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netrw is a network file editing plugin for the vim text editor.

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How to emulate key presses in vim script

my question is similar to this one https://superuser.com/questions/277051/how-can-i-emulate-key-presses-on-vim-startup I'm using the plugin netrw in my vim instead of nerdtree in that question. I add the following line to enable netrw…
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How do I grep in vim netrw?

How do I do a grep in netrw in Vim? ctrl-p can be used in this way, is there a similar plugin for grep? E.g., when I'm in a directory, I want a list of files containing this or that keyword.
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How can I temporarily disable Netrw so I can have Telescope at startup?

In my current setup, if I enter neovim with nvim dir, instead of opening with Netrw, I get the :Telescope find_files prompt. To achieve that, I have to disable Netrw, or it opens in the background. Here's the configuration to achieve this: --…
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When in Explore window of vim, window navigation mapping stops working

I use the following vimrc configuration to navigate between panes: " easier window navigation nnoremap nnoremap nnoremap nnoremap This works fine with the exception when I'm in a…
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When opening a directory with vim, why does attempting to select text with the mouse gives the error "E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off"?

If I run evim foo, where foo is a directory, I get a buffer that looks something like " ============================================================================ " Netrw Directory Listing (netrw v156) " …
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How do I automatically close the netrw pane after having executed :Vexplore and opened a file in a new buffer?

What happens now: When I'm in Vim, and execute the :Vexplore command, a new pane appears where can I browse files using netrw. When I open a file in the netrw pane, it opens in the right pane (so not in the netrw pane) like I configured it using let…
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How do I change the vertical bar in netrw?

I just want to know if there is a way for replacing the | glyph with │ (notice that the second one is taller) in order to make a continuous vertical line in netrw... I successfully replaced it in vim's split lines but I haven't found the way to do…
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Netrw open file in the netrw buffer

When I execute :Vex or something similar the netrw buffer open which is perfectly fine. However I want to open a file, chosen from netrw, in the netrw buffer that I opened with the :Vex command. Is this possible?
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Netrw behavior, new split under modified vsplit

I used to use Nerdtree but I am switching to Netrw. In my .vimrc I have: let g:netrw_browse_split = 4 let g:netrw_altv = 1 autocmd VimEnter * Vex autocmd VimEnter * set winfixwidth The Behavior currently is that when I press enter the file will…
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Vim netrw_list_hide doesn't behave like a normal regexp

I'm trying to hide Python's __pycache__ directories in Vim's Netrw by setting: :let g:netrw_list_hide = '^__pycache__$' The value of this variable is supposed to be a regexp, yet the above pattern doesn't hide the __pycache__ directories. Setting…
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How to jump back to netrw when splitbelow is on

If I open a file in a current directory using netrw and then reopen the netrw using :Sexplore the netrw window opens below (I have splitbelow set), but the cursor remains in the file being edited and I cannot move to the netrw window using CTRL-W…
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VIM + netrw: open multiple files/buffers in the same window

I have recently switched to VIM using NERDTree and python-mode. As NERDTree seems to have a conflict with python-mode and breaks my layout if I close one out of multiple buffers, I decided to switch to netrw since it is shipped with VIM anyway. But…
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vim / file explorer: make browsing directory the current directory

I'm starting to use vim's native explorer (:E). My doubt: when I press c to "make browsing directory the current directory" nothing happens.. When I used nerdTree and did the same operation (:NERDTreeCWD), that directory was placed at the top of the…
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vim: netrw to skip searching directory

When use :Ex to search files under a current project, I would like to search to skip certain directories. The netrm document says that "g:netrm_list_hide" option can be used to achieve this, but my experiments with the options shows it only applies…
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How to prevent directory listing of netrw to appear in buffer

I use vim netrw for opening/editing files through browsing the directory hierachy. I also often open files browsing through the bufferlist with the :bn & :bp command. So my questing is: Is there a way to prevent that the netrw directory listing…
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