I recently moved from gvim 7.0 to 7.3, and notice that I am unable to use gvim to browse directories.
With gvim 7.0 (VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled Aug 4 2010 07:19:40)), if I invoke gvim with gvim ., I get the following in the editor window:
" ============================================================================
" Netrw Directory Listing (netrw v125)
" {{path hidden}}/stackoverflow/gvim_dir
" Sorted by name
" Sort sequence: [\/]$,\.h$,\.c$,\.cpp$,*,\.o$,\.obj$,\.info$,\.swp$,\.bak$,\~$
" Quick Help: <F1>:help -:go up dir D:delete R:rename s:sort-by x:exec
" ============================================================================
../
bar
foo
but with gvim 7.3 (VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Nov 26 2012 08:32:39)), it is blank.
Since I thought some setting must be different between the two installations, I tried searching for it on the internet, and came across this article Vim Recipes: Browsing Directories. I tried with the Ex (as well as ex) command given there, but it didn’t work.
From the directory listing seen in gvim 7.0 and from that article, I guess there’s a netrw setting I need to change. I searched for that here on SO, but only found this post relevant Opening a directory in vim. From the answers given there, I could not figure out how to enable it.
I also looked through the Vim Tips Wiki, and came across useful tips which explain how to use the directory browsing, but could not find out how to enable it. Could you please help me identify the settings required to enable directory browsing in gvim?
I remember recent fixes to this plugin. Please try the latest (beta) version from the author’s web site: http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#NETRW