Vim file system view

mzh · 12-21-2012, 09:30 AM

Dear Users
When i enter

Code:

vi .

I enter a vim session where the "document" consists of entries listing the content of my current directory. I can then place the cursor on one of the files in the directory and hit enter to directly view it in vim.
How can I then close the vim session *of this document*, and return to the view of the directory content?

Thanks for hints.

pan64 · 12-21-2012, 10:04 AM

type :rew<enter> to start over again

unSpawn · 12-21-2012, 10:04 AM

Code:

:e .

also see

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:help netrw

lwv962 · 12-21-2012, 12:13 PM

MZH,I had the same problem .
The answer instead of doing :q or any other command do :Rexplore or just :Rex , don't forget an uppercase R ,
this will take you back to exactly where you where .
all the best
lwv962

mzh · 12-22-2012, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lwv962

MZH,I had the same problem .
The answer instead of doing :q or any other command do :Rexplore or just :Rex , don't forget an uppercase R ,
this will take you back to exactly where you where .
all the best
lwv962

That's what I was looking for, but it seems quite a clumsy way of doing this. Any more efficient options?