Vim: vim-vinegar

vim-vinegar provides a thin layer to enhance the usability of netrw.

- opens the parent directory of the file you are editing in a vertical split above.

Now, - was a key I liked using (it moves you to the first non-space character on the line above). So I mapped the \ key to what - does by default using this mapping:

nnoremap \ :normal! -<cr>

Now, \ moves to the first non-space character on the line above and <cr> moves to the first non-space character on the line below. These keys are adjacent so that works quite nicely. This won’t work for everyone as \ is the default leader key, but I use <space> as my leader key so it works for me.

vim-vinegar commands:

• - open parent directory
• - hop up directories
• ~ go to your home directory
• . to pre-populate the file name at the end of the command line
• y. to yank the full path to the file

Plus you get all the regular netrw commands, some of which I repeat here for convenience:

• I toggle the netrw banner display (hidden by default)
• i toggle display modes
• gh toggle hiding dot files
• C+6 or c+^ to return to the previous buffer and close the netrw split
• j and k move up and down the directory listing
• <cr> expand directory or open the file under the cursor
• % create a file in the current directory
• d create a directory in the current directory
• R rename/move the file under the cursor
• D delete the file under the cursor

Resources

:help vinegar

Source: https://github.com/tpope/vim-vinegar