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ctrlp.vim
Full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru and tag finder for Vim.
- Written in pure Vimscript for MacVim and Vim 7.0+.
- Full support for Vim’s regexp as search pattern.
- Built-in Most Recently Used (MRU) files monitoring.
- Built-in project’s root finder.
- Open multiple files at once.
- Create new files and directories.
- Extensible.
Basic Usage
- Press
<c-p>
or run:CtrlP [dir]
to invoke CtrlP in find file mode. - Run
:CtrlPBuffer
or:CtrlPMRU
to invoke CtrlP in buffer or MRU mode. - Run
:CtrlPMixed
to search in a mix of files, buffers and MRU files.
Once CtrlP is open:
- Press
<c-f>
and<c-b>
to cycle between modes. - Press
<c-d>
to switch to filename only search instead of full path. - Press
<c-r>
to switch to regexp mode. - Press
<F5>
to purge the cache for the current directory and get new files. - End the input string with a colon
:
followed by a command to execute it after opening the file:
Use:45
to open selected file and jump to line 45.
Use:difft
to open the marked files and run:difft
on the first 4 files. - Submit two dots
..
as the input string to go backward the directory tree by 1 level. - Use
<c-y>
to create a new file and its parent dirs. - Use
<c-z>
to mark/unmark multiple files and<c-o>
to open them.
Basic Options
-
Change the mapping to invoke CtrlP:
let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-p>'
-
When invoked, unless a path is specified, CtrlP will automatically set its local working directory according to this variable:
let g:ctrlp_working_path_mode = 2
0 - don’t manage working directory.
1 - the directory of the current file.
2 - the nearest ancestor that contains one of these directories or files:.git/
.hg/
.svn/
.bzr/
_darcs/
-
If you want to exclude directories or files from the search, use the Vim’s option
wildignore
and/or the optiong:ctrlp_custom_ignore
. Examples:set wildignore+=*/tmp/*,*.so,*.swp,*.zip " MacOSX/Linux set wildignore+=tmp\*,*.swp,*.zip,*.exe " Windows let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = '\.git$\|\.hg$\|\.svn$' let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = { \ 'dir': '\.git$\|\.hg$\|\.svn$', \ 'file': '\.exe$\|\.so$\|\.dll$', \ 'link': 'some_bad_symbolic_links', \ }
-
Use a custom file listing command:
let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'find %s -type f' " MacOSX/Linux let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'dir %s /-n /b /s /a-d' " Windows
-
Define an external matcher:
let g:ctrlp_match_func = {}
Check the docs for more mappings, commands and options.