Question

Say, I have files foo.js and bar.css in my project. There is a “:find” command in vim, which find files, matching string. But this command, alas, has some limitations. For example, if I launch this way – “vim”, or even this way – “vim .” – there’s nothing to be find in js subdirectory. But if I launch vim this way – “vim js/any_file_other_than_foo.js”, then calling “:find foo.js” works pretty well.

Since it is not intuitive (i’m working in the same directory, “pwd” returns the same path), my first question is – can anybody explain how to circumvent this issue? And, even broader, is there any way to type something like find foo – and open first file, which name matches pattern foo.

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

A nice plugin that accomplishes a similar effect is Command-T.

The Command-T plug-in provides an
extremely fast, intuitive mechanism
for opening files with a minimal
number of keystrokes. It’s named
“Command-T” because it is inspired by
the “Go to File” window bound to
Command-T in TextMate.

Files are selected by typing
characters that appear in their paths,
and are ordered by an algorithm which
knows that characters that appear in
certain locations (for example,
immediately after a path separator)
should be given more weight.should be given more weight.

Here is a screencast of Command-T in action.