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We can add the following two commands to <code>~/.config/vifmrc</code>: | We can add the following two commands to <code>~/.config/vifmrc</code>: | ||
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In both examples <code>fzf</code> will pop up on the bottom and allow us to filter the output of the feeder command. Once our selection is made, <code>fzf</code> will close and <code>vifm</code> will advance the active pane to the directory of the selected file with the cursor highlighting it. | In both examples <code>fzf</code> will pop up on the bottom and allow us to filter the output of the feeder command. Once our selection is made, <code>fzf</code> will close and <code>vifm</code> will advance the active pane to the directory of the selected file with the cursor highlighting it. | ||
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+ | === Mappings === | ||
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+ | We can then add the following mappings to run these commands from normal mode: | ||
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+ | <source land="vim"> | ||
+ | nnoremap <c-g> :FZFlocate<cr> | ||
+ | nnoremap <c-f> :FZFfind<cr> | ||
+ | </source> | ||
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+ | In this example I have chosen <code>CTRL-g</code> and <code>CTRL-f</code>. |
Revision as of 16:31, 10 December 2018
vifm
Already has powerful search features such as :grep
and :locate
however it is possible to further expand its capabilities with fun and powerful programs such as fzf
"a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder."
Prerequisites
You need to have fzf installed. This method creates pipelines using the find
and locate
commands which are present in most Linux distributions.
Considerations
fzf
is a powerful and quick interactive filter in addition to working as a file searching utility by default. This method focuses on piping the output from locate $HOME
for quick traversal though the user's $HOME
directory and the output from find
for recursive traversal.
Examples
Commands
We can add the following two commands to ~/.config/vifmrc
:
command! FZFlocate :execute 'goto "'.system('locate $HOME | fzf --height 10 2>/dev/tty ').'"%IU' | redraw
command! FZFfind :execute 'goto "'.system('find | fzf --height 10 2>/dev/tty ').'"%IU' | redraw
In both examples fzf
will pop up on the bottom and allow us to filter the output of the feeder command. Once our selection is made, fzf
will close and vifm
will advance the active pane to the directory of the selected file with the cursor highlighting it.
Mappings
We can then add the following mappings to run these commands from normal mode:
nnoremap <c-g> :FZFlocate<cr>
nnoremap <c-f> :FZFfind<cr>
In this example I have chosen CTRL-g
and CTRL-f
.