |netrw-a| 984 hiding (suppress display of files matching g:netrw_list_hide) 985 showing (display only files which match g:netrw_list_hide) 986 c Make browsing directory the current directory |netrw-c| 987 C Setting the editing window |netrw-C| 988 d Make a directory |netrw-d| 989 D Attempt to remove the file(s)/directory(ies) |netrw-D| 990 gb Go to previous bookmarked directory |netrw-gb| 991 gh Quick hide/unhide of dot-files |netrw-gh| 992 <c-h> Edit file hiding list |netrw-ctrl-h| 993 i Cycle between thin, long, wide, and tree listings |netrw-i| 994 <c-l> Causes Netrw to refresh the directory listing |netrw-ctrl-l| 995 mb Bookmark current directory |netrw-mb| 996 mc Copy marked files to marked-file target directory |netrw-mc| 997 md Apply diff to marked files (up to 3) |netrw-md| 998 me Place marked files on arg list and edit them |netrw-me| 999 mf Mark a file |netrw-mf| 1000 mh Toggle marked file suffices' presence on hiding list |netrw-mh| 1001 mm Move marked files to marked-file target directory |netrw-mm| 1002 mp Print marked files |netrw-mp| 1003 mr Mark files satisfying a shell-style |regexp| |netrw-mr| 1004 mt Current browsing directory becomes markfile target |netrw-mt| 1005 mT Apply ctags to marked files |netrw-mT| 1006 mu Unmark all marked files |netrw-mu| 1007 mx Apply arbitrary shell command to marked files |netrw-mx| 1008 mz Compress/decompress marked files |netrw-mz| 1009 o Enter the file/directory under the cursor in a new |netrw-o| 1010 browser window. A horizontal split is used. 1011 O Obtain a file specified by cursor |netrw-O| 1012 p Preview the file |netrw-p| 1013 P Browse in the previously used window |netrw-P| 1014 qb List bookmarked directories and history |netrw-qb| 1015 qf Display information on file |netrw-qf| 1016 r Reverse sorting order |netrw-r| 1017 R Rename the designed file(s)/directory(ies) |netrw-R| 1018 s Select sorting style: by name, time, or file size |netrw-s| 1019 S Specify suffix priority for name-sorting |netrw-S| 1020 t Enter the file/directory under the cursor in a new tab|netrw-t| 1021 u Change to recently-visited directory |netrw-u| 1022 U Change to subsequently-visited directory |netrw-U| 1023 v Enter the file/directory under the cursor in a new |netrw-v| 1024 browser window. A vertical split is used. 1025 x View file with an associated program |netrw-x| 1026 1027 % Open a new file in netrw's current directory |netrw-%| 1028 1029 *netrw-mouse* *netrw-leftmouse* *netrw-middlemouse* *netrw-rightmouse* 1030 <leftmouse> (gvim only) selects word under mouse as if a <cr> 1031 had been pressed (ie. edit file, change directory) 1032 <middlemouse> (gvim only) same as P selecting word under mouse; 1033 see |netrw-P| 1034 <rightmouse> (gvim only) delete file/directory using word under 1035 mouse 1036 <2-leftmouse> (gvim only) when: 1037 * in a netrw-selected file, AND 1038 * |g:netrw_retmap| == 1 AND 1039 * the user doesn't already have a <2-leftmouse> mapping 1040 defined before netrw is autoloaded, 1041 then a double clicked leftmouse button will return 1042 to the netrw browser window. See |g:netrw_retmap|. 1043 <s-leftmouse> (gvim only) like mf, will mark files 1044 1045 (to disable mouse buttons while browsing: |g:netrw_mousemaps|) 1046 1047 *netrw-quickcom* *netrw-quickcoms* 1048QUICK REFERENCE: COMMANDS *netrw-explore-cmds* *netrw-browse-cmds* {{{2 1049 :NetrwClean[!] ...........................................|netrw-clean| 1050 :NetrwSettings ...........................................|netrw-settings| 1051 :Explore[!] [dir] Explore directory of current file......|netrw-explore| 1052 :Hexplore[!] [dir] Horizontal Split & Explore.............|netrw-explore| 1053 :Nexplore[!] [dir] Vertical Split & Explore...............|netrw-explore| 1054 :Pexplore[!] [dir] Vertical Split & Explore...............|netrw-explore| 1055 :Rexplore Return to Explorer.....................|netrw-explore| 1056 :Sexplore[!] [dir] Split & Explore directory .............|netrw-explore| 1057 :Texplore[!] [dir] Tab & Explore..........................|netrw-explore| 1058 :Vexplore[!] [dir] Vertical Split & Explore...............|netrw-explore| 1059 1060BOOKMARKING A DIRECTORY *netrw-mb* *netrw-bookmark* *netrw-bookmarks* {{{2 1061 1062One may easily "bookmark" a directory by using > 1063 1064 mb 1065< 1066Bookmarks are retained in between sessions in a $HOME/.netrwbook file, and are 1067kept in sorted order. 1068 1069Related Topics: 1070 |netrw-gb| how to return (go) to a bookmark 1071 |netrw-mB| how to delete bookmarks 1072 |netrw-qb| how to list bookmarks 1073 1074 1075BROWSING *netrw-cr* {{{2 1076 1077Browsing is simple: move the cursor onto a file or directory of interest. 1078Hitting the <cr> (the return key) will select the file or directory. 1079Directories will themselves be listed, and files will be opened using the 1080protocol given in the original read request. 1081 1082 CAVEAT: There are four forms of listing (see |netrw-i|). Netrw assumes that 1083 two or more spaces delimit filenames and directory names for the long and 1084 wide listing formats. Thus, if your filename or directory name has two or 1085 more sequential spaces embedded in it, or any trailing spaces, then you'll 1086 need to use the "thin" format to select it. 1087 1088The |g:netrw_browse_split| option, which is zero by default, may be used to 1089cause the opening of files to be done in a new window or tab instead of the 1090default. When the option is one or two, the splitting will be taken 1091horizontally or vertically, respectively. When the option is set to three, a 1092<cr> will cause the file to appear in a new tab. 1093 1094 1095When using the gui (gvim), one may select a file by pressing the <leftmouse> 1096button. In addition, if 1097 1098 *|g:netrw_retmap| == 1 AND (its default value is 0) 1099 * in a netrw-selected file, AND 1100 * the user doesn't already have a <2-leftmouse> mapping defined before 1101 netrw is loaded 1102 1103then a doubly-clicked leftmouse button will return to the netrw browser 1104window. 1105 1106Netrw attempts to speed up browsing, especially for remote browsing where one 1107may have to enter passwords, by keeping and re-using previously obtained 1108directory listing buffers. The |g:netrw_fastbrowse| variable is used to 1109control this behavior; one may have slow browsing (no buffer re-use), medium 1110speed browsing (re-use directory buffer listings only for remote directories), 1111and fast browsing (re-use directory buffer listings as often as possible). 1112The price for such re-use is that when changes are made (such as new files 1113are introduced into a directory), the listing may become out-of-date. One may 1114always refresh directory listing buffers by pressing ctrl-L (see 1115|netrw-ctrl-l|). 1116 1117 1118Related topics: |netrw-o| |netrw-p| |netrw-P| |netrw-t| |netrw-v| 1119Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_browse_split| |g:netrw_fastbrowse| 1120 |g:netrw_ftp_list_cmd| |g:netrw_ftp_sizelist_cmd| 1121 |g:netrw_ftp_timelist_cmd| |g:netrw_ssh_cmd| 1122 |g:netrw_ssh_browse_reject| |g:netrw_use_noswf| 1123 1124 1125BROWSING WITH A HORIZONTALLY SPLIT WINDOW *netrw-o* *netrw-horiz* {{{2 1126 1127Normally one enters a file or directory using the <cr>. However, the "o" map 1128allows one to open a new window to hold the new directory listing or file. A 1129horizontal split is used. (for vertical splitting, see |netrw-v|) 1130 1131Normally, the o key splits the window horizontally with the new window and 1132cursor at the top. To change to splitting the window horizontally with the 1133new window and cursor at the bottom, have 1134 1135 let g:netrw_alto = 1 1136 1137in your <.vimrc>. (also see |netrw-t| |netrw-T| |netrw-v|) 1138 1139Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_alto| |g:netrw_winsize| 1140 1141 1142BROWSING WITH A NEW TAB *netrw-t* *netrw-T* {{{2 1143 1144Normally one enters a file or directory using the <cr>. The "t" map 1145allows one to open a new window holding the new directory listing or file in 1146a new tab. The "T" version puts the file or directory into a background tab 1147(see |gT|) 1148 1149Related actions: |netrw-o| |netrw-v| 1150 1151 1152BROWSING WITH A VERTICALLY SPLIT WINDOW *netrw-v* {{{2 1153 1154Normally one enters a file or directory using the <cr>. However, the "v" map 1155allows one to open a new window to hold the new directory listing or file. A 1156vertical split is used. (for horizontal splitting, see |netrw-o|) 1157 1158Normally, the v key splits the window vertically with the new window and 1159cursor at the left. To change to splitting the window vertically with the new 1160window and cursor at the right, have 1161 1162 let g:netrw_altv = 1 1163 1164in your <.vimrc>. (also see: |netrw-o| |netrw-t| |netrw-T|) 1165 1166There is only one tree listing buffer; using "v" on a displayed subdirectory 1167will split the screen, but the same buffer will be shown twice. 1168 1169Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_altv| |g:netrw_winsize| 1170 1171 1172CHANGE LISTING STYLE (THIN LONG WIDE TREE) *netrw-i* {{{2 1173 1174The "i" map cycles between the thin, long, wide, and tree listing formats. 1175 1176The thin listing format gives just the files' and directories' names. 1177 1178The long listing is either based on the "ls" command via ssh for remote 1179directories or displays the filename, file size (in bytes), and the time and 1180date of last modification for local directories. With the long listing 1181format, netrw is not able to recognize filenames which have trailing spaces. 1182Use the thin listing format for such files. 1183 1184The wide listing format uses two or more contiguous spaces to delineate 1185filenames; when using that format, netrw won't be able to recognize or use 1186filenames which have two or more contiguous spaces embedded in the name or any 1187trailing spaces. The thin listing format will, however, work with such files. 1188This listing format is the most compact. 1189 1190The tree listing format has a top directory followed by files and directories 1191preceded by a "|". One may open and close directories by pressing the <cr> 1192key while atop the directory name. 1193 1194One may make a preferred listing style your default; see |g:netrw_liststyle|. 1195As an example, by putting the following line in your .vimrc, > 1196 let g:netrw_liststyle= 4 1197the tree style will become your default listing style. 1198 1199Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_liststyle| |g:netrw_maxfilenamelen| 1200 |g:netrw_timefmt| |g:netrw_list_cmd| 1201 1202CHANGE FILE PERMISSION *netrw-gp* {{{2 1203 1204"gp" will ask you for a new permission for the file named under the cursor. 1205Currently, this only works for local files. 1206 1207Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_chgperm| 1208 1209 1210CHANGING TO A BOOKMARKED DIRECTORY *netrw-gb* {{{2 1211 1212To change directory back to a bookmarked directory, use 1213 1214 {cnt}gb 1215 1216Any count may be used to reference any of the bookmarks. 1217 1218Related Topics: 1219 |netrw-mB| how to delete bookmarks 1220 |netrw-mb| how to make a bookmark 1221 |netrw-qb| how to list bookmarks 1222 1223 1224CHANGING TO A PREDECESSOR DIRECTORY *netrw-u* *netrw-updir* {{{2 1225 1226Every time you change to a new directory (new for the current session), 1227netrw will save the directory in a recently-visited directory history 1228list (unless g:netrw_dirhistmax is zero; by default, it's ten). With the 1229"u" map, one can change to an earlier directory (predecessor). To do 1230the opposite, see |netrw-U|. 1231 1232 1233CHANGING TO A SUCCESSOR DIRECTORY *netrw-U* *netrw-downdir* {{{2 1234 1235With the "U" map, one can change to a later directory (successor). 1236This map is the opposite of the "u" map. (see |netrw-u|) Use the 1237q map to list both the bookmarks and history. (see |netrw-qb|) 1238 1239 1240NETRW CLEAN *netrw-clean* *:NetrwClean* 1241 1242With :NetrwClean one may easily remove netrw from one's home directory; 1243more precisely, from the first directory on your |'runtimepath'|. 1244 1245With :NetrwClean!, netrw will remove netrw from all directories on your 1246|'runtimepath'|. 1247 1248With either form of the command, netrw will first ask for confirmation 1249that the removal is in fact what you want to do. If netrw doesn't have 1250permission to remove a file, it will issue an error message. 1251 1252 *netrw-gx* 1253CUSTOMIZING BROWSING WITH A USER FUNCTION *netrw-x* *netrw-handler* {{{2 1254 (also see |netrw_filehandler|) 1255 1256Certain files, such as html, gif, jpeg, (word/office) doc, etc, files, are 1257best seen with a special handler (ie. a tool provided with your computer). 1258Netrw allows one to invoke such special handlers by: > 1259 1260 * when Exploring, hit the "x" key 1261 * when editing, hit gx with the cursor atop the special filename 1262< (not available if the |g:netrw_nogx| variable exists) 1263 1264Netrw determines which special handler by the following method: 1265 1266 * if |g:netrw_browsex_viewer| exists, then it will be used to attempt to 1267 view files. Examples of useful settings (place into your <.vimrc>): > 1268 1269 :let g:netrw_browsex_viewer= "kfmclient exec" 1270< or > 1271 :let g:netrw_browsex_viewer= "gnome-open" 1272< 1273 If g:netrw_browsex_viewer == '-', then netrwFileHandler() will be 1274 invoked first (see |netrw_filehandler|). 1275 1276 * for Windows 32 or 64, the url and FileProtocolHandler dlls are used. 1277 * for Gnome (with gnome-open): gnome-open is used. 1278 * for KDE (with kfmclient) : kfmclient is used. 1279 * for Mac OS X : open is used. 1280 * otherwise the netrwFileHandler plugin is used. 1281 1282The file's suffix is used by these various approaches to determine an 1283appropriate application to use to "handle" these files. Such things as 1284OpenOffice (*.sfx), visualization (*.jpg, *.gif, etc), and PostScript (*.ps, 1285*.eps) can be handled. 1286 1287 *netrw_filehandler* 1288 1289The "x" map applies a function to a file, based on its extension. Of course, 1290the handler function must exist for it to be called! 1291> 1292 Ex. mypgm.html x -> 1293 NFH_html("scp://user@host/some/path/mypgm.html") 1294< 1295Users may write their own netrw File Handler functions to support more 1296suffixes with special handling. See <autoload/netrwFileHandlers.vim> for 1297examples on how to make file handler functions. As an example: > 1298 1299 " NFH_suffix(filename) 1300 fun! NFH_suffix(filename) 1301 ..do something special with filename.. 1302 endfun 1303< 1304These functions need to be defined in some file in your .vim/plugin 1305(vimfiles\plugin) directory. Vim's function names may not have punctuation 1306characters (except for the underscore) in them. To support suffices that 1307contain such characters, netrw will first convert the suffix using the 1308following table: > 1309 1310 @ -> AT ! -> EXCLAMATION % -> PERCENT 1311 : -> COLON = -> EQUAL ? -> QUESTION 1312 , -> COMMA - -> MINUS ; -> SEMICOLON 1313 $ -> DOLLAR + -> PLUS ~ -> TILDE 1314< 1315So, for example: > 1316 1317 file.rcs,v -> NFH_rcsCOMMAv() 1318< 1319If more such translations are necessary, please send me email: > 1320 NdrOchip at ScampbellPfamily.AbizM - NOSPAM 1321with a request. 1322 1323Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_browsex_viewer| 1324 1325 *netrw-curdir* 1326DELETING BOOKMARKS *netrw-mB* {{{2 1327 1328To delete a bookmark, use > 1329 1330 {cnt}mB 1331< 1332Related Topics: 1333 |netrw-gb| how to return (go) to a bookmark 1334 |netrw-mb| how to make a bookmark 1335 |netrw-qb| how to list bookmarks 1336 1337 1338DELETING FILES OR DIRECTORIES *netrw-delete* *netrw-D* *netrw-del* {{{2 1339 1340If files have not been marked with |netrw-mf|: (local marked file list) 1341 1342 Deleting/removing files and directories involves moving the cursor to the 1343 file/directory to be deleted and pressing "D". Directories must be empty 1344 first before they can be successfully removed. If the directory is a 1345 softlink to a directory, then netrw will make two requests to remove the 1346 directory before succeeding. Netrw will ask for confirmation before doing 1347 the removal(s). You may select a range of lines with the "V" command 1348 (visual selection), and then pressing "D". 1349 1350If files have been marked with |netrw-mf|: (local marked file list) 1351 1352 Marked files (and empty directories) will be deleted; again, you'll be 1353 asked to confirm the deletion before it actually takes place. 1354 1355The |g:netrw_rm_cmd|, |g:netrw_rmf_cmd|, and |g:netrw_rmdir_cmd| variables are 1356used to control the attempts to remove files and directories. The 1357g:netrw_rm_cmd is used with files, and its default value is: 1358 1359 g:netrw_rm_cmd: ssh HOSTNAME rm 1360 1361The g:netrw_rmdir_cmd variable is used to support the removal of directories. 1362Its default value is: 1363 1364 g:netrw_rmdir_cmd: ssh HOSTNAME rmdir 1365 1366If removing a directory fails with g:netrw_rmdir_cmd, netrw then will attempt 1367to remove it again using the g:netrw_rmf_cmd variable. Its default value is: 1368 1369 g:netrw_rmf_cmd: ssh HOSTNAME rm -f 1370 1371Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_local_rmdir| |g:netrw_rm_cmd| 1372 |g:netrw_rmdir_cmd| |g:netrw_ssh_cmd| 1373 1374 1375*netrw-explore* *netrw-hexplore* *netrw-nexplore* *netrw-pexplore* 1376*netrw-rexplore* *netrw-sexplore* *netrw-texplore* *netrw-vexplore* 1377DIRECTORY EXPLORATION COMMANDS {{{2 1378 1379 :[N]Explore[!] [dir]... Explore directory of current file *:Explore* 1380 :[N]Hexplore[!] [dir]... Horizontal Split & Explore *:Hexplore* 1381 :Rexplore ... Return to Explorer *:Rexplore* 1382 :[N]Sexplore[!] [dir]... Split&Explore current file's directory *:Sexplore* 1383 :Texplore [dir]... Tab & Explore *:Texplore* 1384 :[N]Vexplore[!] [dir]... Vertical Split & Explore *:Vexplore* 1385 1386 Used with :Explore **/pattern : (also see |netrw-starstar|) 1387 :Nexplore............. go to next matching file *:Nexplore* 1388 :Pexplore............. go to previous matching file *:Pexplore* 1389 1390:Explore will open the local-directory browser on the current file's 1391 directory (or on directory [dir] if specified). The window will be 1392 split only if the file has been modified, otherwise the browsing 1393 window will take over that window. Normally the splitting is taken 1394 horizontally. 1395:Explore! is like :Explore, but will use vertical splitting. 1396:Sexplore will always split the window before invoking the local-directory 1397 browser. As with Explore, the splitting is normally done 1398 horizontally. 1399:Sexplore! [dir] is like :Sexplore, but the splitting will be done vertically. 1400:Hexplore [dir] does an :Explore with |:belowright| horizontal splitting. 1401:Hexplore! [dir] does an :Explore with |:aboveleft| horizontal splitting. 1402:Vexplore [dir] does an :Explore with |:leftabove| vertical splitting. 1403:Vexplore! [dir] does an :Explore with |:rightbelow| vertical splitting. 1404:Texplore [dir] does a tabnew before generating the browser window 1405 1406By default, these commands use the current file's directory. However, one may 1407explicitly provide a directory (path) to use. 1408 1409The [N] will override |g:netrw_winsize| to specify the quantity of rows and/or 1410columns the new explorer window should have. 1411 1412Otherwise, the |g:netrw_winsize| variable, if it has been specified by the 1413user, is used to control the quantity of rows and/or columns new explorer 1414windows should have. 1415 1416:Rexplore This command is a little different from the others. When one 1417 edits a file, for example by pressing <cr> when atop a file in 1418 a netrw browser window, :Rexplore will return the display to 1419 that of the last netrw browser window. It is a command version 1420 of the <2-leftmouse> map (which is only available under gvim and 1421 cooperative terms). 1422 1423 1424*netrw-star* *netrw-starpat* *netrw-starstar* *netrw-starstarpat* 1425EXPLORING WITH STARS AND PATTERNS 1426 1427When Explore, Sexplore, Hexplore, or Vexplore are used with one of the 1428following four styles, Explore generates a list of files which satisfy 1429the request. > 1430 1431 */filepat files in current directory which satisfy filepat 1432 **/filepat files in current directory or below which satisfy the 1433 file pattern 1434 *//pattern files in the current directory which contain the 1435 pattern (vimgrep is used) 1436 **//pattern files in the current directory or below which contain 1437 the pattern (vimgrep is used) 1438< 1439The cursor will be placed on the first file in the list. One may then 1440continue to go to subsequent files on that list via |:Nexplore| or to 1441preceding files on that list with |:Pexplore|. Explore will update the 1442directory and place the cursor appropriately. 1443 1444A plain > 1445 :Explore 1446will clear the explore list. 1447 1448If your console or gui produces recognizable shift-up or shift-down sequences, 1449then you'll likely find using shift-downarrow and shift-uparrow convenient. 1450They're mapped by netrw: 1451 1452 <s-down> == Nexplore, and 1453 <s-up> == Pexplore. 1454 1455As an example, consider 1456> 1457 :Explore */*.c 1458 :Nexplore 1459 :Nexplore 1460 :Pexplore 1461< 1462The status line will show, on the right hand side of the status line, a 1463message like "Match 3 of 20". 1464 1465Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_keepdir| |g:netrw_browse_split| 1466 |g:netrw_fastbrowse| |g:netrw_ftp_browse_reject| 1467 |g:netrw_ftp_list_cmd| |g:netrw_ftp_sizelist_cmd| 1468 |g:netrw_ftp_timelist_cmd| |g:netrw_list_cmd| 1469 |g:netrw_liststyle| 1470 1471 1472DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT FILE *netrw-qf* {{{2 1473 1474With the cursor atop a filename, pressing "qf" will reveal the file's size 1475and last modification timestamp. Currently this capability is only available 1476for local files. 1477 1478 1479EDIT FILE OR DIRECTORY HIDING LIST *netrw-ctrl-h* *netrw-edithide* {{{2 1480 1481The "<ctrl-h>" map brings up a requestor allowing the user to change the 1482file/directory hiding list contained in |g:netrw_list_hide|. The hiding list 1483consists of one or more patterns delimited by commas. Files and/or 1484directories satisfying these patterns will either be hidden (ie. not shown) or 1485be the only ones displayed (see |netrw-a|). 1486 1487The "gh" mapping (see |netrw-gh|) quickly alternates between the usual 1488hiding list and the hiding of files or directories that begin with ".". 1489 1490As an example, > 1491 let g:netrw_list_hide= '\(^\|\s\s\)\zs\.\S\+' 1492Effectively, this makes the effect of a |netrw-gh| command the initial setting. 1493What it means: 1494 1495 \(^\|\s\s\) : if the line begins with the following, -or- 1496 two consecutive spaces are encountered 1497 \zs : start the hiding match now 1498 \. : if it now begins with a dot 1499 \S\+ : and is followed by one or more non-whitespace 1500 characters 1501 1502Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_hide| |g:netrw_list_hide| 1503Associated topics: |netrw-a| |netrw-gh| |netrw-mh| 1504 1505 1506EDITING THE SORTING SEQUENCE *netrw-S* *netrw-sortsequence* {{{2 1507 1508When "Sorted by" is name, one may specify priority via the sorting sequence 1509(g:netrw_sort_sequence). The sorting sequence typically prioritizes the 1510name-listing by suffix, although any pattern will do. Patterns are delimited 1511by commas. The default sorting sequence is (all one line): 1512 1513For Unix: > 1514 '[\/]$,\<core\%(\.\d\+\)\=,\.[a-np-z]$,\.h$,\.c$,\.cpp$,*,\.o$,\.obj$, 1515 \.info$,\.swp$,\.bak$,\~$' 1516< 1517Otherwise: > 1518 '[\/]$,\.[a-np-z]$,\.h$,\.c$,\.cpp$,*,\.o$,\.obj$,\.info$, 1519 \.swp$,\.bak$,\~$' 1520< 1521The lone * is where all filenames not covered by one of the other patterns 1522will end up. One may change the sorting sequence by modifying the 1523g:netrw_sort_sequence variable (either manually or in your <.vimrc>) or by 1524using the "S" map. 1525 1526Related topics: |netrw-s| |netrw-S| 1527Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_sort_sequence| |g:netrw_sort_options| 1528 1529 1530GOING UP *netrw--* {{{2 1531 1532To go up a directory, press "-" or press the <cr> when atop the ../ directory 1533entry in the listing. 1534 1535Netrw will use the command in |g:netrw_list_cmd| to perform the directory 1536listing operation after changing HOSTNAME to the host specified by the 1537user-provided url. By default netrw provides the command as: 1538 1539 ssh HOSTNAME ls -FLa 1540 1541where the HOSTNAME becomes the [user@]hostname as requested by the attempt to 1542read. Naturally, the user may override this command with whatever is 1543preferred. The NetList function which implements remote browsing 1544expects that directories will be flagged by a trailing slash. 1545 1546 1547HIDING FILES OR DIRECTORIES *netrw-a* *netrw-hiding* {{{2 1548 1549Netrw's browsing facility allows one to use the hiding list in one of three 1550ways: ignore it, hide files which match, and show only those files which 1551match. 1552 1553If no files have been marked via |netrw-mf|: 1554 1555The "a" map allows the user to cycle through the three hiding modes. 1556 1557The |g:netrw_list_hide| variable holds a comma delimited list of patterns 1558based on regular expressions (ex. ^.*\.obj$,^\.) which specify the hiding list. 1559(also see |netrw-ctrl-h|) To set the hiding list, use the <c-h> map. As an 1560example, to hide files which begin with a ".", one may use the <c-h> map to 1561set the hiding list to '^\..*' (or one may put let g:netrw_list_hide= '^\..*' 1562in one's <.vimrc>). One may then use the "a" key to show all files, hide 1563matching files, or to show only the matching files. 1564 1565 Example: \.[ch]$ 1566 This hiding list command will hide/show all *.c and *.h files. 1567 1568 Example: \.c$,\.h$ 1569 This hiding list command will also hide/show all *.c and *.h 1570 files. 1571 1572Don't forget to use the "a" map to select the mode (normal/hiding/show) you 1573want! 1574 1575If files have been marked using |netrw-mf|, then this command will: 1576 1577 if showing all files or non-hidden files: 1578 modify the g:netrw_list_hide list by appending the marked files to it 1579 and showing only non-hidden files. 1580 1581 else if showing hidden files only: 1582 modify the g:netrw_list_hide list by removing the marked files from it 1583 and showing only non-hidden files. 1584 endif 1585 1586 *netrw-gh* *netrw-hide* 1587As a quick shortcut, one may press > 1588 gh 1589to toggle between hiding files which begin with a period (dot) and not hiding 1590them. 1591 1592Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_list_hide| 1593Associated topics: |netrw-a| |netrw-ctrl-h| |netrw-mh| 1594 1595IMPROVING BROWSING *netrw-listhack* *netrw-ssh-hack* {{{2 1596 1597Especially with the remote directory browser, constantly entering the password 1598is tedious. 1599 1600For Linux/Unix systems, the book "Linux Server Hacks - 100 industrial strength 1601tips & tools" by Rob Flickenger (O'Reilly, ISBN 0-596-00461-3) gives a tip 1602for setting up no-password ssh and scp and discusses associated security 1603issues. It used to be available at http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/66 , 1604but apparently that address is now being redirected to some "hackzine". 1605I'll attempt a summary based on that article and on a communication from 1606Ben Schmidt: 1607 1608 1. Generate a public/private key pair on the local machine 1609 (ssh client): > 1610 ssh-keygen -t rsa 1611 (saving the file in ~/.ssh/id_rsa as prompted) 1612< 1613 2. Just hit the <CR> when asked for passphrase (twice) for no 1614 passphrase. If you do use a passphrase, you will also need to use 1615 ssh-agent so you only have to type the passphrase once per session. 1616 If you don't use a passphrase, simply logging onto your local 1617 computer or getting access to the keyfile in any way will suffice 1618 to access any ssh servers which have that key authorized for login. 1619 1620 3. This creates two files: > 1621 ~/.ssh/id_rsa 1622 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 1623< 1624 4. On the target machine (ssh server): > 1625 cd 1626 mkdir -p .ssh 1627 chmod 0700 .ssh 1628< 1629 5. On your local machine (ssh client): (one line) > 1630 ssh {serverhostname} 1631 cat '>>' '~/.ssh/authorized_keys2' < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 1632< 1633 or, for OpenSSH, (one line) > 1634 ssh {serverhostname} 1635 cat '>>' '~/.ssh/authorized_keys' < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 1636< 1637You can test it out with > 1638 ssh {serverhostname} 1639and you should be log onto the server machine without further need to type 1640anything. 1641 1642If you decided to use a passphrase, do: > 1643 ssh-agent $SHELL 1644 ssh-add 1645 ssh {serverhostname} 1646You will be prompted for your key passphrase when you use ssh-add, but not 1647subsequently when you use ssh. For use with vim, you can use > 1648 ssh-agent vim 1649and, when next within vim, use > 1650 :!ssh-add 1651Alternatively, you can apply ssh-agent to the terminal you're planning on 1652running vim in: > 1653 ssh-agent xterm & 1654and do ssh-add whenever you need. 1655 1656For Windows, folks on the vim mailing list have mentioned that Pageant helps 1657with avoiding the constant need to enter the password. 1658 1659Kingston Fung wrote about another way to avoid constantly needing to enter 1660passwords: 1661 1662 In order to avoid the need to type in the password for scp each time, you 1663 provide a hack in the docs to set up a non password ssh account. I found a 1664 better way to do that: I can use a regular ssh account which uses a 1665 password to access the material without the need to key-in the password 1666 each time. It's good for security and convenience. I tried ssh public key 1667 authorization + ssh-agent, implementing this, and it works! Here are two 1668 links with instructions: 1669 1670 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/ 1671 http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/ 1672 1673 1674LISTING BOOKMARKS AND HISTORY *netrw-qb* *netrw-listbookmark* {{{2 1675 1676Pressing "qb" (query bookmarks) will list both the bookmarked directories and 1677directory traversal history. 1678 1679Related Topics: 1680 |netrw-gb| how to return (go) to a bookmark 1681 |netrw-mb| how to make a bookmark 1682 |netrw-mB| how to delete bookmarks 1683 |netrw-u| change to a predecessor directory via the history stack 1684 |netrw-U| change to a successor directory via the history stack 1685 1686MAKING A NEW DIRECTORY *netrw-d* {{{2 1687 1688With the "d" map one may make a new directory either remotely (which depends 1689on the global variable g:netrw_mkdir_cmd) or locally (which depends on the 1690global variable g:netrw_local_mkdir). Netrw will issue a request for the new 1691directory's name. A bare <CR> at that point will abort the making of the 1692directory. Attempts to make a local directory that already exists (as either 1693a file or a directory) will be detected, reported on, and ignored. 1694 1695Currently, making a directory via ftp is not supported. 1696 1697Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_local_mkdir| |g:netrw_mkdir_cmd| 1698 1699 1700MAKING THE BROWSING DIRECTORY THE CURRENT DIRECTORY *netrw-c* {{{2 1701 1702By default, |g:netrw_keepdir| is 1. This setting means that the current 1703directory will not track the browsing directory. 1704 1705Setting g:netrw_keepdir to 0 tells netrw to make vim's current directory to 1706track netrw's browsing directory. 1707 1708However, given the default setting for g:netrw_keepdir of 1 where netrw 1709maintains its own separate notion of the current directory, in order to make 1710the two directories the same, use the "c" map (just type c). That map will 1711set Vim's notion of the current directory to netrw's current browsing 1712directory. 1713 1714Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_keepdir| 1715 1716MARKING FILES *netrw-mf* {{{2 1717 (also see |netrw-mr|) 1718 1719One may mark files with the cursor atop a filename and then pressing "mf". 1720With gvim, one may also mark files with <s-leftmouse>. The following netrw 1721maps make use of marked files: 1722 1723 |netrw-a| Hide marked files/directories 1724 |netrw-D| Delete marked files/directories 1725 |netrw-mc| Copy marked files to target 1726 |netrw-md| Apply vimdiff to marked files 1727 |netrw-me| Edit marked files 1728 |netrw-mg| Apply vimgrep to marked files 1729 |netrw-mm| Move marked files 1730 |netrw-mp| Print marked files 1731 |netrw-mt| Set target for |netrw-mm| and |netrw-mc| 1732 |netrw-mT| Generate tags using marked files 1733 |netrw-mx| Apply shell command to marked files 1734 |netrw-mz| Compress/Decompress marked files 1735 |netrw-O| Obtain marked files 1736 |netrw-R| Rename marked files 1737 1738One may unmark files one at a time the same way one marks them; ie. place 1739the cursor atop a marked file and press "mf". This process also works 1740with <s-leftmouse> using gvim. One may unmark all files by pressing 1741"mu" (see |netrw-mu|). 1742 1743*markfilelist* *global_markfilelist* *local_markfilelist* 1744All marked files are entered onto the global marked file list; there is only 1745one such list. In addition, every netrw buffer also has its own local marked 1746file list; since netrw buffers are associated with specific directories, this 1747means that each directory has its own local marked file list. The various 1748commands which operate on marked files use one or the other of the marked file 1749lists. 1750 1751 1752MARKING FILES BY REGULAR EXPRESSION *netrw-mr* {{{2 1753 (also see |netrw-mf|) 1754 1755One may also mark files by pressing "mr"; netrw will then issue a prompt, 1756"Enter regexp: ". You may then enter a shell-style regular expression such 1757as *.c$ (see |glob()|). For remote systems, glob() doesn't work -- so netrw 1758converts "*" into ".*" (see |regexp|) and marks files based on that. In the 1759future I may make it possible to use |regexp|s instead of glob()-style 1760expressions (yet-another-option). 1761 1762 1763MARKED FILES: ARBITRARY COMMAND *netrw-mx* {{{2 1764 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1765 (uses the local marked-file list) 1766 1767Upon activation of the "mx" map, netrw will query the user for some (external) 1768command to be applied to all marked files. All "%"s in the command will be 1769substituted with the name of each marked file in turn. If no "%"s are in the 1770command, then the command will be followed by a space and a marked filename. 1771 1772 1773MARKED FILES: COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION *netrw-mz* {{{2 1774 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1775 (uses the local marked file list) 1776 1777If any marked files are compressed, then "mz" will decompress them. 1778If any marked files are decompressed, then "mz" will compress them 1779using the command specified by |g:netrw_compress|; by default, 1780that's "gzip". 1781 1782For decompression, netrw provides a |Dictionary| of suffices and their 1783associated decompressing utilities; see |g:netrw_decompress|. 1784 1785Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_compress| |g:netrw_decompress| 1786 1787MARKED FILES: COPYING *netrw-mc* {{{2 1788 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1789 (Uses the global marked file list) 1790 1791Select a target directory with mt (|netrw-mt|). Then change directory, 1792select file(s) (see |netrw-mf|), and press "mc". 1793 1794Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_localcopycmd| |g:netrw_ssh_cmd| 1795 1796MARKED FILES: DIFF *netrw-md* {{{2 1797 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1798 (uses the global marked file list) 1799 1800Use |vimdiff| to visualize difference between selected files (two or 1801three may be selected for this). Uses the global marked file list. 1802 1803MARKED FILES: EDITING *netrw-me* {{{2 1804 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1805 (uses the global marked file list) 1806 1807This command will place the marked files on the |arglist| and commence 1808editing them. One may return the to explorer window with |:Rexplore|. 1809 1810MARKED FILES: GREP *netrw-mg* {{{2 1811 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1812 (uses the global marked file list) 1813 1814This command will apply |:vimgrep| to the marked files. The command will ask 1815for the requested pattern; one may enter: > 1816 /pattern/[g][j] 1817 ! /pattern/[g][j] 1818 pattern 1819< 1820MARKED FILES: HIDING AND UNHIDING BY SUFFIX *netrw-mh* {{{2 1821 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1822 (uses the local marked file list) 1823 1824This command extracts the suffices of the marked files and toggles their 1825presence on the hiding list. Please note that marking the same suffix 1826this way multiple times will result in the suffix's presence being toggled 1827for each file (so an even quantity of marked files having the same suffix 1828is the same as not having bothered to select them at all). 1829 1830Related topics: |netrw-a| |g:netrw_list_hide| 1831 1832MARKED FILES: MOVING *netrw-mm* {{{2 1833 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1834 (uses the global marked file list) 1835 1836 WARNING: moving files is more dangerous than copying them. 1837 A file being moved is first copied and then deleted; if the 1838 copy operation fails and the delete succeeds, you will lose 1839 the file. Either try things out with unimportant files 1840 first or do the copy and then delete yourself using mc and D. 1841 Use at your own risk! 1842 1843Select a target directory with mt (|netrw-mt|). Then change directory, 1844select file(s) (see |netrw-mf|), and press "mm". 1845 1846Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_localmovecmd| |g:netrw_ssh_cmd| 1847 1848MARKED FILES: PRINTING *netrw-mp* {{{2 1849 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1850 (uses the local marked file list) 1851 1852Netrw will apply the |:hardcopy| command to marked files. What it does 1853is open each file in a one-line window, execute hardcopy, then close the 1854one-line window. 1855 1856 1857MARKED FILES: SOURCING *netrw-ms* {{{2 1858 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1859 (uses the local marked file list) 1860 1861Netrw will source the marked files (using vim's |:source| command) 1862 1863 1864MARKED FILES: TAGGING *netrw-mT* {{{2 1865 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1866 (uses the global marked file list) 1867 1868The "mT" mapping will apply the command in |g:netrw_ctags| (by default, it is 1869"ctags") to marked files. For remote browsing, in order to create a tags file 1870netrw will use ssh (see |g:netrw_ssh_cmd|), and so ssh must be available for 1871this to work on remote systems. For your local system, see |ctags| on how to 1872get a version. I myself use hdrtags, currently available at 1873http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/src/index.html , and have > 1874 1875 let g:netrw_ctags= "hdrtag" 1876< 1877in my <.vimrc>. 1878 1879When a remote set of files are tagged, the resulting tags file is "obtained"; 1880ie. a copy is transferred to the local system's directory. The local tags 1881file is then modified so that one may use it through the network. The 1882modification is concerns the names of the files in the tags; each filename is 1883preceded by the netrw-compatible url used to obtain it. When one subsequently 1884uses one of the go to tag actions (|tags|), the url will be used by netrw to 1885edit the desired file and go to the tag. 1886 1887Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_ctags| |g:netrw_ssh_cmd| 1888 1889 1890MARKED FILES: SETTING THE TARGET DIRECTORY *netrw-mt* {{{2 1891 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1892 1893Set the marked file copy/move-to target (see |netrw-mc| and |netrw-mm|): 1894 1895 * if the cursor is atop a file name, then the netrw window's currently 1896 displayed directory is used for the copy/move-to target. 1897 1898 * also, if the cursor is in the banner, then the netrw window's currently 1899 displayed directory is used for the copy/move-to target. 1900 1901 * however, if the cursor is atop a directory name, then that directory is 1902 used for the copy/move-to target 1903 1904There is only one copy/move-to target per vim session; ie. the target is a 1905script variable (see |s:var|) and is shared between all netrw windows (in an 1906instance of vim). 1907 1908MARKED FILES: UNMARKING *netrw-mu* {{{2 1909 (See |netrw-mf| and |netrw-mr| for how to mark files) 1910 1911The "mu" mapping will unmark all currently marked files. 1912 1913 1914NETRW BROWSER VARIABLES *netrw-browser-options* *netrw-browser-var* {{{2 1915 1916(if you're interested in the netrw file transfer settings, see |netrw-options|) 1917 1918The <netrw.vim> browser provides settings in the form of variables which 1919you may modify; by placing these settings in your <.vimrc>, you may customize 1920your browsing preferences. (see also: |netrw-settings|) 1921> 1922 --- ----------- 1923 Var Explanation 1924 --- ----------- 1925< *g:netrw_alto* change from above splitting to below splitting 1926 by setting this variable (see |netrw-o|) 1927 default: =&sb (see |'sb'|) 1928 1929 *g:netrw_altv* change from left splitting to right splitting 1930 by setting this variable (see |netrw-v|) 1931 default: =&spr (see |'spr'|) 1932 1933 *g:netrw_banner* enable/suppress the banner 1934 =0: suppress the banner 1935 =1: banner is enabled (default) 1936 NOTE: suppressing the banner is a new feature 1937 which may cause problems. 1938 1939 *g:netrw_browse_split* when browsing, <cr> will open the file by: 1940 =0: re-using the same window 1941 =1: horizontally splitting the window first 1942 =2: vertically splitting the window first 1943 =3: open file in new tab 1944 =4: act like "P" (ie. open previous window) 1945 Note that |g:netrw_preview| may be used 1946 to get vertical splitting instead of 1947 horizontal splitting. 1948 1949 *g:netrw_browsex_viewer* specify user's preference for a viewer: > 1950 "kfmclient exec" 1951 "gnome-open" 1952< If > 1953 "-" 1954< is used, then netrwFileHandler() will look for 1955 a script/function to handle the given 1956 extension. (see |netrw_filehandler|). 1957 1958 *g:netrw_chgperm* Unix/Linux: "chmod PERM FILENAME" 1959 Windows: "cacls FILENAME /e /p PERM" 1960 Used to change access permission for a file. 1961 1962 *g:netrw_compress* ="gzip" 1963 Will compress marked files with this 1964 command 1965 1966 *g:netrw_ctags* ="ctags" 1967 The default external program used to create tags 1968 1969 *g:netrw_cursorline* = 1 (default) 1970 will use the |'cursorline'| local setting when 1971 |g:netrw_liststyle| ==0 (thin listing) or 1972 |g:netrw_liststyle| ==1 (long listing) or 1973 |g:netrw_liststyle| ==3 (tree listing) 1974 (ie. doesn't affect the wide listing) 1975 =0: off 1976 =2: like ==1, but the wide listing gets both 1977 cursorline and |'cursorcolumn'|locally set 1978 1979 *g:netrw_decompress* = { ".gz" : "gunzip" , 1980 ".bz2" : "bunzip2" , 1981 ".zip" : "unzip" , 1982 ".tar" : "tar -xf"} 1983 A dictionary mapping suffices to 1984 decompression programs. 1985 1986 *g:netrw_fastbrowse* =0: slow speed directory browsing; 1987 never re-uses directory listings, 1988 always obtains directory listings. 1989 =1: medium speed directory browsing; 1990 re-use directory listings only 1991 when remote directory browsing. 1992 (default value) 1993 =2: fast directory browsing; 1994 only obtains directory listings when the 1995 directory hasn't been seen before 1996 (or |netrw-ctrl-l| is used). 1997 1998 Fast browsing retains old directory listing 1999 buffers so that they don't need to be 2000 re-acquired. This feature is especially 2001 important for remote browsing. However, if 2002 a file is introduced or deleted into or from 2003 such directories, the old directory buffer 2004 becomes out-of-date. One may always refresh 2005 such a directory listing with |netrw-ctrl-l|. 2006 This option gives the user the choice of 2007 trading off accuracy (ie. up-to-date listing) 2008 versus speed. 2009 2010 *g:netrw_fname_escape* =' ?&;%' 2011 Used on filenames before remote reading/writing 2012 2013 *g:netrw_ftp_browse_reject* ftp can produce a number of errors and warnings 2014 that can show up as "directories" and "files" 2015 in the listing. This pattern is used to 2016 remove such embedded messages. By default its 2017 value is: 2018 '^total\s\+\d\+$\| 2019 ^Trying\s\+\d\+.*$\| 2020 ^KERBEROS_V\d rejected\| 2021 ^Security extensions not\| 2022 No such file\| 2023 : connect to address [0-9a-fA-F:]* 2024 : No route to host$' 2025 2026 *g:netrw_ftp_list_cmd* options for passing along to ftp for directory 2027 listing. Defaults: 2028 unix or g:netrw_cygwin set: : "ls -lF" 2029 otherwise "dir" 2030 2031 2032 *g:netrw_ftp_sizelist_cmd* options for passing along to ftp for directory 2033 listing, sorted by size of file. 2034 Defaults: 2035 unix or g:netrw_cygwin set: : "ls -slF" 2036 otherwise "dir" 2037 2038 *g:netrw_ftp_timelist_cmd* options for passing along to ftp for directory 2039 listing, sorted by time of last modification. 2040 Defaults: 2041 unix or g:netrw_cygwin set: : "ls -tlF" 2042 otherwise "dir" 2043 2044 *g:netrw_glob_escape* ='[]*?`{~$' (unix) 2045 ='[]*?`{$' (windows 2046 These characters in directory names are 2047 escaped before applying glob() 2048 2049 *g:netrw_hide* if true, the hiding list is used 2050 default: =0 2051 2052 *g:netrw_home* The home directory for where bookmarks and 2053 history are saved (as .netrwbook and 2054 .netrwhist). 2055 default: the first directory on the 2056 |'runtimepath'| 2057 2058 *g:netrw_keepdir* =1 (default) keep current directory immune from 2059 the browsing directory. 2060 =0 keep the current directory the same as the 2061 browsing directory. 2062 The current browsing directory is contained in 2063 b:netrw_curdir (also see |netrw-c|) 2064 2065 *g:netrw_list_cmd* command for listing remote directories 2066 default: (if ssh is executable) 2067 "ssh HOSTNAME ls -FLa" 2068 2069 *g:netrw_liststyle* Set the default listing style: 2070 = 0: thin listing (one file per line) 2071 = 1: long listing (one file per line with time 2072 stamp information and file size) 2073 = 2: wide listing (multiple files in columns) 2074 = 3: tree style listing 2075 *g:netrw_list_hide* comma separated pattern list for hiding files 2076 Patterns are regular expressions (see |regexp|) 2077 Example: let g:netrw_list_hide= '.*\.swp$' 2078 default: "" 2079 2080 *g:netrw_localcopycmd* ="cp" Linux/Unix/MacOS/Cygwin 2081 ="copy" Windows 2082 Copies marked files (|netrw-mf|) to target 2083 directory (|netrw-mt|, |netrw-mc|) 2084 2085 *g:netrw_localmovecmd* ="mv" Linux/Unix/MacOS/Cygwin 2086 ="move" Windows 2087 Moves marked files (|netrw-mf|) to target 2088 directory (|netrw-mt|, |netrw-mm|) 2089 2090 *g:netrw_local_mkdir* command for making a local directory 2091 default: "mkdir" 2092 2093 *g:netrw_local_rmdir* remove directory command (rmdir) 2094 default: "rmdir" 2095 2096 *g:netrw_maxfilenamelen* =32 by default, selected so as to make long 2097 listings fit on 80 column displays. 2098 If your screen is wider, and you have file 2099 or directory names longer than 32 bytes, 2100 you may set this option to keep listings 2101 columnar. 2102 2103 *g:netrw_mkdir_cmd* command for making a remote directory 2104 default: "ssh USEPORT HOSTNAME mkdir" 2105 2106 *g:netrw_mousemaps* =1 (default) enables the mouse buttons 2107 while browsing: 2108 leftmouse : open file/directory 2109 shift-leftmouse : mark file 2110 middlemouse : same as P 2111 rightmouse : remove file/directory 2112 =0: disables mouse maps 2113 2114 *g:netrw_retmap* if it exists and is set to one, then: 2115 * if in a netrw-selected file, AND 2116 * no normal-mode <2-leftmouse> mapping exists, 2117 then the <2-leftmouse> will be mapped for easy 2118 return to the netrw browser window. 2119 example: click once to select and open a file, 2120 double-click to return. 2121 2122 Note that one may instead choose to: 2123 * let g:netrw_retmap= 1, AND 2124 * nmap <silent> YourChoice <Plug>NetrwReturn 2125 and have another mapping instead of 2126 <2-leftmouse> to invoke the return. 2127 2128 You may also use the |:Rexplore| command to do 2129 the same thing. 2130 2131 default: =0 2132 2133 *g:netrw_rm_cmd* command for removing files 2134 default: "ssh USEPORT HOSTNAME rm" 2135 2136 *g:netrw_rmdir_cmd* command for removing directories 2137 default: "ssh USEPORT HOSTNAME rmdir" 2138 2139 *g:netrw_rmf_cmd* command for removing softlinks 2140 default: "ssh USEPORT HOSTNAME rm -f" 2141 2142 *g:netrw_sort_by* sort by "name", "time", or "size" 2143 default: "name" 2144 2145 *g:netrw_sort_direction* sorting direction: "normal" or "reverse" 2146 default: "normal" 2147 2148 *g:netrw_sort_options* sorting is done using |:sort|; this 2149 variable's value is appended to the 2150 sort command. Thus one may ignore case, 2151 for example, with the following in your 2152 .vimrc: > 2153 let g:netrw_sort_options="i" 2154< default: "" 2155 2156 *g:netrw_sort_sequence* when sorting by name, first sort by the 2157 comma-separated pattern sequence. Note that 2158 the filigree added to indicate filetypes 2159 should be accounted for in your pattern. 2160 default: '[\/]$,*,\.bak$,\.o$,\.h$, 2161 \.info$,\.swp$,\.obj$' 2162 2163 *g:netrw_special_syntax* If true, then certain files will be shown 2164 in special syntax in the browser: 2165 2166 netrwBak : *.bak 2167 netrwCompress: *.gz *.bz2 *.Z *.zip 2168 netrwData : *.dat 2169 netrwHdr : *.h 2170 netrwLib : *.a *.so *.lib *.dll 2171 netrwMakefile: [mM]akefile *.mak 2172 netrwObj : *.o *.obj 2173 netrwTags : tags ANmenu ANtags 2174 netrwTilde : *~ 2175 netrwTmp : tmp* *tmp 2176 2177 These syntax highlighting groups are linked 2178 to Folded or DiffChange by default 2179 (see |hl-Folded| and |hl-DiffChange|), but 2180 one may put lines like > 2181 hi link netrwCompress Visual 2182< into one's <.vimrc> to use one's own 2183 preferences. 2184 2185 *g:netrw_ssh_cmd* One may specify an executable command 2186 to use instead of ssh for remote actions 2187 such as listing, file removal, etc. 2188 default: ssh 2189 2190 *g:netrw_ssh_browse_reject* ssh can sometimes produce unwanted lines, 2191 messages, banners, and whatnot that one doesn't 2192 want masquerading as "directories" and "files". 2193 Use this pattern to remove such embedded 2194 messages. By default its value is: 2195 '^total\s\+\d\+$' 2196 2197 2198 *g:netrw_tmpfile_escape* =' &;' 2199 escape() is applied to all temporary files 2200 to escape these characters. 2201 2202 *g:netrw_timefmt* specify format string to vim's strftime(). 2203 The default, "%c", is "the preferred date 2204 and time representation for the current 2205 locale" according to my manpage entry for 2206 strftime(); however, not all are satisfied 2207 with it. Some alternatives: 2208 "%a %d %b %Y %T", 2209 " %a %Y-%m-%d %I-%M-%S %p" 2210 default: "%c" 2211 2212 *g:netrw_use_noswf* netrw normally avoids writing swapfiles 2213 for browser buffers. However, under some 2214 systems this apparently is causing nasty 2215 ml_get errors to appear; if you're getting 2216 ml_get errors, try putting 2217 let g:netrw_use_noswf= 0 2218 in your .vimrc. 2219 2220 *g:netrw_winsize* specify initial size of new windows made with 2221 "o" (see |netrw-o|), "v" (see |netrw-v|), 2222 |:Hexplore| or |:Vexplore|. 2223 default: "" 2224 2225 *g:netrw_xstrlen* Controls how netrw computes string lengths, 2226 including multi-byte characters' string 2227 length. (thanks to N Weibull, T Mechelynck) 2228 =0: uses Vim's built-in strlen() 2229 =1: number of codepoints (Latin a + combining 2230 circumflex is two codepoints) (DEFAULT) 2231 =2: number of spacing codepoints (Latin a + 2232 combining circumflex is one spacing 2233 codepoint; a hard tab is one; wide and 2234 narrow CJK are one each; etc.) 2235 =3: virtual length (counting tabs as anything 2236 between 1 and |'tabstop'|, wide CJK as 2 2237 rather than 1, Arabic alif as zero when 2238 immediately preceded by lam, one 2239 otherwise, etc) 2240 2241 *g:NetrwTopLvlMenu* This variable specifies the top level 2242 menu name; by default, it's "Netrw.". If 2243 you wish to change this, do so in your 2244 .vimrc. 2245 2246NETRW BROWSING AND OPTION INCOMPATIBILITIES *netrw-incompatible* {{{2 2247 2248Netrw has been designed to handle user options by saving them, setting the 2249options to something that's compatible with netrw's needs, and then restoring 2250them. However, the autochdir option: > 2251 :set acd 2252is problematical. Autochdir sets the current directory to that containing the 2253file you edit; this apparently also applies to directories. In other words, 2254autochdir sets the current directory to that containing the "file" (even if 2255that "file" is itself a directory). 2256 2257NETRW SETTINGS *netrw-settings* {{{2 2258 2259With the NetrwSettings.vim plugin, > 2260 :NetrwSettings 2261will bring up a window with the many variables that netrw uses for its 2262settings. You may change any of their values; when you save the file, the 2263settings therein will be used. One may also press "?" on any of the lines for 2264help on what each of the variables do. 2265 2266(also see: |netrw-browser-var| |netrw-protocol| |netrw-var| |netrw-variables|) 2267 2268 2269============================================================================== 2270OBTAINING A FILE *netrw-O* {{{2 2271 2272If there are no marked files: 2273 2274 When browsing a remote directory, one may obtain a file under the cursor 2275 (ie. get a copy on your local machine, but not edit it) by pressing the O 2276 key. 2277 2278If there are marked files: 2279 2280 The marked files will be obtained (ie. a copy will be transferred to your 2281 local machine, but not set up for editing). 2282 2283Only ftp and scp are supported for this operation (but since these two are 2284available for browsing, that shouldn't be a problem). The status bar will 2285then show, on its right hand side, a message like "Obtaining filename". The 2286statusline will be restored after the transfer is complete. 2287 2288Netrw can also "obtain" a file using the local browser. Netrw's display 2289of a directory is not necessarily the same as Vim's "current directory", 2290unless |g:netrw_keepdir| is set to 0 in the user's <.vimrc>. One may select 2291a file using the local browser (by putting the cursor on it) and pressing 2292"O" will then "obtain" the file; ie. copy it to Vim's current directory. 2293 2294Related topics: 2295 * To see what the current directory is, use |:pwd| 2296 * To make the currently browsed directory the current directory, see |netrw-c| 2297 * To automatically make the currently browsed directory the current 2298 directory, see |g:netrw_keepdir|. 2299 2300 2301OPEN A NEW FILE IN NETRW'S CURRENT DIRECTORY *netrw-%* 2302 2303To open a file in netrw's current directory, press "%". This map will 2304query the user for a new filename; an empty file by that name will be 2305placed in the netrw's current directory (ie. b:netrw_curdir). 2306 2307 2308PREVIEW WINDOW *netrw-p* *netrw-preview* {{{2 2309 2310One may use a preview window by using the "p" key when the cursor is atop the 2311desired filename to be previewed. The display will then split to show both 2312the browser (where the cursor will remain) and the file (see |:pedit|). 2313By default, the split will be taken horizontally; one may use vertical 2314splitting if one has set |g:netrw_preview| first. 2315 2316An interesting set of netrw settings is: > 2317 2318 let g:netrw_preview = 1 2319 let g:netrw_liststyle = 3 2320 let g:netrw_winsize = 30 2321 2322These will: 2323 1. Make vertical splitting the default for previewing files 2324 2. Make the default listing style "tree" 2325 3. When a vertical preview window is opened, the directory listing 2326 will use only 30 columns; the rest of the window is used for the 2327 preview window. 2328 2329PREVIOUS WINDOW *netrw-P* *netrw-prvwin* {{{2 2330 2331To edit a file or directory in the previously used (last accessed) window (see 2332:he |CTRL-W_p|), press a "P". If there's only one window, then the one window 2333will be horizontally split (above/below splitting is controlled by 2334|g:netrw_alto|, and its initial size is controlled by |g:netrw_winsize|). 2335 2336If there's more than one window, the previous window will be re-used on 2337the selected file/directory. If the previous window's associated buffer 2338has been modified, and there's only one window with that buffer, then 2339the user will be asked if s/he wishes to save the buffer first (yes, 2340no, or cancel). 2341 2342 2343REFRESHING THE LISTING *netrw-ctrl-l* *netrw-ctrl_l* {{{2 2344 2345To refresh either a local or remote directory listing, press ctrl-l (<c-l>) or 2346hit the <cr> when atop the ./ directory entry in the listing. One may also 2347refresh a local directory by using ":e .". 2348 2349 2350RENAMING FILES OR DIRECTORIES *netrw-move* *netrw-rename* *netrw-R* {{{2 2351 2352If there are no marked files: (see |netrw-mf|) 2353 2354 Renaming/moving files and directories involves moving the cursor to the 2355 file/directory to be moved (renamed) and pressing "R". You will then be 2356 queried for where you want the file/directory to be moved. You may select 2357 a range of lines with the "V" command (visual selection), and then 2358 pressing "R". 2359 2360If there are marked files: (see |netrw-mf|) 2361 2362 Marked files will be renamed (moved). You will be queried as above in 2363 order to specify where you want the file/directory to be moved. 2364 2365 WARNING:~ 2366 2367 Note that moving files is a dangerous operation; copies are safer. That's 2368 because a "move" for remote files is actually a copy + delete -- and if 2369 the copy fails and the delete does not, you may lose the file. 2370 2371The g:netrw_rename_cmd variable is used to implement renaming. By default its 2372value is: 2373 2374 ssh HOSTNAME mv 2375 2376One may rename a block of files and directories by selecting them with 2377the V (|linewise-visual|). 2378 2379 2380REVERSING SORTING ORDER *netrw-r* *netrw-reverse* {{{2 2381 2382One may toggle between normal and reverse sorting order by pressing the 2383"r" key. 2384 2385Related topics: |netrw-s| 2386Associated setting variable: |g:netrw_sort_direction| 2387 2388 2389SELECTING SORTING STYLE *netrw-s* *netrw-sort* {{{2 2390 2391One may select the sorting style by name, time, or (file) size. The "s" map 2392allows one to circulate amongst the three choices; the directory listing will 2393automatically be refreshed to reflect the selected style. 2394 2395Related topics: |netrw-r| |netrw-S| 2396Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_sort_by| |g:netrw_sort_sequence| 2397 2398 2399SETTING EDITING WINDOW *netrw-C* {{{2 2400 2401One may select a netrw window for editing with the "C" mapping, or by setting 2402g:netrw_chgwin to the selected window number. Subsequent selection of a file 2403to edit (|netrw-cr|) will use that window. 2404 2405Related topics: |netrw-cr| 2406Associated setting variables: |g:netrw_chgwin| 2407 2408 240910. Problems and Fixes *netrw-problems* {{{1 2410 2411 (This section is likely to grow as I get feedback) 2412 (also see |netrw-debug|) 2413 *netrw-p1* 2414 P1. I use windows 95, and my ftp dumps four blank lines at the 2415 end of every read. 2416 2417 See |netrw-fixup|, and put the following into your 2418 <.vimrc> file: 2419 2420 let g:netrw_win95ftp= 1 2421 2422 *netrw-p2* 2423 P2. I use Windows, and my network browsing with ftp doesn't sort by 2424 time or size! -or- The remote system is a Windows server; why 2425 don't I get sorts by time or size? 2426 2427 Windows' ftp has a minimal support for ls (ie. it doesn't 2428 accept sorting options). It doesn't support the -F which 2429 gives an explanatory character (ABC/ for "ABC is a directory"). 2430 Netrw then uses "dir" to get both its thin and long listings. 2431 If you think your ftp does support a full-up ls, put the 2432 following into your <.vimrc>: > 2433 2434 let g:netrw_ftp_list_cmd = "ls -lF" 2435 let g:netrw_ftp_timelist_cmd= "ls -tlF" 2436 let g:netrw_ftp_sizelist_cmd= "ls -slF" 2437< 2438 Alternatively, if you have cygwin on your Windows box, put 2439 into your <.vimrc>: > 2440 2441 let g:netrw_cygwin= 1 2442< 2443 This problem also occurs when the remote system is Windows. 2444 In this situation, the various g:netrw_ftp_[time|size]list_cmds 2445 are as shown above, but the remote system will not correctly 2446 modify its listing behavior. 2447 2448 2449 *netrw-p3* 2450 P3. I tried rcp://user@host/ (or protocol other than ftp) and netrw 2451 used ssh! That wasn't what I asked for... 2452 2453 Netrw has two methods for browsing remote directories: ssh 2454 and ftp. Unless you specify ftp specifically, ssh is used. 2455 When it comes time to do download a file (not just a directory 2456 listing), netrw will use the given protocol to do so. 2457 2458 *netrw-p4* 2459 P4. I would like long listings to be the default. 2460 2461 Put the following statement into your |.vimrc|: > 2462 2463 let g:netrw_liststyle= 1 2464< 2465 Check out |netrw-browser-var| for more customizations that 2466 you can set. 2467 2468 *netrw-p5* 2469 P5. My times come up oddly in local browsing 2470 2471 Does your system's strftime() accept the "%c" to yield dates 2472 such as "Sun Apr 27 11:49:23 1997"? If not, do a "man strftime" 2473 and find out what option should be used. Then put it into 2474 your |.vimrc|: > 2475 2476 let g:netrw_timefmt= "%X" (where X is the option) 2477< 2478 *netrw-p6* 2479 P6. I want my current directory to track my browsing. 2480 How do I do that? 2481 2482 Put the following line in your |.vimrc|: 2483> 2484 let g:netrw_keepdir= 0 2485< 2486 *netrw-p7* 2487 P7. I use Chinese (or other non-ascii) characters in my filenames, and 2488 netrw (Explore, Sexplore, Hexplore, etc) doesn't display them! 2489 2490 (taken from an answer provided by Wu Yongwei on the vim 2491 mailing list) 2492 I now see the problem. You code page is not 936, right? Vim 2493 seems only able to open files with names that are valid in the 2494 current code page, as are many other applications that do not 2495 use the Unicode version of Windows APIs. This is an OS-related 2496 issue. You should not have such problems when the system 2497 locale uses UTF-8, such as modern Linux distros. 2498 2499 (...it is one more reason to recommend that people use utf-8!) 2500 2501 *netrw-p8* 2502 P8. I'm getting "ssh is not executable on your system" -- what do I 2503 do? 2504 2505 (Dudley Fox) Most people I know use putty for windows ssh. It 2506 is a free ssh/telnet application. You can read more about it 2507 here: 2508 2509 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Also: 2510 2511 (Marlin Unruh) This program also works for me. It's a single 2512 executable, so he/she can copy it into the Windows\System32 2513 folder and create a shortcut to it. 2514 2515 (Dudley Fox) You might also wish to consider plink, as it 2516 sounds most similar to what you are looking for. plink is an 2517 application in the putty suite. 2518 2519 http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.58/htmldoc/Chapter7.html#plink 2520 2521 (Vissale Neang) Maybe you can try OpenSSH for windows, which 2522 can be obtained from: 2523 2524 http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/ 2525 2526 It doesn't need the full Cygwin package. 2527 2528 (Antoine Mechelynck) For individual Unix-like programs needed 2529 for work in a native-Windows environment, I recommend getting 2530 them from the GnuWin32 project on sourceforge if it has them: 2531 2532 http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ 2533 2534 Unlike Cygwin, which sets up a Unix-like virtual machine on 2535 top of Windows, GnuWin32 is a rewrite of Unix utilities with 2536 Windows system calls, and its programs works quite well in the 2537 cmd.exe "Dos box". 2538 2539 (dave) Download WinSCP and use that to connect to the server. 2540 In Preferences > Editors, set gvim as your editor: 2541 2542 - Click "Add..." 2543 - Set External Editor (adjust path as needed, include 2544 the quotes and !.! at the end): 2545 "c:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\gvim.exe" !.! 2546 - Check that the filetype in the box below is 2547 {asterisk}.{asterisk} (all files), or whatever types 2548 you want (cec: change {asterisk} to * ; I had to 2549 write it that way because otherwise the helptags 2550 system thinks it's a tag) 2551 - Make sure it's at the top of the listbox (click it, 2552 then click "Up" if it's not) 2553 If using the Norton Commander style, you just have to hit <F4> 2554 to edit a file in a local copy of gvim. 2555 2556 (Vit Gottwald) How to generate public/private key and save 2557 public key it on server: > 2558 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter8.html#pubkey-gettingready 2559 (8.3 Getting ready for public key authentication) 2560< 2561 How to use a private key with 'pscp': > 2562 2563 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter5.html 2564 (5.2.4 Using public key authentication with PSCP) 2565< 2566 (Ben Schmidt) I find the ssh included with cwRsync is 2567 brilliant, and install cwRsync or cwRsyncServer on most 2568 Windows systems I come across these days. I guess COPSSH, 2569 packed by the same person, is probably even better for use as 2570 just ssh on Windows, and probably includes sftp, etc. which I 2571 suspect the cwRsync doesn't, though it might 2572 2573 (cec) To make proper use of these suggestions above, you will 2574 need to modify the following user-settable variables in your 2575 .vimrc: 2576 2577 |g:netrw_ssh_cmd| |g:netrw_list_cmd| |g:netrw_mkdir_cmd| 2578 |g:netrw_rm_cmd| |g:netrw_rmdir_cmd| |g:netrw_rmf_cmd| 2579 2580 The first one (|g:netrw_ssh_cmd|) is the most important; most 2581 of the others will use the string in g:netrw_ssh_cmd by 2582 default. 2583 *netrw-p9* *netrw-ml_get* 2584 P9. I'm browsing, changing directory, and bang! ml_get errors 2585 appear and I have to kill vim. Any way around this? 2586 2587 Normally netrw attempts to avoid writing swapfiles for 2588 its temporary directory buffers. However, on some systems 2589 this attempt appears to be causing ml_get errors to 2590 appear. Please try setting |g:netrw_use_noswf| to 0 2591 in your <.vimrc>: > 2592 let g:netrw_use_noswf= 0 2593< 2594 *netrw-p10* 2595 P10. I'm being pestered with "[something] is a directory" and 2596 "Press ENTER or type command to continue" prompts... 2597 2598 The "[something] is a directory" prompt is issued by Vim, 2599 not by netrw, and there appears to be no way to work around 2600 it. Coupled with the default cmdheight of 1, this message 2601 causes the "Press ENTER..." prompt. So: read |hit-enter|; 2602 I also suggest that you set your |'cmdheight'| to 2 (or more) in 2603 your <.vimrc> file. 2604 2605 *netrw-p11* 2606 P11. I want to have two windows; a thin one on the left and my editing 2607 window on the right. How can I do this? 2608 2609 * Put the following line in your <.vimrc>: 2610 let g:netrw_altv = 1 2611 * Edit the current directory: :e . 2612 * Select some file, press v 2613 * Resize the windows as you wish (see |CTRL-W_<| and 2614 |CTRL-W_>|). If you're using gvim, you can drag 2615 the separating bar with your mouse. 2616 * When you want a new file, use ctrl-w h to go back to the 2617 netrw browser, select a file, then press P (see |CTRL-W_h| 2618 and |netrw-P|). If you're using gvim, you can press 2619 <leftmouse> in the browser window and then press the 2620 <middlemouse> to select the file. 2621 2622 *netrw-p12* 2623 P12. My directory isn't sorting correctly, or unwanted letters are 2624 appearing in the listed filenames, or things aren't lining 2625 up properly in the wide listing, ... 2626 2627 This may be due to an encoding problem. I myself usually use 2628 utf-8, but really only use ascii (ie. bytes from 32-126). 2629 Multibyte encodings use two (or more) bytes per character. 2630 You may need to change |g:netrw_sepchr| and/or |g:netrw_xstrlen|. 2631 2632 *netrw-p13* 2633 P13. I'm a Windows + putty + ssh user, and when I attempt to browse, 2634 the directories are missing trailing "/"s so netrw treats them 2635 as file transfers instead of as attempts to browse 2636 subdirectories. How may I fix this? 2637 2638 (mikeyao) If you want to use vim via ssh and putty under Windows, 2639 try combining the use of pscp/psftp with plink. pscp/psftp will 2640 be used to connect and plink will be used to execute commands on 2641 the server, for example: list files and directory using 'ls'. 2642 2643 These are the settings I use to do this: 2644> 2645 " list files, it's the key setting, if you haven't set, 2646 " you will get a blank buffer 2647 let g:netrw_list_cmd = "plink HOSTNAME ls -Fa" 2648 " if you haven't add putty directory in system path, you should 2649 " specify scp/sftp command. For examples: 2650 "let g:netrw_sftp_cmd = "d:\\dev\\putty\\PSFTP.exe" 2651 "let g:netrw_scp_cmd = "d:\\dev\\putty\\PSCP.exe" 2652< 2653 2654 2655============================================================================== 265611. Debugging Netrw Itself *netrw-debug* {{{1 2657 2658The <netrw.vim> script is typically available as: 2659> 2660 /usr/local/share/vim/vim6x/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim 2661 /usr/local/share/vim/vim6x/autoload/netrw.vim 2662< -or- > 2663 /usr/local/share/vim/vim7x/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim 2664 /usr/local/share/vim/vim7x/autoload/netrw.vim 2665< 2666which is loaded automatically at startup (assuming :set nocp). 2667 2668 1. Get the <Decho.vim> script, available as: 2669 2670 http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#DECHO 2671 or 2672 http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=120 2673 2674 It now comes as a "vimball"; if you're using vim 7.0 or earlier, 2675 you'll need to update vimball, too. See 2676 http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#VIMBALL 2677 2678 2. Edit the <netrw.vim> file by typing: > 2679 2680 vim netrw.vim 2681 :DechoOn 2682 :wq 2683< 2684 To restore to normal non-debugging behavior, re-edit <netrw.vim> 2685 and type > 2686 2687 vim netrw.vim 2688 :DechoOff 2689 :wq 2690< 2691 This command, provided by <Decho.vim>, will comment out all 2692 Decho-debugging statements (Dfunc(), Dret(), Decho(), Dredir()). 2693 2694 3. Then bring up vim and attempt to evoke the problem by doing a 2695 transfer or doing some browsing. A set of messages should appear 2696 concerning the steps that <netrw.vim> took in attempting to 2697 read/write your file over the network in a separate tab. 2698 2699 To save the file, use > 2700 :tabnext 2701 :set bt= 2702 :w! DBG 2703< Please send that information to <netrw.vim>'s maintainer, > 2704 NdrOchip at ScampbellPfamily.AbizM - NOSPAM 2705< 2706============================================================================== 270712. History *netrw-history* {{{1 2708 2709 v140: Jul 27, 2010 * (Lech Lorens) unexpected change of window 2710 v139: May 14, 2010 * when viewing remote directory listings and 2711 changing listing style, going to tree listing 2712 mode was issuing two rather useless messages 2713 about the buffer name. They have now been 2714 silenced. 2715 * (Jean Johner) with "behave mswin", clicking 2716 on a filename in wide mode opened a new file 2717 with a missing first letter 2718 * (Britton Kerin) wanted netrw listings to be 2719 buflisted; the |g:netrw_bufsettings| option 2720 permits that. 2721 Jun 18, 2010 * (Jan Steffens) added support for xz compression 2722 Jun 23, 2010 * vimdiff dir1 dir2 now works 2723 Jul 27, 2010 * (John Orr) pointed out that the intended maparg 2724 test for gx was actually testing for g rather 2725 than gx. Fixed. 2726 v138: May 01, 2010 * added the bomb setting to the Save-Set-Restore 2727 option handling (for Tony M) 2728 May 14, 2010 * (Bram Moolenaar) netrw optionally sets cursorline 2729 (and sometimes cursorcolumn) for its display. 2730 This option setting was leaking through with 2731 remote file handling. 2732 v137: Dec 28, 2009 * modified the preview window handling for 2733 vertically split windows. The preview 2734 window will take up all but g:netrw_winsize 2735 columns of the original window; those 2736 g:netrw_winsize columns will be used for 2737 the netrw listing. 2738 * (Simon Dambe) removed "~" from 2739 |g:netrw_glob_escape| under Windows 2740 * (Bram Moolenaar) modified test for status bar 2741 click with leftmouse. Moved code to 2742 s:NetrwLeftmouse(). 2743 Feb 24, 2010 * (for Jean Johner) added insert-mode maps; one 2744 can get into insert mode with netrw via 2745 ctrl-o :e . 2746 Mar 15, 2010 * (Dominique Pellé) Directory with backslashes such 2747 as foo\bar were not being entered/left properly 2748 Mar 15, 2010 * Using :Explore .. and causing two FocusGained 2749 events caused the directory to change. Fixed. 2750 Mar 22, 2010 * Last fix caused problems for *//pat and */filepat 2751 searches. 2752 Mar 30, 2010 * With :set hidden and changing listing styles 8 2753 times, the tree listing buffer was being marked 2754 as modified upon exit. Fixed. 2755 v136: Jan 14, 2009 * extended |g:Netrw_funcref| to also handle lists 2756 of function references 2757 Jan 14, 2009 * (reported by Marvin Renich) with spell check 2758 enabled, some filenamess will still being 2759 displayed as spelling errors. 2760 Apr 13, 2009 * (Björn Winckler) writing a file using 2761 remote scp caused syntax highlighting problem. 2762 Solution: avoid syntax/syntax.vim's 2763 au Filetype * syntax setting autocommand by 2764 checking that the current buffer has the 2765 netrw filetype before attempting a doau 2766 in s:NetrwSafeOptions(). 2767 Apr 14, 2009 * (asgeo1) suggested the "T" map (|netrw-T|) 2768 Apr 14, 2009 * marking wasn't working on executable and 2769 other special filenames 2770 Apr 20, 2009 * (Dennis Benzinger) files opened via http have 2771 their syntax filetype auto-detected 2772 Jun 19, 2009 * (Yukihiro Nakadaira) help document improvements 2773 Jul 22, 2009 * g:netrw_browse_split will honor the 2774 |'equalalways'| setting. 2775 Jul 29, 2009 * implemented "I" mapping to toggle banner 2776 (this is experimental and still being debugged) 2777 Sep 19, 2009 * (Mike McEwan) writes via ftp now send both 2778 g:netrw_ftpmode and g:netrw_ftpextracmd (if the 2779 latter exists) 2780 Dec 02, 2009 * netrw uses vimgrep several places; it now uses 2781 "noautocmd vimgrep" (should be speedier). 2782 Dec 03, 2009 * changed back to using -source instead of -dump 2783 for elinks-using commands. (requested by James 2784 Vega and Karsten Hopp) 2785 v135: Oct 29, 2008 * using |simplify()| on directory names 2786 (supporting handling ".."s in directory names) 2787 Oct 31, 2008 * added special file highlighting for core dumps 2788 under Unix/Linux. The default sorting sequence 2789 now also gives core dumps priority. 2790 Nov 10, 2008 * uses a call to netrw#Nread() instead of Nread 2791 to avoid having to use fnameescape() 2792 * fixed a tree redrawing problem (open directory, 2793 open subdir, close subdir, close dir) 2794 Nov 19, 2008 * sprinkled some histdel("/",-1)s through the code 2795 in an attempt to prevent netrw from changing 2796 the search history. 2797 Jan 02, 2009 * |g:Netrw_funcref| included 2798 Jan 05, 2009 * Explore */ **/ *// **// all clear explorer 2799 variables 2800 Jan 05, 2009 * (Panagiotis Louridas) extended s:WinPath() 2801 to remove cygdrive from non-cygwin Windows 2802 paths. Improved the determination as to 2803 whether or not to do so. 2804 Jan 13, 2009 * included contains=@NoSpell in every syntax 2805 group for syntax/netrw.vim . 2806 v134: Sep 30, 2008 * (Sander Marechal) provided a bugfix involving 2807 the use of the |netrw-t| command with a remote 2808 directory. 2809 Sep 30, 2008 * using "x" on a remote jpg was failing; fixed. 2810 Oct 03, 2008 * bookmarks now go on a list and are stored to 2811 the first directory on the |'runtimepath'| in 2812 the hopes of making their retention reliable. 2813 History now also goes to that directory. 2814 Oct 07, 2008 * Included check that vim 7.0 or later is in use. 2815 Oct 07, 2008 * Improved |g:netrw_retmap| handling. 2816 Oct 12, 2008 * Based upon Sébastien Migniot's suggestion, if 2817 cadaver isn't available then netrw will try to 2818 use curl for the dav://... protocol. 2819 Oct 13, 2008 * added @*/ to netrw buffers' |'iskeyword'|setting 2820 This lets mf (|netrw-mf|) mark directories, links 2821 and executables. 2822 Oct 13, 2008 * avoids a second NetrwBrowse() refresh when 2823 g:netrw_fastbrowse is <= 1 (slow, medium speed) 2824 Oct 22, 2008 * |g:netrw_http_xcmd| may now be overridden 2825 independently of |g:netrw_http_cmd|. 2826 Oct 23, 2008 * [N] added to the various Explore commands to 2827 let users specify the width/height of new 2828 explorer windows, overriding |g:netrw_winsize|. 2829 v133: Aug 10, 2008 * NetReadFixup() for win95 was missing some "a:"s 2830 Aug 12, 2008 * (Jan Minář) an error condition in NetrwMethod() 2831 wasn't being used, resulting in "b:netrw_fname 2832 undefined" errors 2833 Aug 12, 2008 * (François Ingeirest) asked that "hi link" be 2834 changed to hi default link in the netrw syntax 2835 files. 2836 Aug 12, 2008 * using s:NetrwUnmarkList() more often. Filenames 2837 were being left on the global list when removed 2838 from the buffer-local lists. 2839 Aug 14, 2008 * (Joshua Clayton) an errant extra ")" was left in 2840 the rcp-handling portion of NetRead(). 2841 Sep 03, 2008 * added |'cursorline'| highlighting to thin, long, 2842 and tree displays. 2843 v132: Aug 06, 2008 * Fixed marked file-based obtain 2844 Aug 08, 2008 * sourcing a file via ftp from a netrw-generated 2845 buffer (or any buffer with |'nobl'|) left an 2846 empty no-name buffer in its wake. Fixed. 2847 v130: Jul 31, 2008 * trying out elinks/links for http://host/ 2848 requests. One problem: in-page links 2849 (such as with ...#LABEL) are not supported 2850 * verified that Bram's modified netrwPlugin works 2851 Aug 01, 2008 * fixed a bug: when sourcing a file via ftp, the 2852 "filter window" was left behind. 2853 v129: Jul 31, 2008 * bug found in non-mouse enabled vim and some 2854 local maps 2855 v128: Jul 30, 2008 * much work done in using shellescape() and 2856 fnameescape() 2857 v126: Jun 30, 2008 * after having gone to a remote directory, 2858 <f1> was no longer taking one to the correct 2859 entry in the help (|netrw-quickhelp|). Fixed. 2860 Jul 01, 2008 * extracting the last filename from a wide listing 2861 missed the last letter when |'virtualedit'| not 2862 enabled. 2863 Jul 01, 2008 * vim foo/bar was creating [Scratch] buffers, 2864 where bar was also a directory 2865 Jul 01, 2008 * numerous additional changes were made to netrw 2866 to use fnameescape() and shellescape() instead 2867 of escape(). Not all changes have been tested 2868 as yet... 2869 Jul 01, 2008 * (James Vega reported) some problems with 2870 :NetrwSettings (due to no longer used setting 2871 variables). 2872 Jul 07, 2008 * Additional numerous changes to support security; 2873 shellescape(arg,1), etc. 2874 v125: Apr 07, 2008 * (Cristian Rigamonti) CR provides a patch; he 2875 noted that gx was failing since its call to 2876 netrw#NetBrowseX() wasn't updated to 2877 netrw#NetrwBrowseX(). 2878 * (Stanis Trendelenburg) ST provides a patch to 2879 supports davs: (dav + ssl) 2880 * (Rick Choi) noted that directory names comprised 2881 of three digits were not being displayed by 2882 the internal browser. Fixed. 2883 * (Erik Falor) provided a patch to handle problems 2884 with changing directory and |'acd'| option. 2885 * (James Vega, Teemu Likonen) noted that netrw 2886 wasn't handling multi-byte filenames/directories 2887 correctly. Fixed. 2888 * (Rick) found problem with g:netrw_maxfilenamelen 2889 being overridden. 2890 * (James Vega) pointed out that netrw was 2891 misidentifying all files in a symbolically linked 2892 directory as being symbolically linked 2893 themselves. This particular problem was fixed; 2894 however, there are now situations where 2895 symbolically linked files will not be detected. 2896 Really need an internal vim function to do this 2897 identification. 2898 Apr 17, 2008 * When g:netrw_keepdir==0, current directory 2899 doesn't necessarily equal b:netrw_curdir 2900 initially. Problem is due to the patch directly 2901 above. 2902 * Fixed qf to handle case where b:netrw_curdir 2903 isn't the same as the current directory under 2904 linux/macosx. 2905 * New: |netrw-mg| (apply vimgrep to marked files) 2906 May 05, 2008 * (Rick) pointed out that a "setlocal ts=32" was 2907 interfering with g:netrw_maxfilenamelen 2908 May 05, 2008 * (James Vega) a file inside a linked directory 2909 was showing up as a symbolic link itself. 2910 May 22, 2008 * symbolic links, fifos, and sockets are now 2911 indicated by a trailing @, |, or =, respectively. 2912 Jun 06, 2008 * Removed numerous bugs from the marked file 2913 move and copy. Tested these changes under 2914 Unix only thus far. 2915 * :Rexplore returns to the screen position in the 2916 netrw listing from whence the file was edited 2917 v124: Apr 02, 2008 * (Adrian Rollett) change the line supporting the 2918 "x" action for mac to use g:netrw_shq 2919 v123: Feb 27, 2008 * Marked files now keeps a "global" marked file 2920 list. The global marked file list is used to 2921 support tag processing and vimdiff'ing 2922 (|netrw-md| |netrw-mt|) 2923 * Been insuring that mm and mc works with various 2924 combinations of local and remote directories 2925 * (Stefan Bittner) http://.../ should always have 2926 filetype "html" -- fixed. 2927 * (Stefan Bittner) a "?" in a http://.../ request 2928 wasn't being handled correctly. Fixed by 2929 removing ? from default |g:netrw_tmpfile_escape|. 2930 * (Nico Weber) % codes in http://.../ requests 2931 weren't being handled correctly. Fixed by 2932 including % in default |g:netrw_fname_escape|. 2933 * (Stefan Bittner) attempts to update Buffers.Refresh 2934 were failing because locale use changed the menu 2935 names. I implemented a workaround. 2936 v122: Feb 12, 2008 * bugfix - first sorting sequence match now has 2937 priority 2938 Feb 14, 2008 * bugfix - sorting sequence was effectively ignoring 2939 sequencing priority of anything following '*' 2940 * toggling a marked file was showing incorrect list 2941 (list was correct, but displayed matches weren't) 2942 * |g:netrw_special_syntax| implemented 2943 v121: Feb 11, 2008 * Bram M reported that :e file ... :e . would not 2944 retain the alternate file. Fixed -- I hope! 2945 * bugfix -- apparently v120 broke an explicit 2946 :Explore dirname 2947 v120: Jan 21, 2008 * |netrw-mt| changed to allow for target selection 2948 based on whether or not word under cursor is a 2949 directory or file, or if cursor is in banner 2950 area. 2951 * |netrw-mh| included (hiding by marked-file suffix) 2952 * functions moved about a bit (improved 2953 categorization) 2954 * executable files now displayed with trailing (*) 2955 * symbolically linked files now displayed with 2956 trailing (@) 2957 * Somewhen, s:NetrwMarkFileMove() got damaged. It 2958 * is now restored (missing an endif, for example). 2959 * |netrw-mu| implemented (unmarking marked files) 2960 * many bugs have been removed from the marked file 2961 system (tnx to Mark S. for feedback) 2962 * |netrw-ms| implemented (sourcing marked files) 2963 * fixed use of P with tree listing style 2964 * multiple tree listing now supported 2965 * ./ suppressed 2966 * changed q -> qb (query bookmarks) 2967 * implemented |netrw-qf| 2968 * Explore now has four special list-generation 2969 modes: */filepat **/filepat 2970 *//pattern **//pattern 2971 * gh (|netrw-gh|) is a shortcut for toggling the 2972 hiding of files and directories beginning with a 2973 dot 2974 v119: Jan 10, 2008 * When g:netrw_keepdir is false, 2975 NetrwOptionsRestore() had a problem 2976 (Bill McCarthy) 2977 Jan 11, 2008 * Netrw now shows symbolic links with a trailing 2978 "@" and special highlighting. 2979 Jan 15, 2008 * Changed g:netrw_noretmap -> |g:netrw_retmap|. 2980 Changed: disabled by default at Bram's 2981 preference. 2982 v118: Jan 02, 2008 * Fixed a problem with Windows; 2983 :Explore c:/path/ would not work, 2984 but :Explore c:/path would. 2985 * Fixed a bug in s:NetrwOptionRestore() - lcd's 2986 argument wasn't being properly escaped so it 2987 wouldn't handle spaces in directory names. 2988 (Gary Johnson) 2989 v117: Jan 02, 2008 * Fixed a problem with P; had to include 2990 a b:netrw_curdir bypass (Bram Moolenaar) 2991 v116: Nov 27, 2007 * netrw#LocalBrowseCheck() has &ft=="netrw" 2992 check to prevent doing a directory listing 2993 (was getting unexpected directory refreshes 2994 in the middle of some function calls) 2995 * NetrwOptionRestore moved after e! filename 2996 in order to retain user options for editing 2997 in s:NetrwBrowseChgDir() 2998 Dec 12, 2007 * Bug fix -- netrw does a better job of retaining 2999 user options when editing files under the aegis 3000 of the browser 3001 v115: Oct 04, 2007 * Erik Remmelzwaal pointed out that the use of 3002 shellslash in s:GetTempfile() was incorrect 3003 Oct 11, 2007 * Tracked down and eliminated a bug with editing 3004 remote *.tar.gz and *.tar.bz2 files 3005 Oct 11, 2007 * g:netrw_localmovecmd wasn't being initialized 3006 properly, and g:netrw_localcopycmd was being 3007 overwritten. 3008 Oct 12, 2007 * Placed all :Rexplore and <2-leftmouse> setup 3009 in a new support function (s:SetRexDir()). 3010 Oct 15, 2007 * new: g:netrw_browse_split == 4; means <cr> 3011 based selection will use previous window 3012 Oct 20, 2007 * also checks on |'shellxquote'| to set g:netrw_shq 3013 Oct 24, 2007 * Explore handles path/**/filename 3014 Oct 27, 2007 * sourcing remote files often didn't work with ftp, 3015 turns out that b:netrw_method was undefined, so 3016 s:SaveBufVars and s:RestoreBufVars() fixed it. 3017 v114: Sep 28, 2007 * mT, the map that invokes tags, has been improved 3018 to support use of remote tags files. 3019 Oct 02, 2007 * changed Netrw menu to use more submenus 3020 v113: Sep 07, 2007 * worked out why the cursor position wasn't being 3021 saved and restored as intended after doing such 3022 things as deleting and renaming files. 3023 Sep 11, 2007 * Fixed bug which effectively disabled <c-l> and 3024 <c-h> maps 3025 Sep 18, 2007 * there used to be one NetrwOptionRestore() call at 3026 the end of the s:NetrwBrowseChgDir() function; 3027 they're now at the end of every if..elseif..else 3028 block. The edit-a-file one is not quite at the end 3029 of its block; instead, it's just before the edit. 3030 Restores user options, then this new placement 3031 allows ftplugins, autocmds, etc to change settings 3032 (ex. ftplugin/cpp.vim sets cindent). 3033 Sep 19, 2007 * changed all strlen() calls to use s:Strlen(), a 3034 function which handles utf-8 wide characters 3035 correctly. 3036 Sep 20, 2007 * (Nico Weber) the "x" command has been extended 3037 to Mac's OS/X (macunix); it now uses open to 3038 handle |netrw-x| browsing with special files. 3039 Sep 22, 2007 * Added g:netrw_noretmap to netrw at Tony M's 3040 request. 3041 * Included path to NetrwRemoteRmFile() 3042 v112: Aug 18, 2007 * added mx (|netrw-mx|) for executing arbitrary 3043 commands on marked files 3044 Aug 22, 2007 * more option save/restore work for 3045 s:NetrwBrowseChgDir(); s:NetrwOptionSave() 3046 and s:NetrwOptionRestore() now take a parameter 3047 specifying the type of variables to be used for 3048 saving and restoring (either "w:" or "s:") 3049 Sep 04, 2007 * added the :NetrwClean[!] command 3050 v111: Jul 25, 2007 * using Windows but not using Cygwin, netrw does a 3051 "file bufname" where the bufname uses /s 3052 instead of \s; Vim "fixes" it by changing the 3053 bufname to use \s anyway. This meant that 3054 NetrwGetBuffer() didn't find the appropriately 3055 named buffer, and so would generate a new 3056 buffer listing; hence the cursor would appear 3057 to have been moved when doing a preview. 3058 * added <2-leftmouse> map to return to netrw's 3059 browser display 3060 Aug 16, 2007 * added the mark-file system, including 3061 maps for mf mp mt mz and mu. Modifications 3062 made to maps for a D O and R to support 3063 marked files. 3064 v110: May 10, 2007 * added [ and ] maps to NetrwTreeListing 3065 May 25, 2007 * |g:netrw_preview| included 3066 May 29, 2007 * modified netrw#NetBrowseX to consistently use 3067 g:netrw_shq instead of hardcoded quotes, 3068 and modified the snippet that sets up redir 3069 so Windows machines use "nul" instead of 3070 "/dev/null". 3071 Jun 01, 2007 * fixed bug -- NetGetBuffer() wasn't always 3072 recognizing a buffer name match when it should, 3073 thus resulting in [Scratch] buffers. 3074 Jun 04, 2007 * Gary Johnson found a bugfix for the "c" mapping 3075 when the directory is to be made current but 3076 the name contains spaces. 3077 v109: Mar 26, 2007 * if a directory name includes a "$" character, 3078 Explore() will use expand() in an attempt to 3079 decipher the name. 3080 May 07, 2007 * g:netrw_use_errorwindow now allows one to 3081 have error messages go to a reliable window 3082 or to use a less reliable but recallable 3083 echoerr method 3084 May 07, 2007 * g:netrw_scpport and g:netrw_sshport support 3085 use of -P and -p, respectively, to set port 3086 for scp/ssh. 3087 v108: Jan 03, 2007 * included preview map (|netrw-p|), supporting 3088 remote browsing 3089 * netrw can now source remote files 3090 Jan 26, 2007 * Colton Jamieson noted that remote directory 3091 browsing did not support alternate port 3092 selection. This feature has now been extended 3093 to apply to all remote browsing commands via ssh. 3094 (list, remove/delete, rename) 3095 Jan 31, 2007 * Luis Florit reported that @* was an invalid 3096 register. The @* register is now only saved and 3097 restored if |'guioptions'| contains "a". 3098 Feb 02, 2007 * Fixed a bug that cropped up when writing files 3099 via scp using cygwin 3100 Feb 08, 2007 * tree listing mode managed to stop working again; 3101 fixed again! 3102 Feb 15, 2007 * Guido Van Hoecke reported that netrw didn't 3103 handle browsing well with M$ ftp servers. He even 3104 set up a temporary account for me to test with 3105 (thanks!). Netrw now can browse M$ ftp servers. 3106 v107: Oct 12, 2006 * bypassed the autowrite option 3107 Oct 24, 2006 * handles automatic decompression of *.gz and *.bz2 3108 files 3109 Nov 03, 2006 * Explore will highlight matching files when 3110 **/pattern is used (and if the |'hls'| option 3111 is set) 3112 Nov 09, 2006 * a debugging line, when enabled, was inadvertently 3113 bringing up help instead of simply reporting on 3114 list contents 3115 Nov 21, 2006 * tree listing improved (cursor remains put) 3116 Nov 27, 2006 * fixed b:netrw_curdir bug when repeated "i"s were 3117 pressed. 3118 Dec 15, 2006 * considerable qty of changes, mostly to share more 3119 code between local and remote browsing. Includes 3120 support for tree-style listing for both remote 3121 and local browsing. 3122 Dec 15, 2006 * Included Peter Bengtsson's modifications to 3123 support the Amiga. 3124 v106: Sep 21, 2006 * removed old v:version<700 code as netrw now 3125 requires vim 7.0 3126 * worked around a bug where register * was 3127 overwritten during local browsing 3128 v104: Sep 05, 2006 * as suggested by Rodolfo Borges, :Explore and 3129 variants will position the cursor on the file 3130 just having been edited 3131 * changed default |g:netrw_sort_sequence| order 3132 * changed b, Nb to simply mb (see |netrw-mb|) 3133 * changed B, NB to simply gb (see |netrw-gb|) 3134 * tree listing style (see |g:netrw_liststyle|) 3135 * attempts to retain the alternate file 3136 v103: Jul 26, 2006 * used Yakov Lerner's tip#1289 to improve netrw 3137 error message display 3138 * wide listings didn't handle files with backslashes 3139 in their names properly. A symptom was an 3140 inability to open files. 3141 Aug 09, 2006 * included "t" mapping for opening tabbed windows, 3142 both for remote and local browsing 3143 * changed netrw_longlist to netrw_liststyle 3144 Aug 15, 2006 * fixed one of the NB maps 3145 Aug 22, 2006 * changed *Explore commands to use -nargs=* instead 3146 of -nargs=?. Allows both -complete=dir _and_ the 3147 starstar arguments to work (-nargs=? seems to 3148 require one or the other). 3149 Aug 23, 2006 * copied all w:.. variables across splits to 3150 new windows 3151 Aug 25, 2006 * when g:netrw_browsex_viewer was '-' 3152 (see |g:netrw_browsex_viewer|) it wasn't causing 3153 netrwFileHandlers#Invoke() to be called as it 3154 was expected to. (tnx Steve Dugaro) 3155 Aug 29, 2006 * changed NetBrowseX() to use "setlocal ... noswf" 3156 instead of "set ... noswf" (tnx Benji Fisher) 3157 Aug 31, 2006 * tabs and fastbrowse<=1 didn't work together. 3158 v102: Jun 15, 2006 * chgd netrwPlugin to call netrw#LocalBrowseCheck() 3159 * bugfix: g:netrw_keepdir==0 had stopped working 3160 Jul 06, 2006 * bugfix: NetOptionSave/Restore now saves/restores 3161 the unnamed register (|registers|) 3162 Jul 07, 2006 * |g:netrw_menu| support included 3163 Jul 13, 2006 * :Texplore command implemented 3164 Jul 17, 2006 * NetSplit and (Local|Net)BrowseChgDir() were both 3165 splitting windows. This affected o, v, and 3166 g:netrw_browse_split. 3167 Jul 20, 2006 * works around wildignore setting (was causing 3168 netrw's local browser not to list wildignore'd 3169 files) 3170 Jul 24, 2006 * <leftmouse> acts as a <cr> for selecting a file 3171 <rightmouse> acts as a <del> for deleting a file 3172 v100: May 14, 2006 * when using Windows and shell==cmd.exe, the 3173 default for g:netrw_ignorenetrc is now 1 3174 * bugfix: unwanted ^Ms now removed 3175 (affected shell==cmd.exe - Windows) 3176 * added Bookmarks and History to the menu 3177 * an error message about non-existing 3178 w:netrw_longlist was appearing during attempts to 3179 Explore (fixed) 3180 * g:netrw_shq now available to make netrw use 3181 specified style of quotes for commands 3182 May 29, 2006 * user NFH_*() functions were inadvertently being 3183 ignored 3184 * fixed a Windows non-cygwin ftp handling problem. 3185 * hiding pattern candidate separators included some 3186 characters it shouldn't have (tnx to Osei Poku) 3187 Jun 01, 2006 * for browsing, netrw was supposed to use "dir" 3188 instead of "ls -lF" when using 3189 ftp+non-cygwin+windows. Fixed. 3190 * an inadvertently left-in-place debugging statement 3191 was preventing use of the "x" key with browsing. 3192 Jun 05, 2006 * g:netrw_nogx available to prevent making the gx 3193 map (see |g:netrw_nogx|) 3194 * bugfix, Explore wouldn't change directory 3195 properly (vim ., :Explore subdirname) 3196 Jun 06, 2006 * moved history to 2nd line in Netrw menu 3197 * fixed delete for unix-based systems 3198 Jun 07, 2006 * x key now works for windows-noncygwin-ftp 3199 Jun 08, 2006 * Explore */pat and **//pat now wraps 3200 v99: May 09, 2006 * g:netrw_browse_split=3 for opening files in new 3201 tabs implemented. 3202 May 12, 2006 * deletes temporary file at end of NetRead() 3203 * visual mode based Obtain implemented 3204 * added -complete=dir to the various Explore 3205 commands 3206 v98: May 02, 2006 * the "p" key didn't work properly when the browsing 3207 directory name had spaces in it. 3208 v97: May 01, 2006 * exists("&acd") now used to determine if 3209 the 'acd' option exists 3210 * "obtain" now works again under Windows 3211 v96: * bugfix - the |'acd'| option is not always defined 3212 but is now bypassed only when it is 3213 v95: * bugfix - Hiding mode worked correctly (don't show 3214 any file matching any of the g:netrw_hide 3215 patterns), but showing mode was showing only those 3216 files that didn't match any of the g:netrw_hide 3217 patterns. Instead, it now shows all files that 3218 match any of the g:netrw_hide patterns (the 3219 difference between a logical and and logical or). 3220 v94: * bugfix - a Decho() had a missing quote; only 3221 affects things when debugging was enabled. 3222 v93: * bugfix - removed FocusGained event from causing a 3223 slow-browser refresh for Windows 3224 v92: * :Explore **//pattern implemented 3225 (**/filepattern was already taken) 3226 v91: * :Explore */pattern implemented 3227 * |'acd'| option bypassed 3228 v90: * mark ', as suggested by Yegappan Lakshmanan, used 3229 to help guarantee entry into the jump list when 3230 appropriate. 3231 * <s-down> and <s-up> are no longer defined until a 3232 :Explore **/pattern is used (if the user already 3233 has a map for them). They will be defined for new 3234 browser windows from that point forward. 3235 v89: * A <s-down>, <s-up>, :Nexplore, or a :Pexplore 3236 without having first done an :Explore **/pattern 3237 (see |netrw-starstar|) caused 3238 a lot of unhelpful error messages to appear 3239 v88: * moved DrChip.Netrw menu to Netrw. Now has 3240 priority 80 by default. 3241 g:NetrwTopLvlMenu == "Netrw" and can be changed 3242 by the user to suit. The priority is given by 3243 g:NetrwMenuPriority. 3244 * Changed filetype for browser displays from 3245 netrwlist to netrw. 3246 v87: * bug fix -- menus were partially disappearing 3247 v85: * bug fix -- missing an endif 3248 * bug fix -- handles spaces in names and directories 3249 when using ftp-based browsing 3250 v83: * disabled stop-acd handling; the change in directory 3251 handling may allow acd to be used again. 3252 * D was refusing to delete remote files/directories 3253 in wide listing mode. 3254 v81: * FocusGained also used to refresh/wipe local browser 3255 directory buffers 3256 * (bugfix) netrw was leaving [Scratch] buffers behind 3257 when the user had the "hidden" option set. The 3258 'hidden' option is now bypassed. 3259 v80: * ShellCmdPost event used in conjunction with 3260 g:netrw_fastbrowse to refresh/wipe local browser 3261 directory buffers. 3262 v79: * directories are now displayed with nowrap 3263 * (bugfix) if the column width was smaller than the 3264 largest file's name, then netrw would hang when 3265 using wide-listing mode - fixed 3266 * g:netrw_fastbrowse introduced 3267 v78: * progress has been made on allowing spaces inside 3268 directory names for remote work (reading, writing, 3269 browsing). (scp) 3270 v77: * Mikolaj Machowski fixed a bug in a substitute cmd 3271 * g:netrw_browsex_viewer implemented 3272 * Mikolaj Machowski pointed out that gnome-open is 3273 often executable under KDE systems, although it is 3274 effectively not functional. NetBrowseX now looks 3275 for "kicker" as a running process to determine if 3276 KDE is actually running. 3277 * Explorer's O functionality was inadvertently left 3278 out. Netrw now does the same thing, but with the 3279 "P" key. 3280 * added g:netrw_browse_split option 3281 * fixed a bug where the directory contained a "." but 3282 the file didn't (was treating the dirname from "." 3283 onwards as a suffix) 3284 v76: * "directory is missing" error message now restores 3285 echo highlighting 3286 v75: * file://... now conforms to RFC2396 (thanks to 3287 S. Zacchiroli) 3288 * if the binary option is set, then NetWrite() will 3289 only write the whole file (line numbers don't make 3290 sense with this). Supports writing of tar and zip 3291 files. 3292 v74: * bugfix (vim, then :Explore) now works 3293 * ctrl-L keeps cursor at same screen location (both 3294 local and remote browsing) 3295 * netrw now can read remote zip and tar files 3296 * Obtain now uses WinXP ftp+.netrc successfully 3297 v73: * bugfix -- scp://host/path/file was getting named 3298 incorrectly 3299 * netrw detects use of earlier-than-7.0 version of 3300 vim and issues a pertinent error message. 3301 * netrwSettings.vim is now uses autoloading. Only 3302 <netrwPlugin.vim> is needed as a pure plugin 3303 (ie. always loaded). 3304 v72: * bugfix -- formerly, one could prevent the loading 3305 of netrw by "let g:loaded_netrw=1"; when 3306 autoloading became supported, this feature was 3307 lost. It is now restored. 3308 v71: * bugfix -- made some "set nomodifiable"s into 3309 setlocal variants (allows :e somenewfile to be 3310 modifiable as usual) 3311 * NetrwSettings calls a netrw function, thereby 3312 assuring that netrw has loaded. However, if netrw 3313 does not load for whatever reason, then 3314 NetrwSettings will now issue a warning message. 3315 * For what reason I don't recall, when wget and fetch 3316 are both not present, and an attempt to read a 3317 http://... url is made, netrw exited. It now only 3318 returns. 3319 * When ch=1, on the second and subsequent uses of 3320 browsing Netrw would issue a blank line to clear 3321 the echo'd messages. This caused an annoying 3322 "Hit-Enter" prompt; now a blank line message 3323 is echo'd only if &ch>1. 3324 v70: * when using |netrw-O|, the "Obtaining filename" 3325 message is now shown using |hl-User9|. If User9 3326 has not been defined, netrw itself will define it. 3327 v69: * Bugfix: win95/98 machines were experiencing a 3328 "E121: Undefined variable: g:netrw_win95ftp" 3329 message 3330 v68: * double-click-leftmouse selects word under mouse 3331 v67: * Passwords which contain blanks will now be 3332 surrounded by double-quotes automatically (Yongwei) 3333 v66: * Netrw now seems to work with a few more Windows 3334 situations 3335 * O now obtains a file: remote browsing 3336 file -> local copy, locally browsing 3337 file -> current directory (see :pwd) 3338 * i now cycles between thin, long, and wide listing 3339 styles 3340 * NB and Nb are maps that are always available; 3341 corresponding B and b maps are only available when 3342 not using wide listing in order to allow them to 3343 be used for motions 3344 v65: * Browser functions now use NetOptionSave/Restore; in 3345 particular, netrw now works around the report 3346 setting 3347 v64: * Bugfix - browsing a "/" directory (Unix) yielded 3348 buffers named "[Scratch]" instead of "/" 3349 * Bugfix - remote browsing with ftp was omitting 3350 the ./ and ../ 3351 v63: * netrw now takes advantage of autoload (needs 7.0) 3352 * Bugfix - using r (to reverse sort) working again 3353 v62: * Bugfix - spaces allowed again in directory names 3354 with g:netrw_keepdir=0. In fact, I've tested netrw 3355 with most ANSI punctuation marks for directory 3356 names. 3357 * Bugfix - NetrwSettings gave errors when 3358 g:netrw_silent had not be set. 3359 v61: * Document upgrade -- netrw variable-based settings 3360 all should have tags. Supports NetrwSettings cmd. 3361 * Several important variables are window-oriented. 3362 Netrw has to transfer these across a window split. 3363 See s:BufWinVars() and s:UseBufWinVars(). 3364 v60: * When using the i map to switch between long and 3365 short listings, netrw will now keep cursor on same 3366 line 3367 * "Match # of #" now uses status line 3368 * :Explore **/*.c will now work from a 3369 non-netrw-browser window 3370 * :Explore **/patterns can now be run in separate 3371 browser windows 3372 * active banner (hit <cr> will cause various things 3373 to happen) 3374 v59: * bugfix -- another keepalt work-around installed 3375 (for vim6.3) 3376 * "Match # of #" for Explore **/pattern matches 3377 v58: * Explore and relatives can now handle 3378 **/somefilepattern (v7) 3379 * Nexplore and Pexplore introduced (v7). shift-down 3380 and shift-up cursor keys will invoke Nexplore and 3381 Pexplore, respectively. 3382 * bug fixed with o and v 3383 * autochdir only worked around for vim when it has 3384 been compiled with either 3385 |+netbeans_intg| or |+sun_workshop| 3386 * Under Windows, all directories and files were 3387 being preceded with a "/" when local browsing. 3388 Fixed. 3389 * When: syntax highlighting is off, laststatus=2, and 3390 remote browsing is used, sometimes the laststatus 3391 highlighting bleeds into the entire display. Work 3392 around - do an extra redraw in that case. 3393 * Bugfix: when g:netrw_keepdir=0, due to re-use of 3394 buffers, netrw didn't change the directory when it 3395 should've 3396 * Bugfix: D and R commands work again 3397 v57: * Explore and relatives can now handle RO files 3398 * reverse sort restored with vim7's sort command 3399 * g:netrw_keepdir now being used to keep the current 3400 directory unchanged as intended (sense change) 3401 * vim 6.3 still supported 3402 v56: * LocalBrowse now saves autochdir setting, unsets it, 3403 and restores it before returning. 3404 * using vim's rename() instead of system + 3405 local_rename variable 3406 * avoids changing directory when g:netrw_keepdir is 3407 false 3408 v55: * -bar used with :Explore :Sexplore etc to allow 3409 multiple commands to be separated by |s 3410 * browser listings now use the "nowrap" option 3411 * browser: some unuseful error messages now 3412 suppressed 3413 v54: * For backwards compatibility, Explore and Sexplore 3414 have been implemented. In addition, Hexplore and 3415 Vexplore commands are available, too. 3416 * <amatch> used instead of <afile> in the 3417 transparency support (BufReadCmd, FileReadCmd, 3418 FileWriteCmd) 3419 * ***netrw*** prepended to various error messages 3420 netrw may emit 3421 * g:netrw_port used instead of b:netrw_port for scp 3422 * any leading [:#] is removed from port numbers 3423 v53: * backslashes as well as slashes placed in various 3424 patterns (ex. g:netrw_sort_sequence) to better 3425 support Windows 3426 v52: * nonumber'ing now set for browsing buffers 3427 * when the hiding list hid all files, error messages 3428 ensued. Fixed 3429 * when browsing, swf is set, but directory is not 3430 set, when netrw was attempting to restore options, 3431 vim wanted to save a swapfile to a local directory 3432 using an url-style path. Fixed 3433 v51: * cygwin detection now automated 3434 (using windows and &shell is bash) 3435 * customizable browser "file" rejection patterns 3436 * directory history 3437 * :[range]w url now supported (ie. netrw uses a 3438 FileWriteCmd event) 3439 * error messages have a "Press <cr> to continue" to 3440 allow them to be seen 3441 * directory browser displays no longer bother the 3442 swapfile 3443 * u/U commands to go up and down the history stack 3444 * history stack may be saved with viminfo with it's 3445 "!" option 3446 * bugfixes associated with unwanted [No Files] 3447 entries 3448 v50: * directories now displayed using buftype=nofile; 3449 should keep the directory names as-is 3450 * attempts to remove empty "[No File]" buffers 3451 leftover from :file ..name.. commands 3452 * bugfix: a "caps-lock" editing difficulty left in 3453 v49 was fixed 3454 * syntax highlighting for "Showing:" the hiding list 3455 included 3456 * bookmarks can now be retained if "!" is in the 3457 viminfo option 3458 v49: * will use ftp for http://.../ browsing 3459 v48: * One may use ftp to do remote host file browsing 3460 * (windows and !cygwin) remote browsing with ftp can 3461 now use the "dir" command internally to provide 3462 listings 3463 * g:netrw_keepdir now allows one to keep the initial 3464 current directory as the current directory 3465 (normally the local file browser makes the 3466 currently viewed directory the current directory) 3467 * g:netrw_alto and g:netrw_altv now support 3468 alternate placement of windows started with o or v 3469 * Nread ? and Nwrite ? now uses echomsg (instead of 3470 echo) so :messages can repeat showing the help 3471 * bugfix: avoids problems with partial matches of 3472 directory names to prior buffers with longer names 3473 * one can suppress error messages with g:netrw_quiet 3474 ctrl-h used 3475 * instead of <Leader>h for editing hiding list one 3476 may edit the sorting sequence with the S map, which 3477 now allows confirmation of deletion with 3478 [y(es) n(o) a(ll) q(uit)] 3479 * the "x" map now handles special file viewing with: 3480 (windows) rundll32 url.dll (gnome) gnome-open (kde) 3481 kfmclient If none of these are on the executable 3482 path, then netrwFileHandlers.vim is used. 3483 * directory bookmarking during both local and remote 3484 browsing implemented 3485 * one may view all, use the hiding list to suppress, 3486 or use the hiding list to show-only remote and 3487 local file/directory listings 3488 * improved unusual file and directory name handling 3489 preview window support 3490 v47: * now handles local browsing. 3491 v46: * now handles remote browsing 3492 * g:netrw_silent (if 1) will cause all transfers to 3493 be silent 3494 v45: * made the [user@]hostname:path form a bit more 3495 restrictive to better handle errors in using 3496 protocols (e.g. scp:usr@host:file was being 3497 recognized as an rcp request) 3498 v44: * changed from "rsync -a" to just "rsync" 3499 * somehow an editing error messed up the test to 3500 recognize use of the fetch method for NetRead. 3501 * more debugging statements included 3502 v43: * moved "Explanation" comments to <pi_netrw.txt> help 3503 file as "Network Reference" (|netrw-ref|) 3504 * <netrw.vim> now uses Dfunc() Decho() and Dret() for 3505 debugging 3506 * removed superfluous NetRestorePosn() calls 3507 v42: * now does BufReadPre and BufReadPost events on 3508 file:///* and file://localhost/* 3509 v41: * installed file:///* and file://localhost/* handling 3510 v40: * prevents redraw when a protocol error occurs so 3511 that the user may see it 3512 v39: * sftp support 3513 v38: * Now uses NetRestorePosn() calls with Nread/Nwrite 3514 commands 3515 * Temporary files now removed via bwipe! instead of 3516 bwipe (thanks to Dave Roberts) 3517 v37: * Claar's modifications which test if ftp is 3518 successful, otherwise give an error message 3519 * After a read, the alternate file was pointing to 3520 the temp file. The temp file buffer is now wiped 3521 out. 3522 * removed silent from transfer methods so user can 3523 see what's happening 3524 3525 3526============================================================================== 352713. Todo *netrw-todo* {{{1 3528 352907/29/09 : banner :|g:netrw_banner| can be used to suppress the 3530 suppression banner. This feature is new and experimental, 3531 so its in the process of being debugged. 353209/04/09 : "gp" : See if it can be made to work for remote systems. 3533 : See if it can be made to work with marked files. 3534 3535============================================================================== 353614. Credits *netrw-credits* {{{1 3537 3538 Vim editor by Bram Moolenaar (Thanks, Bram!) 3539 dav support by C Campbell 3540 fetch support by Bram Moolenaar and C Campbell 3541 ftp support by C Campbell <NdrOchip@ScampbellPfamily.AbizM> 3542 http support by Bram Moolenaar <bram@moolenaar.net> 3543 rcp 3544 rsync support by C Campbell (suggested by Erik Warendorph) 3545 scp support by raf <raf@comdyn.com.au> 3546 sftp support by C Campbell 3547 3548 inputsecret(), BufReadCmd, BufWriteCmd contributed by C Campbell 3549 3550 Jérôme Augé -- also using new buffer method with ftp+.netrc 3551 Bram Moolenaar -- obviously vim itself, :e and v:cmdarg use, 3552 fetch,... 3553 Yasuhiro Matsumoto -- pointing out undo+0r problem and a solution 3554 Erik Warendorph -- for several suggestions (g:netrw_..._cmd 3555 variables, rsync etc) 3556 Doug Claar -- modifications to test for success with ftp 3557 operation 3558 3559============================================================================== 3560Modelines: {{{1 3561 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:fdm=marker 3562