pick.vim

Functions for using pick from within Vim.

Please note: pick requires a fully functional terminal to run therefore cannot be run from within gvim or MacVim.

Installation

Recommended installation with Vundle:

Plugin 'calleerlandsson/pick.vim'

Usage

pick.vim provides the following functions:

PickFile()

Pick a file to edit.

If you are working from within a git repository, PickFile() will use git ls-files to get the files to pick from. If not, it will use find.

PickFileSplit()

Pick a file to edit in a new split.

PickFileVerticalSplit()

Pick a file to edit in a new vertical split.

PickFileTab()

Pick a file to edit in a new tab.

PickBuffer()

Pick a buffer to edit.

PickTag()

Pick a tag to jump to, open it with :tag

PickSplitTag()

Pick a tag to jump to, open it with :stag

PickCommand(choice_command, pick_args, vim_command, escapable_output)

Run the choice_command in from the shell and pipe the results to pick run with pick_args and call the vim_command with the selected choice.

For example, you could implement PickFile() like this:

call PickCommand("find * -type f", "", ":edit", 1)

Configuration

Add your preferred key mappings to your .vimrc file:

nnoremap <Leader>p :call PickFile()<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>s :call PickFileSplit()<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>v :call PickFileVerticalSplit()<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>t :call PickFileTab()<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>b :call PickBuffer()<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>] :call PickTag()<CR>

The name of the pick executable can be configured with:

let g:pick_executable = "pick -K"

The -K is useful when running pick(1) from within another interactive program (like vim(1)) which does not re-enable keyboard transmit mode after executing an external program.

The maximum number of lines used when drawing the pick interface can be limited:

let g:pick_height = 10

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2017 Calle Erlandsson, Teo Ljungberg & thoughtbot.