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Lucas Martins Soares
Lucas Martins Soares

Reputation: 187

Not an editor command: :Ex

I would like to always open a vertical split with Explore whenever I open a file in vim. So I added the following list to my init.vim

topleft vsplit | :vertical resize 30 | :Ex

however I get the following error message.

Not an editor command:  :Ex

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2416

Answers (1)

Matt
Matt

Reputation: 15186

however I get the following error message.

So the command is invalid. :Ex is provided by a plugin (usually netrw). The message means that netrw is not loaded (yet).

I added the following list to my init.vim

Please, take your time reading :h startup. To put it short, vimrc (or init.vim) is processed long before any plugin is loaded. You really should delay your command until VimEnter event. Kind of

if v:vim_did_enter
    DoSomethingIfSourcedManually
else
    autocmd VimEnter * ++once ++nested DoSomethingOnStartup
endif

Upvotes: 2

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