ctrlp.vim/readme.md

About

• Full path fuzzy file finder with an intuitive interface.
• Has full support for Vim’s regexp as search pattern, and more.
• Written in pure Vimscript for MacVim and Vim 7.0+.

Basic Usage

• Press <c-p> or run :CtrlP to invoke CtrlP.
• Ever remember only a file’s name but not where it is? Press <c-d> while CtrlP is open to switch to filename only search. Press <c-d> again to switch back to full path search.
• Use * ? ^ + or | in the prompt to submit the string as a Vim’s regexp pattern. Or press <c-r> to switch to full regexp mode.
• End the input string with a colon : followed by a number to jump to that line in the selected file.
  e.g. abc:45 to open the file matched the pattern and jump to line 45.
• Press <c-f> to toggle find buffer mode/find file mode while CtrlP is open. Run :CtrlPBuffer to start CtrlP in find buffer mode.

Screenshot: filename only mode with the match window focused.

Basic Options

• Change the mapping to invoke CtrlP:

  let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-p>'
  

• When starting up CtrlP, it automatically sets the working directory to:

  let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 1
  

  1 - the parent directory of the current file.
  2 - the nearest ancestor that contains one of these directories or files:
  .git/ .hg/ .bzr/ _darcs/ root.dir .vimprojects 0 - don’t manage working directory.
• You can also use the set-working-directory functionality outside of CtrlP by adding the following line to your vimrc; the parameter is the same (1, 2 or 0):

  au BufEnter * cal ctrlp#SetWorkingPath(2)
  

Check the docs for more mappings, commands and options.