Home/ Questions/Q 96793
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-10T23:52:53+00:00

So I’m basically a beginner when it comes to Vim, nonetheless I do know

  • 0

So I’m basically a beginner when it comes to Vim, nonetheless I do know the basic things (open files, edit, move around, basic grep, .vimrc, etc)

I would submit this link first

http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2008/11/17/vim-follow-up

If you scroll down to where it says ‘NERD___tree’, it explains what it is and gives a link to the home page. I have already gotten NERD_tree installed, so far so good.

Only thing is, this guy (JamisBuck) adds a line to the .vimrc file to streamline it’s usage (I’m guessing to toggle between NERD_tree and the actual file, because as far as I can tell, there is no quick way to do it other than typing in:

:NERDTree

Every time which is less than desirable. The follwing is the code he adds to the .vimrc file:

map <leader>d :execute 'NERDTreeToggle ' . getcwd()<CR>

He doesn’t explain exactly what is is and/or how to use it, so If someone could give me a short explanation and/or point me towards a resource to learn more about this, that would be appreciated.

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. I’d say :help leader will give you what you need, is an anti-slash by default.

    Thus, map <leader>d will be launched when you do \d.

    • 0