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2.7 KiB
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61 lines
2.7 KiB
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# Most Recently Used (MRU) Vim plugin
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The Most Recently Used (MRU) plugin provides an easy access to a list of
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recently opened/edited files in Vim. This plugin automatically stores the
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file names as you open/edit them in Vim.
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This plugin works with both Vim and Neovim and will work on all the platforms
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where Vim/Neovim are supported. This plugin will work in both console and GUI
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Vim. This version of the MRU plugin needs Vim 7.0 and above.
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## Installation
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You can install this plugin by downloading the .zip or the .tar.gz file for the latest MRU release from the following page:
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https://github.com/yegappan/mru/releases/latest
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For Vim 8.0 and above, you can expand the .zip file in the following directory (on Unix/Linux/MacOS systems):
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$ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
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$ cd $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
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$ unzip <downloaded_mru_file.zip>
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For Vim 7.4 and before, you can use the following steps (on Unix/Linux/MacOS systems):
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$ mkdir $HOME/.vim
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$ cd $HOME/.vim
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$ unzip <downloaded_mru_file.zip>
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You can also install this plugin directly from github using the following steps (for Vim 8.0 and above):
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$ mkdir -p $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
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$ cd $HOME/.vim/pack/downloads/start/mru
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$ git clone https://github.com/yegappan/mru
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For NeoVim:
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$ mkdir -p $HOME/.config/nvim/pack/downloads/start/mru
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$ cd $HOME/.config/nvim/pack/downloads/start/mru
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$ git clone https://github.com/yegappan/mru
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or you can use any one of the Vim plugin managers ([vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug), [dein.vim](https://github.com/Shougo/dein.vim), [pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen), [minpac](https://github.com/k-takata/minpac), [vam](https://github.com/MarcWeber/vim-addon-manager), [volt](https://github.com/vim-volt/volt), [Vundle](https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim), etc.) to install and manage this plugin.
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## Usage
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After the plugin is installed, it will automatically start to record the names of all the recently used files in the `$HOME/.vim_mru_files` text file.
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To open a file from the recently used file list, enter the following command:
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:MRU
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This will open a temporary window with the list of file names in the MRU list where you can press `<Enter>` to open a file.
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You can fuzzy search a text in the list of file names, by passing a search text to the `:MRU` command:
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:MRU <search_text>
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This will open the MRU window with only the file names fuzzy matching the supplied search string.
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The user manual is available at:
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https://github.com/yegappan/mru/wiki/User-Manual
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