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This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1075
STARTING WITH v66, NETRW REQUIRES VIM 7.0
Netrw supports reading and writing files across networks. One may use urls for filenames or one may use netrw's Nread and Nwrite commands. Netrw as provided here supports remote and local directory browsing, and supports editing files across the network using a variety of methods. Please report any bugs to [email protected] - NOSPAM.
Example: vim ftp://[email protected]/path
(the following table should be columnar if fixed-width fonts are used in your browser)
REMOTE EDITING
:e dav://machine[:port]/path uses cadaver
:e fetch://[[email protected]]machine/path uses fetch
:e ftp://[[email protected]]machine[[:#]port]/path uses ftp autodetects <.netrc>
:e http://[[email protected]]machine/path uses http uses wget
:e rcp://[[email protected]]machine/path uses rcp
:e rsync://[[email protected]]machine[:port]/path uses rsync
:e scp://[[email protected]]machine[[:#]port]/path uses scp
:e sftp://[[email protected]]machine/path uses sftp
REMOTE READING
:Nread ? give help
:Nread "machine:path" uses rcp
:Nread "machine path" uses ftp with <.netrc>
:Nread "machine id password path" uses ftp
:Nread "dav://machine[:port]/path" uses cadaver
:Nread "fetch://[[email protected]]machine/path" uses fetch
:Nread "ftp://[[email protected]]machine/path" uses http uses wget
:Nread "rcp://[[email protected]]machine/path" uses rcp
:Nread "rsync://[[email protected]]machine[:port]/path" uses rsync
:Nread "scp://[[email protected]]machine/path" uses sftp
REMOTE WRITING
:Nwrite ? give help
:Nwrite "machine:path" uses rcp
:Nwrite "machine path" uses ftp with <.netrc>
:Nwrite "machine id password path" uses ftp
:Nwrite "dav://machine[:port]/path" uses cadaver
:Nwrite "ftp://[[email protected]]machine/path" uses rcp
:Nwrite "rsync://[[email protected]]machine[:port]/path" uses rsync
:Nwrite "scp://[[email protected]]machine/path" uses sftp
http: not supported!
REMOTE DIRECTORY BROWSING
:e [protocol]://[user]@hostname/path/
:Nread [protocol]://[user]@hostname/path/
LOCAL DIRECTORY BROWSING
:e /some/path/to/a/directory
Netrw supports browsing both local and remote directories. For remote directory browsing, one must include a trailing slash (/) on the path! The interface resembles the file explorer that comes with vim v6.3 and earlier. Variables which control netrw's optional behavior are named differently, however.
For remote directory browsing, the [protocol]://[user]@hostname/path/ is user-directory relative. If you want to specify a full path, use another slash before the path: [protocol]://[user]@hostname//path/.
Netrw supports many file-explorer maps, such as o v d D etc. Look at the help for netrw-o, for example. One may also use :Explore and relatives to explore directories with the current file.
The netrw.vba.gz vimball supports the "x" key to execute a file handler for various filetypes. The file-handling is done in various ways:
* Under Windows, rundll32 is used with the FileProtocolHandler
* If unix and kfmclient exists and is executable, it is used
* If unix and gnome-open exists and is executable, it is used
* Otherwise, the NetrwFileHandler.vim file handling script is used
With this feature, one may press the "x" key when the cursor is atop a filename and invoke an extension-based file handler to do things like display image files, invoke ghostscript on PostScript files, run OpenOffice or Word, etc.
RECENT NETRWs REQUIRE VIM V7.2
(alpha/beta version available at http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#NETRW)