gtfo.vim 👉

Opens the file manager or terminal at the directory of the current file in Vim.

Features

Mappings

• gof: Go to the directory of the current file in the File manager
  • goF: Go to the working directory (:pwd)
• got: Go to the directory of the current file in the Terminal
  • goT: Go to the working directory (:pwd)

Options

• g:gtfo#terminals Optional dictionary with one or more of the following keys: win, mac, unix

  The g:gtfo#terminals.<key> value is the name (or absolute path) of a terminal program followed by the necessary flags (-e, /k, etc.) for executing a command on startup.

  Special case (OS X): To use iTerm instead of Terminal.app, use the special value "iterm":

  let g:gtfo#terminals = { 'mac': 'iterm' }
  

Platform Support

• tmux: got opens a new tmux pane.
• mintty (Git-for-Windows, Cygwin, etc.): got opens a new mintty console.
• Windows
  • gof opens Windows Explorer.
  • got opens g:gtfo#terminals['win'] or the first terminal it can find: "Git bash", mintty, or cmd.exe.
  • To use pwsh:

    let g:gtfo#terminals = { 'win': 'pwsh' }
    

  • To use powershell:

    let g:gtfo#terminals = { 'win': 'powershell -NoLogo -NoExit -Command' }
    

  • To use ye olde cmd.exe:

    let g:gtfo#terminals = { 'win': 'cmd.exe /k' }
    

• Mac OS X
  • gof opens Finder.
  • got opens Terminal.app unless Vim is running in iTerm or g:gtfo#terminals['mac'] is set.
    To force iTerm (special case, see [above][#settings]):

    let g:gtfo#terminals = { 'mac': 'iterm' }
    

• Unix
  • gof opens the file manager dictated by xdg-open.
  • got opens $SHELL inside gnome-terminal unless g:gtfo#terminals['unix'] is set.
    • To use termite:

      let g:gtfo#terminals = { 'unix': 'termite -d' }
      

    • To use rxvt-unicode:

      let g:gtfo#terminals = { 'unix': 'urxvt -cd' }
      

Installation

• Pathogen
  • cd ~/.vim/bundle && git clone git://github.com/justinmk/vim-gtfo.git
• vim-plug
  1. Add Plug 'justinmk/vim-gtfo' to .vimrc
  2. Run :PlugInstall

FAQ

got (or gof) doesn't work

Try :verbose map gof to see if some other plugin is using that mapping.

On Linux without a gui, gof does nothing, or launches w3m

xdg-open defaults to w3m if no GUI is available (eg, in ssh or tty console). To change the default: xdg-mime default application/x-directory foo

Credits

• Sangmin Ryu, open-terminal-filemanager
• @tpope, for impeccable Vim plugin reference implementations
• EasyShell
• junegunn for some readme copy

License

Copyright © Justin M. Keyes. MIT license.