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CodeCrack

Reputation: 5353

How to always display VIM buffers in a status below instead of using ls?

When I use VIM and buffers, to see the list of all the buffers, I always have to type :ls to see all the buffers.

Is there a way to have the buffers always be displayed at the bottom of vim?

Edit: So basically let's say I have 2 files open in vimand if I type in :ls it will display something like

  1 #h   "IModuleTest.php" line 422
  3 %a   "~/.vimrc"        line 1

Instead of typing that to see all my files open, I want to see them all the time so I can switch between them faster instead of seeing the buffer list first..

Upvotes: 10

Views: 9485

Answers (3)

Sharas
Sharas

Reputation: 895

Lua function to list buffer names within statusline with active one hightlighted:

vim.cmd('hi ActiveBuffer term=underline cterm=underline ctermfg=none ctermbg=none')   

function set_status(args)
       local buffs = {}
       local no_list_buffs = {['']=true, ['[Command Line]']=true}
       for _,v in pairs(vim.fn.getbufinfo({buflisted=1})) do
                local fname = vim.fn.fnamemodify(v.name, ":t")
                if(not no_list_buffs[fname]) then 
                    if(v.bufnr == args.buf) then
                        fname = '%#ActiveBuffer#'..fname..'%*'
                    end
                    table.insert(buffs, fname)
                end
        end
        vim.o.statusline = '%F%m %y%='..'<'..table.concat(buffs, ',')..'>'..' %c,%l/%L %P'
    end

To invoke use autocmd:

 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({'BufEnter'},
 { 
            group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('BufStatusLine', {}), 
            callback = set_status 
 })

Upvotes: 0

Loves Probability
Loves Probability

Reputation: 939

I like this plugin "vim-bufferline"

First good thing is that it shows up on the empty, unused space of command line, once it finds that the command line is inactive/idle for ~3seconds. And it disappears once we press : (start of a command).

Then it shows on command-line a list of all the buffers open in the Vim and also highlights the active buffer on which the cursor is.

Upvotes: 4

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172510

There are plugins that do that; for example, minibufexpl.vim.

Actually, this need sounds strange. Do you know that commands like :buffer also take a filename, and auto-complete it, too?! GVIM has a Buffers menu by default. And many users have plugins like CtrlP, FuzzyFinder, or Unite to quickly locate buffers and files.

Upvotes: 2

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